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Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Bags of Narcotics Tossed from 9th Floor Window onto Ground and Neighbors’ Balconies … fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, from inside a packaging mill. The drugs are estimated to … Olinville Avenue, a residential building located across from PS 96, The Richard Rogers School.   Bridget G. Brennan, …
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… on the darknet, you will have federal law enforcement from every district and state across the nation pursuing … like fentanyl. Tens of thousands of people die every year from overdosing on opioids. We all need to do our part to … 2013 and 2016, she purchased legitimate prescriptions from willing sellers. Then, she resold these pills and …
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Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million

… failing to establish an anti-money laundering program from 2001 through June 2008, in violation of the Bank … by investigators. The $10,988,136 is due within five days from the date of the Agreement. In addition, FinCEN, FDIC … ultimately facilitated the laundering of narcotics proceeds from several trafficking organizations. The financial …
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Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

… over $4.1 million and three kilograms of (over six pounds) from a storage unit in the Bronx and a U-Haul truck. The … searches of a U-Haul and a Dodge Caravan that were seized from the location at the time of the defendants’ arrests. At … operation that transported large quantities of heroin from Texas for sale in New York City and Lawrence, …
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Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

… of cocaine and oxycodone. The group smuggled cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City via the U.S. Postal … called Sweet Home.  Approximately $7,500 cash was seized from a bedroom in the residence where Valdez was staying. An … Agents and detectives seized narcotics and cash from the location. Hanley and Vasquez were arrested and …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 … (1,018 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. Within the Denver Field Division, the …
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Moss Bluff Man Warehoused And Sold Large Quantities Of Marijuana

… a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss … Bluff. He directed the transport and sales of marijuana from June 2013 to September of 2013 from locations in Texas and Louisiana. During the course of …
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DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

… the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as … painkillers, resulting in 22,134 Americans dying in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers,” said DEA Administrator Michele …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Alaska from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 23,181 (11.5 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Oregon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 78,293 (39.1 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Washington from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … resulted in 127,719 (63.8 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 13.8 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

… have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation.  (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … sites which resulted in 14,508 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 24 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.3 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 36 collection sites which …
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Clovis Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

… (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 Laundered proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs FRESNO, Calif. - Natalie … 30, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to laundering proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs, commonly known on the … a Lake Tahoe time share with proceeds she obtained from the sales of smokable synthetic cannabinoids. According …
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Former Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced For Marijuana Trafficking

… informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal … lands.  Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it (trimmed) into … who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales.  August then shared the proceeds with …
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United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

… States; Marijuana worth more than $1.45 Billion Eradicated from Public Lands SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several … The operation, previously announced on August 21, lasted from July 1 through August 31, and involved law enforcement … seven states eradicated more than 726,000 marijuana plants from public lands. The Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

… years.  SAVANNAH, GA --  Two Georgia men, including one from Bryan County, have been sentenced to federal prison for … Fentanyl, and his plea acknowledged that the death resulted from the fentanyl the victim purchased from Cothern. “Fentanyl is extremely dangerous to the …
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Leaders of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle over 43,000 Kilos of Cocaine into the United States

… According to the plea agreements and other court documents, from 2016 until 2023, Gonzalez-Ortiz established and led a … or Honduras, then to Mexico and the United States. From 2016 until 2023, Gonzalez-Ortiz’s organization smuggled …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 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 as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … 32,858 pounds of expired, unused, or unwanted medications from 206 collection sites around Florida to include …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 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 as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … overdoses plaguing the United States. The amounts collected from the Houston Division was over 25,000 pounds.  The total …
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Top Hizballah Terror Financier Arrested

… sanctions on Kassim Tajideen in 2009 that barred him from doing business with U.S. individuals and companies,” … went to great lengths to evade them by hiding his identity from the U.S. entities he did business with, and from the government agencies responsible for enforcing the …
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Drug Trafficker Indicted: Two Firearms And $3 Million In Cocaine And Cash, Seized At Apartment Near Horace Mann School

… a narcotics trafficker on drug and weapons charges stemming from the seizure of 31 kilograms of cocaine, $1.6 million in cash and two loaded semi-automatic pistols from an apartment in the Fieldston section of the Bronx. … bail since his arrest on September 26, when DEA agents from Group D-34, investigators from the Office of the …
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DEA Investigation in Chapel Hill area uncovers large-scale drug ring

… filed in court, investigators utilized information from cooperating sources and cooperating defendants, and … discovered that individuals were shipping cocaine from California via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and … motor vehicle. Involved parties shipped bulk cash proceeds from illegal drug transactions through the USPS. Other …
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Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

… Cocaine Seized Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized from 87-05 108 St.jpg Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized  Seizure of cocaine resulting from UC operation.jpg UC Operation led to seizure of cocaine kilograms Drugs recovered from 87-05 108 St in gray & blk duffle bag.jpg Drugs …
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Community Event
July 22, 2019 - July 23, 2019
July 22, 2019 - July 23, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

12:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, July 22, and Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Indianapolis Marriott East, Indianapolis, IN...
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Island 2.jpg More than 4,000 take back sites will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. across the nation. OMAHA, Neb. – The … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Sweeping 2-day Operation Targets International Organized Crime In Sacramento Area Neighborhoods

… our country.” “When criminal organizations funded by money from China reach into our cities to profit from illegal activity, our communities suffer,” said U.S. … crime in our residential neighborhoods by taking them back from criminal organizations with international ties and …
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Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads To Federal Prison

… Cardenas admitted to being a part of this conspiracy from at least in or about January 2000 until his capture by … of the Zetas drug trafficking organization and its split from the Gulf Cartel.   During his plea, Cardenas Vela - aka … and distributes ton quantities of cocaine and marijuana from the United Mexican States into the United States. …
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Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Four In Multi-Million Dollar Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Proceeds, Extortion, And Bribery

… San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 Cash from the sale of drugs was laundered to purchase, train, … otherwise legitimate domestic industry to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and other crimes,” stated United … drawing a line in the sand to prevent the Mexican cartels from importing their brand of violent crime, corruption and …