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DEA St. Louis Division Seizes Record 400+ pounds of Meth

July 13, 2022
… A table laden with methamphetamine seized from a storage unit in St. Louis, totaling about 460 pounds. ST. LOUIS – A man from Wildwood, Missouri, has been caught with at least 400 … the dedicated effort of our agents at stopping this poison from reaching our communities.” Kristiansen was recently …
July 13, 2022
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Meth and a Gun Results in 15 Years of Prison

September 01, 2021
… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo., from April 7, 2019, to July 25, 2019. Fleming admitted that … officers contacted Fleming after receiving information from a confidential informant that he was going to resupply. Detectives seized a Kel-Tec 9mm firearm from Fleming’s holster and a package that contained …
September 01, 2021
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 27, 2023
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers an easy, no-cost … medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from their homes.  These medications can be a gateway to … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend.  Removing unnecessary …
October 27, 2023
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 19, 2022
… the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the … ever encountered," said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.  "From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
August 19, 2022
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United States District Court Orders Forfeiture of Real Estate Purchased by Mexican Cartel Leader Rafael Caro Quintero with Proceeds of his Drug Trafficking Organization

April 15, 2021
… crimes. As we continue to safeguard the American public from drug trafficking and the dangers associated, we will … of methamphetamine and multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico to the United States. As part of its … law enforcement learned that Caro Quintero used proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics to purchase real estate …
April 15, 2021
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Mexican drug cartel member receives 216-month prison sentence

May 10, 2019
… accounts that were utilized by others to structure deposits from places around the United States, including Buffalo to … accounts to ship packages containing kilograms of cocaine from California to cities across the country including … involved in an illegal narcotics operation stretching from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Western New York. Law enforcement …
May 10, 2019
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Three defendants sentenced for role in drug conspiracy linked to a Mexican drug cartel

May 10, 2019
… accounts that were utilized by others to structure deposits from places around the United States, including Buffalo to … accounts to ship packages containing kilograms of cocaine from California to cities across the country including … involved in an illegal narcotics operation stretching from Sinaloa, Mexico, to Western New York. Law enforcement …
May 10, 2019
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Rochester drug kingpin sentenced to life in prison

September 18, 2018
… which represented the gross proceeds Montague obtained from the criminal enterprise. Assistant U.S. Attorneys … the transportation of several hundred kilograms of cocaine from the western United States to the Rochester area between … in the seizure of a six-kilogram shipment of cocaine from a courier as the drugs were being transported from …
September 18, 2018
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Lawrence Woman Sentenced To Probation For Fentanyl Charges

February 08, 2025
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 16 kilos of fentanyl recovered from residence and vehicle BOSTON – A   Lawrence, Mass. … with the April 2021 seizure of 9.6 kilograms of fentanyl from her Lawrence residence and an additional 6.4 kilograms of fentanyl from a hidden compartment in a car registered to her. In …
February 08, 2025
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Federal Jury Finds California Drug Supplier Guilty of Distribution in Relation to Fatal Fentanyl Overdose of Fairbanks Man

April 23, 2024
… pills laced with deadly fentanyl. The pills were shipped from California and arrived in Fairbanks on Oct. 17, 2020. … the area. On Oct. 26, 2020, the victim purchased two pills from the shipment and was found dead in his home on Oct. 28, … who cause irreparable damage by trafficking it to our state from Outside.” “I am very proud of the role that Fairbanks …
April 23, 2024
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Jury convicts career drug dealer of trafficking cocaine

February 12, 2020
… court: On multiple occasions in late 2015, Lewis traveled from southwest Georgia to the Atlanta metro area and … backseat of his vehicle.  While on his way back to Albany from East Point, Lewis’s vehicle was stopped by the Fulton … Five kilograms of highly-pure cocaine were recovered from the backseat, and Lewis was arrested. Immediately …
February 12, 2020
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced For Transporting

September 12, 2019
… 4.24 kilograms of heroin, hidden inside a car battery, from Texas to the Atlanta-area.   Robert J. Murphy, special … Office face when trying to prevent dangerous drugs from hitting the streets of our communities. As a result of … law enforcement partners, we were able to stop these drugs from hitting our streets.”   According to U.S. Attorney Pak, …
September 12, 2019
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Bridgeport Man Who Trafficked Cocaine Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison

December 20, 2023
… kilogram-quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico.  In the summer of 2021, investigators also … Rodriguez, to deliver to him five kilograms of cocaine from Florida.  Landdy Rodriguez was also supplied with cocaine from Salvador Crespo, who ran an underground bar in …
December 20, 2023
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Jury Convicts Cartel Leader in Murder-for-Hire Conspiracy

December 15, 2023
… Del Noreste (CDN), and several other CDN members traveled from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, into Laredo. There, … and murder of an individual the Cartel believed had stolen from them. The investigation revealed Gonzalez-Martinez … to plan and coordinate the recovery of drugs and proceeds from the intended victim. In addition, Gonzalez-Martinez …
December 15, 2023
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 13, 2023
… Locally, the El Paso Division collected 4,409 pounds from various sites in El Paso, Midland, Alpine, Las Cruces, … removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary …
November 13, 2023
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 09, 2023
… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
November 09, 2023
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 21, 2020
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Collection sites will adhere … our homes of medicines we’re not using and keep them away from those who might abuse or misuse them.”   Given the …
October 21, 2020
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Gloucester County Man Convicted of Drug Conspiracy and Firearms Offenses

July 19, 2023
… and over one kilogram of heroin, which was recovered from his apartment. Osorio was arrested while driving with his conspirators from New Jersey to Brooklyn to sell an additional quantity of heroin, which was recovered from the vehicle. In addition to the drugs recovered from …
July 19, 2023
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Reno Doctor Robert Rand Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter Of Patient And Unlawful Distribution Of Nearly 24,000 Oxycodone Pills

July 17, 2017
… professional practice that resulted in the patient’s death from oxycodone intoxication.  From the start of treatment, in June 2014, Rand prescribed …
July 17, 2017
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 27, 2022
… Twice Domestic 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September WASHINGTON – The … the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl … is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were …
September 27, 2022
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 25, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … is no question that prescription drug abuse and theft from medicine cabinets is an issue for every community,” …
April 25, 2022
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 108 Months for Cocaine Trafficking and Gun Crimes

March 24, 2022
… supplying cocaine to McClinton, negotiating lower costs from a source-of-supply, improving the quality of the … customers in Dane County. The conspiracy took place from September through December 2020, and resulted in … purchasing approximately nine kilograms of cocaine from Henderson. While searching two homes belonging to …
March 24, 2022
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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to 75 Months for Trafficking Cocaine to Connecticut

April 08, 2021
… three years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the U.S. Mail. … kilogram-quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico to Connecticut and elsewhere.  The … Suarez, of New Britain, coordinated shipments of cocaine from Collazo-Rivera and his associates in Puerto Rico to …
April 08, 2021
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Dominican National sentenced to nine years in prison for running conspiracy to traffic kilos of heroin and cocaine

January 25, 2021
… least ten kilograms of heroin and five kilograms of cocaine from California, and who conspired with others to work at … containing one or more kilos of heroin or cocaine shipped from California, that were earmarked for delivery to … working at the direction of Sanquintin as they drove away from the stash house. On those occasions, DEA agents seized …
January 25, 2021
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Dominican National sentenced to 78 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

November 19, 2020
… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … the Martinez phone banks. He then collected cash proceeds from the sales and delivered them to the leaders of the …
November 19, 2020
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Dominican National sentenced to five years for fentanyl and heroin conspiracy and distribution

March 06, 2020
… 2018.  Investigators intercepted communications to and from the defendants’ phones which evidenced their drug … drugs, meet with customers and to collect cash derived from drug sales.  In November 2018, law enforcement stopped a passenger van headed from New York City to Worcester, Massachusetts and observed …
March 06, 2020
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New York resident supplied by Waterbury drug trafficker sentenced to federal prison

March 06, 2020
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … that Jordan was receiving large quantities of heroin from various suppliers, including Brian Hanna, of Brooklyn, … to purchase distribution quantities of heroin and fentanyl from Jordan.  He then sold the drug to his own customers in …
March 06, 2020
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Conspirator in fentanyl, cocaine trafficking organization sentenced to 60 months in federal prison

April 15, 2019
… that imported hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and distributed them in Rhode … He arranged for the shipment of fentanyl and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and oversaw the distribution of … by law enforcement. The conversations ranged in topic from Diaz arranging for numerous multi-kilogram purchases of …
April 15, 2019
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Two Pensacola brothers each sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for large drug and money laundering conspiracy

August 02, 2018
… California, have been sentenced for charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy.  … 2017, Nguyen shipped packages of cocaine and marijuana from California to the Booker brothers in Pensacola.  Nguyen … of packages of cocaine and marijuana that he was shipping from California to Pensacola.  Postal records show that the …
August 02, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 25, 2018
… the Pacific Northwest SEATTLE – This Saturday, October 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., (local time) the federal Drug … sites which resulted in 17,018 pounds (8.5 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho – 37 collection sites which resulted in 4,282 (2.0 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon – 60 collection sites which …
October 25, 2018