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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

… announced the results of a public safety surge that lasted from September 29, 2021 through December 14, 2021. The surge … fake prescription pills, using chemicals sourced largely from China. These fake prescription pills are designed to … in your community, please submit your anonymous tip online through the DEA Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov . …
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Pharmacy Owners Convicted of Illegally Selling 10 Million Hydrocodone Pills Over The Internet, Laundering $20 Million in Proceeds and Failing to Pay Taxes

… D.C., and that there was no doctor patient relationship. From January 1, 2005 through October 10, 2006, NewCare … in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds from the illegal sale of hydrocodone, depositing their …
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DEA Operation Adam Bomb Leads To Major Tax Fraud Investigation By The IRS And Issuance Of Federal “John Doe” Summonses

… that will assist the IRS in identifying U.S. taxpayers who, from the years 2005 through 2013, used Sovereign’s services … entity. As a result of a DEA-Los Angeles investigation of online narcotics trafficking known as OPERATION ADAM BOMB, … how outstanding investigative results can be derived from a culture of interagency cooperation.” According to the …
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Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Using U.S. Registered Aircraft To Transport Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

… in Central and South America. “The plea agreement received from Chang-Monroy, a cocaine transporter in the … for the purpose of transporting large amounts of cocaine from clandestine airstrips in Venezuela to clandestine … drug trafficking organization in exchange for a percentage from the sale of the cocaine that was successfully …
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Leader Of A Baltimore Drug Organization Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Over 1,000 Kilograms Of Marijuana And To Launder Drug Proceeds

… in Canada in early August 2013, and D’Amico was extradited from Colombia, South America. The sentence was announced by … with other conspirators at a stash house in Baltimore. From 2007 through June 2009, Nicka, D’Amico, and Peterson …
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Hanover Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs Shipped Across the US to Maryland

… cocaine, and other drugs, shipped through the U.S. Mail from California to Maryland.  Pitts admitted that during his … 2020, U.S. postal inspectors interdicted several parcels from the mail, including two parcels bound for an address in … enforcement recovered more than two kilograms of cocaine from one parcel and more than two kilograms of fentanyl from …
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Grand jury indicts more than a dozen people in drug ring stretching from LA to St. Louis

… indicts more than a dozen people in drug ring stretching from LA to St. Louis January 13, 2021 St. Louis Contact Info … assault rifles and four handguns. Another gun was seized from a secret compartment in a vehicle, which was stopped on … more than 90 percent. Four of the individuals indicted are from Los Angeles, with the remainder being based in the St. …
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Wife of Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer in El Paso extradited to the United States from Mexico

… Officer in El Paso extradited to the United States from Mexico October 04, 2018 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … charges in 2010 has been extradited to the United States from Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western … on Jan. 24, 2011. Yesterday, Hernandez was extradited from Mexico to El Paso. Hernandez, who remains in federal …
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Cigarette And Alcohol Use At Historic Low Among Teens

… at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug (NIDA), part of the … of 10th-graders, and 21.6 percent of 12th-graders, down from the 2006 rates of 8.7 percent, 19.9 percent and 25.4 … email requests to 240-645-0227 or drugpubs@nida.nih.gov . Online ordering is available at …
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Members Of Ghana-Based Heroin Smuggling Ring Charged

… as Entry Point for East Coast Distribution of Heroin from West Africa ALEXANDRIA, VA. - The leader and members of … have been charged with using couriers to smuggle heroin from Ghana into the United States, a sign of the growth of … must know that there are no boundaries that can protect you from the long arm of the U.S. justice system. There is no …
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San Antonio Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Smuggling Meth and Fentanyl from Mexico

… 11 Years in Federal Prison for Smuggling Meth and Fentanyl from Mexico May 02, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us … and blue pills.   Approximately 39 packages were removed from the roof, and subsequent laboratory testing confirmed … Office, successfully halted Ruben Martinez Martinez from funneling over 95,000 fentanyl pills into our …
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Career Offender from Little Rock Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

… Career Offender from Little Rock Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for … An investigation revealed that on July 10, 2024, deputies from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to … (CI) to conduct a controlled purchase of methamphetamine from Morning. The CI contacted Morning to purchase fentanyl …
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Human Trafficking Prevention

February 04, 2025
… labor may be present within the supply chain of products we buy or the services we pay for. As economies around the … contact with friends or family or attempts to isolate you from your social network.   Constantly checks on you and … Questions Resource: Sample Blog Post on Labor Trafficking from DOJ OVC [see page 2] Resource: Uyghur Forced Labor …
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DEA And USPIS Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 28 Individuals For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Marijuana

… California suppliers would purchase marijuana, originally from Mexico, in bulk so that it could be packaged and sent … The defendants mailed the packaged marijuana to Puerto Rico from U.S. Post Offices in California. They utilized … commercial establishments. The co-conspirators used USPS’ online service, text messaging and USPS customer service to …
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

… 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities November 14, 2022 Philadelphia Contact Info … removed almost 17 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. “The Take Back campaign … and encourage everyone to remove unneeded medications from their home.” A specific breakdown of amounts collected …
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 28, 2024 Louisville Contact … more than 18.6 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. DEA continues to expand …
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DEA and its Partners Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide

… Remove More than 670,000 Pounds of Unused Medications from Communities Nationwide May 24, 2024 Miami Contact Info … more than 18.6 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. DEA continues to expand …
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Pawtucket Man Sentenced To 7 A½ Years In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room

… In Federal Prison For Manufacturing And Distributing Meth From Newport Motel Room November 13, 2014 New England … 2014, when DEA Drug Task Force agents and detectives from the Warwick and Newport Police Departments executed a …
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Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Possessing 21 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized From His Tractor-Trailer

… Years In Prison For Possessing 21 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized From His Tractor-Trailer October 31, 2016 New York Contact … The NYDETF had obtained information that a truck driver from California was transporting multi-kilogram quantities …
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Woman Sentenced To 25 Years in Federal Prison for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy and Meth Distribution

… for federal drug offenses.” Court records show that from March 1, 2023, through April 11, 2023, Stafford, who … purchases of multi-ounce quantities of methamphetamine from Stafford; then as a result of ongoing surveillance of … of the Attorney General. To access public court documents online, please visit the  U.S. District Court for the …
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Cocaine Supplier Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced to Over 10 Years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Charges

… containing one kilogram of cocaine was shipped by Anderson from Tucson, Arizona to Durbin in Aberdeen, Maryland. Detectives learned from the United States Postal Inspection Service that the … room. Thompson ultimately obtained a bulk supply of cocaine from Anderson at the Arizona hotel. Based on the …
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Member of Gregory Butler Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to His Role in The Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from October 2018 through April 2019, investigators … and fentanyl sales to drug users and redistributors from Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, and … supplies of narcotics and the collection of drug proceeds from distributors. Investigators intercepted Saunders …
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Baltimore career offender pleads guilty to federal charges for distributing fentanyl

… people. Following his arrest, Nelson called his girlfriend from pre-trial detention facilities and directed her to move “the white stuff” from underneath his tub and to give it to an associate so … died as a result of using the fentanyl obtained from Wagner.  If convicted, Wagner faces a minimum mandatory …
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Baltimore felon selling fentanyl, heroin, using surveillance drones, and possessing illegal firearm, sentenced

… Department conducted two controlled purchases of drugs from Moseley at a residence in the 400 block of Freeman … 17, 2018.  At the time, Moseley had an open arrest warrant from Anne Arundel County, Maryland.  While approaching the … a previous felony conviction and was therefore prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. During the search …
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Baltimore felon arrested with fentanyl, heroin, surveillance drones and illegal firearm pleads guilty

… Department conducted two controlled purchases of drugs from Moseley at a residence in the 400 block of Freeman … 17, 2018. At the time, Moseley had an open arrest warrant from Anne Arundel County, Md. While approaching the … a previous felony conviction and was therefore prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition. During the search …
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10 Arrested in McAlester for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… the indictment. A copy of the full indictment can be found online at https://go.usa.gov/xAbth . The federal indictment … Corrections during the time in question. The charges arose from a joint investigation led by the DEA, along with the … members of the Universal Aryan Brotherhood operating from inside a prison, and firearms used to further criminal …
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19 Indicted in Eastern Oklahoma on Federal Charges for Methamphetamine and Weapons

… fine or both. A copy of the full indictment can be found online at go.usa.gov/x7kAM.  The indictment alleges the … methamphetamine plaguing our streets.  The DTO was sourced from Transnational Criminal Organizations based in Mexico … impact on Northeastern Oklahoma.” The charges arose from a joint investigation led by the DEA Oklahoma City …
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Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Committing a Murder

… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least 2018 through March 26, 2020, Darran Butler was … case was made possible by investigative leads generated from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and … investigative and intelligence tool that can link firearms from multiple crime scenes, allowing law enforcement to …
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DEA Announces Significant Fentanyl Seizure in New York

… deadly doses of fentanyl and fentanyl pills prevented from reaching New York communities. This is part of DEA’s … its appearance, or whether it is purchased on the street or online, it is deadly.  I commend the Drug Enforcement … directly to you   by your doctor.  Never take a pill from a friend.  Just one pill can be deadly. In September, …
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Pakistani Father and Son Convicted in International Heroin Trafficking Scheme

… Bureau of Investigation negotiated to purchase heroin from Waiz Ul-Din Wardak, a resident of Peshawar, Pakistan, … while the Afridis arranged for the heroin to be carried from Pakistan to Canada by a courier who lived in Hamilton, … of approximately 19.8 kilograms of heroin was shipped from Pakistan through Qatar to London in January 2003, …