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Renton, Washington Resident Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… May 2022 to distribution of methamphetamine, possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm …
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International Drug Trafficking Ring Used "Front" Companies To Transport Drugs Across America

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … of kilograms of illegal narcotics, including heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine throughout the United States.  Special …
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Nurse Sentenced to 16 Months in Federal Prison for Tampering with and Stealing Lorazepam Vials

… tampering with and stealing Lorazepam vials at the hospital where he was employed as a nurse. According to court … solution, and returned the vial to the secure location where it was available for distribution to patients.  …
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Bridgeport Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charge

… members drove the stolen Jeep to Union Avenue in Bridgeport where they shot and killed Len Smith, 25, who they mistook … transported the Jeep to Indian Wells State Park in Shelton where they burned the vehicle in an effort to destroy …
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Kansas City Man Sentenced for $1 Million Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

… Melcher Elementary School. Ortiz-Vieyra rented houses where liquid methamphetamine was converted into a … who had also been observed at the residence where methamphetamine was being converted, was arrested. …
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Four Defendants Plead Guilty to Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

… School. Ortiz-Vieyra admitted that he rented houses where he converted liquid methamphetamine into a … who had also been observed at the residence where methamphetamine was being converted, was arrested. …
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DEA St. Louis Division celebrates African-American Heritage

… Captain Alphin spoke about his time in St. Louis, where he became one of the first officers of … he said. He also talked about his current position, where he trains in Kingian Nonviolence. “People interpret …
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Senior FARC Commander Extradited from Colombia

… destructive drug trafficking organizations, especially where their drug trafficking is used to finance violence and … Europe. Today’s extradition is the beginning of a long road where Perez Castro will face American justice, and just as … to locations in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere, sometimes attacking rival drug trafficking groups or …
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Four MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution

… Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering, Violent Crimes, and Drug Distribution March 18, 2022 New York Contact Info … and drove them to an isolated wooded area in Bristow, where one GLCS gang member shot E.P.A. multiple times and … MS-13 to retrieve a firearm, then back to N.M.S.’s location where they shot him. Perez Sandoval then drove the …
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DEA holds 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 26, 2019

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by … prescription medication, this will be the first event where DEA accepts vaping devices and cartridges,” said DEA …
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Drug Trafficker Involved in High-Speed Chase with Spokane Police Sentenced to Federal Prison

… from the organization.  When agents went to the location where the drug transaction was supposed to take place, … After an extended period, Agents went to a second location where the drug organization had conducted drug transactions …
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National awards honors U.S. Attorney’s Office, other agencies for dismantling major Ddrug Ttraffickers

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … as leading the criminal group from inside the prison, where he was serving a life sentence for multiple violent … guards to smuggle phones and contraband into the prison, where the conspirators used the devices to coordinate drug …
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Four Defendants Charged In Colorado Marijuana Grow Operation

… Magistrate Judge Boyd Bolland this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. where they will be advised of the charges pending against … of marijuana. Crosse owned the building/warehouse where the marijuana was grown and was an investor in the …
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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

… Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive … (DEA) New Jersey Division in Canandaigua, New York, where he does work in a hospital.  Evans was charged by …
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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.” “It’s estimated 64,000 people died …
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DEA Phoenix Participates In U.S. Marshals “Operation Justice V”

… Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Flagstaff, Lake Havasu, Nogales, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … Officers tracked Jones to a Phoenix-area apartment complex, where he was found hiding out with associates. 2.) Kenneth …
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

… Kelly McKay Recruiter Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter … At the bottom of the tunnel shaft is a large storage room where agents recovered approximately three tons of … Mesa building that housed the tunnel’s U.S. entry point, where they found nearly 20 additional tons of marijuana …
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Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking Drugs To The United States

… the traffickers to future drug raids or the locations where law enforcement officers in Venezuela were conducting … activities to allow drug traffickers to change the location where they had drugs or alter drug transportation routes. …
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New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

… a doctor.  Through his sham medical practice in Manhattan where patients and dealers would line up, Mirilashvili wrote … medical office located on West 162nd Street in Manhattan where Mirilashvili typically charged $200 to $300 in cash …
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Rochester Father, Two Sons Arrested And Charged With Drug Trafficking

… totaling $346, 460. During a search of 164 Curtis Street where Victor Rivera lived and where Blake and Chayanne store and distributed drugs, …
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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

… of the premises was a narcotics manufacturing facility, where agents found industrial quantities of the chemicals … synthetic drugs off the streets, and shutting down the lab where they were produced. The State Police is committed to …
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Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled March 15, 2013 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 5th Avenue Seattle , WA 98104 …
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New York State Corrections Officer And 11 Additional Members And Associates Of A Queens-Based Sect Of The Bloods Gang Arrested On Narcotics Conspiracy Charges

… of heroin daily to customers throughout Queens and elsewhere. The glassines were marked with labels including … approximately $7,000 in U.S. currency from the residence where Trappier and Duncan were arrested, and 250 glassines … of heroin bearing the label “Coca Cola” from the residence where Mitchell was arrested. During the investigation, law …
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California Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in Drug Conspiracy

… a drug distribution conspiracy connected to the seizure of fentanyl and heroin at a New Jersey rest stop last year, … charging him with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin. Judge Sheridan imposed the sentence …
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Guns and Drug End with 10 Years in Prison for St. Louis County Man

… gun crimes. Bryant Taylor, 31, sold oxycodone, heroin and fentanyl to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration … what appeared to be a drug transaction, and officers found fentanyl, cocaine base and a 9mm Taurus handgun in a …
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Buffalo Man Going to Prison for 10 Years for Selling Heroin Linked to the Death of a Hamburg Man

… with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl, … State Police made numerous controlled purchases of butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin from both Bryant and …
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Parolee is convicted on multiple drug charges

… more of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and furanyl fentanyl, and maintaining a …
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New York Man Pleads Guilty to Multi-Drug Conspiracy

… role in a drug distribution conspiracy involving heroin, fentanyl and cocaine. Wilkin Cedano, 37, of Brooklyn, N.Y., … substances. In total, 938 pills were recovered containing fentanyl, or a mixture of heroin and fentanyl. The charge of …
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DEA and Kansas Law Enforcement Partners Join Together to Find Drug Traffickers behind Overdoses

… Initiative Aims to Reduce the Supply of Deadly Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills KHP fentanyl seizure.png Kansas Highway … in 10 pills examined by DEA labs contain a deadly amount of fentanyl, an amount that can fit on the tip of a pencil. In …
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Washington Man Sentenced for Involvement in Shooting Death of Coeur d’Alene Teen

… distributing a variety of controlled substances, including fentanyl pills.  In 2021, Holmberg met Dennen Trey George … is another sad example of the death and despair that fentanyl brings to our communities but also shows the …