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Three Brockton Men Charged With Distributing Fentanyl

… April 15, 2016.             As alleged in the complaint, from December 2015 to March 2016, the defendants sold … and several times the drug was seized by law enforcement from the defendants’ associates.  In addition, on Feb. 11, … seized a loaded Smith and Wesson .40 caliber handgun from an associate of Gomes’s during a vehicle stop.  …
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Nine Men Charged With Distributing Drugs In Bristol County

… heroin and cocaine in the Bristol County area.   Six men from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were … later this afternoon.  Three defendants remain fugitives from justice. According to court documents, Luis Lopez was … organization that imported large quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Bedford and Fall River. Another …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to … the conspiracy typically involved transporting the cocaine from locations in El Paso to a warehouse where it was … Chavez and his associates.  Investigators also recovered from the Jeep a duffel bag containing approximately $284,000 …
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DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic

… last 13 months has reported 188 cases. In June 2015, agents from DEA Indianapolis launched a joint investigation with … Mack, both of Scottsburg. They obtained their drug supply from sources in Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis and … Carter. “But for those who are trafficking and profiting from those suffering the misery of addiction, we will work …
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Eight Defendants Charged With Distributing Heroin In Chicago Area On Behalf Of Guerrero Unidos Mexican Drug Cartel

… in Mexico to import wholesale amounts of heroin and cocaine from Mexico to Illinois, often concealing the narcotics in commercial passenger buses that traveled from Mexico to Chicago. Vega’s organization stored drugs at … 25 kilograms of heroin and 60 grams of cocaine were seized from Rodriguez after Figueroa and Betancourt allegedly …
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Haverhill Resident Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

… dealer.  Intercepted calls showed that Rosario traveled from New Hampshire to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he obtained a firearm from Rojas.  A law enforcement officer later stopped Rosario … a substantial drug trafficking operation that was profiting from the sale of these dangerous pills.  Thanks to the hard …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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Drug Trafficking Ringleader Craig Petties Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

… counted, packaged, and stored large amounts of cash derived from the sale of controlled substances in various … co-conspirators delivered large amounts of currency derived from the sale of cocaine from the Western District of Tennessee and elsewhere to …
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DEA Hosts 122 Collection Sites On Saturday, April 30 Th For Drug Take-Back

… dangerous prescription drugs. O n Saturday, April 30 th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and local law … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. “The Prescription Drug …
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Nine People Linked To Cocaine Distribution To Italy And Domestic Methamphetamine Sales Named In Federal Indictment

… 40 kilograms of cocaine being smuggled into Italy from the Dominican Republic and Mexico. That cocaine was … the narcotics-trafficking operation laundered drug proceeds from the Dominican Republic through the use of Western Union … Republic, who allegedly oversaw the distribution of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to Italy and conspired to …
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Seven Indicted In Broward Pharmacy Takedown

… registered in April 2009 to dispense controlled substances from the Focus on Health, Rx pharmacy which had previously … dealers operating out of Miami, as well as prescriptions from “pill mill” doctors. During the time period April 2009 … cash for these pills. A review of the prescriptions seized from the pharmacy reflects that of the prescriptions the …
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 … (1,018 tons) of prescription medications were removed from circulation. According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and …
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Holiday CVS Final Order Reveals Gross Negligence By Two CVS Pharmacies In Stanford, Florida

… Order, on October 12, 2012. The order is effective 30 day from the date of publication in the Federal Register. The … under circumstances indicating that the drugs are diverted from legitimate channels, misused, or abused; and failing to … the evidence presented during a consolidated hearing held from April 25, 2012, through April 30, 2012, in Arlington, …
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Former Colombian Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Role In International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… was responsible for transporting cocaine by go-fast vessels from the port city of Buenaventura, Colombia, to Central … Larrahondo admitted he received regular monthly payments from the Colombian drug trafficking organization in order … in order to protect the drug trafficking organization from law enforcement. Members of the Colombian drug …
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Operation Snake Oil Seized Vehicles Sold For Over $1.9 Million At Local Miami Auction

… October 18, 2012, 44 personal properties previously seized from Vincent Colangelo, a rogue pain clinic owner, were … appraised at $292,000. “Drug dealers who live the high life from illegal drug proceeds should be warned that this … Trouville. “The DEA will remain focused on those who profit from the diversion of prescription drugs and to ensure that …
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Five Convicted By Federal Jury In A Multi-State Drug Conspiracy

… 36, Robert Lespinasse, 34, Monica Lewis, 31, all from the Fort Lauderdale and Miami areas; and Robert … and drug distribution paraphernalia. The conspiracy spread from south Florida to the west coast of Florida, and as far … Department of Justice recused that office, at its request, from investigating and prosecuting the case. Assistant U.S. …
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Warehouse Manager Ordered To Prison

… transportation of more than 6,300 kilograms of marijuana from Sept. 24, 2011, to Aug. 27, 2012. During trial, the government presented testimony from 13 witnesses and admitted more than 300 exhibits. … were unloaded and readied for marijuana bundles to arrive from stash houses. As many as 138 bundles each weighing …
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Money Courier Sentenced For Money Laundering

… drug trafficking organization that received marijuana loads from Mexico and arranged to transport the marijuana to the … arranged for the transportation of $48,000 in drug proceeds from the Dallas area to Nuevo Laredo. Alvarez drove to the … area in a personal vehicle and picked up the currency from a co-conspirator. She then transported the drug …
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Houston Doctor Convicted For Distributing Prescription Narcotics

… up to life in prison. The jury heard testimony for 14 days from 15 witnesses, including other doctors who appeared as … and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He saw patients from Louisiana and other states, prescribed oxycodone and … examination or questioning of the patient. They also heard from a defense expert witness physician who testified he was …
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More Operation Trena Sin Trono Defendants Head To Prison

… drug trafficking organization that received marijuana loads from Mexico and arranged to transport the marijuana to the … Laredo. Over the course of the conspiracy which spanned from June 10, 2011, through June 4, 2013, authorities made … area and then coordinating the receipt of drug proceeds from the Trejo-Nava Organization on behalf of Ruiz. Heredia …
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West Hollywood Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Painkillers After Being Ordered To Stop Writing Prescriptions By DEA

… Eisenberg also issued “medical marijuana” recommendations from these West Hollywood locations.  He has been prohibited from issuing such recommendations and from practicing medicine at medical marijuana clinics as a …
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Treasury Sanctions Mexican Traffickers Tied To Camarena Murder

… to the Kingpin Act, generally prohibits U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with … assets have been sized, and their freedom has been taken from them.” “Rafael Caro Quintero has used a network of … Garza.  Mauricio Sanchez Garza is currently a fugitive from money laundering charges in the Western District of …
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Los Zetas Kidnapers/Arms Traffickers Headed To Federal Prison

… On Sept. 14, 2010, approximately $2 million was delivered from Chicago to a warehouse in Laredo. The money was then stolen by someone who had picked it up from the warehouse and was supposed to transport it to Nuevo … and Garza were trying to remove the blindfold and duct tape from the victim to avoid detection by the law enforcement …
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Seven Sentenced In Federal Court For Conspiracy To Traffic In Marijuana, Hashish And Ecstasy, Using The U.S. Mail To Facilitate Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… State College in Vermont, received high grade marijuana from sources in California via U.S. Postal Service “express … and Canaday for distribution in the Keene area. Proceeds from the drug sales in New Hampshire and Vermont were … to hashish and MDMA, the investigation revealed that, from 2009 through 2011, the conspirators shipped …
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Chattanooga Pill Mill Owner Sentenced To 44 Years In Prison

… Curtis L. Collier, U.S. District Judge. Upon her release from prison, Blake will serve a three year period of … milligram. The clinics catered to pill-seeking individuals from the Southeastern United States. At the sentencing … Blake’s substantial sentence was intended to deter others from engaging in this illegal activity and to keep her from …
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Woonsocket Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… of a steady stream of vehicle traffic and visitors to and from the residence. In response, on January 9, 2013, … of the residence, and they recovered discarded items from the building's trash that were consistent with items … stop a second vehicle which was seen arriving and leaving from the suspected drug-house. After stopping briefly, the …
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Bunthan Sam Sentenced To 10 Years For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin

… over a period of about two years. He obtained this heroin from suppliers in Chicago and Connecticut. Sam was arrested … an especially strong form of heroin in the Burlington area from about mid-2011 through the time of the arrest of Sam’s … heroin ring, and that Chavin had been transporting heroin from Chicago to the Burlington area for nearly a year prior …