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Burlington Man Charged with Distributing Controlled Substances to a Minor

March 28, 2024
… In May 2023, the juvenile suffered a non-fatal overdose from controlled substances believed to have been acquired from Gower. The United States Attorney’s Office emphasizes … however, would be determined by the Court with guidance from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines and …
March 28, 2024
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Fort Wayne Man Sentenced to 151 Months for Drug Trafficking Offense

February 08, 2024
… addressed to inmates which purportedly were coming from various attorneys or from a state agency. The intent was that the pages be torn … the United States Postal Inspection Service with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States …
February 08, 2024
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Leader of conspiracy that manufactured illegal drugs on an industrial scale sentenced to 20 years in federal prison

August 07, 2020
… of up to $18,000 per month. In addition to profiting from drug sales, Forrester testified that a Canadian drug … $10,000 per month to receive packages of Fentanyl shipped from China and then reship it to addresses in Canada and … networks, including those that import illicit raw materials from overseas to make counterfeit drugs, and misuse the …
August 07, 2020
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“Meth” Courier Pleads Guilty in DEA-led Wiretap Investigation into Drug Trafficking in Middle Georgia

March 29, 2021
… April 2019. DEA conducted a series of controlled purchases from Allen using a confidential informant (CI) but were … sought and obtained a wiretap order on Allen’s phone number from a federal judge. Allen negotiated the purchase of large quantities of methamphetamine from sources in the Atlanta area on August 21, 2019, …
March 29, 2021
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Burke County Man Admits Operating Illegal Pill Factory

March 04, 2021
… partners are committed to keeping our neighborhoods safe from dangerous drugs.” “Our law enforcement partners, particularly the investigators from the Drug Enforcement administration, did an outstanding … District, we are determined to eradicate this poison from our communities.” The DEA began the investigation in …
March 04, 2021
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison

February 25, 2021
… law enforcement in Kansas seized 25 kilograms of cocaine from two individuals operating as drug couriers, who were traveling from California to Charlotte. According to court records, … law enforcement that they had made multiple drug deliveries from California to Charlotte. Over the course of the …
February 25, 2021
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 22, 2020
… putting these substances away and protecting our loved ones from the pandemic and prescription drug abuse crisis.” DEA … 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 22, 2020
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Avowed member of white supremacist gang sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison for drug trafficking

April 23, 2020
… five years under court supervision after he is released from prison. Joining U.S. Attorney Murray in making today’s … which is a white supremacist gang.  Court records show that from at least January 2019 to May 2019, Adams and Higgins trafficked methamphetamine, which they obtained from a source of supply in the Atlanta, Georgia area. The …
April 23, 2020
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Myrtle Beach drug boss sentenced to over nine years in federal prison on oxycodone conspiracy charge

July 19, 2019
… closet under a pile of clothes. Agents and officers seized from the house two laptops as well as multiple cell phones … pictures of counterfeit prescriptions and incoming calls from various pharmacies. Agents linked the phone numbers of … “This sentencing removes yet another dangerous criminal from our streets and sends a clear message to others who may …
July 19, 2019
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Honduran national sentenced to more than 11 years for trafficking methamphetamine

September 27, 2019
… County.  Court records show that law enforcement recovered from an Asheville-area hotel a suitcase which belonged to … methamphetamine. According to documents filed in this case, from July 2017 to October 2017, Neris and Thomas trafficked … between half of a kilogram to a kilogram of methamphetamine from a supplier located in Atlanta.  As Neris previously …
September 27, 2019
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Drug conspiracy leader sentenced to over 10 years

June 12, 2019
… was part of a drug conspiracy that trafficked cocaine from Texas to North Carolina. In October 2017, DEA agents … seized 23 kilograms of cocaine near Nashville, Tenn., from a vehicle en route to North Carolina. According to … had been contracted by Flores to transport the cocaine from Texas to members of the drug conspiracy located in …
June 12, 2019
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Federal Officer Charged with Bribery and Attempted Importation of Cocaine

December 05, 2023
… attempted importation of cocaine. The charges allege that from Oct. 1-17, Celedon accepted U.S. currency in exchange … to be several kilograms of cocaine into the United States from Mexico through the Laredo Port of Entry without … allegedly accepted another bribe for the same conduct from on or about Oct. 23-30.   If convicted, Celedon faces …
December 05, 2023
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Pawtucket Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Cocaine Trafficking Charge

November 15, 2023
… Cruz-Aponte admitted that he agreed to retrieve the package from the front porch of a Pawtucket residence and deliver it … the court, the package retrieved by Cruz-Aponte was shipped from Colombia and was intercepted by Customs and Border … stop, Cruz-Aponte briefly attempted to flee by lunging from the car, with the package in hand, and throwing the …
November 15, 2023
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Mexican National Residing in Stockton Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking

September 26, 2023
… 4.5 kilograms of heroin and $42,066 in cash were seized from Aispuro’s residence. Aispuro has agreed to forfeit the … containing fentanyl and 2.8 kilograms of heroin were seized from Guzman’s residence. This case is the product of an … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service and the San Joaquin …
September 26, 2023
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Eastern Idaho Attorney Indicted for Drug Trafficking Charges

September 15, 2023
… of methamphetamine. The indictment alleges that from June 2022 to February 19, 2023, Dunn conspired with … of 2022. Federal agents with DEA, supported by detectives from Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Jefferson County … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Idaho Falls Police Department, the Bonneville …
September 15, 2023
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Communities Across Arizona Turn in Over 3.5 tons of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

May 16, 2023
… came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 … more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities across the country. For more than a decade, … their homes of unneeded medications to protect loved ones from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
May 16, 2023
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Communities Across the Country Remove Nearly 664,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

May 15, 2023
… came together once again to protect our communities from prescription misuse by safely disposing of 663,725 … more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities across the country. Across the Louisville … their homes of unneeded medications to protect loved ones from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
May 15, 2023
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Wives of Convicted Drug Traffickers Plead Guilty to Laundering Drug Proceeds

April 21, 2023
… Flores,” 47, both confirmed in their plea agreements that from December 2008 until March 2020, they conspired with … generated hundreds of millions of dollars of proceeds from the sale of narcotics. After their husbands’ … November 2008, Lopez and Gaytan stored cash drug proceeds from their husbands’ drug operations, proceeds which they …
April 21, 2023
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 years in Federal Prison

March 03, 2023
… in Indianapolis and Texas. Lopez-Acevedo was extradited from Mexico in 2019 with the assistance of the Department of … Justice’s Office of International Affairs. Upon his release from prison, Lopez-Acevedo will be removed from the United States. The Drug Enforcement Drug …
March 03, 2023
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DEA Chicago Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

March 15, 2023
… City, Mexico, Kabul, Afghanistan, Phoenix and Chicago. From 2012-2015, she held the position of first Country … to house a DEA-led “Joint Counter Narcotics Task Force.” From 2008-2012, she was group supervisor of two key …
March 15, 2023
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Indianapolis Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking

March 06, 2023
… by Community Corrections didn’t deter the defendant from pushing fentanyl, meth, and crack into our … their investigation and commitment to protect the public from dangerous, repeat drug traffickers.” The DEA and IMPD … the U.S. Probation Office for five years after his release from federal prison. U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant …
March 06, 2023
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DEA working hard to tackle rising drug threat in Johnson City area

April 08, 2019
… a much cheaper price.   According to the most current data from the Centers for Disease Control, more than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdose deaths in 2017, up nearly 10 percent over … a decade. Of those overdose deaths, just over 49,000 were from synthetic opioids, which include prescription …
April 08, 2019
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Ohio Man Sentenced for Distributing Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals in Dallas

July 21, 2021
… with our communities to educate and prevent these drugs from reaching our homes and will most importantly, hold those accountable who choose to distribute and profit from this poison.” According to information presented in … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
July 21, 2021
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Guatemalan National Extradited to Eastern District of Texas

June 08, 2021
… for multi-ton cocaine shipments which originated from Columbia.  The drugs were then shipped to Costa Rica, … airplanes used to transport cocaine shipments departing from Colombia and Venezuela to arrive at his clandestine … the criminal activities of Mr. Villagran and his associates from American investigators and our overseas law enforcement …
June 08, 2021
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Oakland Resident Who Sold Fentanyl in San Francisco's Tenderloin Sentenced to Four Years

January 13, 2023
… agents on four occasions in the Tenderloin District from November 2021 to February 2022.  He admitted that on … the residence.  Alvarado admitted the cash was proceeds from past drug sales.  The money was forfeited as part of … term of supervision for Alvarado following his release from prison.  Alvarado was in custody at the sentencing …
January 13, 2023
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DEA Houston Field Division Announces the Seizure of Over 7 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

December 28, 2022
… worked to eradicate over 7 million deadly doses of fentanyl from our communities across the southern, eastern, and … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a Public Safety Alert on … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s announcement in 2021 that four out of ten …
December 28, 2022
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International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

November 21, 2022
… the front companies purported to sell and then transported from Mexico on semi-trailer trucks driven by unwitting … to 100 kilograms of cocaine or up to $1.5 million in cash. From 2012 to 2017, Gonzalez Garcia was responsible for the …
November 21, 2022
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Local Teens Participate in Youth Leadership

September 19, 2022
… able to provide this training in 2021 and 2022. This year from July 25-28, eight local teens attended daily training … also received prevention messaging and career exploration from the DEA and through a partnership with MATFORCE (a … Youth Leadership training. We appreciate the presentation from MATFORCE on vaping and drug prevention, the Prescott …
September 19, 2022
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California Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth into Southern Oregon

September 08, 2022
… prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine from Southern California to Southern Oregon for … was transporting pound quantities of methamphetamine north from California in rental cars and then selling it to local … by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement (MADGE) team …
September 08, 2022
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DEA encourages communities nationwide to Go Red for Red Ribbon

October 23, 2020
… all of our agents as they work to keep our communities safe from the scourge of drugs and violent drug traffickers." Red … in Mexico. After Special Agent Camarena’s death, people from his hometown started wearing red ribbons to honor his …
October 23, 2020