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Skagit County business owner sentenced to prison for laundering money for drug cartel that trafficked heroin and fentanyl

January 21, 2020
… pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four years to ten years in prison. This investigation … Bremerton Police Department, with significant assistance from the Tahoma Narcotics Enforcement Team with assistance from the Special Operations Division, Chantilly, Virginia …
January 21, 2020
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Three-day span in December nets 240 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $289,000 for DEA Omaha Division agents

December 17, 2019
… the five arrests and 225 pounds of the methamphetamine came from Minnesota, while agents in Omaha seized $134,269 in a … seizures along the Southwest Border increased 255 percent from 2012 to 2017 with the majority, 54 percent, seized … incredibly dangerous drug out of our communities and away from our children.” The DEA Omaha Division covers a five …
December 17, 2019
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 21, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … safer by removing unwanted prescription medications from their homes. This semi-annual event is a chance to do … more being added each day. Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
October 21, 2019
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Nearly a dozen drug traffickers off the streets and headed to prison

October 02, 2019
… Pruneda, 60, and her daughter Ruby Pruneda, 34, both also from Laredo, received three years of probation and 18 months … used various U.S. bank accounts to transfer drug proceeds from distribution cities to Laredo. They were able to … and Moreno acted as couriers willing to transport narcotics from Laredo to Austin, Dallas and elsewhere, while Lomeli …
October 02, 2019
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Sinaloa Cartel associate sentenced to 10 year prison term for drug trafficking

July 26, 2019
… by a 5-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Muniz was also ordered to pay a $7,500 … During the investigation, several ledgers were seized from Muniz’s residence and documented monthly narcotic … sentence imposed by the court removes a drug trafficker from our streets and sends a clear message to others who may …
July 26, 2019
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Bakersfield synthetic marijuana source of supply sentenced to over five years in prison

April 15, 2019
… also ordered to forfeit over $193,000 in proceeds derived from drug trafficking.   According to court documents, in … negotiated with and obtained the raw chemicals directly from Chinese suppliers. He would then dilute them with a … conspiring to structure several million dollars obtained from his drug trafficking activity. The structuring charge …
April 15, 2019
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DEA Omaha Division feels effects of Sinaloa Cartel

February 13, 2019
… in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota from routes that begin in Mexico. “We’ve been able to trace … with the capture of El Chapo and yesterday’s verdict from his 12 week trial, we recognize that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to curb the drug flow from Mexico into the United States,” Thimmesch said.  “The …
February 13, 2019
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Anchorage woman, inmate sentenced to over three years for distributing fentanyl in prison

December 19, 2018
… violation. On Oct. 30, 2017, Lantz was transferred from ACC to Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (HMCC), … DOC personnel were able to recover .38 grams of fentanyl from one of the HMCC inmates who overdosed. The … event” that required a significant sentence to deter others from making the same dangerous decisions that the defendant …
December 19, 2018
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Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Meets With Drug Control Officials In China

January 13, 2017
… China on counter-narcotic issues and the evolving threat from synthetic drugs. On October 1, 2015, China took an … China due to the wave of recent deaths in the United States from these synthetic opioids.  In Hong Kong, Rosenberg met … sharing to combat fentanyl and New Psychoactive Substances from the Far East to the U.S.  Officials also discussed …
January 13, 2017
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DEA And Partners To Hold Roundtable Discussion

September 19, 2016
… 21, 2016, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) will join leaders from federal, state and local law enforcement and public … will also have the opportunity to hear perspectives from the DEA, the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office, the … take place at the Oregon Department of Justice in Portland from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. Members of Oregon’s law enforcement …
September 19, 2016
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DEA’S 15h Rx Drug Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In The Atlanta Field Division & State Of Tennessee

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Georgia

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In North Carolina

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.             DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In South Carolina

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Tennessee

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

May 18, 2018
… ran a stash house in Bensenville where heroin and cash from drug sales were stored.  He also sold drugs in the … customers, Jesus Salgado would often pick up the heroin from the stash house, and then drop off the proceeds at the … drug pipeline.  Authorities seized four kilograms of heroin from the Bensenville stash house and shut it down as part of …
May 18, 2018
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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

May 07, 2018
… Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov HOUSTON - From Waco to Houston to Laredo, Texas, Texan’s showed their … lives by removing unused painkillers and controlled drugs from homes,” said DEA Acting Administrator Robert W. …
May 07, 2018
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Lockport Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge

March 08, 2018
… New York and sold drugs to H.C. H.C. died hours later from a fentanyl overdose. On February 12, 2015, the Niagara … was a passenger. Law enforcement officers seized fentanyl from inside the car. Kimmons and Ventura were arrested. On … source again bought crack cocaine as well as heroin from the defendant. Charges are pending against Oliver …
March 08, 2018
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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty In 100 Pound Meth Conspiracy

April 09, 2018
… that Robert “Bobby” Whitenack, 37, a convicted felon from Westside, Iowa, was convicted on the charges of … involvement in a meth trafficking conspiracy that spanned from January 2014 through May of 2017, distributing at least … of Whitenack’s collecting $10,000 in drug proceeds from customers, to Whitenack’s possession of firearms during …
April 09, 2018
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

March 08, 2018
… positive for cocaine. Officers also recovered $237 from a fanny-pack strapped to Johnson’s waistband and another $207 from his front pants pockets. Shortly thereafter, Code … later told law enforcement that Johnson had told him to run from the car and get rid of the objects. He also stated that …
March 08, 2018
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Two South Florida Men Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Hundreds Of Pounds Of High-grade Marijuana

March 06, 2018
… traffickers had stolen approximately $250,000 of marijuana from the conspirators. In February 2015, during a recorded … meeting, the conspirators discussed recouping their debt from the drug traffickers and continuing their drug … seized more than 1,300 pounds of high-grade marijuana from a storage facility in Orlando and a house linked to …
March 06, 2018
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
… crime. By pleading guilty, Pesqueira admitted that from July 2010 to May 2013, he purchased firearms, as well … to individuals in order for them to purchase firearms, from El Paso area gun dealers to include a Barrett .50 … conducted by ATF and DEA agents together with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations, United States …
September 25, 2013
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

May 16, 2014
… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
May 16, 2014
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

September 03, 2014
… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
September 03, 2014
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Kentucky Crack Cocaine Trafficking Operation Halted

January 20, 2011
… large quantities of powder cocaine as well as crack cocaine from the Atlanta, Georgia area, into Henderson and … remaining defendants have been arrested on state charges from Trafficking controlled substance 1st degree cocaine to … damage this major pipeline for cocaine which stretched from Atlanta, Georgia, to Henderson, Kentucky. This case is …
January 20, 2011
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Christian County Kentucky Crack Cocaine Crew Sentenced

March 31, 2011
… to be sentenced on April 27th and 28th. Three defendants from Christian County, Kentucky, were previously convicted … two year-long investigation was the DEA with assistance from the Western Kentucky Gun Crime Task Force. The task force includes investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), …
March 31, 2011
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Final Defendant Sentenced In 100 Kilo Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy In Kentucky

May 26, 2011
… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Sentences range from 60 months to life in prison for the 20 defendants in … the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), with assistance from the Western Kentucky Gun Crime Task Force. The task force includes investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and (ATF), …
May 26, 2011
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Detroit Pharmacist Indicted For Distribution Of Controlled Substances

October 14, 2011
… the Indictment charges Madu with using the proceeds from the conspiracy to purchase two Infiniti vehicles and a … McQuade said. "The number of people who die in one year from overdoses of prescription drugs in the United States is six times the number of people who die from overdoses of all other illegal drugs combined." DEA …
October 14, 2011
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Florida Doctor Convicted In Kentucky For Illegally Prescribing 600,000 Pain Pills

December 18, 2012
… her pain clinic in Florida. Most of her patients traveled from West Virginia, southern Ohio and Boyd, Lawrence and … was the easiest doctor to obtain a prescription from and that she prescribed the highest quantity of … Virginia patients. Over 600 patients came to her clinic from those states. The clinic grossed $1.9 million in one …
December 18, 2012
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Five Men Convicted In Largest Crystal Meth Seizure In Michigan

June 19, 2013
… 2012, more than 20 pounds of pure crystal meth were seized from a vehicle and pole barn in Van Buren County. The meth … case prevented an extremely large amount of crystal meth from flooding our community. It is an excellent example of … Police Metropolitan Enforcement (MET), with assistance from other state and local agencies.  The case was …
June 19, 2013