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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then … identified eight major methamphetamine transportation hubs where these efforts will be concentrated: Atlanta, Dallas, …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 27 Years for Meth Trafficking

… @DEAChicagoDiv Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … ice methamphetamine from Arizona to the Peoria area, where he then used a network of local drug dealers to sell … Chief John Dossey. “Montano-Rodriguez could have landed anywhere in the United States to deal drugs—and to the immense …
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Man Who Rammed SUV into Police Charged With Drug and Gun Crimes

… further incident and transported to a police station, where he allegedly admitted that he’d been directed to … to five months. Meanwhile, agents searched an apartment where Mr. Fuentes had been staying. There, they found 33 …
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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

… in the U.S., flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  From there, the jet was to fly Honduras where the cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport …
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Dominican national pleads guilty in conspiracy to transport 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the United States

… States, flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet. From there, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled for October 26

… from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide where individuals can dispose of expired, unused and … high amounts of opioids and other medicines from homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by …
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Gang Member Sentenced For Multiple Charges

… CHRISTI, Texas - A 25-year-old Corpus Christi resident and member of the Texas Mexican Mafia has been sentenced to … expected to meet the child and transport her to a hotel where she would engage in a commercial sex act. Tunchez … in September 2017 and has been in custody since that time where he will remain pending his transfer to a U.S. Bureau …
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Federal Law Enforcement in Chicago Seize Private Plane and 100 Kilograms of Cocaine

… SA Jonathan Woods chicagospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 S. Dearborn Street Ste. … Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention … Agents later arrested Vazquez-Gamez in his hotel room, where they seized the other 20 kilograms of cocaine, the …
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Federal Court Orders Tampa Pharmacy to Close in Case Alleging Unlawful Opioid Distribution

… from ever owning, managing or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed. Pursuant to an … LLC, from ever owning, managing or operating any business where controlled substances are dispensed. The order also …
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Opioid enforcement action brings multiple charges across the Middle District of Florida

… employed as a medical assistant at a pain management clinic where she generated the fraudulent opiate prescriptions. … employed as a medical assistant at a pain management clinic where she generated the fraudulent opiate prescriptions. …
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Miami doctor arrested for overprescribing oxycodone resulting in death

… at the home of Leigh Anne Milazzo in Key Largo, Fla., where she was found dead. Deputies and detectives found a … PD detectives responded to the home of Dr. Farinas in Miami where they found Keenan L. Sigler unresponsive. After …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Who Cut His Ankle Bracelet and Fled to Mexico during Trial Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… Administration Special Agents intercepted dozens of calls where Ojeda and others discussed logistics for their drug … of trial -- after listening to dozens of intercepted calls where he heard himself using coded language to conduct drug …
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Former LAPD officer sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after illegal drug lab exploded in his garage

… officer whose garage explosion revealed the makeshift lab where he used butane to extract hash oil containing … from 1976 to 1991, converted a house into a drug lab where he extracted hashish oil containing THC from marijuana …
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Texas clinic owner and clinic employee sentenced to prison for conspiring to unlawfully prescribe hundreds of thousands of opioids

… respectively, today for their roles at a “pill mill” where they and their coconspirator illegally prescribed … States, to pose as a physician at Aster Medical Clinic, where he saw the clinic’s customers as if he were a …
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Texas bodybuilder charged with conspiracy to sell steroids

… Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. Philip Russell Archibald, … the complaint, Mr. Archibald, a self-proclaimed bodybuilder and personal trainer, allegedly ran a steroid distribution … Mr. Archibald from his residence to a local post office, where he allegedly mailed a priority mail flat rate box. …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th Annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… non-law enforcement partners, and 152 collections sites where 30,809 lbs., nearly 15 ½ tons, of medications were … of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and abused by family members and …
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Tony Torrez Charged With Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Laws

… That day APD conducted surveillance at the residence where they observed a man, subsequently identified as … and executed a state search warrant at the residence where they located shoe boxes containing U.S. currency, …
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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.” “We can all make our communities …
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Major Michigan Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Murder For Hire Conviction

… followed investigatory leads back to the Detroit area, where the The Drug Enforcement Administration Detroit … shipments of cocaine from the Denver area to Pontiac where Amaya would sell the cocaine. When Amaya fell into …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs 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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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs 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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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Potentially Dangerous Prescription Drugs 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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Seven Men Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… Hamilton and Saunders have been released on bond where they were permitted to remain and voluntarily … date, while the remaining defendants have been in custody where they will remain pending transfer to a Bureau of …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor, Previous Staff Member, And Two Others Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… The four defendants made their initial appearance in court, where they were advised of the charges pending against them. … away assets from these illegal activities hits criminals where it hurts the most - it deprives them of their illegal …
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Two Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Following Additional Marijuana Raids In Western Colorado

… the country illegally, have made their initial appearance, where they were advised of the pending charges as well as … on September 30, 2015, four miles from the first location, where six people were arrested.  After those raids, the DEA, …
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

… Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker December 21, 2016 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … Texas, and then transported the drug to Connecticut and elsewhere. The investigation revealed that the Chavez … source and an undercover DEA agent met in New Jersey where Duron agreed to purchase 25 kilograms of cocaine. In …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… Texas, and then transported the drug to Connecticut and elsewhere.  The investigation revealed that the Chavez … source and an undercover DEA agent met in New Jersey where Duron agreed to purchase 25 kilograms of cocaine.  In … and others met with Welborn at a restaurant in East Windsor where they discussed the pick-up of money from Welborn the …
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New York Man Arraigned In Federal Court In Rhode Island In Alleged Conspiracy To House Sophisticated Indoor Marijuana Grows

… a former mill building at 725 Branch Avenue in Providence, where it is alleged that law enforcement discovered at least … executed at a residence at 60 Valley Street in Providence, where law enforcement discovered approximately 100 marijuana …
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Danbury Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison For Armed Home Invasions

… Prison For Armed Home Invasions March 10, 2016 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … and heroin.  The organization also rented hotel rooms where they packaged and distributed narcotics.  The … victim, still unconscious, was then driven to a trap house where he was locked in a bathroom overnight.  The next day, …
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Manchester Man Arrested For Conspiracy To Distribute And Unlawful Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… met with Ramirez Aldava at a location in Manchester, where Ramirez Aldava provided the undercover officer with a … as he travelled to a pre-arranged location in Manchester where he intended to sell the undercover officer …