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Lorain County Ohio Combines Efforts With Federal Law Enforcement To Combat Drug Trafficking And Violent Crime

November 12, 2015
… Vasquez is believed to be a major source of heroin and fentanyl in the Lorain County area. Anetaeus Spencer, 33, of … sentenced to 20 years in prison for distributing heroin and fentanyl, including fentanyl that caused the death of an …
November 12, 2015
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Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Multi-State Hepatitis C Outbreak

August 14, 2013
… a scheme to divert and steal the controlled substance Fentanyl for personal use and abuse. Fentanyl is a powerful anesthetic intended for patients … admitted that he would surreptitiously take syringes of Fentanyl prepared for patients, inject himself with the drug …
August 14, 2013
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Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Sentenced In Connection With Widespread Hepatitis C Outbreak

December 02, 2013
… Widespread Hepatitis C Outbreak December 02, 2013 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … While employed as a "traveler," he stole syringes of Fentanyl - a powerful anesthetic to which he did not have … with saline, after having injected himself with the Fentanyl intended for his patients. The defendant engaged in …
December 02, 2013
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DEA Releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment Report

November 13, 2017
… Engage Philadelphia Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … opioid threat - including controlled prescription (CPDs), fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, and heroin - reaching …
November 13, 2017
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DEA Announces Review of International Operations

August 26, 2021
… an exponential increase of foreign-sourced drugs such as fentanyl, and their resultant danger to American citizens.  … in the OIG’s report.  ### International/Foreign Operations Fentanyl On On …
August 26, 2021
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

February 24, 2021
… (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links … The vast majority of deaths involve illicitly manufactured fentanyl, including fentanyl analogs. There has also been an …
February 24, 2021
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Two Members of Mexico Connected Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Prison

September 23, 2025
… Drugs and Firearms Seized During Investigation Seized fentanyl and methamphetamine. Download Original Image Seized … a drug trafficking ring bringing significant quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine to Western Washington …
September 23, 2025
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2015 National Drug Threat Assessment

October 01, 2015
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… as the most significant drug threats to the United States. Fentanyl and its analogs are responsible for more than 700 … the United States between late 2013 and late 2014. While fentanyl is often abused in the same manner as heroin, it is …
October 01, 2015
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DEA Phoenix, Phoenix Police Department, and the Arizona Attorney General's Office Disrupt Major Transnational Criminal Organization Operating in the United States and Mexico

February 20, 2025
… successful in combating the drug trafficking epidemic of fentanyl and other illegal substances which have resulted in … during Operation Double Down:   1,700,000 suspected fentanyl pills (approximate) Over 26 kilograms of fentanyl …
February 20, 2025
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York County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy

September 19, 2025
… to possess with the intent to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl. The investigation revealed that Brown was … The pills were produced by members of the conspiracy with fentanyl at various locations in the Rock Hill and Charlotte …
September 19, 2025
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 6 Years for Drug Trafficking, Gun Crimes

August 25, 2025
… of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Ellis was …
August 25, 2025
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Career Offender Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

July 28, 2025
… Career Offender Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking … powder cocaine and various quantities of crack cocaine and fentanyl within three months of completing a term of …
July 28, 2025
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Fourteen Members of a Jefferson County Drug Trafficking Organization Charged with Federal Drug and Gun Crimes

April 29, 2025
… 14 defendants in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin … Birmingham, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine base or “crack” cocaine, cocaine, heroin, …
April 29, 2025
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Third Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 25, 2023
… that our determination to eradicate the threat of illicit fentanyl and save lives cannot – and will not – stop.  The … Mendez and Carlisto Acevedo Brito, conspired to distribute fentanyl, including at a children’s daycare center in the …
September 25, 2023
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA announce charges against Rochester Drug Co-operative and two executives for unlawfully distributing controlled substances

April 23, 2019
… officer, for unlawfully distributing oxycodone and fentanyl, and conspiring to defraud the DEA. Mr. Berman’s … Pietruszewski, RDC supplied large quantities of oxycodone, fentanyl and other dangerous opioids to pharmacy customers …
April 23, 2019
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“Operation Bread, White and Blues” shuts down drug distribution ring in Orange and Rockland Counties

February 05, 2019
… “Operation Bread, White and Blues” shuts down drug distribution ring in Orange and … were represented to contain oxycodone, but which contained fentanyl, a highly addictive and frequently lethal narcotic. …
February 05, 2019
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Two Mobile Pain Doctors Convicted After Seven-Week Trial

March 02, 2017
… Schedule II and III Controlled Substances, including fentanyl, outside the usual course of professional practice … importance in the trial were two brand name instant-release fentanyl drugs - Subsys and Abstral. Both Subsys and Abstral …
March 02, 2017
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

December 02, 2015
… the District of New Hampshire to one count of possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute it, announced Michael … deliver over two kilograms of the narcotic controlled drug fentanyl to a purchaser in Manchester, New Hampshire. … for at least four kilograms but less than 12 kilograms of fentanyl. Nieves is scheduled for sentencing on March 7, …
December 02, 2015
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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

September 26, 2019
… in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted September 26, 2019 New Jersey Contact Info … M. Heino NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor … included patients from New Jersey and various other states where Ellis was not licensed to practice medicine. Through …
September 26, 2019
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15 charged on drugs and guns charges as part of anti-gang sweep in Concord and surrounding areas

September 15, 2020
… 15 charged on drugs and guns charges as part of anti-gang sweep in Concord and … L. Anderson.  “Drugs are expensive.  Drugs are dangerous.  Where we find drugs, we almost always find guns.  What is …
September 15, 2020
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National Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization In Sandy Springs Dismantled

January 08, 2014
… case goes to show the success of task force investigations, where local police detective's team up with our federal … to banks in Georgia, Missouri, Pennsylvania and New Jersey where he deposited over seven million dollars.  No IRS 8300 …
January 08, 2014
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Heroin Pipeline Stretching From Mexico To NYC And Long Island Dismantled

December 19, 2014
… shop at 30-02 12th Street in Astoria and owned by Juela, where investigators believe that heroin was removed from a … “These charges should send the message that no matter where you operate, you will end up behind bars. From Mexico, …
December 19, 2014
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Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

April 15, 2014
… $7,500 cash was seized from a bedroom in the residence where Valdez was staying. An indictment filed by the Office … from the main apartment led down to a basement apartment, where agents and officers found more than $80,000 in …
April 15, 2014
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

September 16, 2015
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … substances, throughout the New York City area and elsewhere.  Abdullah Deiban, Faris Nasser Kassim, Morad Nasser … to be retrieved and transported to a processing facility, where they directed other co-conspirators to mix the illegal …
September 16, 2015
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Mexican National Arrested with Firearms and Over 91 Pounds of Methamphetamine

September 30, 2025
… Mexican National Arrested with Firearms and Over 91 Pounds of Methamphetamine September 30, 2025 … with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.  According to the complaint, investigators with …
September 30, 2025
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Former New Haven Resident Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics

July 14, 2025
… Street in New Haven revealed approximately 75 grams of fentanyl, 278 grams of cocaine, 47 grams of crack cocaine, …
July 14, 2025
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Kenner Woman Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

June 12, 2025
… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … indictment charging her with  distribution of a quantity of fentanyl  (Count 1), distribution of forty grams or more of fentanyl (Count 2), and possession with intent to distribute …
June 12, 2025
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Naugatuck Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics

May 29, 2025
… revealed more than 34,000 baggies containing a mixture of fentanyl, heroin, and xylazine; approximately 160 grams of …
May 29, 2025
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Massive takedown targets East County drug trafficking networks

September 19, 2019
… (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San … charged for distributing methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl SAN DIEGO – Eight indictments were unsealed today …
September 19, 2019
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Laurence Doud, Former CEO of Pharmaceutical Distributor, Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Unlawfully Distribute Controlled Substances and Defrauding the DEA

March 08, 2023
… for conspiring to unlawfully distribute oxycodone and fentanyl and conspiring to defraud the Drug Enforcement … amounts of dangerous and highly addictive oxycodone and fentanyl to pharmacies that he knew were illegally … including Doud, RDC supplied large quantities of oxycodone, fentanyl, and other dangerous opioids to pharmacy customers …
March 08, 2023