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Clandestine Drug Labs in the United States

March 28, 2025
… Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia …
March 28, 2025
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Colombian National Extradited from Panama to Face Drug Charges in the United States

… directly from Colombia to the United States, including Texas, California, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida.  In …
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Colombian National Extradited from Costa Rica to Face Drug Charges in the United States

… cocaine from Colombia to the United States, including Texas, California, Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida. In …
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Two Chinese nationals charged with operating global opioid and drug manufacturing conspiracy resulting in deaths

… of Missouri, District of Minnesota and Western District of Texas. The Criminal Division’s Office of International …
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Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seize Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine

… via private plane from Toluca, Mexico, via Houston, Texas. The plane arrived at Gary/Chicago International …
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Cocaine dealer sentenced to 192 months for role in cocaine conspiracy

… defendant shipped kilogram bricks of cocaine from Houston, Texas to Buffalo, New York for distribution. …
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Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale, Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring

… of Missouri and with ties to California, Arizona, and Texas.  According to a court document, law enforcement …
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West Plains Man Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Jose I. Gonzales, 39, was sentenced by U.S. …
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy

… defendant shipped kilogram bricks of cocaine from Houston, Texas to Buffalo, NY for distribution. Co-conspirators, …
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Bristol Man Sentenced on Drug and Gun Charges

… of methamphetamine from Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas into Southwest Virginia for redistribution. Crone …
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4th of 9 Defendants Sentenced to 15 Years for Meth Conspiracy

… Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Oldham County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department. Organized Crime and Drug …
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Three Springfield Residents Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Oldham County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department. Organized Crime and Drug …
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Former Everton city clerk sentenced to 10 years for money-laundering conspiracy

… Missouri, Sheriff’s Department, and the Oldham County, Texas, Sheriff’s Department. Organized Crime and Drug …
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Operation LeGend Results in 355 Arrests, Including 33 Murder Suspects

… Missouri, and 21 are federal defendants in Kansas (18) and Texas (3). Among the remaining 246 arrests, 33 were homicide …
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Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

… the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle …
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Springfield Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

… from a co-defendant who made multiple trips to Texas to acquire kilogram-level quantities. Iavolo then …
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Two women plead guilty to heroin possession

… with an individual arrested on May 26, 2018, in Laredo, Texas. The individual was in possession of a backpack and a …
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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… as numerous U.S.-based distribution cells in California, Texas, Colorado, Washington, Utah, and Nevada. The upper …
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Approximately 300,000 Fentanyl Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank

… PEREZ was allegedly driving the vehicle, which bore a Texas license plate. An NYPD K9 alerted to the presence of …
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DEA Leadership

August 12, 2026
… to enforcement, partnership, and public trust. A native of Texas, Dan has spent his life building relationships in the …
August 12, 2026
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Leader of Mexico’s United Cartels Extradited to U.S.

… send 500 kilograms of methamphetamine from Mexico, through Texas, to the Miami area, according to the charges. To make …
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South Carolina Woman Sentenced for Role in International Money Laundering, Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

… from additional sources in Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. When Desorcy was arrested in 2021, Neely conspired …
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Mississippi man sentenced to 11 years for cocaine and money laundering conspiracies

… subsequently traveled without court permission to Houston, Texas, and later Lafayette, Louisiana, where he was arrested …
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Two women arrested, charged with possession of suspected fentanyl

… with an individual arrested on May 26, 2018, in Laredo, Texas. The individual was in possession of a backpack and a …
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Three Indicted For Cultivating Purported “Medical” Marijuana, Shipping It To Other States For Millions In Cash

… reveal that the defendants sent marijuana to Connecticut, Texas, and Massachusetts. None of those states have laws …
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Regional Drug Distributor and His Assistant Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Drugs

… including Rodriguez, who picked up drugs in Texas, after they had been smuggled into the country from …
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Oroville Men Charged In Interstate Marijuana Cultivation And Distribution Scheme

… a related case, Jimmy Earl Hatcher, age 31, of Oroville and Texas, was charged with cultivating marijuana. According to …
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Member of three-state cocaine conspiracy sentenced to five years

… Smith was mailing packages containing cocaine from Houston, Texas, to Joseph Harper in Madison. In total, postal records …
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Operation Legend results in over 500 arrests, including 37 murder suspects

… cases referred to U.S. Attorney’s Offices in Kansas and Texas). Among the remaining arrests, 37 were homicide cases. …
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Third member of cocaine conspiracy sentenced

… Smith mailed packages containing cocaine from Houston, Texas, to Joseph Harper in Madison. Postal records from …