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Major Heroin Distribution Ring Dismantled In Onondaga County, NY

… said.  “The HIDTA task force is an outstanding example of how collaboration and coordination by federal, state and …
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Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To Commit Murder

… Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To … door, he stepped inside and stated, in sum and substance, “Where is he?” He then allegedly displayed a black firearm …
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

… 3873 Orloff Avenue, a suspected heroin mill location where the drug is processed and packaged, carrying suitcases … intended for distribution in Connecticut and points north, where the drug’s street value is at least double its street … search of the Patterson Avenue location, a two-duplex house where Tapia resides, resulted in the seizure of a kilo of …
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DEA Announces 42,676 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take-back Event

… of amounts collected by regions across Pennsylvania, where a total of 37,202 pounds was collected, and Delaware, where a total of 5,385 pounds was collected, is listed …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and abused by family members and … from households across the Unites States prevents misuse where it often starts.” This year, DEA worked with its …
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Six Colombian Nationals Charged With Murder Of DEA Agent

… law enforcement professionals:  no matter who you are or where you live, we will do everything in our power to hold … cabs in Bogota, Colombia, to lure victims into a position where they could be attacked and robbed.  Once an intended …
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DEA Philadelphia Field Division Sponsors A Winter Coat Drive For The Children Of The Potter-Thomas Elementary School In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

… federal agencies at the William J. Green Federal Building where the DEA PFD is located.    The Potter-Thomas school is … area around the school has numerous open-air drug corners where heroin and other drugs are distributed.    “The …
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Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Indictments in State Grand Jury Operation ‘Ganjapreneur’ Involving Marijuana and Illegal THC Products Being Sold Openly in SC Businesses

… sought to peddle these products to anyone who would buy them. In turn, they were directly profiting off the …
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State and federal authorities dismantle major Philadelphia gun trafficking ring that sold guns and methamphetamine in Camden

… State and federal authorities dismantle major Philadelphia gun … P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor … obtained guns illegally by paying “straw purchasers” to buy guns in Pennsylvania at dealerships and gun shows. …
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Physician Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Operating a Pill Mill from His Northwest D.C. Medical Practice

Physician Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Operating a Pill Mill from His Northwest D.C. Medical Practice June 26, 2025 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Alleged “Iron Pipeline” Gun Trafficking Network Shut Down

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … functioning firearms at home with parts that can be bought online and through various retailers. These “ghost guns” are …
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Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Across Virginia

Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Across Virginia February 08, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Six Men Facing Federal Drug Charges

… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Christopher C. Goumenis Domestic all of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia Additional Division Info …
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Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal Charges for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Manager of Pain Clinic, Her Boyfriend, and Customers Facing Federal Charges for a Drug Distribution … Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Christopher C. Goumenis Domestic all of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia Additional Division Info …
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Maryland man and 10 co-conspirators committing murders, drug trafficking and killing a federal witness, taken down by more than 10 agencies across three states

… Maryland man and 10 co-conspirators committing murders, drug trafficking and killing a federal witness, taken down by more than 10 … Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit …
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Roanoke law enforcement and community leaders announce new cooperative initiative to curb violent crime

Roanoke law enforcement and community leaders announce new cooperative initiative to curb violent crime October 24, 2019 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Eight Baltimore Drug Gang Members Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Alleged Large Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… Eight Baltimore Drug Gang Members Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Alleged Large Heroin Distribution Conspiracy June 26, 2007 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) … Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit …
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22 Charged In The Southern District Of Texas As Part Of Largest National Medicare Fraud Takedown In History

… (254) 297-0300 HOUSTON - Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch and Department of Health and Human (DHHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced … Units. The court documents for each case will be posted online, as they become available. An indictment or …
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

… Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland September 15, 2014 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact … Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit …
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Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies June 05, 2015 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Fort Wayne woman sentenced to 70 months for distributing methamphetamine

… that evening at a location in downtown Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the CI provided Lantz $1,100 to purchase the … with the CI and detective at a gas station in Fort Wayne, where she gave the CI a pouch containing two baggies of a …
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Local Man Heads To Prison For Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle While Transporting Marijuana

… Medina drive his vehicle down to the Rio Grande River where it was loaded with 34 large bundles that later tested … attempted to intercept the defendant and pulled onto a road where the agent observed Medina’s vehicle come to rest. …
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Four Sentenced In Cocaine Transport Conspiracy

… of cocaine from Laredo to Philadelphia and Camden, where it would be made into crack cocaine for distribution … in their respective locations. All have been in custody where they will remain pending transfer to a U.S. Bureau of …
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International Narcotics Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Distribute One Ton Of Cocaine Using A U.S.-Registered Aircraft

… Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Distribute One Ton Of Cocaine Using A U.S.-Registered … New York on November 9, 2012, from the Dominican Republic, where he was apprehended on December 15, 2011. Watson pled …
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Two Virgin Islands Residents Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

… yesterday in St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, where he made his initial appearance in federal court today. … tomorrow.  The indictment was returned in Miami, Florida, where the defendants will stand trial. The indictment, filed …
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Colombian Man Pleads Guilty To International Money Laundering Conspiracy

… had a contract with a Colombian drug trafficking (DTO), where Marulanda’s associates picked up bulk cash in the …  Marulanda later requested that the CS meet him in Rome, where Marulanda would give the CS 650,000€ to be laundered. …
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Two Afghan Men Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Import Heroin Into The United States

… high-quality heroin for importation into the United States, where it would be sold for millions of dollars. In the … On April 2, 2015, Said met again with the UC in Dubai where they negotiated additional details of the agreement …
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Local Man Heads To Prison On Drugs, Firearms Charges

… as well as being a felon in possession of both a firearm and ammunition, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. A federal jury … A search warrant was also executed on his residence where authorities found a .38 caliber handgun and …