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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 15, 2021
… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is … “The majority of prescription pill abusers get their pills from home medicine cabinets, therefore we ask everyone to …
April 15, 2021
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Daniel C. Comeaux named Special Agent in Charge of the Houston Division

March 01, 2021
… regulatory investigations and administration operations from Bakersfield to the Oregon Border. Additionally, … is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and graduated from the University of Houston. Prior to joining DEA in … a police officer with the City of Houston Police Department from 1991 to 1997.  Comeaux selection is effective …
March 01, 2021
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DEA Announces 20th Take Back Day

March 01, 2021
… tons of prescription drugs, including more than 249 tons from the five state Omaha Division. According to the Centers … indicate that a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets.  With that in mind, clearing …
March 01, 2021
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Substantial prison terms imposed for fentanyl distributors

March 17, 2021
… Medina-Perez, age 24 and Francisco Delgado, age 35, both from Phoenix, Arizona, were sentenced March 17, 2021, after … by a 5-year term of court supervision after release from federal prison and Francisco Delgado to a 10-year term … by a 4-year term of court supervision after release from federal prison. According to information disclosed …
March 17, 2021
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DEA Seizures of Heroin and Fentanyl Increase Across North Dakota in 2020

March 24, 2021
… in 2020 with investigators seeing a 223 percent increase from 2019 in the two drugs combined. Fentanyl, estimated at … Agent in Charge Justin C. King said. “While one pill from a single batch may contain 1 milligram of fentanyl, … fentanyl. Counterfeit pills can be difficult to distinguish from legitimate medications and are often marketed as M30s, …
March 24, 2021
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

January 30, 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 … by DEA field division. The assessment factors in data from many sources, including drug seizures, drug purity, …
January 30, 2020
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Skagit County business owner sentenced to prison for laundering money for drug cartel that trafficked heroin and fentanyl

January 21, 2020
… pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison terms ranging from four years to ten years in prison. This investigation … Bremerton Police Department, with significant assistance from the Tahoma Narcotics Enforcement Team with assistance from the Special Operations Division, Chantilly, Virginia …
January 21, 2020
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Three-day span in December nets 240 pounds of methamphetamine and more than $289,000 for DEA Omaha Division agents

December 17, 2019
… the five arrests and 225 pounds of the methamphetamine came from Minnesota, while agents in Omaha seized $134,269 in a … seizures along the Southwest Border increased 255 percent from 2012 to 2017 with the majority, 54 percent, seized … incredibly dangerous drug out of our communities and away from our children.” The DEA Omaha Division covers a five …
December 17, 2019
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 21, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … safer by removing unwanted prescription medications from their homes. This semi-annual event is a chance to do … more being added each day. Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
October 21, 2019
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Nearly a dozen drug traffickers off the streets and headed to prison

October 02, 2019
… Pruneda, 60, and her daughter Ruby Pruneda, 34, both also from Laredo, received three years of probation and 18 months … used various U.S. bank accounts to transfer drug proceeds from distribution cities to Laredo. They were able to … and Moreno acted as couriers willing to transport narcotics from Laredo to Austin, Dallas and elsewhere, while Lomeli …
October 02, 2019
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Sinaloa Cartel associate sentenced to 10 year prison term for drug trafficking

July 26, 2019
… by a 5-year term of court supervision after he is released from federal prison. Muniz was also ordered to pay a $7,500 … During the investigation, several ledgers were seized from Muniz’s residence and documented monthly narcotic … sentence imposed by the court removes a drug trafficker from our streets and sends a clear message to others who may …
July 26, 2019
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Bakersfield synthetic marijuana source of supply sentenced to over five years in prison

April 15, 2019
… also ordered to forfeit over $193,000 in proceeds derived from drug trafficking.   According to court documents, in … negotiated with and obtained the raw chemicals directly from Chinese suppliers. He would then dilute them with a … conspiring to structure several million dollars obtained from his drug trafficking activity. The structuring charge …
April 15, 2019
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DEA Omaha Division feels effects of Sinaloa Cartel

February 13, 2019
… in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota from routes that begin in Mexico. “We’ve been able to trace … with the capture of El Chapo and yesterday’s verdict from his 12 week trial, we recognize that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done to curb the drug flow from Mexico into the United States,” Thimmesch said.  “The …
February 13, 2019
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Anchorage woman, inmate sentenced to over three years for distributing fentanyl in prison

December 19, 2018
… violation. On Oct. 30, 2017, Lantz was transferred from ACC to Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (HMCC), … DOC personnel were able to recover .38 grams of fentanyl from one of the HMCC inmates who overdosed. The … event” that required a significant sentence to deter others from making the same dangerous decisions that the defendant …
December 19, 2018
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Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Meets With Drug Control Officials In China

January 13, 2017
… China on counter-narcotic issues and the evolving threat from synthetic drugs. On October 1, 2015, China took an … China due to the wave of recent deaths in the United States from these synthetic opioids.  In Hong Kong, Rosenberg met … sharing to combat fentanyl and New Psychoactive Substances from the Far East to the U.S.  Officials also discussed …
January 13, 2017
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DEA And Partners To Hold Roundtable Discussion

September 19, 2016
… 21, 2016, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) will join leaders from federal, state and local law enforcement and public … will also have the opportunity to hear perspectives from the DEA, the Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office, the … take place at the Oregon Department of Justice in Portland from 8:00AM to 12:00PM. Members of Oregon’s law enforcement …
September 19, 2016
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DEA’S 15h Rx Drug Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In The Atlanta Field Division & State Of Tennessee

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Georgia

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In North Carolina

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.             DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In South Carolina

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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DEA’s 15th Rx Drug Take Back Day Hailed As Huge Success In Tennessee

May 07, 2018
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. DEA launched its …
May 07, 2018
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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

May 18, 2018
… ran a stash house in Bensenville where heroin and cash from drug sales were stored.  He also sold drugs in the … customers, Jesus Salgado would often pick up the heroin from the stash house, and then drop off the proceeds at the … drug pipeline.  Authorities seized four kilograms of heroin from the Bensenville stash house and shut it down as part of …
May 18, 2018
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DEA's 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Delivers Positive Numbers Throughout South And Central Texas

May 07, 2018
… Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov HOUSTON - From Waco to Houston to Laredo, Texas, Texan’s showed their … lives by removing unused painkillers and controlled drugs from homes,” said DEA Acting Administrator Robert W. …
May 07, 2018
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Lockport Woman Pleads Guilty To Drug Charge

March 08, 2018
… New York and sold drugs to H.C. H.C. died hours later from a fentanyl overdose. On February 12, 2015, the Niagara … was a passenger. Law enforcement officers seized fentanyl from inside the car. Kimmons and Ventura were arrested. On … source again bought crack cocaine as well as heroin from the defendant. Charges are pending against Oliver …
March 08, 2018
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Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty In 100 Pound Meth Conspiracy

April 09, 2018
… that Robert “Bobby” Whitenack, 37, a convicted felon from Westside, Iowa, was convicted on the charges of … involvement in a meth trafficking conspiracy that spanned from January 2014 through May of 2017, distributing at least … of Whitenack’s collecting $10,000 in drug proceeds from customers, to Whitenack’s possession of firearms during …
April 09, 2018
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Bradenton Man Sentenced To More Than 10 Years For Drug Trafficking

March 08, 2018
… positive for cocaine. Officers also recovered $237 from a fanny-pack strapped to Johnson’s waistband and another $207 from his front pants pockets. Shortly thereafter, Code … later told law enforcement that Johnson had told him to run from the car and get rid of the objects. He also stated that …
March 08, 2018
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Two South Florida Men Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Hundreds Of Pounds Of High-grade Marijuana

March 06, 2018
… traffickers had stolen approximately $250,000 of marijuana from the conspirators. In February 2015, during a recorded … meeting, the conspirators discussed recouping their debt from the drug traffickers and continuing their drug … seized more than 1,300 pounds of high-grade marijuana from a storage facility in Orlando and a house linked to …
March 06, 2018
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
… crime. By pleading guilty, Pesqueira admitted that from July 2010 to May 2013, he purchased firearms, as well … to individuals in order for them to purchase firearms, from El Paso area gun dealers to include a Barrett .50 … conducted by ATF and DEA agents together with investigators from Homeland Security Investigations, United States …
September 25, 2013
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

May 16, 2014
… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
May 16, 2014
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Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

September 03, 2014
… pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July … trafficking operation and to prevent Rodriguez-Gonzalez from providing law enforcement with details of Ruiz’ …
September 03, 2014