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Suspected high-level Guatemalan drug trafficker arraigned in San Diego on charges he moved large quantities of cocaine on the high seas

June 14, 2019
… Estuardo Lemus Lara, a suspected high-level cartel boss from Central America, was arraigned in federal court today … loads via go-fast vessels on the high seas originating from Colombia and Ecuador to Costa Rica and Guatemala. The … and work as one to take out anyone, anywhere who profits from the human misery of addiction.”   “Federal law …
June 14, 2019
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to medication safe

April 21, 2020
… in North Texas can prevent the potential onset of addiction from within their own homes and significantly reduce the … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Once the Centers for Disease …
April 21, 2020
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Massachusetts Man Charged with Drug and Gun Trafficking in Bennington Area

July 18, 2023
… counts of aiding in the unlawful acquisition of firearms from licensed firearms dealers by making false statements. … alleged criminal conduct occurred in the Bennington area from September 2020 through March 2021. During the hearing, … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
July 18, 2023
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Cheshire Medical Center to Pay $2 Million to Settle Allegations of Controlled Substances Act Violations

June 22, 2023
… which led to a shockingly high percentage of drugs missing from CMS’s inventory. The failures uncovered warranted a … stolen twenty-three intravenous bags of fentanyl solution from an automatic medication dispensing machine. CMC … the greatly increased purchasing of controlled substances from one month to the other, and to enforce various …
June 22, 2023
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced To Over 12 Years Imprisonment For Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

March 24, 2023
… The defendant provided a stash house for fentanyl imported from an international source of supply and assisted in … on a court authorized wiretap arranging drug purchases from a co-conspirator who was importing the drugs. The … a critical way station as the dangerous fentanyl traveled from its international source to the New Hampshire streets. …
March 24, 2023
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Two Sentenced for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization that Imported 37 Kilos of Cocaine into Rhode Island

March 13, 2023
… Service to import 37 kilograms of cocaine into Rhode Island from Puerto Rico, along with a co-conspirator who provided … of the parcels with co-conspirators; retrieved the packages from locations throughout Rhode Island, including his work … the DTO by the defendant. Carvalho retrieved the packages from the Hospital mail and provided them to other …
March 13, 2023
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Former Wethersfield Resident Pleads Guilty to Meth, Fentanyl and Cocaine Distribution Charge

February 27, 2023
… the sale and shipment of Xanax and crystal methamphetamine from California, and that he was receiving mailed packages … a court-authorized search of a package that was mailed from California to Sawicki’s Wethersfield address.  The … Police Department.  The DEA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
February 27, 2023
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Providence Man Admits to Possessing More than Forty Grams of Fentanyl Six Days After Pleading Guilty to Trafficking Anabolic Steroids

February 16, 2023
… seized 251 grams of fentanyl and drug packaging materials from inside a kitchen cabinet; a loaded firearm from under Nieves’ bed; and $1,591 in cash. Today, Nieves … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
February 16, 2023
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New Haven Man who Crashed Minivan into DEA Special Agents Charged with Narcotics Distribution Offense

January 27, 2023
… New Haven.  Brock was suspected of distributing narcotics from the minivan, and a registration query of the license … two DEA special agents.  Brock exited the minivan and ran from the scene, but was apprehended in the backyard of a … The DEA Task New Haven Task Force includes personnel from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue …
January 27, 2023
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Connecticut Drug Ring

January 05, 2023
… release, for trafficking cocaine. This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement … and package illegal drugs.  Investigators also seized from Wiley jewelry valued at more than $100,000, and a 2021 … Marshals Service.  The HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
January 05, 2023
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Norwalk Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses

January 04, 2023
… release, for drug trafficking offenses. This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement … and package illegal drugs.  Investigators also seized from Wiley jewelry valued at more than $100,000, and a 2021 … Marshals Service.  The HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
January 04, 2023
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New Britain Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

December 27, 2022
… Valentine, were obtaining kilogram quantities of narcotics from suppliers in California and delivering large amounts of … of 2021, Mateo-Silva obtained four kilograms of cocaine from his California supplier. Mateo-Silva has been detained … Los Angeles Division.  The Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
December 27, 2022
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

November 28, 2022
… broker picked up $118,070 in heroin trafficking proceeds from an individual who was subsequently identified as … agent picked up $130,950 in drug trafficking proceeds from Rodriguez’s associate, Ismael Roman, also known  as … The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
November 28, 2022
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Rochester Man Sentenced To 72 Months For Drug Trafficking, Conspiracy, And Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of Drug Trafficking

October 13, 2022
… Texts in his phone confirmed he was dealing drugs from February to September of 2020.  “Armed drug traffickers … so that we curb the violence and societal harm that stems from distribution of narcotics by armed criminals like the … our law enforcement partners to remove dangerous criminals from the streets.” This matter was investigated by the …
October 13, 2022
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Buzzards Bay Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Violent Kidnapping

October 06, 2022
… drug traffickers and violent criminals and removing them from the neighborhoods they terrorize and harm is a top priority of my administration.” This case arose from an investigation into a wide-ranging heroin trafficking … 2019, Cartier and his co-conspirators lured a known victim from Massachusetts to Rhode Island, where they kidnapped and …
October 06, 2022
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Methuen Man Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

August 08, 2022
… subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2021. From October 2020 through in or about June 2021, undercover law enforcement agents purchased fentanyl from Guzman and his associated drug trafficking organization …
August 08, 2022
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Hartford Man Sentenced To More Than 5 Years In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Ring

May 13, 2022
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … were receiving shipments of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico and California, and distributing the drug … The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
May 13, 2022
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Williston Man Sentenced to 58 Months in Prison for Unlawfully Possessing Firearms and Trafficking Over 3 Kilograms of Cocaine

May 02, 2022
… conducted multiple controlled purchases of cocaine base from Lewis.  On March 29, 2021, multiple law enforcement … search, agents seized a stolen Glock Model 45 9mm pistol from Lewis’s bedroom and a privately manufactured AR-style … to his sentence imposed in Sarpy County, Nebraska, stemming from Lewis’s September 2019 arrest on Interstate 80 while in …
May 02, 2022
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Federal Prison

April 14, 2022
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … into individuals who were receiving shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico and California and distributing the drug in … arrest. The DEA’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
April 14, 2022
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Former Colombian Navy Lieutenant Sentenced to 15 Years for Helping Sell Locations of Navy Drug Interdiction Vessels to International Drug Traffickers

March 30, 2025
… Criminal Organizations used the location data derived from these tracking devices to direct vessels filled with … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on … Express Strike Force is comprised of agents and officers from the Coast Guard Investigative Service, Drug Enforcement …
March 30, 2025
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Felon Sentenced to 15 Years for Illegal Firearm

January 23, 2025
… Taurus 9mm pistol and approximately 12 rounds of ammunition from Oct. 14 to 20, 2022. Brandkamp was arrested on Oct. 14, … he contacted a relative and asked her to remove items from his residence that a “felon was not supposed to have.” … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
January 23, 2025
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Meth Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years

February 05, 2024
… 9mm semi-automatic pistol (that had been reported stolen) from the living room coffee table, a Smith & Wesson .22-caliber semi-automatic pistol from underneath a couch cushion, eight hollow point rounds, … four to six pounds of methamphetamine each week from his source over the past five or six months. At the …
February 05, 2024
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Illinois Man Accused of Dealing Fatal Fentanyl Pills

August 17, 2023
… 387-5067 StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – A man from Belleville, Illinois, was indicted Wednesday on charges … pill Percocet, and bought four pills resembling Percocet from Overall at his home, which was then in St. Louis. The victim died later that day from fentanyl intoxication, charging documents say. During …
August 17, 2023
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DEA launches Operation Engage in Wichita

March 03, 2021
… way possible.” According to recently released statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, more than 83,000 people died of a drug overdose in the United States from June 2019 to July 2020, a 24 percent increase from the previous year and the most recorded in a 12-month …
March 03, 2021
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California Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking

June 07, 2023
… aboard a bus traveling through Kansas City, Missouri, from Los Angeles, Calif. Matthew J. Gomez, 28, pleaded … 16, 2023, as he got off a bus traveling through Kansas City from Los Angeles. Gomez was wearing a backpack and carrying … of removing his backpack when he quickly stepped away from the detective in an attempt to flee. A struggle ensued, …
June 07, 2023
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Fentanyl and Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15+ Years

May 18, 2023
… substance with intention to distribute. Upon release from federal prison, he will serve five years of supervised … controlled substances in December 2021 based on information from a confidential source. Undercover sources working with … 5.4 grams of fentanyl and 6.883 grams of methamphetamine from Shannon on two separate occasions in St. Clair County. …
May 18, 2023
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin Trafficking in Springfield

December 27, 2022
… Rush to participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin from Sept. 1, 2012, to April 3, 2017. Battle admitted that he traveled from St. Louis to Springfield on April 6, 2016, to deliver … then returned to his vehicle and retrieved an item from the trunk. As federal agents approached to arrest him, …
December 27, 2022
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Two Men Admit Trying to Bring 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine to the St. Louis Area

November 02, 2022
… that was being brought to the St. Louis area from Colorado. Demond Benard McDaniels Jr., 26, of St. … with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The case stemmed from an Oct. 8, 2020 traffic stop in Kansas. A Geary County … roughly 100 pounds of methamphetamine that was being driven from Colorado to the St. Louis area. The Drug Enforcement …
November 02, 2022
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Drug Trafficker who Hid in Dog House Sentenced to 30 Years

June 21, 2022
… District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday sentenced a man from California to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking … records showing Bull had sold over 500 pounds of marijuana from April 2019 to sometime in 2020 were seized three days later from the home where Bull stayed in St. Louis. Four other …
June 21, 2022
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Texas Man Receives 25 Years for Meth Trafficking and Firearms Possession

June 15, 2022
… crime. Co-defendant Brittany Brannan, 35, also from Texas, has pleaded guilty to her role in the … were arrested on Dec. 27, 2020, after attempting to flee from law enforcement officers. A Stone County, Mo., … According to court documents, Houghton had absconded from parole in Texas with Brannan. They were part of a large …
June 15, 2022