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Joint Local, State And Federal Synthetic Drug Round-Up Leads To The Arrest Of 30 Defendants Charged With Selling “Spice” And “Bath Salts”

… District Court, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The indictments … sealed until the named defendants were arrested by law enforcement over a two-day period. Harry S. Sommers, the … among young people,” said U.S. Attorney Tompkins. “The sale of synthetic drugs has become a growing epidemic …
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DEA announces additional regulatory steps to address opioid epidemic

… Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced proposed … quantities of controlled substances for use in commercial sales, product development, packaging/repackaging and …
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The History of Red Ribbon Week

March 28, 2025
… on the trail of the country's biggest marijuana and cocaine traffickers. In early 1985, he was extremely close …
March 28, 2025
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Efforts will focus on main U.S. methamphetamine trafficking transportation hubs WASHINGTON – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon … country. It is often found in poly-drug loads, alongside cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. Here are links to photos  and …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community … sites operated by nearly 4,300 of the DEA’s local law enforcement partners. DEA’s last event collected more than … abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to …
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DEA Continues To Act Against Synthetic Drugs

… “Bath Salts” WASHINGTON - Today the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) published a Final Rule to permanently … Act,  the most restrictive category that is reserved for unsafe, highly abused substances with no accepted … products are comprised of substances perceived as mimics of cocaine, LSD, MDMA, and/or methamphetamine.  Users have …
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DEA Hopes To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On Its Sixth Take-Back Day April 27

… at previous events over the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community … unused, or unwanted prescription drugs.  Local law enforcement agencies in thousands of American communities have … abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined , according to …
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

… Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription … the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired … drugs than the number of those who regularly used cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, and inhalants combined . …
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Greek National Pleads Guilty In Narco-Terror Conspiracy

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced that … launchers and surface-to-air missiles - in exchange for cocaine and cash. During the meetings, Viglakis and the CS …
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

… over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription … abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, and inhalants combined , …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Gets 11 Years In Prison

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … Care.” At the business, officers found about 266 grams of cocaine, a pistol and a digital scale. This case was the …
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Repeat Offender Sentenced for Continuing to Traffic Fentanyl at Northern Quest Casino in Spokane

… Repeat Offender Sentenced for Continuing to Traffic Fentanyl at Northern Quest Casino … one pound of methamphetamine, distribution quantities of cocaine, a simulated firearm bearing Glock markings, and …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA  – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is intensifying its fight against … powder 306 kilograms of methamphetamine 21 kilograms of cocaine 475 kilograms of solid precursors    2 pill press … of this operation, agents seized fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, precursor materials, firearms, and illicit …
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38 Charged in Alleged Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine hydrochloride was unsealed today, announced United … If convicted, the defendants face of up to life in prison for narcotics conspiracy, and up to 20 years for money …
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Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Violent Crime, Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses, And Gang Activity In Broward County

… Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Violent Crime, Drug Trafficking, … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … were also charged, with distributing a controlled (either cocaine or molly) in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, on …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… Act. The new legislation regulated over-the-counter sales of methamphetamine precursor chemicals such as …
July 10, 2019
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … methamphetamine for $3,300. In November 2016, he arranged a sale of two  pounds of methamphetamine for $6,500, and had …
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Fontana Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Over 30 Pounds Of Methamphetamine

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … cousin met with a confidential informant to negotiate the sale of 30 pounds of methamphetamine. After several minutes …
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Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … to court documents, Steve Renteria began negotiating the sale of 50 pounds of methamphetamine to an individual in …
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Two Bakersfield Drug Trafficking Cases Sentenced On Monday

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … lot on Weedpatch Highway in Bakersfield to negotiate the sale of 30 pounds of methamphetamine. When Granados and his …
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Bakersfield Methamphetamine Trafficking Defendant Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … in Bakersfield responsible for the importation and sale of large quantities of methamphetamine. Between March …
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Vallejo Resident Charged With Methamphetamine Possession

… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Division Contacts California Bakersfield - (661) 396-3736 Fresno - (559) 487-5402 … Jimenez possessed over five pounds of methamphetamine for sale in a storage locker in Vallejo. This case is the …
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Fresno Man Indicted For Growing Marijuana And Interstate Trafficking

… Fresno Man Indicted For Growing Marijuana And Interstate Trafficking October 12, … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … to court documents, the marijuana was intended for sale outside California. This case is the product of an …
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Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin

… Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … 9mm handgun, a variety of drugs including heroin and crack cocaine, and over $7,000 in cash. In imposing the sentence, …
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Senior Sinaloa Cartel leader extradited to the United States

… Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney G. Zachary Terwilliger for the Eastern District of Virginia, Assistant Director … Special Agent in Charge Scott W. Hoernke of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Washington Division Office … in a multi-year conspiracy to distribute large amounts of cocaine, intending that the drugs be imported to the United …
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Turlock Man Charged for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation

… Turlock Man Charged for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation April 22, 2021 … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … kilograms) of methamphetamine, 55 pounds (25 kilograms) of cocaine, 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of fentanyl pills, 6.6 …
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DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

… Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration is partnering with national, state, … abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, and inhalants combined, …
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Combatting The Drug Networks Supplying Chicago

… Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … sums of money distributing heroin, fentanyl as well as cocaine. Drug dealers are mixing fentanyl-related substances … Chicago’s violent street gangs. However, a new era of law enforcement is upon us. Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes is …
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Nuevo Progreso Man Sentenced To Nearly 12 Years For Drug Trafficking

… Nuevo Progreso Man Sentenced To Nearly 12 Years For Drug Trafficking June 03, 2013 Houston Contact Info … related to a large drug trafficking conspiracy, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña and … with intent to distribute approximately 212 kilograms of cocaine and approximately 519 kilograms of marijuana on Nov. …
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Another Plea In Panama Unit Case

… with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 500 grams of methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Javier Peña … that during 2012, he utilized his position as a law enforcement officer to traffic narcotics. Espinoza, a former …