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Prince George’s County Man Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for a Heroin Distribution Conspiracy Conducted Over the Dark Web

November 09, 2021
… Washington Division. According to Ramseur’s plea agreement, from at least April 2014 through December 2015, Ramseur was … Ramseur accepted orders for heroin and received payments from customers in Bitcoin. Ramseur and his co-conspirators packaged and shipped heroin from Capitol Heights, Maryland, to customers throughout the …
November 09, 2021
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California Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced

July 29, 2021
… to fellow co-conspirators who then shipped narcotics from the west coast to the east coast of the United States. … regularly traveled to the New York area to collect money from accomplices and other narcotic customers.  For example, … the quality, logistics, and potential financial gain from trafficking-controlled substances. Additionally, there …
July 29, 2021
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Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

February 03, 2014
Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison February 03, 2014 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 …
February 03, 2014
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More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With Prescription Painkillers And Develop Solutions

August 25, 2015
… More Than 1,000 Stakeholders From Throughout Minnesota Convene To Define The Problem With … community leaders, recovering addicts and their families from across Minnesota are meeting to address the pain pill …
August 25, 2015
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DEA Wins International Award for Publication Aimed at Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students

June 01, 2021
… tools, and worksheets in eight easy-to-follow chapters.  An online version is available for download on DEA’s website: …
June 01, 2021
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Aryan Brotherhood members and associates charged with racketeering for directing murders and other violent crimes from inside California prisons

June 06, 2019
… racketeering for directing murders and other violent crimes from inside California prisons June 06, 2019 San Francisco … other charges for extensive, organized criminal activity from within California’s most secure prisons. The … blow to the leadership of a violent criminal enterprise run from inside California prisons. Despite the incarceration of …
June 06, 2019
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57 People Linked To Drug Trafficking Organizations That Smuggled Narcotics From Mexico In PVC Pipes Charged In Federal Court

August 15, 2013
… To Drug Trafficking Organizations That Smuggled Narcotics From Mexico In PVC Pipes Charged In Federal Court August 15, … drug trafficking organizations that smuggled narcotics from Mexico in PVC pipes typically hidden in the axles of …
August 15, 2013
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source

January 30, 2024
… Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Receive 24 Kilos of Cocaine from a Mexican Drug Cartel Source January 30, 2024 New … a confidential source received 23.9 kilograms of cocaine from a drug-trafficking organization (DTO) based in Mexico. …
January 30, 2024
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Alert – DEA warns of increasing extortion scam calls

February 28, 2020
… and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA employees threatening arrest … violation of federal law. Anyone receiving a telephone call from a person purporting to be a DEA employee seeking money … should refuse the demand and report the threat using DEA’s online form or by calling 877-792-2873. Reporting scam calls …
February 28, 2020
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Prior Felon Sentenced to 128 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses

November 01, 2024
… Court documents reflect that Lee, despite being released from federal prison in July 2021, along with others was … After initially stopping for the Trooper, Lee fled from Troopers who attempted to give chase. Shortly … of the Attorney General.  To access public court documents online, please visit the U.S. District Court for the …
November 01, 2024
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Virginia Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth on the Darknet

July 12, 2022
… via the darknet. According to court documents, from about May 2019 through December 2019, Tyler Pham, 39, … law enforcement agents conducted 20 controlled purchases from “addy4cheap” on both markets for a total of 767 peach …
July 12, 2022
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin

June 01, 2022
… United States Border Patrol or ICE custody.  Evidence taken from the two men’s cell phones showed that, before their arrest, they had traveled directly from Burbank, California, where Juarez-Sanchez had obtained …
June 01, 2022
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DEA Washington Holds Press Conference with D.C. Partners on Overdose Deaths in the District

January 31, 2022
… April. The two will face charges for the deaths resulting from the fentanyl they distribute -- the first time such a case has been prosecuted in the city. “Even one death from drug overdose is one two too many. Causing this type of …
January 31, 2022
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Baltimore County Husband and Wife Sentenced to Federal Prison for a Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

February 24, 2022
… the seat.”  Law enforcement recovered a .45-caliber handgun from the center console of the vehicle and a large black bag containing 1,012.3 grams of crack cocaine from under the front passenger seat. Law enforcement …
February 24, 2022
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Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Heroin Distribution and Admits That Heroin He Distributed Resulted in a Fatal Overdose

November 18, 2021
… .34 grams of cocaine. According to an autopsy report from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the State … on Victim A’s phone was a text to order narcotics from Smith and according to historical cell-site data, Smith …
November 18, 2021
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Felon Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for a Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

October 14, 2021
… .22 caliber ammunition. Brown knew that he was prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition as a result of a … detained pending trial. In April 2020 Brown was released from pretrial detention pending trial.  However, while on …
October 14, 2021
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Owings Mills Man Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Over Six Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

October 06, 2021
… Approximately 2.8 grams of fentanyl were retrieved from the box along with Vines’ fingerprints from the interior of the parcel. On March 19, 2021, Vines …
October 06, 2021
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Chillum Drug Dealer Caught with Two Kilos of Cocaine

August 10, 2021
… Police Department (PGPD). According to his guilty plea, from July 2020 to November 2020, Ipina sold various … with other currency, to purchase 10 kilograms of cocaine from a drug supplier in Texas. In total, Ipina distributed …
August 10, 2021
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Norfolk Man Responsible for Fatal Overdose Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl, Heroin, and Firearm Charges

May 14, 2021
… Christopher McKinley Barnes, 36, sold heroin and fentanyl from late 2016 until he was arrested on April 16, 2019. … a kilogram of heroin in the Hampton Roads area and to users from the Outer Banks region of North Carolina. In July 2018, …
May 14, 2021
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Two men plead guilty to roles in large multi-drug trafficking conspiracy across Hampton Roads Virginia

February 06, 2020
… Mackie, 44. Once Byrd was unable to obtain more cocaine from his source, he would make arrangements with Mackie to obtain cocaine from him. Byrd sold both a few ounces of cocaine at a time …
February 06, 2020
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High-level Baltimore fentanyl distributor convicted in federal court

October 02, 2019
… According to the evidence presented at his five-day trial, from April 2018 through January 2019, Paul Alexander … to kill 5 million people—and more than $4 million in cash from Alexander’s car and apartments Jan. 2, 2019. The …
October 02, 2019
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Bank Insider Charged with Accepting Brides to Facilitate Millions of Dollars of Money Laundering

November 01, 2023
… to work diligently to pursue and dismantle all elements from Drug Trafficking Organizations,” Special Agent in … the money laundering efforts by giving those who bribed him online access to the accounts, along with dozens of debit … for the accounts that were later used to withdraw cash from ATMs in Colombia. Nunez received thousands of dollars …
November 01, 2023
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Seven indicted for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma

June 23, 2020
… June 16, 2020. A copy of the full indictment can be found online . Defendants indicted are Heath Lloyd Taylor, age 41, … Leon King, age 36, of Muldrow, Oklahoma. The charges arose from a joint investigation led by DEA, Homeland Security … played important roles, including HSI task force members from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, the Tulsa …
June 23, 2020
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Cross-Country Meth Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

November 29, 2022
… trafficking operation in Washington County, Virginia from January 2021 through April 2022 and conspired with … the Virginia State Police, and task force officers from both the Lebanon Police Department and Smyth County …
November 29, 2022
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Darknet Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

March 07, 2022
… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Admits making 400+ online sales of fentanyl, meth, and other drugs while … covertly ordered heroin, methamphetamine, and other drugs from Partlow through the darknet. In November 2020, law … Postal Service Office of Inspector General, with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Drug …
March 07, 2022
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State of Maryland locations collect a record breaking amount of medications on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

November 06, 2019
… WASHINGTON – The results from DEA’s 18 th National Prescription Take Back Day are in … and Virginia – slightly more than the amount collected from the last Drug Take Back Day in April 2019. “The opioid …
November 06, 2019
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Armed Robber Exiled to 35 Years In Federal Prison

September 11, 2008
… victim. Later that day, the CS received a text message from Holmes that he was on his way to the hotel.  Shortly … near a child’s playhouse.  Officers recovered two firearms from the yard.  One gun was found leaning on a fence near …
September 11, 2008
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Operation Fowl Play

June 12, 2007
… used to secretly store drugs” according to ASAC Kotowski. "From the information we learned from individuals in this investigation, we believe we …
June 12, 2007
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11 Defendants Indicted in Multi-State Drug Conspiracy

November 07, 2006
… Virginia and southern Pennsylvania could only have resulted from the outstanding cooperative efforts of state, local and … is continuing.” The single-count indictment charges that from 2001 to September 2006, the following defendants …
November 07, 2006
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DEA Honolulu statement regarding practitioner scam

March 25, 2019
… practitioners to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA agents or other law enforcement … reported to the DEA.   Anyone receiving a telephone call from a person purporting to be a DEA special agent or other … should refuse the demand and report the threat using DEA’s online form or by calling 877-792-2873. Reporting scam calls …
March 25, 2019