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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

… in Los Angeles on money laundering charges arising from this type of scheme, which is commonly referred to as a … in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to purchase merchandise from Woody Toys. The dollars being sold were allegedly …
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

… the extraditions of Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics … organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an … the CS’s. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
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North Dakota State College of Science Wins Top Prize in Red Ribbon Week Video Contest

January 31, 2019
… Week Campus Video PSA Contest! You can view the winning PSA online at https://youtu.be/7DFbh_0Npog . DEA and the … nation’s schools, workplaces, and communities. Each year from October 23–31, people in cities and towns across the …
January 31, 2019
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

… a pound of methamphetamine during a series of controlled buys. In August 2020, investigators arrested Fowler and …
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South Bend, Indiana man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine

… a pound of methamphetamine. Kinds admitted that he had been buying and selling methamphetamine by the pound, and that he …
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Convicted Drug Trafficker Found Guilty

… a confidential informant in Bradenton, for the purpose of buying a half-kilogram of cocaine. During the transaction, …
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Nurse Pleads Guilty to Illegally Obtaining Fentanyl from Hospital

… Nurse Pleads Guilty to Illegally Obtaining Fentanyl from Hospital December 16, 2024 St. Louis Contact Info … in federal court today to illegally obtaining fentanyl from a hospital for his own use. Charles Welch Jr., 65, … guilty today, Welch admitted that he stole fentanyl from the automated dispensing cabinets located in the …
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New York Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

… an anti-anxiety drug, on the darknet and then reselling it from at least October 2019 through May 2021. He also … of counterfeit/misbranded pills.  “Any medication purchased online should be considered suspicious,” DEA St. Louis … should only be filled by a licensed pharmacist, not bought online from unknown and unreliable sources.” Assistant U.S. …
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Two Defendants From Operation “Wild Wild East” Sentenced

… Two Defendants From Operation “Wild Wild East” Sentenced March 05, 2015 New … 2014.  According to court documents, this indictment sprung from an investigation into a heroin-trafficking organization …
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

… that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United … conducted a series of controlled purchases of drugs from Dodson and, in January 2022, obtained warrants to … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

… 93 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known as “Operation Shaw-Crank … must do all we can to keep children in our community safe from drugs and other illegal activity. I thank the dedicated … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … made at today’s plea and other court proceedings: From January 2011, up to and including October 2, 2013, the …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… (AFO) moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … the dedicated team of prosecutors and federal agents from the DEA, FBI and IRS for overcoming the extreme … some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of the Organization. In September 2012, the undercover officers bought a gun from a member of the Organization that, based on ballistics …
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Physician Sentenced after Taking Bribes from Drug Manufacturer

… Physician Sentenced after Taking Bribes from Drug Manufacturer September 13, 2022 St. Louis Contact … was sentenced in federal court today after taking bribes from a drug manufacturer in exchange for prescribing its … Ozark Community Hospital - Christian County Clinic in Nixa from 2004 to June 2019. He also was employed by several area …
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Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries and the Illegal Sale of Addictive Prescription Medications

… today in the Eastern District of Arkansas, representatives from DEA joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office to announce the …   were arrested on charges of allegedly operating an online telehealth website that distributed Adderall and …
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California Man Sentenced to Prison for Transporting Narcotics Through the Orlando Airport

… investigation revealed that Scarlett had brought narcotics from California to Florida on multiple occasions. He was … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Orlando Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison on Cocaine and Ecstasy Charges

… and 2021. Brenes-Colon coordinated shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Florida and delivered cocaine to Georgi … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Alleged Bay Area Fentanyl Distributor Extradited from Honduras

… Alleged Bay Area Fentanyl Distributor Extradited from Honduras October 25, 2024 San Francisco Contact Info … the United States this week to appear on charges stemming from his alleged involvement in the distribution of fentanyl … marks the fifth extradition of an alleged drug distributor from Honduras to the Northern District of California this …
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March 28, 2025
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Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Kansas Hospital

… Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Kansas Hospital March 13, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info … license forfeited after stealing controlled substances from his employer. According to court documents, in March … Park, Kan., removed vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet at Menorah Medical …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico

… Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico November 18, 2025 San Diego Contact Info Contact … trafficker linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, was extradited from Mexico on October 24th to face drug and firearms … and Smuggling Goods (i.e., firearms and ammunition) from the United States to Mexico. According to court …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 38 Years in Federal Prison

… users and smaller-scale suppliers who made daily purchases from the residence. The conspiracy included Thomas as the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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South Texas Dealer Sentenced for 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 … how young the victim was, it still didn't stop Jose Carlos from selling deadly fentanyl to the victim" said DEA Special …
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Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

… federal investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “We … source purchased an additional kilogram of methamphetamine from the defendants for $2,700.  Rangel, Lozano, and Alvarez … price of the methamphetamine if the source were willing to buy larger quantities.  Like De La Cruz, Torres Cruz is …
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

… need the powerful painkiller. The OxyContin was obtained from Southland pharmacies, some of which submitted … To deal with the large amounts of cash generated from the illegal OxyContin sales, some of the defendants … at casinos, to purchase automobiles and jewelry, and to buy more OxyContin. The scheme allegedly was orchestrated by …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the … acknowledged purchasing such fraudulent prescriptions from Johns since 2011.  Johns pleaded guilty to illegally distributing 39,000 30 mg oxycodone pills from January 1, 2014 to May 2015, with the pills having a …
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53 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl seized from truckload of Tupperware

… 53 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl seized from truckload of Tupperware April 10, 2019 New York Contact … officers learned that a narcotics shipment was en route from California to the Northeast via tractor trailer. Group … trailer. The organization had replaced the Tupperware from Tupperware boxes with kilograms of fentanyl and …
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Chester County Shuts Down Drug Pipeline From Mexico

… Chester County Shuts Down Drug Pipeline From Mexico July 10, 2013 Philadelphia Contact Info Contact … local operation was designed to attack the drug pipeline from Mexico that runs through Southern Chester County, …
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Detroit News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Charges August 1, 2008 DEA Catches Drug Thug Trying to Buy Two Kilograms of Cocaine August 1, 2008 Mexican Illegal … Five Years For Dealing Speed June 18, 2008 Crack Dealer Ran From Police After Being Handcuffed June 17, 2008 Two …
July 15, 2021