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IRS Employee Pleads Guilty To Structuring Drug Proceeds

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … documents, James, an IRS employee, structured cash derived from interstate marijuana trafficking organization run by …
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Fresno Men Plead Guilty To Shipping Marijuana To Alabama

… Fresno Men Plead Guilty To Shipping Marijuana To Alabama July 29, … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … of structuring occurs when cash is deposited or withdrawn from a bank in amounts of $10,000 or less to avoid the …
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Ventura County Men Charged With Trafficking Meth In Kern County

… Ventura County Men Charged With Trafficking Meth In Kern County August 08, … the informant buy one pound of methamphetamine for $7,500 from Avila-Angulo, the alleged courier. According to the … and the Kings County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from the California Highway Patrol. Assistant United States …
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Six Sacramento Area Residents Indicted For Trafficking In Methamphetamine And Heroin

… Six Sacramento Area Residents Indicted For Trafficking In Methamphetamine And Heroin … Counties. Tam acquired large amounts of methamphetamine from Borja, Valenzuela-Ruiz, and Gutierrez, as well as heroin from other sources, and used sub-dealers, including Osborne …
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Deputy United States Marshal One Of Three Indicted As Part Of Armed Robbery Crew

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … revealed that Griffen is a deputy United States Marshal from Miami, Florida. Court documents further indicate that …
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Stanislaus County Defendants Plead Guilty In Scheme To Send Methamphetamine To Hawaii

… Stanislaus County Defendants Plead Guilty In Scheme To Send Methamphetamine To Hawaii December 09, 2014 San … that in August 2012, he and a co‑conspirator traveled from Stanislaus County to Hawaii where they obtained …
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Four Central Valley Men Indicted On Cocaine Trafficking Charges

… Four Central Valley Men Indicted On Cocaine Trafficking Charges June 23, 2015 San … to yield. While Mays and Lopez were pursued by patrol units from the Merced Police Department, a bag containing the half …
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Mother And Son Indicted For Possessing Approximately 49 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … 49 pounds of crystal methamphetamine was seized from the interior and the trunk of their vehicle. This case …
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Tracy Man, International Cocaine Broker, Pleads Guilty

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … defendants were part of a conspiracy that moved narcotics from the Los Angeles area through the Eastern District of …
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Methamphetamine Transporter Pleads Guilty

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … today that Eduardo Vargas-Cortes, 25, an undocumented alien from Mexico, pleaded guilty to possessing crystal …
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Madera Cornfield Pot Case Yields Guilty Plea

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … Martinez and others to grow 45,500 marijuana plants ranging from two to 13 feet tall in a cornfield in Madera. During a …
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Five Men Indicted For Agricultural Marijuana Grow In Stanislaus County

… Five Men Indicted For Agricultural Marijuana Grow In Stanislaus … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … Agents eradicated 907 marijuana plants and seized a firearm from the site. One of the men admitted he was the security …
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Bakersfield Police Traffic Stop Leads To Federal Indictments In 25-Pound Methamphetamine Seizure

… Bakersfield Police Traffic Stop Leads To Federal Indictments In 25-Pound Methamphetamine Seizure November 29, 2012 … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … Butler. Twenty-five pounds of methamphetamine were seized from the trunk of the vehicle. Butler’s telephone contained …
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Oak Park Drug Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 24 Years In Federal Prison

… Oak Park Drug Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 24 Years In Federal Prison April 29, 2011 … Sacramento. DEA made controlled purchases of crack cocaine from the female drug trafficker on six occasions. Mallory …
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Bay Area Brothers Indicted For Ecstasy Trafficking

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … and Georgia. They allegedly imported their Ecstasy directly from suppliers in Canada. Investigators learned the Rahimi …
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Marijuana Dispensary Worker Sentenced To 37 Months

… Marijuana Dispensary Worker Sentenced To 37 Months July 25, 2011 San Francisco Contact … exclusively in distributing marijuana. In 2007, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration seized a total of …
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Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison

… Methamphetamine Dealer Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison July 28, 2011 San … the drugs had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The other defendants have already been …
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Madera Pot Farmer Pleads Guilty

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … he had conspired to grow 45,500 marijuana plants ranging from two to 13 feet tall within a corn field in Madera. …
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Stockton Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison

… Stockton Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison October 18, 2011 San … and prices, and a security monitor depicting an image from a camera posted on an engine hoist in the front yard. …
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Two Men Charged with Heroin Trafficking

… Two Men Charged with Heroin Trafficking May 04, 2021 Officers … Pounds of Heroin at KC Bus Terminal KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two men traveling through Kansas City, Missouri, were charged in … possessing nearly 24 pounds of heroin aboard a bus en route from California to New York. Darwin G. Morales-Sagastume, …
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Former Chief of Honduran National Police Extradited

January 22, 2025
… Administrator Anne Milgram's Remarks “Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez would not have risen to power and successfully benefited from massive drug proceeds had it not been for his expansive …
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to drug charge after officers find five kilograms of cocaine in his car

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … 2017, the U.S. Postal Service intercepted packages arriving from Puerto Rico and addressed to various residences in …
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Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking

… Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking February 18, 2025 New England Contact … pressed fentanyl pills and 500 grams of powder fentanyl from Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, who allegedly agreed to …
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Beltsville cocaine dealer sentenced to 11 years in federal prison

… Beltsville cocaine dealer sentenced to 11 years in federal prison December 23, 2019 … Police Department. According to Robinson’s plea agreement, from in or about Feb. 2017, through in or about February …
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Malden Man Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Distributing Meth

… Malden Man Sentenced To Decade In Prison For Distributing Meth February … and 10.814 grams of cocaine base were seized from Desousa’s vehicle. During a subsequent search of …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 7300 World Communications Drive Omaha , NE … accounted for 33,460 pounds of medication collected from sites in Iowa (11,413 pounds), Minnesota (17,372 …
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DEA Announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 7300 World Communications Drive Omaha , NE … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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San Jose man charged with impersonating a federal agent

… San Jose man charged with impersonating a federal agent March 05, 2019 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us … for his residence. On the morning of March 2, 2019, agents from the DEA, FBI, and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
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Nebraska Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Meth

… Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Meth January 09, 2026 Louisville Contact … (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 … to the positive presence of narcotics odor emanating from the vehicle. Upon search of the vehicle, investigators …
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Sinaloa Cartel Senior Lieutenant Pleads Guilty

… Sinaloa Cartel Senior Lieutenant Pleads Guilty November 19, 2025 Phoenix Contact Info … substances, including methamphetamine, for importation from Mexico into the United States for the Sinaloa Cartel.  …