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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Southern California Do you know someone who has been affected by the loss … deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals responsible for the …
October 20, 2020
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Sinaloa drug cartel distributor sentenced to 180 months in prison

December 12, 2019
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Southern California Do you know someone who has been affected by the loss … DTO consistently supplied narcotics, which included cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamine and marijuana to …
December 12, 2019
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Malden Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

September 29, 2022
… to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … 55 grams of 99% pure methamphetamine and 10.814 grams of cocaine base were seized from Desousa’s vehicle. During a …
September 29, 2022
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Money Courier For Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced To More Than 9 Years In Federal Prison

April 29, 2022
… Money Courier For Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Sentenced To More … and a federal conviction for operating an extensive cocaine and heroin trafficking enterprise out of a previous …
April 29, 2022
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Man on Parole for Drug Trafficking Sentenced for Trafficking Meth

July 16, 2024
… Man on Parole for Drug Trafficking Sentenced for Trafficking Meth July 16, … phones inside the vehicle. In the trunk, officers found cocaine, methamphetamine, a third firearm, and an additional …
July 16, 2024
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Mexican National Sentenced for $10 Million Marijuana Growing Operation in Daviess County

July 08, 2021
… Mexican National Sentenced for $10 Million Marijuana Growing Operation in Daviess … He was convicted in Yakima County, Wash., of possessing cocaine on Sept. 22, 1993, and deported in 1995. He …
July 08, 2021
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Former Auburn Physician Pays $135,000 and Forfeits DEA Registration, for Overprescribing Controlled Substances

August 30, 2023
… Former Auburn Physician Pays $135,000 and Forfeits DEA Registration, for Overprescribing Controlled … while using MDMA (also known as “Molly” or “Ecstasy”), cocaine, and unprescribed Oxycodone.  Patient #1 eventually …
August 30, 2023
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Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

May 25, 2023
… Long Island Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone May 25, 2023 New York … risk of an overdose when oxycodone is taken with heroin and cocaine. In several instances, Parasmo continued to write …
May 25, 2023
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Prison Sentence Announced for Queens Man on Narcotics and Gun Possession Charges

October 26, 2022
… Prison Sentence Announced for Queens Man on Narcotics and Gun Possession Charges … approximately 18 kilograms of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine (40 pounds), carrying an estimated street value of …
October 26, 2022
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Former medical doctor sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for unlawful distribution of opioids and causing the overdose death of a patient

April 30, 2019
… Former medical doctor sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for unlawful distribution of opioids and causing the … Tesher’s care, Nicholas Benedetto, 27, tested positive for cocaine, heroin, methadone, oxycodone and fentanyl. …
April 30, 2019
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New Orleans Resident Guilty of Controlled Substances and Gun Control Acts Violations

February 21, 2025
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … packaging and distributing narcotics, including fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin.  Several of these individuals furthered …
February 21, 2025
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Alleged Member of Cartel Enforcement Group Extradited from Mexico

February 21, 2025
… Alleged Member of Cartel Enforcement Group Extradited from Mexico February 21, 2025 San … deadly substances. It is responsible for moving tons of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl-laced heroin into the …
February 21, 2025
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CBP Officer Arrested in El Paso, Charged with Alien Smuggling and Drug Trafficking

February 10, 2025
… in a conspiracy to smuggle undocumented noncitizens for financial gain and alleged drug trafficking activity. … conspired to possess a substance containing at least 5kg of cocaine from on or about Nov. 1, 2019 through and including …
February 10, 2025
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Two Individuals Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl that Caused the Death of Activist

April 01, 2024
… Two Individuals Indicted for Distributing Heroin and Fentanyl that Caused the Death … to the combined effect of fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, and cocaine. Text messages, cell site data, and other evidence …
April 01, 2024
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy That Spanned Across The Country

February 05, 2025
… Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy … a drug distributor. Ventura also distributed fentanyl and cocaine to his own customers, including one who suffered a …
February 05, 2025
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San Diego Man Pleads Guilty to Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park Home

January 14, 2025
… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … handguns, 3.2 kilograms of methamphetamine, 5.44 grams of cocaine, and 113.4 grams of fentanyl/para-fluorofentanyl.  …
January 14, 2025
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Georgia Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking

January 03, 2025
… Georgia Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for Armed Fentanyl Trafficking January 03, 2025 Atlanta … substance in Saginaw, Michigan, as well as possession of cocaine with intent to distribute in the Superior Court of …
January 03, 2025
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Little Rock Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

December 04, 2024
… Little Rock Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl December … history includes felony convictions for possession of cocaine with the purpose to deliver, multiple convictions …
December 04, 2024
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DEA Administrator's Remarks on the Conviction of Ruben Oseguera-Gonzalez

September 20, 2024
DEA Administrator Remarks
… was responsible for pushing vast quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl into the United …
September 20, 2024
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Mexican National Admits Laundering $1.5 million on behalf of Cartel

September 04, 2024
… trafficking and money laundering offenses, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge … violence and trafficking in the deadliest of substances - cocaine, heroin, meth and fentanyl - relying on money …
September 04, 2024
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Leaders Of Methamphetamine Ring Each Receive 200-Month Prison Sentence

July 19, 2024
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … five kilograms of methamphetamine and one kilogram of cocaine from Wilson following a traffic stop when Wilson was …
July 19, 2024
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Former Mexican Lawyer Who Became Major Meth Supplier to Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison

June 28, 2024
… Former Mexican Lawyer Who Became Major Meth Supplier to Drug … Dealing When Economy Stalled During the Pandemic Tacoma – A former attorney from Mexico was sentenced June 21, 2024, to … fentanyl pills, more than 26 pounds of fentanyl powder, cocaine, six pounds of heroin, $668,000 of suspected drug …
June 28, 2024
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Repeat Offender Pleads Guilty To Distributing Methamphetamine

June 11, 2024
… to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Lowell Jarod Forget Special Agent In Charge View Jarod Forget Bio Jarod … 100 grams of fentanyl, 43 grams of ketamine, 39 grams of cocaine, and 25 grams of MDMA were seized during a search of …
June 11, 2024
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DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

May 09, 2024
… and trafficking trends endangering the United States. For more than a decade, DEA’s NDTA has been a trusted … “The shift from plant-based drugs, like heroin and cocaine, to synthetic, chemical-based drugs, like fentanyl …
May 09, 2024
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Final Defendant in Large Western Washington Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

April 16, 2024
… two years later arrested and identified as drug distributor for second drug conspiracy SEATTLE – The final defendant in … large amounts of methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine, smuggling the drugs into the U.S. from Mexico and …
April 16, 2024
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Bellingham, Washington, Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl While Possessing Firearms

March 29, 2024
… Washington, Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl While Possessing Firearms March … Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Had More Than 3,200 Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Meth, and Four Firearms When His RV was Searched by …
March 29, 2024
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East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical Practice

March 18, 2024
… East Bay Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Opioids Outside the Scope of Medical … opioids like Norco in exchange for street drugs including cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as cash payments. In …
March 18, 2024
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Repeat Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison

August 12, 2022
… 168 months in prison and five years of supervised release for trafficking methamphetamine, announced Dena J. King, … Law enforcement have also seized more than 27 kilograms of cocaine, 3.5 kilograms of heroin, 29 kilograms of fentanyl, …
August 12, 2022
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Cartel-Connected illegal alien drug trafficker and associate sentenced to federal prison

August 14, 2019
… Lisa Godbey Wood, said Bobby L. Christine, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Both were sentenced for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute large … residence and seized 16 bags of methamphetamine, a bag of cocaine, two bags of MDMA (a/k/a Ecstasy), at least six …
August 14, 2019
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FedEx Package Containing Meth Results in Federal Prison Sentence for Louisiana Man

January 18, 2024
… Package Containing Meth Results in Federal Prison Sentence for Louisiana Man January 18, 2024 New Orleans Contact Info … containing an off-white substance suspected to be heroin or cocaine. Agents also found in the residence and in Batiste’s …
January 18, 2024