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Detroit Area Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison Stemming From Money Laundering Conviction

… Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison Stemming From Money Laundering Conviction January 27, 2016 Detroit … Coates laundered approximately $1.9 million generated from the illegal sale of marijuana. Coates recruited …
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West Virginia Heroin Dealer Sentenced

… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least December 2018 through February 2019, Bailey, … traveled to Baltimore to purchase heroin cut with fentanyl from the Gregory Butler Drug Trafficking Organization (the … he purchased more than 80 grams of heroin cut with fentanyl from the DTO. As detailed in his plea agreement, on about …
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Irish man who helped run the “Silk Road” website extradited

… today that Gary Davis, a/k/a “Libertas,” was extradited from the Republic of Ireland to the United States.  Davis … as an administrator who helped run the Silk Road, a secret online marketplace for illegal drugs, hacking services, and …
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Virginia Motorcycle Dealership Seized in Methamphetamine Bust

… the Bristol Virginia Area. The methamphetamine is sourced from Mexico, transported through Los Angeles and then … to the LILLY DEALERSHIP in Abingdon, Virginia. Proceeds from these sales are then transported back to the Los …
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Jose Morales Sentenced To Over 21 Years In Prison For Heroin And Marijuana Distribution Conspiracies

… smuggle heroin into prison and run a marijuana conspiracy from prison GREENBELT, Md. - - U.S. District Judge Roger W. … Morales contacted the women, providing them with a contact from whom they could obtain the heroin.  He described to … exchange the heroin by kissing, transferring the heroin from the woman’s mouth to Morales’.  For example, beginning …
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Pennsylvania Doctor Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office

… To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office November 20, 2012 New Jersey Contact … day in prison for illegally selling Percocet prescriptions from his Trenton office. Lee, 70, of Holland, Pa., …
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Statement from the DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications

May 03, 2023
… Statement from the DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on COVID-19 …
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22 Defendants Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S.

… Charged For Alleged Roles In Connected Drug Rings Extending From Mexico To Chicago And Across The U.S. October 01, 2014 … resulted in the seizure of more than $3.9 million from a residence in suburban Park Ridge in April 2013, as …
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Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money Laundering Charges

… Two Lebanese Citizens Extradited from Republic of Georgia to Face International Money …
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Mexican National Who Supervised a Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Orville, Washington, Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… law enforcement conducted a series of controlled drug buys from Medrano and others selling drugs on his behalf. On … 12 firearms. “Drug traffickers like Mr. Medrano profit from the pain they cause selling poison to our neighbors,” …
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$11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England

… $11 Million Dollar Heroin Shipment Seized En Route From New York City To New England May 19, 2014 New York … rifles, and $85,000 cash. On Thursday, May 15th, a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Group …
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Attorney General Recognizes Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee

… Assistant U.S. Attorney And Law Enforcement Officials From The Western District Of Tennessee December 09, 2011 … Jenks’ murder revealed that Gauna and Garcia had traveled from Austin, Texas to the Western District of Tennessee with …
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Two Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… nor ease the unnecessary pain the family was subjected to from losing a loved one. However, I hope knowing these drug … to see that some are so willing to take part in profiting from it with no concern whatsoever for life,” said Interim … helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or visit the online treatment locator. # # # Drug Trafficking Fake Pills …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight Against Opioid Epidemic

… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country this past … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. The DEA’s Washington … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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16 Defendants Indicted On Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Gun Charges

… and the United States Attorney's Office, and arise from a 4 year conspiracy by the defendants to distribute … powder cocaine, crack cocaine, and phencyclidine (PCP), from at least September 1999 to July 2003. The following 16 … coordinated the movement of bulk quantities of cocaine from New York to the Maryland-Washington, DC area in …
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Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

… “To make this happen we pull together various resources from the FBI and work closely with our law enforcement … applications. Gonzalez made the purchases through an online third-party vendor marketplace and all the items were …
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Joint DEA /State Investigation Results In Charges Against Entire Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization

… BALTIMORE, MD. - At least 425 law enforcement officers from DEA, Baltimore Police Department, U.S. Marshals … organization in the Latrobe Homes area of East Baltimore from at least 2008 through March 2011. Twenty-two defendants … of law enforcement’s commitment to keep this city safe from the violence and crimes associated with drug …
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Twelve Alleged Members Of Mexican-Based Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted

… that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the … was unsealed. “Our local communities are not immune from the poison the Mexican drug cartels bring to the … result of the concentrated efforts by agents and detectives from the FBI, DEA, ICE, Alexandria Police Department and the …
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
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Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Prosecuted 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners

… 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners March 06, 2024 Seattle Contact … obtained firearms. Firearms that are forfeited are removed from the possession of a convicted criminal defendant and …
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Supervising pharmacist sentenced to prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy

… prison for diverting millions of dollars in oxycodone pills from a Queens pharmacy August 30, 2019 New York Contact Info …
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Two Sent to Prison After Drug Trafficking in Local Parking Lot

… friend Mendez. Authorities conducted surveillance at a Best Buy parking lot in McAllen in anticipation of the narcotics … after which Perez removed bags containing bricks of cocaine from the trunk of his vehicle. Mendez was parked in another …
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Three St. Louis Area Residents Admit Selling Fentanyl, Other Drugs Via Social Media

… of Ohio Street in St. Louis that was used for selling drugs from August 20, 2022, through Dec. 14, 2022. Salman and … drugs to a minor on Sept. 18, 2022, who believed she was buying the prescription drug Percocet. The minor overdosed …
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Sumter Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

… in both counties.  RCSD deputies made several undercover buys of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Tucker over a three-week period. During this same time, …
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Sumter County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

… RCSD narcotics investigators made several undercover buys of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Tucker over a three-week period. During this same time, …
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Member Of Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 19 Years In Prison For Distributing Cocaine And Heroin Shipped To Chicago From Mexico

… For Distributing Cocaine And Heroin Shipped To Chicago From Mexico November 18, 2015 Chicago Contact Info Contact … and served as a broker in its efforts to ship the narcotics from Mexico. Arevalo-Renteria, 46, pleaded guilty last year …
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Texas Man Sentenced for Fatal High-Speed Flight from Border Patrol Checkpoint While Trafficking Meth

… Texas Man Sentenced for Fatal High-Speed Flight from Border Patrol Checkpoint While Trafficking Meth April … located in Saint Louis’ trunk Methamphetamine recovered from Saint Louis’ vehicle on scale Download Original Image Methamphetamine recovered from Saint Louis’ vehicle on scale ALBUQUERQUE –  A Texas …
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Bronx Man Indicted as a Major Trafficker Following Seizure of 110 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor-Trailer in Virginia

… Major Trafficker Following Seizure of 110 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor-Trailer in Virginia March 01, 2022 New York … Kilograms of cocaine seized in tractor trailer box of chips from tractor-trailer 2.JPG Box of chips used as cover load … of 50 kilograms of cocaine (approximately 110 pounds) from a tractor-trailer truck stopped in Virginia. The large …
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Approximately 300,000 Fentanyl Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank

… Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank May 03, 2023 New York Contact Info … plus five kilograms of powdered fentanyl (over 11 pounds), from a red Ford Expedition stopped in the Bronx. The … drug cartels, like the Sinaloa cartel, smuggle fentanyl from Mexico to major cities like New York for street …