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Cartel Connected Leader Of Large Drug Distribution Ring Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

March 21, 2017
… 2015, law enforcement purchased heroin and methamphetamine from various distributors in the conspiracy.  During the … moved in on the ring in June 2015.  Law enforcement seized from his various stash houses a total of over 30 pounds of …
March 21, 2017
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Former Seattle Police Officer Pleads Guilty For Role In Drug Conspiracy Transporting Large Amounts Of Marijuana To The East Coast

November 27, 2017
… role in the smuggling of hundreds of pounds of marijuana from the Seattle area to Baltimore, Maryland.  Alex … pounds of marijuana and transport and launder the proceeds from the drug sales.  Chapackdee has remained in custody …
November 27, 2017
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Five Defendants Charged In Connection With Crack Cocaine Dealing In Seattle’s Pioneer Square Neighborhood

February 13, 2018
… amounts of crack cocaine, cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin from his vehicle.  The defendants taken into custody today … 1.5 lbs. of crack cocaine, and 187 grams of fentanyl from his vehicle in Seattle.  At the time of his arrest, …
February 13, 2018
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Multiple Defendants With Racketeering, Extortion, And Narcotics Crimes

March 03, 2011
… narcotics offenses with maximum prison terms ranging from 20 years to life with a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years, maximum fines ranging from $1 million to $4 million, and supervised release terms …
March 03, 2011
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California Men Sentenced For Meth Conspiracy

October 01, 2015
… to distribute methamphetamine in Barry County, Mo., from March 1, 2012, to Oct. 11, 2013. He also pleaded guilty … distribution of methamphetamine, which was being delivered from California to the residence of co-defendant Julio …
October 01, 2015
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Efforts Sees A New High

October 02, 2015
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  The DEA’s NTBI events are …
October 02, 2015
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Houston Residents Sentenced To Prison For Their Roles In A $1.2 Million Dollar Cocaine Conspiracy

August 17, 2017
… Both Shibeshi and Bell were charged in an indictment from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern … amounts of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois from Texas. In addition to the drug crimes, the indictment …
August 17, 2017
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DEA-led Investigation Results In Ten Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

August 18, 2017
… Both Shibeshi and Bell were charged in an indictment from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern … amounts of cocaine into the Southern District of Illinois from Texas. In addition to the drug crimes, the indictment …
August 18, 2017
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Heroin And Fentanyl Dealer Who Caused Near-death Overdose Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

January 03, 2018
… no regard for his victim.  Seals’ prior criminal arrests from April of 2017, where he was arrested and found to be in … Department, and the DEA Task force consisting of personnel from the DEA; the Linn County Sheriff’s Office; the Cedar …
January 03, 2018
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Meth Dealer Gets 126 Months In Prison After Multi-year Investigation

January 17, 2018
… was responsible for obtaining shipments of methamphetamine from south Texas to Lincoln, Nebraska, for distribution. … to a confidential informant six different times from November of 2016 to February of 2017, including one …
January 17, 2018
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Heroin Dealer Found Guilty For Causing An Overdose Death Facing Life In Prison

January 19, 2018
… Office, today announced that Richard L. Parker, 47, from Dubuque, Iowa, was convicted by a jury on the crimes of … who work as hard as they can to keep tragedies like this from being common in our neighborhoods and communities.” …
January 19, 2018
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$4.3 Million Dollar Meth And Heroin Conspiracy Leads To Lengthy Prison Sentences For Eight Conspirators

January 30, 2018
… Western District of Missouri.  “These individuals profited from the harm they caused our communities,” said Hixson. … and heroin in the Kansas City metropolitan area from 2010 through 2015. In all, 26 individuals were indicted …
January 30, 2018
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Former Niagara Falls Police Officer, Two Co-defendants Plead Guilty For Their Roles In Drug Conspiracy

February 12, 2018
… at the residence.   On November 9, 2016, Special Agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with the Niagara … 2016, and November 8, 2016, Hopson obtained crack cocaine from Carrier and then sold it to an undercover officer. A …
February 12, 2018
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Man Sentenced To 147 Months On Gun And Drug Charges

February 13, 2018
… of wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine in Buffalo from sources in Puerto Rico and New York City. On April 24, … law enforcement officers intercepted a parcel mailed from Puerto Rico destined for a residence on Hudson Street …
February 13, 2018
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Philadelphia District Attorney And The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Announce Heroin Bust Valued At $3.3 Million

June 10, 2015
… our communities.” In March of 2015, officers and detectives from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office of … Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) Task Force and agents from the DEA began to investigate an area drug ring for …
June 10, 2015
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Media Advisory: New DEA Philadelphia Field Division Head Coming To Pittsburgh

October 09, 2015
… Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Event will take place from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2015 … the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Upon returning from his overseas assignment, Mr. Tuggle served at DEA …
October 09, 2015
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DEA Announces Release Of First Statewide Drug Overdose Assessment For Pennsylvania

November 17, 2015
… abuse in the communities that we serve. Deaths that result from the abuse or misuse of illicit street drugs and … and destroys lives,” said Tuggle.  DEA received information from 62 of the state’s 67 counties on 2,497 deaths caused by …
November 17, 2015
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DEA Announces 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

April 25, 2016
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets.  In addition, Americans are now …
April 25, 2016
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Nine Canyon County Residents Arrested In Operation Flamethrower

January 20, 2011
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 BOISE - - Law enforcement officials from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Nampa Police … of January 14, 2011, federal agents and local authorities from 10 law enforcement agencies executed 18 search warrants …
January 20, 2011
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If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 27, 2011
… street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The … dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is the second DEA led …
April 27, 2011
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If You’ve ‘Got Drugs’, Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet This Saturday!

April 27, 2011
… street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The … dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is the second DEA led …
April 27, 2011
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DEA Urges Idaho Residents To Clean Out The Medicine Cabinet!

April 27, 2011
… street drugs. The majority of teenagers get pharmaceuticals from family and friends - and the home medicine cabinet. The … dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is the second DEA led …
April 27, 2011
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Leader Of Tacoma Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Ten Years

June 27, 2011
… that delivered large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine from the Mexican cartels to street level customers in the … to get drugs into the hands of customers.  Drug customers from Lewis, Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston and Grays Harbor …
June 27, 2011
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Dispatcher In Dial For Dope Tacoma Heroin Case Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison

July 13, 2011
… that delivered large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine from Mexican cartels to street level customers in the Tacoma … with a ‘dispatcher’ to deliver the drugs to customers from Lewis, Pierce, Kitsap, Thurston and Grays Harbor …
July 13, 2011
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Oakland Man Sentenced To Almost 20 Years In Prison For Role In Conspiracy To Smuggle Drugs Around Airport Security

October 30, 2017
… of actual methamphetamine. According to court documents from at least January 2011 to April 28, 2014, Luckett was … transported the narcotics on outbound commercial flights from Oakland to Hawaii. Luckett recruited some of the …
October 30, 2017
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Twenty Years In Prison For Carbondale Man Convicted In Drug Ring

May 16, 2011
… others were distributing heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine from Martin’s residence at The Crossings trailer park in … source working for law enforcement. When agents from the Jackson County Project Safe Neighborhoods Task …
May 16, 2011
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Four Sentenced For Conspiracy To Manufacture Methamphetamine

July 19, 2011
… Court to a methamphetamine manufacturing conspiracy from on or about April 2008 through February 2010 in … a five-year term of supervised release following release from prison. “As I have warned people before, the end result …
July 19, 2011
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Five Columbia Residents Among 10 Defendants Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute A Ton Of Marijuana

January 09, 2014
… 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana in Boone County from February 2010 to March 2013. In addition to the … Hunter to forfeit to the government any property derived from the proceeds of the alleged drug-trafficking …
January 09, 2014
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St. Louis DEA Invites Community To Celebrate Red Ribbon Week

October 09, 2014
… visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23-31. Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug … drug traffickers. Shortly after Camarena's death, citizens from his hometown of Calexico, California, began wearing red …
October 09, 2014
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Three Jefferson City Men Charged With Distributing Meth

February 17, 2015
… City, the affidavit says, where Pearson took a plastic bag from the back cab area of Hurtado’s pickup and placed it in … out the vehicle’s window during the pursuit, about 75 yards from where the Acura was stopped. Inside the plastic bag …
February 17, 2015