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DEA Alerts: Over one million deadly fentanyl pills seized by DEA Phoenix and Arizona law enforcement this year

August 22, 2019
… as the street fentanyl pills are nearly indiscernible from the legitimate pharmaceutical-manufactured oxycodone tablet. Overall, preliminary data from the Arizona Department of Health Services website shows approximately 344 Arizonans have died from the consumption of fentanyl since January of this year, …
August 22, 2019
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Owasso doctor guilty of pill-sharing conspiracies

November 26, 2018
… in five separate federal cases. Today’s guilty pleas stem from Thomas’ issuance of fraudulent prescriptions for the … personal use. “The number of Americans dying each day from opioid overdoses is alarming,” said Assistant Special … Office, and the DEA Tulsa Resident Office.”  Investigators from the Rogers County District Attorney’s Office played a …
November 26, 2018
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Western Slope man sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for marijuana conspiracy

October 07, 2019
… in Luong’s plea agreement, on September 18, 2016, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration were informed of a … observed many of these individuals attempting to flee from the grow operation.  Agents detained a number of the … was investigated by the DEA, with substantial assistance from ATF, Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team, Western Colorado …
October 07, 2019
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Eleven people charged In federal court with heroin and fentanyl trafficking in the Milwaukee area

January 16, 2020
… Two of the arrested defendants were undocumented aliens from Mexico and subject to immediate removal. The officers … investigate and arrest those individuals who profit from the pain and suffering of others,” said DEA Milwaukee … investigation led by law enforcement agents and officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal …
January 16, 2020
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DEA Launches Project Wave Breaker to Stop Flood of Deadly Fentanyl

April 27, 2021
… “There isn’t much room for error. Every pill we seize from these profit-seeking cartels is a potential life … CDC provisional data, more than 87,200 people died from an overdose last year, marking the largest number of … along the Southwest border increased more than 89 percent from January 2019 to December 2020.   Project Wave Breaker …
April 27, 2021
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of … the first part of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources such as drug investigations and …
March 02, 2021
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

March 08, 2021
… be heard here . “Our office receives 3 – 5 calls a month from people all over the country, often moments after they … law enforcement officer will demand cash or gift cards from a member of the public.” Employing more sophisticated … actors is awareness and caution. Anyone receiving a call from a person claiming to be with DEA should report the …
March 08, 2021
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San Mateo doctor charged with unlawful distribution of opioids and health care fraud

March 03, 2020
… For example, according to a state government database, from about August 2014 through June 2018, Mulligan issued … who obtained medically unnecessary prescriptions from Mulligan used private insurance or Medi-Cal to cover … the result of an investigation by the DEA with assistance from the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office and the …
March 03, 2020
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 30, 2020
… again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, … pounds of medications were safely collected and were kept from being diverted, misused or abused.” In addition to … Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at …
October 30, 2020
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Federal Judge in Waco issues several lengthy prison sentences

June 17, 2020
… During subsequent recorded telephone conversations from inside the detention facility, Dembinsky bragged to two … to distribute methamphetamine throughout the Waco area from September 2018 to April 2019. Judge Albright ordered … entered the financial institution and demanded cash from bank tellers. The FBI, Belton Police Department, Round …
June 17, 2020
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug … impact on the fabric of our local communities. The proceeds from the local distribution of these narcotics are … Special Operations Division, federal prosecutors from the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section of the …
March 11, 2020
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

February 04, 2020
… even greater decreases – over 13 percent – in overdoses from controlled prescription opioids.  Many challenges … and homicide. Approximately 192 people died every day from drug poisoning in 2017. The National Drug Threat … traditional markets.”     The assessment factors in data from many sources, including drug seizures, drug purity, …
February 04, 2020
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Anchorage nurse practitioner and Soldotna doctor arrested on separate federal narcotics charges

October 10, 2019
… in Alaska, many of whom traveled hundreds of miles from Fairbanks, Utqiagvik, King Salmon and other remote … that people could obtain pain medication prescriptions from him even though they did not have a legitimate medical … of the Alaska Health Care Fraud Task Force, with assistance from the Department of Health and Human Services-Office of …
October 10, 2019
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Thirteen defendants charged in cross-bay drug trafficking conspiracy

August 07, 2019
… with Arteaga, took drug orders on a nearly daily basis from the individuals living in houses across the East … seizures of heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from houses where the redistributors lived as well as numerous seizures of drugs from the redistributors in the Tenderloin, including near …
August 07, 2019
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Dozens arrested in major law enforcement operation

March 20, 2019
… of countless hours of hard work by officers and agents from many different agencies,” said U.S. Attorney Patrick. … our communities in the greater Houston/Galveston area from those who prey on them.”   The indictment, which was … indictment, the drugs were smuggled into the United States from Colombia and Mexico.   Heroin and cocaine were then …
March 20, 2019
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Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over Three Tons Of Prescription Drugs In Third Statewide Take-Back Event

November 04, 2011
… have removed over 18,355 (9.178 tons) of medications from circulation in the past 13 months. “For the third time, … majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from family and friends for free, including from the home medicine cabinet. Many Americans simply do not …
November 04, 2011
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Former Georgia Medical Examiner And Seven Others Federally Indicted For Opioid Distribution

March 02, 2018
… committed to extricating such criminals like Dr. Burton from perpetuating the vicious cycle of opioid addiction.” … and sell the pills, and then obtain more prescriptions from Burton for other people, who paid them for getting the … practice and without a legitimate medical purpose-from July 2015 to February 2018.  Burton is also charged …
March 02, 2018
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Sentenced To 43 Years In Federal Prison

April 11, 2018
… The Act also prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with Rueda-Medina, … assets in the United States. According to plea documents, from September 2007 through October 21, 2009, Rueda-Medina … in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and to collect proceeds from the methamphetamine sales. The drug proceeds that were …
April 11, 2018
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NYPD School Safety Agent Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin

March 16, 2018
… in law enforcement work hard to keep our community safe from all perils, drugs included. And through this … will continue to aggressively pursue criminals who profit from illegal drugs at the expense of the safety and security … with the NYPD, drove her boyfriend Mallet and De Los Santos from the Bronx to the vicinity of 115th Street and Fifth …
March 16, 2018
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Federal Prison Sentences Handed Down In Columbus, NM Firearms Trafficking Investigation

October 09, 2012
… the acquisition of a firearm. According to court records, from approximately July 2010 to February 2011, the … type pistols and 9 mm pistols, were fraudulently purchased from Ian Garland, owner of Chaparral Guns in Chaparral, NM, … (ICE-HSI) and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) with assistance from the Comandante Chihuahua State Police in Palomas, …
October 09, 2012
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Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced To Federal Prison

November 14, 2012
… of marijuana. By pleading guilty, Gandara admitted that from November 2010 until the present, he conspired with … allowing two separate loads of marijuana to be transferred from one vehicle to another on his property in Socorro, TX. … is above the law.” This case was investigated by agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. …
November 14, 2012
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Alleged El Paso Cell Ringleader For Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Drug Trafficking Organization Detained Pending Trial

August 27, 2013
… intent to distribute marijuana. The indictment alleges that from January 1997 until the present, the defendants … also seeks the criminal forfeiture of proceeds derived from the criminal scheme including cash and eight real … the drug trafficking conspiracy charge. This case resulted from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration …
August 27, 2013
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Authorities Make Arrests In Connection With Odessa-based Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

June 05, 2014
… September 2013 that included the supply of methamphetamine from San Diego, CA; Las Vegas, NV; and, Dallas, TX, to Niece … unless proven guilty in a court of law. This case resulted from a joint Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) …
June 05, 2014
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

June 26, 2014
… conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Doña Ana County from May 2013 through Aug. 2013. According to court filings, … Evaristo Del Toro Von Ludwitz, 31, a Mexican national from Guadalajara, Mexico, was arrested on May 14, 2014, in … in the indictment.  Hector Zamora, a Mexican national from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Argelia Zavala-Torres, 30, of …
June 26, 2014
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28 People Indicted In Ashtabula, Ohio Multi-Kilo Cocaine Trafficking Ring

March 15, 2011
… handguns belonging to coconspirators were also confiscated. From January 2008 to September 8, 2010, defendants Francisco … co-conspirators in the Ashtabula area. The co-conspirators from time to time also “cooked,” or converted quantities of …
March 15, 2011
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Prescription Pill Pipeline Leader Receives 15 Year Prison Term

December 09, 2011
… a conspiracy involving 15 other people who travelled from Ohio to Florida, obtained and filled prescriptions for … worth of oxycodone to Ohio in 15 months. The pills ranged from 15 to 80 milligrams however the majority of the pills … in a successful investigation that started with a tip from a concerned citizen and led to the dismantling of a …
December 09, 2011
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Detroit Area Doctors Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Drugs And Health Care Fraud

June 21, 2013
… The 68-count superseding indictment charges that from December 2010 through 2012, Dr. Awada and … McQuade said “Health care fraud diverts taxpayer dollars from needy patients to greedy criminals. We hope that our enforcement efforts will deter other doctors from engaging in fraud." Robert L. Corso, DEA Special Agent …
June 21, 2013
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Final Defendant In Las Vegas To Ohio Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

May 20, 2016
… money laundering by concealing the source of the proceeds from the narcotics trafficking. Todd obtained bulk amounts of oxycodone from middle men. The oxycodone was then transported and sold … in these bank accounts and other illicit drug proceeds from Sukita Williams to purchase airline tickets for members …
May 20, 2016
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Costco Wholesale Corp. To Pay $11.75 Million To Settle Allegations Of Weak Pharmacy Controls

January 19, 2017
… that help prevent opioids and other dangerous drugs from being misused or otherwise added to the illegal … systems are put in place to prevent controlled substances from ending up in the wrong hands.”  “Last year, over 50,000 … regulations.  The violations include: filling prescriptions from practitioners who did not have a valid DEA number; …
January 19, 2017
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22 People Charged Federally On Heroin Trafficking And Related Charges

August 09, 2017
… 38, and Cornell L. Kennedy, 33. All the defendants are from Youngstown, except for Clinkscale, who is from Cleveland. Those defendants conspired to possess with … “ATF remains committed to removing violent offenders from our community,” said Trevor Velinor, Special Agent in …
August 09, 2017