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South Texas Dealer Admits to Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… revealed text messages which showed the victim wanting to buy “pase” from Carlos. “Pase” was code for cocaine. Carlos indicated … illustrates that no person - regardless of age - is safe from fentanyl’s deadly grip. As long as drug dealers decide …
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Fentanyl Distributer Tied to 13-Year-Old’s Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

… to focus our resources on stopping this deadly threat from reaching and causing more harm to our next generation.” … “We will never stop fighting to protect our community from this dangerous drug. I’m proud of the men and women of … messenger to a 13-year-old girl who asked him if she could buy “percs.”  Soliz agreed and delivered the pills to her …
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… which moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on … spent almost four years in custody in Mexico, from October 25, 2008 to August 31, 2012.  Sentencing was …
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Nearly 45 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Interstate Traffickers

… Nearly 45 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Interstate Traffickers March 15, 2024 New York Contact … (nearly 45 pounds) of cocaine worth more than $1 million from a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Members of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force tracked the vehicle from Connecticut through New York City to New Jersey, where …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

… that she was paid $3,000 to enter the United States from Mexico, meet an individual in California, receive drugs … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

July 13, 2023
… Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border Testimony Drug Prevention July 13, … between the ages of 18 to 45, and it kills Americans from all walks of life, in every state and community in this … network to pocket the billions of dollars in revenue from those sales. DEA George Papadopoulos Testimony - July …
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Imported fentanyl from China and produced and distributed pills that appeared … began in the summer of 2018, when law enforcement officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Snohomish … at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
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Pilot Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited From Paraguay

… Pilot Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited From Paraguay July 25, 2022 New England Contact Info Contact … in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, has been extradited from Paraguay. On December 14, 2016, a grand jury in …
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Orange Park Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Over 5 Kilos of Cocaine With Intent to Distribute

… in Jacksonville in the St. Johns Bluff area. Troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol conducted a traffic stop on … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Dark Web Vendor of Opioids and Counterfeit U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty

… web criminal marketplaces. According to court documents, from around October 2016 through February 2021, Albie Pagan, … well as counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. Pagan mailed these online-purchased narcotics and counterfeit currency to … U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and detectives from local assisting police agencies. The task force is …
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Members of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges in Operation “Titan Fall”

… the firearms depicted in the attached photo were recovered from Roman’s home. This case was investigated by the Drug … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

… of bank fraud. Yarrington served as governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2004. Tamaulipas lies along the southern border … of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… organizations in Mexico and Colombia to launder proceeds from their drug sales. The defendants that pleaded guilty … Form 8300 showing the receipt of more than $10,000 in cash from Woody Toys’ Mexican customers, and who is scheduled to … and Mexican pesos would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they used to purchase …
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Big Island Marijuana “Ministry” Operator Pleads Guilty To Drug And Tax Offenses

… activity.” According to information produced to the court: From at least about 2000 through July 8, 2010, the Christies … stating “it’s retail”, and “normal retail, you know, we buy it, you know, at forty-five hundred, five grand a pound, …
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New Jersey Woman Sentenced to 5 years in Prison for Residential Marijuana Grows in Sacramento and Placer Counties

… in 2016 and 2017. Li also acknowledged using proceeds from a marijuana grow to buy another property to continue growing marijuana. This …
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Man Involved in Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

… used Facebook to pick their targets and then arranged to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little contacted …
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Second Man Admits Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis

… with each other, pick their targets and then arrange to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little contacted …
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Missouri Man Charged in Suspected Overdose Death of Mother of Three

… messages in which the victim told Carpenter she wanted to buy fentanyl, charging documents say. Carpenter was arrested … drug is awareness of its danger, helping those who suffer from substance use or mental health disorders find help, and …
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to More Than 2 Years for Trafficking Drugs at a Public Housing Development in Portsmouth

… deserve better than to be endangered by those dealing and buying dangerous narcotics nearby. We will continue to … public neighborhoods in the Granite State are safeguarded from drug activity and violence.”  According to court …
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Pill Distributor Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Diaz posing as a potential drug customer seeking to buy counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl. On … and 81 grams of substances containing methadone were seized from Diaz. United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Stephen …
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Felon Pleads Guilty in Connection to Distributing Crack Cocaine, the Illegal Possession of Four Firearms, Ammunition, and a Glock Switch

… they found money that had been used in the controlled buys, four firearms, ammunition, magazines and other firearm … convicted of four felonies and was therefore prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. The charge of drug …
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Three Sentenced in Austin for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in 18 Year Old’s Death

… and a half tablets of counterfeit oxycodone were recovered from the victim’s residence following his death. As part of … Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted controlled-buys with Lee and Zepeda, indicating that the two were …
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Henderson County Methamphetamine Distributor is Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… a confidential source to arrange multiple controlled buys of methamphetamine from Nalley. On December 22, 2021, deputies with the Haywood …
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Groveton woman sentenced to 65 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… that on March 1, 2018, an individual intended to travel from New Hampshire to a location in Lawrence, Mass., to … that she and her co-conspirator went to Lawrence to buy “dope.” Willey consented to a search of the car and …
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Central Florida Law Enforcement Warns of THC-Laced Edibles that Resemble Common Snack Foods

… Patrol (FHP) are leading the investigations with assistance from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Pasco …
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Multiple Arrests Dismantle North Little Rock Drug Trafficking Organization

… executed three search warrants, and made nine controlled buys and seizures. Agents seized nine firearms, 189 … with marijuana by shipping it through the U.S. mail from the state of Washington to central Arkansas. Those …
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Kentucky Career Criminal Sentenced To 20 + Years For Head Role In Cocaine Conspiracy

… drug trafficking offenses.   According to court documents, from May 2009 until October 2011, Chenault led a large … acknowledged that he and Catching used drug proceeds to buy merchandise for the store.   Court documents state that …
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Violent South Coast Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison

… purchase, Monteiro robbed the cooperating witness of the “buy money.”  Monteiro was arrested three days later, at … drug trafficking materials, handcuffs, and brass knuckles from his home.  The jury also heard testimony concerning a …
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Los Banos Trucking Company Owners Sent To Prison For Tax & Bribery Conspiracy

… in Fresno and asked to be picked up, because he wanted to buy a new BMW. When the dealership asked about a $747,000 … involved the laundering of $100,000 in proceeds obtained from Padilla’s drug trafficking activities through the …