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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 57 Months Imprisonment In Drug Conspiracy Case

… Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 57 Months Imprisonment In Drug Conspiracy Case … that involved the importation of cocaine and heroin from Panama and Afghanistan.  United States District Judge … five kilograms of cocaine and one kilogram of heroin from the Republic of Panama into the United States, in …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San Diego , CA 92123-1672 … San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 Twice-annual event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 22 SAN DIEGO - America is …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

… Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant … Carolina, when he committed the offense. The case arose from an investigation into the distribution of marijuana and …
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Southern Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty To Possession Of A Listed Chemical Knowing It Would Be Used To Manufacture A Controlled Substance

… Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 South 16th Street St. Louis , MO 63103 … States Code, Section 841(c)(2). The violation took place from or about June 19, 2008, through May 21, 2010, in Saline …
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Money Courier For Large Guatemalan Drug Ring Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison

… Money Courier For Large Guatemalan Drug Ring Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison May 31, 2013 Washington, DC … organization that imported cocaine into the United States from Guatemala and smuggled the proceeds back to Guatemala.  …
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Drug Trafficker Receives 19 Year Prison Sentence For Two Cocaine Conspiracies

… Drug Trafficker Receives 19 Year Prison Sentence For Two Cocaine Conspiracies April 09, 2013 Seattle … a total of approximately 8.5 kilograms of cocaine from Burbank, California, to Alaska. Law enforcement …
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Southern Oregon Martial Arts Instructor Sentenced To Federal Prison On Marijuana Charges

… Southern Oregon Martial Arts Instructor Sentenced To Federal Prison On Marijuana Charges June 03, 2013 … of marijuana weights and prices per pound sold, ranging from $18,000 to $29,000. Agents also discovered that …
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Lane County Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison

… Lane County Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison July 26, 2013 Seattle Contact … possess and distribute methamphetamine.  Upon his release from prison, he will be placed on supervised release for …
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Five People Arrested; Charged With Illegal Marijuana Grow In Boise County

… 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 5th Avenue Seattle , WA 98104 United States … law enforcement at a camp located approximately 100 meters from the marijuana grow site. According to the complaints, …
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Two Sentenced For Drug Shipments

… Two Sentenced For Drug Shipments December 05, 2016 San Francisco … Central Valley, pleaded guilty to laundering the proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs. Court documents indicate that from September 2012 to May 2013, New, Middleton, Douglas …
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Bakersfield Man Sentenced For Structuring Over $4.2 M In Proceeds Of Synthetic Drug Sales

… Bakersfield Man Sentenced For Structuring Over $4.2 M In Proceeds Of Synthetic … 49, also of Bakersfield, to structure $4,204,965 obtained from the sale of smokeable synthetic drugs, U.S. Attorney …
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Alleged Marijuana Growers In Siskiyou County Arrested For Conspiring To Bribe Sheriff

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … of $1 million was contingent on Yang securing and profiting from certain out-of-state marijuana licenses, Yang and …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 … are shocking-approximately 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths.  More than half of those are from …
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Kern County Drug Traffickers Indicted

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … were returned today in two separate cases originating from Kern County involving large quantities of controlled …
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Fresno Man Sentenced For Laundering Drug Proceeds

… Fresno Man Sentenced For Laundering Drug Proceeds April 22, 2013 San … of supervised release, for structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug … court documents, Gable structured $693,905 in cash derived from the sales of marijuana grown in Fresno and shipped to …
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Two Men Indicted For Sanger Marijuana Cultivation Operation Bullet Holes In Thieves’ Truck Lead To Defendants

… Two Men Indicted For Sanger Marijuana Cultivation Operation Bullet Holes In Thieves’ Truck Lead To Defendants October 25, 2012 San Francisco Contact Info Contact … they responded to a call regarding men unloading marijuana from a pickup truck on East Ashlan Avenue in Sanger. In …
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Northwood woman sentenced to 43 months for her role in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

… Northwood woman sentenced to 43 months for her role in methamphetamine … According to court documents and statements made in court, from July 2016 through April 2017, Duford purchased large …
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse May 15, 2023 Headquarters Contact Info … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 …
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of …
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Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses

April 09, 2024
… Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses April 09, 2024 The U.S. …   Louisville Field Division On January 31, 2024, DEA agents from the Louisville Field Division executed two search … $14,000 U.S. currency. This TDP 5 pill press was ordered from VitaminShack. One arrest was made in connection to this …
April 09, 2024
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Hickory, N.C., man sentenced to more than 10 years for drug trafficking and firearms offenses

… Hickory, N.C., man sentenced to more than 10 years for drug trafficking and … to filed court documents and today’s sentencing hearing, from at least August 2017 until the day of his arrest in …
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South Bay methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 10 years in prison

… South Bay methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to 10 years in prison May 22, 2019 San Francisco … 22, 2014, Suarez ordered “a hand” (i.e., five kilograms) from Cervantes and then Cervantes met Suarez to deliver the …
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Twenty-six people charged with trafficking at least five kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl between Puerto Rico and Milwaukee

… Twenty-six people charged with trafficking at least five kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl between Puerto Rico and Milwaukee January 16, 2020 … quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On Jan 15, 2020, …
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Swansea man sentenced to thirty years in federal prison on federal drug charges

… Swansea man sentenced to thirty years in federal prison on federal drug … Edgerton admitted to purchasing 15 kilograms of ice from an individual in Atlanta. The evidence also showed that …
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Waterbury man sentenced to five years in prison for distributing crack

… Waterbury man sentenced to five years in prison for distributing crack October … conducted a series of controlled purchases of crack from Torres. Torres was arrested on a state warrant on May …
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Enfield man who sold fentanyl and heroin to overdose victim faces up to 20 years in prison

… Enfield man who sold fentanyl and heroin to overdose victim faces up to 20 years … and distribution of heroin and fentanyl.  This matter stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics …
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South Bend, Indiana man sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin

… South Bend, Indiana man sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute … of supervised release. According to documents in this case, from March 2017 up to and including October 2017, Mr. …
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … trafficked into and within the United States.  From FY 2017 to FY 2019, DEA domestic seizures o f …
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DEA targets methamphetamine in three states with Operation Crystal Mountain

… (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 … began earlier this year. Since January, DEA special agents from the Louisville Field Division, with support from state …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 120 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… Lawrence man sentenced to 120 months for participating in fentanyl … in the midst of a devastating opioid crisis, as deaths from fentanyl climb,” said Special Agent in Charge …