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Long Island man sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for cocaine trafficking and arson

… officers tracked that car to a shipping lot in New Jersey, where they observed Aichroth retrieve a duffle bag … by a co-conspirator to a residence in Islip, New York, where it was seized by law enforcement. During the execution …
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Career Offender and Meth Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison

… Career Offender and Meth Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years in Prison November … source of supply, and then travel back to Catawba County where she distributed narcotics to other local sellers. … a robbery in her apartment with three other co-conspirators where a victim was shot. Two of Vono’s young children were …
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California Woman Admits to Trafficking Methamphetamine in Rhode Island

… Carranza Reyes, a motor vehicle, and the Cranston residence where Carranza Reyes was staying.   Upon executing the … officers also searched Carranza Reyes’ own motor vehicle where they discovered over two- and one-half pounds of …
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Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

… to 4 Years in Federal Prison December 21, 2023 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  De Las … co-pilot.  From Venezuela, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine would be loaded onto trucks for transport …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

… and seriously affects the quality of life in communities where it takes hold,” said Kyle W. Williamson, Special Agent … DEA directed enforcement resources to these cities where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then …
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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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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Sentenced To 43 Years In Federal Prison

… stash locations in the Northern District of Texas and elsewhere. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge … our Mexican counterparts, a notorious drug cartel leader is where he should be --behind bars,” said U.S. Attorney Nealy … tortured, and murdered. A note found at the scene where the bodies were dumped stated “Vengan por otro, los …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… epidemic.” “In the midst of this horrific opioid epidemic, where we’re losing over 116 people a day, it’s absolutely … 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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El Paso Man Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… Paso and then transported the drug to Connecticut and elsewhere.  Christopher Chavez’s role in the conspiracy … the cocaine from locations in El Paso to a warehouse where it was secreted within the cargo of tractor trailers … source and an undercover DEA agent met in New Jersey where Duron agreed to purchase 25 kilograms of cocaine.  In …
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Multiple Narcotics Trafficking Results In Significant Sentences

… the cocaine and was planning to take it to his stash house where Hernandez was supposed to come and get it. However, he … at which time Giovanni-Hernandez lied to the troopers about where he had been and made various statements trying to pass …
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Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

… boats, which would pull up to his residence on the lake where individuals would then unload the marijuana. Later, … vehicles at the residence which would be driven to wherever the drugs were headed. Navarro also admitted today … specifically agreed to help transport this money to Mexico, where it would be given to other members of the drug …
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British Citizen Extradited To United States To Face Charges Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine On Commercial Airlines Cocaine Smuggled From The West Indies To England Via The United States

… British Citizen Extradited To United States To Face Charges Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine On … Genard Howard, who would travel to Jamaica and St. Lucia, where Roger Folkes, his brother, Romeo Folkes, and …
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Three DEA Operation “Meilky Way” Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Case Ring Leader Sentenced To 35 Years Imprisonment

… of phone calls between Rojas-Olivera and co-defendants where Rojas-Olivera discussed his methamphetamine … distribution activities and drug debts, including calls where Rojas-Olivera threatened to kill a person who owed a …
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Six Charged In Global Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… Six Charged In Global Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Conspiracies September 23, 2016 Los … we will cripple these global organizations no matter where they’re based.” Alejandro Javier Rodriguez-Jimenez ran … system, with stash houses in numerous American cities where co-conspirators received drug proceeds and laundered …
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Leader Of Avenues Gang Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison In Federal Racketeering Case For Murder And Ordering A Killing

… of the Mexican Mafia at California penal institutions, where he would receive instructions and authorizations for certain violent crimes, and where he would relay information regarding the activities of …
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DEA And U.S. Attorney Announce Extradition Of Former Member Of Polish Armed Forces Charged With Narcotics Conspiracies

… that Slawomir Soborski was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import cocaine … arrived in Liberia to commit the planned murders-for-hire, where they were ultimately arrested.  On the same day, …
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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.” DEA Special Agent in Charge James …
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Over $1.5 Million In Heroin Seized From A Packaging Mill In Fort Lee, NJ: Drug Workers Transported From New York City

… cartoons on television. Genao, who lives at the house where the mill was located, will be charged with endangering … were packaging heroin in a back room off the garage, where all of the equipment for the drug operation was …
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Truck With 100 Pounds Of Heroin Seized

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … 15. The vehicles were taken to DEA’s Manhattan headquarters where a New York State Search Warrant was executed on both …
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DEA Philadelphia And Its Delaware Partners Join Forces To Announce The April 30 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Day by providing multiple sites throughout the state where people can discard unused, unwanted, or expired … pharmaceuticals to languish in our medicine cabinets where they can easily fall into the wrong hands and lead to …
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Key Leader Of South American Drug Cartel Sentenced To Thirty-Four Years In Prison

… in South America, which is the only region in the world where cocaine is produced, and uses the proceeds of cocaine … provided the undercover agent nautical coordinates where the cocaine was to be transferred to their Mexican …
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Thirteen Defendants Indicted In State-Wide Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… and money laundering.  It’s critical to determine where the money comes from and where it goes.  Finding and connecting those ‘dots’ is what …
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Passaic County Man Admits Participating in Drug Conspiracy

… P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor … distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and cocaine base and to distributing a quantity of …
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Peabody Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… yesterday in federal court in Boston for trafficking in fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine. Donald Ruby, 55, was …
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Xylazine Information

January 03, 2025
… – Xylazine ) Xylazine is added to drug evidence, primarily fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances, to extend the high. Xylazine is …
January 03, 2025
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Orlando Man Sentenced To Over 15 Years For Drug And Firearm Offenses

… possess with the intent to distribute, 40 grams or more of fentanyl and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.  … Agent in Charge, Adolphus P. Wright.  Falkowski obtained fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and other …
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Drug trends in the United States continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially … nearly $1 million, over 77,000 counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, 250 lbs. of methamphetamine and 60 lbs. of heroin. …
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Bridgeport Drug Trafficker Sentenced

… and three years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and heroin.  The government sought a sentence … investigating an organization that was distributing heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine in and around Bridgeport.  …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison

… by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and heroin. According to court documents and … Diego and purchased from their suppliers 1.1 kilograms of fentanyl, cut with Xylazine, which is a veterinary sedative, …
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Hartford Man Charged with Narcotics Trafficking and Firearm Possession Offenses

… October 2025, investigators made controlled purchases of fentanyl and cocaine from Rojas, some of which occurred at … Park Street apartment revealed approximately 500 baggies of fentanyl, hundreds of counterfeit pills containing suspected …