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Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… 4, 2009 17 Charged in Reno/Sparks Area for Heroin & Cocaine Distribution November 15, 2009 Doctor Sentenced to … LA Doctor January 23, 2009 Ventura County Man Charged With Sale of "Magic Mushrooms" Consumed by Teen Later Killed on …
July 15, 2021
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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

February 15, 2024
… as well as murder conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl manufacture … remains at large. Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; Anne Milgram, … the cartel. The millions of dollars generated from the drug sales were then transported back to Mexico. Guzman Loera’s …
February 15, 2024
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

April 22, 2025
… conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine hydrochloride. Leon-Soto is also known as Manny, … the money to stop those who profit from deadly fentanyl sales in the United States.”  If convicted, Leon-Soto faces …
April 22, 2025
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Drug Dealer Heads to Prison for Selling Fentanyl to Overdose Victim

August 20, 2024
… Drug Dealer Heads to Prison for Selling Fentanyl to Overdose Victim August 20, 2024 St. … victim left McMikle’s home at approximately 6 a.m., after buying a capsule containing fentanyl. The victim, who had …
August 20, 2024
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St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Retaliatory Drug Murder

November 30, 2022
… St. Louis County Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Retaliatory Drug Murder November 30, 2022 St. Louis … in prison. Two days before the murder, Phillips arranged to buy fentanyl from Weeden, his source of supply of the drug, …
November 30, 2022
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

May 05, 2017
… Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … DallasCommunityOutreach@dea.gov Division Contacts Texas Fort Worth - (817) 639-2000 Lubbock - (806) 798-7189 Tyler - … seeking 30mg oxycodone pills.  Robertson offered to buy all the pills Robinson had for $16.00 per pill.  …
May 05, 2017
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Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

May 15, 2014
… Bolton, Mississippi Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering May 15, 2014 New … both the local and national economy.  Robinson attempted to buy a vehicle using illegal drug proceeds, which is a … an active role in the war on drugs.  Individuals guilty of buying assets for the purpose of laundering their illegal …
May 15, 2014
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Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
… Independence Man Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy May 16, 2017 St. Louis Contact Info … to ASAC Derby, Winters sold an ounce of methamphetamine for $1,400 in a controlled drug buy on Jan. 12, 2016. Law enforcement officers then executed …
May 16, 2017
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

March 27, 2018
… - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. … as well as Conspiracy in the Second Degree and Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree. The … what they are using. It is also sold in combination with cocaine or pressed into counterfeit pills and marketed as …
March 27, 2018
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… focused on the current threats and looking to the horizon for emerging threats. We will always defend the American … the stimulant threat, including methamphetamine and cocaine, is worsening both in volume and reach, with … money laundering operations, one involving the purchase and sale of real property and the other using restaurant bank …
March 02, 2021
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Wake County Man Responsible for Trafficking Methamphetamine Sentenced to 10 Years

December 20, 2024
… Wake County Man Responsible for Trafficking Methamphetamine Sentenced to 10 Years … a confidential source (CS1) that Russell was sourcing drug sales occurring at the Marquee Station Apartments in … methamphetamine, Suboxone, hydrocodone and Adderall pills, cocaine, and a locked box containing U.S. currency. A total …
December 20, 2024
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48 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Mayaguez

May 05, 2014
… 48 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Mayaguez May 05, … and intentionally possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, cocaine (crack), and marijuana, all within 1,000 … organization or leaders would use monies derived from the sales of controlled substances to purchase firearms, …
May 05, 2014
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Carlsbad Man Sentenced For Role In Scheme To Launder Money For Drug Rings, Including The Sinaloa Cartel

November 30, 2016
… Carlsbad Man Sentenced For Role In Scheme To Launder Money For Drug Rings, … proceeds generated from multi-kilogram and multi-pound sales of narcotics in Canada and the United States for and … and was involved in the trafficking of 29 kilograms of cocaine and approximately 90 pounds of methamphetamine.  …
November 30, 2016
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DEA’s Traveling Exhibit “Drugs: Costs And Consequences” Opening In Cedar Park, Texas Gala And Ceremony To Be Held Thursday Evening Sept. 21, 2017 At 7:30 PM Ribbon Cutting Ceremony To Be Held September 22, 2017 At 10:00 AM

September 18, 2017
… exhibit comes to Cedar Park, Texas, with  newly expanded information specific to Central Texas. The Central Texas … the other tremendous costs associated with the production, sale and use of illegal drugs. DEA’s Traveling Exhibit … opium on the Silk Road in the 1800s to the Colombian cocaine and Mexican methamphetamine trade that exists today. …
September 18, 2017
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Guilty Verdict In Major Drug Trafficking Case

September 30, 2016
… Heroin and fentanyl transported from Mexico to Albany, NY for street distribution ALBANY, N.Y. -   - District Attorney … Albany County, and ultimately ending in Buffalo, NY for sale and distribution of the drugs.  The investigation was … by knowingly possessing very large quantities of uncut cocaine and heroin in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and the Town of …
September 30, 2016
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DEA Investigations Lead To Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Hizballah-Backed Financial Institutions

April 23, 2013
… named two Lebanese exchange houses, Kassem Rmeiti & Co. For (Rmeiti Exchange) and Halawi Exchange Co. (Halawi … and companies which launder money through the purchase and sale of used cars in the United States for export to West … of their money laundering operations.  The proceeds of car sales were hand-transported in the form of bulk cash U.S. …
April 23, 2013
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FBI, DEA, NYPD And New York State Police Seize Over 200 Kilograms Of K2 From Narcotics Factory Operating In Queens Storefront

March 30, 2016
… raid BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A joint raid conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Drug Enforcement … him with participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in 2014 and 2015. The seizure and arrest were … synthetic cannabinoids already packaged for immediate sale to customers. Concealed behind a tarp in the rear of …
March 30, 2016
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Drug Distribution Takedowns in Seattle Area Result in 18 Arrests and More Than 3.4 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized

November 20, 2025
… seized in Centralia on October 28, 2025. Fentanyl and cocaine seized October 28, 2025. Download Original Image Fentanyl and cocaine seized October 28, 2025. Fentanyl pills seized … fentanyl pills as well as smaller amounts of heroin and cocaine. “This investigation demonstrates what we can …
November 20, 2025
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Three Members of an International Money Laundering Organization Charged with Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

April 24, 2025
… both of Sumter, South Carolina, and Puquan Huang, 49, of Buford, Georgia, with conspiring to launder millions of … networks that fuel illegal drug trade and profit from the sale of deadly substances.” “Cases like this exemplify the … to profit through the distribution of dangerous drugs like cocaine and fentanyl across South Carolina and beyond,” said …
April 24, 2025
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Joint Operation Targets Drug Distribution Ring in Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties

December 01, 2022
… DSC_0387.JPG Seized drugs DSC_0410.JPG Seized half brick of cocaine SEATTLE – Six members of a drug distribution … of eight locations in Whatcom and Snohomish Counties, law enforcement seized: 85,000 fentanyl pills, 2.3 kilograms … substances and distribution of heroin for a June 2022 sale of heroin. Defendant Casey Landis, 39, of Bellingham, …
December 01, 2022
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Task Force Investigation Results In Federal Drug Charges Against Gang Members And Associates That Operated In The San Gabriel And Antelope Valleys

December 12, 2013
… Task Force Investigation Results In Federal Drug Charges Against … roles in a narcotics network in which methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin were supplied from Mexico and distributed … in state custody on unrelated charges Argenis Ariel Rosales, Deported Jose Ramos Martinez, aka "Timido," Deported …
December 12, 2013
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

April 05, 2019
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … also made large seizures of narcotics, including heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, …
April 05, 2019
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Two Men Plead Guilty in Retaliatory Drug Murder in St. Louis

August 01, 2022
… Hampton Avenue in St. Louis on August 20, 2022. Two days before the murder, Phillips had arranged to buy fentanyl from Weeden, his source of supply of the drug, …
August 01, 2022
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Georgia man sentenced to 10 years for trafficking lethal synthetic opioid he purchased on dark web using cryptocurrency

February 01, 2019
… Georgia man sentenced to 10 years for trafficking lethal synthetic opioid he purchased on dark … supervised release on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, for buying the deadly synthetic opioid U-47700 on the dark web …
February 01, 2019
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Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

June 08, 2023
… Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet June 08, 2023 … brother—had negotiated with an Arizona-based source to buy thousands of counterfeit Percocet® “M30” pills …
June 08, 2023
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth

August 08, 2022
… Indiana Man Sentenced to 300 Months for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth August 08, 2022 Chicago … methamphetamine and 98 grams of fentanyl in five controlled buys with law enforcement. Knox also provided a firearm to a …
August 08, 2022
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Chemicals Used In "Bath Salts” Now Under Federal Control And Regulation

October 21, 2011
… Substances WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today exercised its emergency scheduling … comprised of a class of chemicals perceived as mimics of cocaine, LSD, MDMA, and/or methamphetamine. Users have … aggressively pursue those who attempt their manufacture and sale.” On …
October 21, 2011
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DEA NEWS: International Drug Traffickers Charged In Manhattan Federal Court

June 03, 2013
… WASHINGTON -   - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Derek Maltz, the … for the DEA.  In meetings in connection with the heroin sale, one of the CSs purported to be a Colombian narcotics … one of the CSs would supply them with 3,000 kilograms of cocaine and that in exchange, they would supply the CS with …
June 03, 2013
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Fort Pierce Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison

August 18, 2025
… Fort Pierce Drug Dealer Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal … following his guilty plea to distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. According to the facts admitted at the change of plea hearing, Johnson conducted two separate drug sales in Fort Pierce: on July 6, 2022, he sold 13.92 grams …
August 18, 2025
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Mexican National Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Laundering $5.4 million

June 27, 2025
… Mexican National Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Laundering $5.4 million June 27, 2025 Louisville Contact … approximately 3 kilograms of fentanyl, 52.77 kilograms of cocaine, 7,078.63 kilograms of unconverted methamphetamine … drug traffickers to wash their ill-gotten gains from the sale of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl in …
June 27, 2025