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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

March 06, 2020
… also more deadly.  To maximize profits and to protect him from law enforcement scrutiny, Irons fronted the pills to … cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this time, …
March 06, 2020
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Western U.P. Crystal Meth Conspiracy Shut Down

December 17, 2015
… and associates to receive packages that he had shipped from Las Vegas.  Hill would collect these packages, use some … for several undercover purchases of methamphetamine from Hill.  These undercover buys gave the officers the evidence they needed to get a …
December 17, 2015
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Pinellas Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

February 02, 2024
… County to manufacture and sell narcotics. In videos posted online, Harris and his fellow BTE members featured images of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 02, 2024
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DEA and U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Louisiana announce settlement with drug distributor

May 24, 2019
… substances.                   This settlement arises from a DEA Office of Diversion Control investigation into … Prevention estimates that more than 630,000 Americans died from drug overdoses from 1999 to 2016. In 2016 alone, … crimes, the public is encouraged to contact the DEA online tips reporting system .    Parents and children are …
May 24, 2019
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Colombian National Sentenced to Over 17 Years for Recruiting Mariners to Traffic Cocaine to the Sinaloa Cartel

February 02, 2024
… plea on October 11, 2019, after his arrest and extradition from Colombia.           According to court records, … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 02, 2024
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Arrests Made in Joint Federal/Local Investigation Targeting Jackson, Calhoun, Liberty, and Gadsden Counties

June 23, 2023
… to remove addictive and deadly controlled substances from our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Coody. “We will … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
June 23, 2023
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Tampa Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years for Possession and Distribution of Meth

June 04, 2024
… community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
June 04, 2024
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Former Venezuelan Military Official Sentenced for Money Laundering and Bribery Scheme

May 23, 2024
… in the transfer of nearly $1.7 million in U.S. dollars from Banesco Bank into an account controlled by the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
May 23, 2024
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

February 02, 2024
… by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol. It was prosecuted by the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 02, 2024
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Armed Leader of Fentanyl and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

March 21, 2023
… Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
March 21, 2023
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Perry Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

September 02, 2022
… methamphetamine. Gamble was also obtaining methamphetamine from two other individuals and selling the narcotics in … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
September 02, 2022
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Former Gadsden County Deputy Sheriff Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with Narcotics Trafficking Investigation

July 27, 2022
… narcotics accountable for their actions.” The case stemmed from an extensive investigation by the Organized Crime Drug … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
July 27, 2022
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DEA Miami Field Division Warns of Alarming Increase in Suspected Fentanyl-Related Overdoses in Florida

July 15, 2022
… died of a drug overdose during the 12-month period from February 1, 2021 through January 30, 2022 with 67% of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
July 15, 2022
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St. Petersburg Man Sentenced for His Involvement in DTO

July 08, 2022
… drug trafficking offenses. According to the indictment, from around August 2018, and continuing through November 26, … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
July 08, 2022
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

May 25, 2022
… 27,847 pounds of expired, unused, and unwanted medications from 202 collections sites throughout the state of Florida. … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
May 25, 2022
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Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico

January 28, 2019
… Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico January 28, 2019 San Francisco Contact Info … After Alvarez-Muniz arranged for the shipment of the drugs from Mexico to Mira Loma, Jennings picked up the drugs and …
January 28, 2019
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Salem Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

May 30, 2025
… investigation, investigators arranged a controlled buy of counterfeit oxycodone pills from Rigutto. Investigators observed him arrive and depart … switches,” are small attachments used to convert firearms from semi-automatic to fully-automatic. Later the same day, …
May 30, 2025
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Marijuana Drug Deal that Ended in Death Results in Guilty Pleas

June 11, 2024
… others that the victim had previously purchased marijuana from him using counterfeit currency. On Feb. 19, 2022, they … All were armed. When the victim contacted Brown-Shatto to buy more marijuana, the three drove to his home in the 7800 … later recovered a total of 22 spent cartridge casings from both weapons. Both shooters disposed of those weapons, …
June 11, 2024
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DEA Reminds Families to Discuss the Dangers of Drugs Before Students Return to School

August 01, 2022
… methamphetamine pressed into pills shaped like marshmallows from cereal and fake pills laced with fentanyl made to look … turning to smartphones as a one-stop shop to market, sell, buy and deliver deadly, fake prescription pills and other … your life and help them realize the dangers that can come from experimenting and misusing drugs,” King said. “Kids are …
August 01, 2022
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

February 28, 2024
… records, on April 20, 2023, DEA agents received information from a citizen that Kerr was a supplier of fentanyl. The citizen called Kerr and set up a time and location to buy fentanyl pills. DEA agents established surveillance at … a pistol, loaded with a round chambered. Upon his release from prison, Kerr will be subject to 5 years of supervised …
February 28, 2024
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Defendant Caught with 14 Kilos of Fentanyl and Seven Kilos of Methamphetamine Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

August 28, 2023
… Based on these percentages, pills just like the ones seized from Guerrero-Acosta killed approximately 490 people, … and methamphetamine.  After conducting some controlled buys of drugs, agents moved in to arrest Guerrero-Acosta.  … in Arizona in 2007 and 2011. He has a conviction from 2015 for illegally returning to the U.S. following …
August 28, 2023
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DEA El Paso Division Safety Bulletin

March 01, 2019
… to remind the public not to purchase pills or medications from street dealers. Recently DEA El Paso learned that … exposure can be fatal. We remind the public that buying from street dealers is dangerous, because purchasers cannot …
March 01, 2019
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Crack-dealing Gang Dismantled In The Bronx

March 02, 2018
… was a force multiplier in our goal of removing drug dealing from the Adams Housing Projects and surrounding areas.” … Violent Crime Squad, Bronx DA Investigators and agents from the DEA. They were arraigned before Bronx Supreme Court … the John Adams Houses, with undercover officers making 32 buys of crack cocaine. Three defendants are also charged …
March 02, 2018
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National Jewish Health Study Documents Health Dangers Of Indoor Marijuana Grows

September 10, 2012
… results of a study designed to determine the health effects from indoor marijuana grow operations. The study was … it was difficult to control chemical contamination from pesticides and fertilizers. The study also showed that … these operations may go undetected, an unsuspecting family buying the residence at a later date may be put at risk of …
September 10, 2012
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Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital

November 01, 2021
… Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital November 01, 2021 St. Louis Contact … is accused of removing vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet in March 2021 at …
November 01, 2021
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OCDETF Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Defendants for Nearly 100 Combined Years in Prison for Meth and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

November 19, 2024
… and record phone calls and text messages made to and from Laneython Ignont’s cell phone. These wiretapped … and Donterrian Lavender as they were attempting to fly from the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (“DFW”) to Los Angeles International Airport to buy drugs. Agents seized from inside one of their suitcases …
November 19, 2024
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Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison

October 12, 2021
… more than a dozen firearms, and roughly $80,000 cash from drug dealers in Lubbock. “Cocaine is not manufactured in Lubbock nor does the coca plant, from where it is derived, grow in West Texas’ fertile land.  … documents, DEA agents used a confidential informant to buy cocaine from several defendants. They also executed …
October 12, 2021
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

February 14, 2020
… of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money from the home of co-defendant, Chase Smothermon, 32, of … contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s home, Smothermon …
February 14, 2020
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

August 01, 2012
… in Los Angeles on money laundering charges arising from this type of scheme, which is commonly referred to as a … in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to purchase merchandise from Woody Toys. The dollars being sold were allegedly …
August 01, 2012
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

November 18, 2011
… the extraditions of Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics … organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an … the CS’s. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
November 18, 2011