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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates in Operation Legend to include charges against 26 defendants alleged to operate a violent drug trafficking organization

… obtained multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana from California for distribution in the Milwaukee area. As … are alleged to have supplied the drugs for distribution from California. On September 22, 2020, federal, state, and … law enforcement also recovered over 700 grams of heroin from one location, as well as additional heroin, cocaine, …
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Major Gang Arrests In Greater Little Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative

… task force. Early Thursday morning hundreds of officers from multiple agencies executed arrest warrants for the … place to live.” “A team of over 250 agents and officers from law enforcement agencies across our state came together … of dismantling violent gangs and removing dangerous people from the streets, with the goal of making our community a …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests In DEA Narco-Terrorism Undercover OperationsOne DEA Operation Results In Arrests Of Defendants For Agreeing To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah Separate DEA

… (DEA), announced the unsealing of two indictments resulting from two DEA narco-terrorism undercover operations: first, … Taliban terrorists; and prevented massive amounts of heroin from reaching illicit markets around the world. Those … States. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… who illegally obtained numerous prescriptions for oxycodone from Gibbs. Vaughan filled prescriptions under his own name … two dates back to at least 2008. NYPD intelligence officers from the 19th Precinct arrested Gibbs, 75, at approximately … 10 West 135th Street, Suite 1P, in Harlem, with assistance from investigators with Special Narcotics, OMIG and BNE, and …
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DEA St. Louis Division joins Kiwanis to "Crush Drugs" in St. Charles County

… deaths decreased in 2019, more than 1,000 people died from overdoses. In 2017, one in seven high school students … who are in the battle for their loved ones suffering from substance use disorder.” "The Kiwanis Club of St … accepted at bikereg.com/scmokiwanis . Route lengths run from 12 to 45 miles. The registration fee is $25. For …
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Doctor pleads guilty to unlawful drug distribution and identity theft

… theft September 17, 2020 Also settles civil claims arising from improper ketamine prescriptions and recordkeeping … to pay $43,225.24 to settle civil penalty claims arising from his improper prescribing of ketamine and failure to … treatment. In pleading guilty, McMahon admitted that from at least December 2018 through August 2019, he provided …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field … facing America right now, and no community has been spared from its devastating effects.  We’ve all been touched by … at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to intensify its fight against the …
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Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

… At the hearing, the court heard how Somers had travelled from Louisiana and was planning to return to sell the … “The seizure of Mr. Somers’ deadly wares kept these pills from hitting the streets and undoubtedly saved many … in its commitment to eradicate these dangerous drugs from our neighborhoods and bring those responsible for …
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… substance. Court documents explain that Facey was suspended from practicing law on Feb. 24, 2025, following numerous bar … Office for the District of Alaska has been recused from this case with the exception of certain personnel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven D. Clymer from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

… District of North Carolina.  “Protecting our communities from drugs and guns is one of the Justice Department’s core … we are stepping up our efforts to remove illegal firearms from our communities, eliminate drugs in our neighborhoods, … pistol, knowing he was a convicted felon and was prohibited from possessing a firearm.  Tia Marche Ray, 33, of …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… last year compared to 2019, sadly, overdose deaths from these drugs significantly increased from 2019 to 2020.  Although the DEA remains committed to stopping drug trafficking organizations from bringing their deadly drugs into our country, we need …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… 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 … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
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Four Arrested After DEA-Led Investigation into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring

… of narcotics, revealed that Fisher received heroin/fentanyl from Collins, and fentanyl/heroin and cocaine from other suppliers.  He then distributed the narcotics to … the arrests of the four defendants, agents and officers from the DEA, FBI, Connecticut State Police, and Waterbury, …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted

… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … continues to claim lives and inflict havoc on families from all walks of life.  Drug dealers don’t label their …
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

… of Craven County’s most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their pain and addiction,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … and its partners are committed to holding those who profit from this destruction accountable. This is a warning to …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… – On July 29, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to … in a conspiracy to launder money and import cocaine from South America through the United States to Australia.  According to the agreed upon factual proffer, from 2019 to 2021, Curry led an international drug …
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Leader Of Nationwide Meth Ring Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearm and Money Laundering Charges

… 2021, 12 controlled purchases of methamphetamine were made from the drug trafficking organization—two of which were directly from Alkayisi and one that was negotiated with Alkayisi and … of approximately 100 pounds of 100% pure methamphetamine from Keleman that he allegedly picked up on behalf of …
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South Georgia Physician Sentenced to Prison after Admitting Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Drugs

… massive amounts of addictive-controlled substances from pain management and addiction clinics. Dr. Wallace … is committed to stopping unscrupulous medical professionals from harming patients.” “Dr. Anderson betrayed his oath and … is to seek out those responsible for supplying poison, from the street-level dealers to the professional dealers in …
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Nine Defendants Indicted in Burke County Drug Trafficking Investigation

… conspiracy that funneled cocaine and other drugs from Atlanta to the Waynesboro, Ga., area. The indictment in … developed information about cocaine trafficking from Mexico, through California to Atlanta, and then … primarily to distributors in Burke County. Investigators from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office then worked with the …
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Two Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

… both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States. Purdy, 42, of Carlsbad, will remain … over to another individual, who had traveled to Carlsbad from Mexico in order to pick up the firearms and transport …
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New Britain Man Involved in Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Pleads Guilty

… guilty in Hartford federal court to a charge stemming from the large-scale trafficking of fentanyl and cocaine. … search of one package, which had been mailed from California, revealed approximately one kilogram of … had an associate who used a van to transport narcotics from California, or another location in the southwestern …
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A Look Back at Fentanyl Prosecutions in 2023

… for fentanyl trafficking offenses with sentences ranging from two to 17 years in prison. Another approximately 29 … Americans at catastrophic rates and devastating families from coast to coast,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge … the product of an investigation by the DEA with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, the California Highway …
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Northwest Arkansas Fentanyl Distributors Sentenced to Combined 52 Years in Federal Prison in Drug Overdose Death Cases

… , 34, of Farmington, Ark., as a fentanyl distributor. From March 1 and March 25, 2022, DEA agents, utilizing a … made two separate undercover purchases of fentanyl directly from Oliver. On March 25, 2022, DEA agents executed a search …
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Minnesota Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused 11 Overdose Deaths

… enforcement partners play in protecting American consumers from illegal narcotics being shipped via the U.S. Mail. U.S. … operations to keep USPS customers and employees safe from greedy drug traffickers who favor profit over human … Division.” According to the evidence presented at trial, from 2014 through December 6, 2016, Aaron Rhy Broussard, 31, …
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Six arrested after DEA Task Force investigation into fentanyl trafficking ring

… kilogram-quantities of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source of supply, and then distributed the drug to … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to Zhang, a money broker in … was arrested on state charges shortly after he drove from the Pratt Street location and was found in possession …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals responsible for over $2 billion in fraud losses

… OxyContin, or Fentanyl. Three of the defendants are from Selma and the remaining six are from Mobile. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Department … in today’s arrests. In addition, HHS announced today that from June 2017 to the present, 587 providers have been …
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22 People indicted for their roles in northern Ohio drug conspiracy

… drugs, which they sold in Euclid and Cleveland to customers from across Northeast Ohio. Named in the 42-count indictment … cocaine and powder cocaine. It concentrated on customers from the east side of Cleveland, Euclid and Lake County. The … analogues when he was arrested in Cleveland after fleeing from law enforcement. Gray was charged with possession of a …
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Parker doctor sentenced for illegally distributing controlled substances

… file for that same patient also included strong warnings from other physicians who had seen the patient, including one which said, “these doses of medication from my perspective were incompatible with his long-term … survival.” That patient died just over a month later from oxycodone toxicity as a result of taking controlled …
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Indiana, California drug-trafficking organizations dismantled

… by removing violent crime organizations and individuals from our communities."  According to the superseding … Grindle took over 200 grams of methamphetamine and firearms from Mathews, prompting Mathews to enlist the help of … marijuana. Pugh arranged for methamphetamine to be shipped from California to Indiana for re-distribution by Briscoe …
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Okaloosa DTO Members Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

… County Sheriff’s Office during a two-year investigation. From the summer of 2018 through the fall of 2019, law … $71,094.00 in U.S. Currency, and $15,845 in drug proceeds, from multiple locations in Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, and …