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Pharmacist Arrested, Charged With Assembling Illegal Drug Lab

… complaint: Gonzalez made a series of purchases through an online auction website of materials associated with the … a maximum $250,000 fine, or twice the gross gain or loss from the offense. U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special …
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Brooklyn Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Distribute Heroin On The Dark Web

… Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, from approximately November 2015 through August 2016, Farooq … digital currency is used by dark web marketplaces because online transactions in digital currency can be completed …
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U.S. District Court Enters Judgment Against Fugitive And Surety In Fentanyl Distribution Case

… manufactured and sold counterfeit oxycodone pills online that were laced with fentanyl, a powerful opiate. … Sapp, guaranteeing Vazquez’s appearance. Vazquez absconded from her residence in Richmond, where she was required to …
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Fresno Pharmacy Agrees To Pay $1 Million In Civil Penalties To Resolve Controlled Substances Act Claims

… names and addresses. All of the prescription receipts were from Cedar Pharmacy. The prescriptions, which were primarily … The public can report illicit pharmaceutical activities online at www.DEAdiversion.usdoj.gov,” stated DEA Acting …
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Guilty plea from man who yelled “I’m not doing nothing” during arrest

… Guilty plea from man who yelled “I’m not doing nothing” during arrest …
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DEA Seizes Large Quantity Of Heroin, Cocaine, And A Firearm From Boston Drug Traffickers

… DEA Seizes Large Quantity Of Heroin, Cocaine, And A Firearm From Boston Drug Traffickers April 13, 2015 New England …
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DEA Leads Franklin Drug Investigations with Assistance from Franklin Police — 27 Arrests Made

… DEA Leads Franklin Drug Investigations with Assistance from Franklin Police — 27 Arrests Made August 28, 2025 New … able to remove a significant drug trafficking operation from our community.” “The Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico has a … can come together to protect communities like Franklin from the dangers of drug trafficking.” Also participating in …
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Former TSA Officer Sentenced To 45 Months In Federal Prison For Accepting Cash From Narcotics Trafficker

… Sentenced To 45 Months In Federal Prison For Accepting Cash From Narcotics Trafficker September 20, 2012 New England … Trooper have pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from the investigation. This matter stems from “Operation …
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Four Defendants Charged in Alleged Schemes to Transport Methamphetamine from Mexico and Distribute Drugs in San Jose

… Charged in Alleged Schemes to Transport Methamphetamine from Mexico and Distribute Drugs in San Jose February 11, … in relation to a scheme to transport methamphetamine from Mexico to the San Jose area for distribution, announced … four simultaneous investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area. “The …
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Idaho Woman Pleads Guilty to Selling a Man Fentanyl Pills That Caused His Death

… today. Hupp sold ten fentanyl pills to a man she met online, who subsequently died after ingesting half of a pill … victim met Hupp at a hotel and purchased ten fentanyl pills from her. He then went back to his home, ingested half of a … the cause of death was fentanyl overdose. In fatalities from fentanyl, blood concentrations are variable and have …
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Former Virginia Veterinarian Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

… a written prescription. According to court documents, from 1994 through 2021, Gries practiced as a Doctor of … personal use by withdrawing a portion of the hydromorphone from the vial and injecting it into himself. He would then …
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Virginia Beach man sentenced to prison for heroin trafficking conspiracy

… court documents, Ingram Cox, 35, regularly received heroin from co-defendant Kyam Washington, which Cox then sold to … and users. The group imported bulk amounts of heroin from out-of-state sources, and at times used a common cell …
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Phoenix Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Selling Fentanyl that Led to Woman's Death

… a young mother whose life was taken by fentanyl she bought from Holguin in August 2019. In December 2021, U.S. District … young woman’s death. The victim contacted Holguin via an online messaging application to purchase three “blues,” a … compassion and creative solutions in protecting Arizonans from these pills. We are grateful to our partners at DEA and …
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Pharmacist And Dentist Charged In Narcotics Conspiracy

… grand jury has indicted Beverly Wheatley, age 51, a dentist from Camp Springs, Maryland, and Emmanuel Thad Ereme, age … of Oxycodone. The indictment further seeks forfeiture from Ereme of up to $500'000. The maximum penalty for each …
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Second Truck Driver Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison for Delivering Drugs in Marijuana and Cocaine Conspiracy

… part of a drug conspiracy led by Ruben Lopez that operated from January 2004 to February 11, 2006, which was … of cocaine and thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Tucson, Arizona, to customers in Maryland, Ohio, …
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5 Arrested, Meth Lab Seized in Spotsylvania County

… the predawn hours of January 18th, law enforcement officers from the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement … between law enforcement agencies, five arrests were made from the houses that were the targets of the search …
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Fairfax County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gambling Charges

… bought and sold cocaine to friends and business associates from January 2006 through May 2008. From September 2005 through May 2008, Day also worked as a …
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Final Defendant in Oxycontin Ring Pleads Guilty During Trial

… of facts presented to the court at his guilty plea, from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2003, Muldrow and … numerous documents relating to the fraudulent prescriptions from the defendant’s car. Muldrow faces a minimum sentence …
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Presentation of Asset Forfeiture Checks: Share the Wealth

… 23, 2007. The proceeds of all assets seized and forfeited from a DEA case are deposited into the Department of Justice, Assets Forfeiture Fund. Profits from drug-related crimes, as well as those profits properly …
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Life Sentence for Man Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

… of conspirators who obtained multiple kilograms of cocaine from sources in the United States and abroad and distributed … the same name so that he could conceal the proceeds derived from his drug trafficking activities. The case was …
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Charges of Manufacturing Methamphetamin

… methamphetamine for Tomershea also learned to manufacture from him. Since 2003, at least five co-conspirators who sold … convicted on federal drug manufacturing charges stemming from methamphetamine laboratories in Washington and Smyth …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 21 Years

… conducted three controlled purchases of cocaine base from Webster totaling 14.57 grams. During a search on March … Webster agreed to forfeit $22,024 in cash that was seized from Webster at the time of his arrest. The investigation …
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Third Methamphetamine Laboratory Raided In Maryland Since July

… Pennsylvania. DEA’s MATF Group 36 is comprised of Agents from DEA’s Washington Division and representatives from the Anne Arundel County Police Department, Calvert …
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Former Metropolitan Police Officer Sentenced to More Than 10 Years Imprisonment

… with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department from 2000-2002. United States District Judge Leonie M. … their drugs and money, and then had the dealers removed from the clubs. The defendant also used his position as a …
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Two Illegal Aliens Indicted In Cocaine Conspiracy

… JUN 17-- A federal grand jury indicted two illegal aliens from Mexico as part of a Mexican cocaine distribution … that had been illegally imported into the United States from Mexico. The estimated street value of the cocaine is …
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Man Indicted For Drug Trafficking After Over 800 Lbs. Of Marijuana Seized

… conspiracy to distribute over 1000 kilograms of marijuana from California to Maryland. The two-count indictment … intent to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana from about January, 2001 to June 5, 2003, as well as …
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Lubbock Fentanyl Distributors Sentenced

… may be deadly. According to documents filed in this case, from approximately January 2013 to October 27, 2016, Lanier, … and Robertson with large amounts of Fentanyl he purchased online on the Darknet from China using Bitcoin, a digital currency.  The Fentanyl …
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DEA And U.S. Attorney’s Office Launch Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Awareness Campaign

… is risky and illegal.  We must do more to deter people from misusing opioids, and we hope that increasing awareness … requests.  The campaign, which will also involve the use of online marketing, will roll out in stages over the next few … The campaign messages focus on a range of audiences, from teens, to parents, to caregivers.  All are consistent …
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MEDIA ADVISORY: DEA To Host Conference On The Formation Of A Tactical Diversion Squad In Clarksburg, West Virginia

… opioids, is a growing problem.  This diversion stems from various sources.  In addition to pharmacy robberies and … doctor shoppers, or illegitimate prescriptions from rogue practitioners.  DEA’s Tactical Diversion Squads …
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Baltimore Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Heroin

… - (540) 662-5879 Crashed into Another Car While Fleeing from Police, Resulting in the Death of the Other Driver … to turn off his car. Instead, Burley maneuvered his car from between the two police vehicles and sped away. The …