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Father, Girlfriend Of Rikers Island Inmate Charged With Conspiracy And Solicitation To Commit Murder

… $300 in cash to Leasure, who at that point fled on foot from the residence. Shortly thereafter, it is alleged that … entered a second residence approximately four houses away from the first one while again wearing a ski mask and black … At one point, the male occupant received a telephone call from his brother and Leasure allegedly held what appeared to …
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DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers an easy, no-cost … medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from their homes.  These medications can be a gateway to … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend.  Removing unnecessary …
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Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

… by delaying and preventing Marin Zamora’s extradition from Venezuela to the United States.  According to … as the head of Interpol, McTurk-Mora solicited bribes from traffickers arrested in Venezuela to prevent their … who lined their pockets by protecting drug traffickers from detection and arrest enabled the entry of enormous …
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DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Collection sites will adhere … DEA will also accept vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers, only after the batteries are …
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Attorney General Barr announces Timothy J. Shea as new Acting Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration

… Shea served as Associate Deputy Attorney General from 1990 to 1992 and as Counselor to the Attorney General … a crackdown targeting violent crime in seven U.S. cities. From 1992 to 1997, Shea served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney …
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Portland Man Sentenced To Almost Seven Years For Trafficking Bath Salts And Opiates

… the charges on April 1, 2016. According to court records, from February through May 2015, Day was involved in a … heroin, and fentanyl. Heroin and fentanyl were obtained from sources in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and bath salts were obtained through the mail from a source outside the United States.  Day and his …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

… 11, 2012. According to evidence presented at trial, from early 2011 until his arrest on October 18, 2011, Coronado sold large quantities of methamphetamine from his home in Riverview to lower-level dealers. The … multiple-ounce quantities of high purity methamphetamine from Corona for purposes of distribution. Corona previously …
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DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects 188.5 Tons

… partners have removed 995,185 (498.5 tons) of medication from circulation in the past 13 months. “The amount of … majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from family and friends for free, including from the home medicine cabinet. Many Americans simply do not …
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Six Colombian Nationals Charged With Murder Of DEA Agent

… He was a hero, in every sense of the word, who was taken from us far too suddenly and far too soon," said Attorney … cooperation with Colombian authorities, and with assistance from INTERPOL and the Justice Department’s Office of … Affairs.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael P. Ben’Ary from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of …
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DEA Announces Tip Line, Wanted Poster For Chapo

… term. However, on January 19, 2001, Guzman-Loera escaped from the federal maximum security prison in Jalisco, Mexico. While on the run from Mexican authorities, Guzman-Loerare-established himself … Sinaloa, Mexico. On July 11, 2015, he again escaped from Altiplano federal maximum security prison in the State …
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Lawrence Man Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

… with the intent to distribute. In May 2013, detectives from the Nashua Police Department conducted a controlled purchase of cocaine from the defendant. During a subsequent search of the vehicle from which that transaction occurred, officers located a …
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Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Convicted

… Stockton - (571) 387-3956 46th Federal Conviction Stemming from Multi-agency Operation Trident FRESNO, CA - United … Coarsegold, Calif. This is the latest conviction stemming from Operation Trident, a multi-agency marijuana enforcement … of approximately 639,042 marijuana plants, primarily from public lands in the Sierra foothills and mountains, and …
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Dover Man Arrested After Receiving Large Shipment Of Marijuana

… after the occupants refused to answer the door. Recovered from the residence were over four pounds of marijuana from a box that had just been delivered from California. Also recovered were 12 grams of marijuana …
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More Than 13 Tons Prescription Drugs Turned In By Northern California And Central Valley Residents

… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
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Public Response To DEA’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Remains Robust

… 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National … on the event.  Approximately 151 tons has been collected from the region during the ten prescription drug take-back … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Homeland Security Task Force Arrests 2 and Seizes Over 550 Kilos of Meth in San Antonio

… that was concealed in the produce shipments. From there, the drugs were prepared for distribution. On Feb. 3, federal agents from the DEA and FBI, along with the officers from San …
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Terrance C. Cole Sworn in as Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

… to Enforcement – targeting traffickers, removing poison from the streets of this country, and protecting the … efforts and advancing DEA’s mission to protect communities from the deadly impact of illegal drugs. During his 22-year … and the Middle East. At the time of his retirement from federal service in 2020, Mr. Cole was serving as DEA’s …
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Mexican National Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in Conspiracy to Distribute Kilograms of Fentanyl and Cocaine and Launder Proceeds

… twice BOSTON – A Mexican national previously deported twice from the United States has been sentenced in federal court … of fentanyl and other narcotics via tractor trailer from the area of Ontario, Calif., to Massachusetts. Law … undercover officer delivered $202,090 drug money, received from coconspirators in Massachusetts, to Lopez Medina in …
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50,000 Fake Pills Seized in San Diego

… operation in San Diego on June 28, 2022.  Investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Narcotic Task … Department (SDPD) worked together to prevent the fake pills from being distributed.  Berenice Sanchez-Tapia, age 47, was … law enforcement agencies determined to prevent fake pills from making it to the streets of San Diego,” said DEA …
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Chula Vista Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Caused Overdose Death of 20-Year-Old

… was caused by the fentanyl-laced pills that J.P. purchased from Mefford. Finally, Mefford admitted that he transported multi-pound level quantities of methamphetamine from San Diego to Kansas. Once in Kansas, Mefford … the methamphetamine to various individuals. Detectives from the Chula Vista Police Department’s Narcotics …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death

… a 25-year-old husband and father of two young children from El Cajon. Davis was convicted by a federal jury on … 3:39 a.m. The U.S. Attorney’s Office is releasing excerpts from a security video which was presented as evidence at … to take it away and make it better. The biggest tragedy from all of this is that 2 innocent children have to grow up …
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DEA Announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. There will be 16 collection … our convenient sites, you could be saving someone you love from addiction or an overdose.” Given the ongoing COVID-19 …
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Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce Results of Operation Crystal Shield

… devotion of DEA and our partners to protect our communities from the scourge of drug trafficking and violent crime under … COVID, DEA has been working hard to stop ruthless cartels from bringing methamphetamine into our communities,” said …
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DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

… trafficked into and within the United States. From FY 2017 to FY 2019, DEA domestic seizures of methamphetamine increased 127 percent from 49,507 pounds to 112,146 pounds. During the same time …
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Lead Defendant in Richmond County Meth-Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Federal Prison

… sell drugs, whether they’re selling them on the streets or from inside a prison,” said the Special Agent in Charge of … orchestrated a large-scale meth distribution operation from behind bars while serving a 10-year state sentence for … As described in court documents and testimony, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in November …
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Five Arrested for Drug Trafficking in Chittenden County

… conducted 17 controlled purchases of illegal drugs from members of the organization.  Affidavits filed in this … allege that members of the organization bring narcotics from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to distribute in Chittenden … 1,300 grams of suspected cocaine base that had been thrown from the window of the apartment.  Stokes-Johnson, Weaver, …
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Leader of Lawrence Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison

… families and communities. In 2021, 80,816 people died from opioid-related overdoses in the United States — the … continue to do everything we can to protect our communities from this deadly crisis.” “DEA is committed to investigating …
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Waterbury Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

… was receiving large quantities of fentanyl and heroin from a source in New York and then selling the narcotics to … involved the shipments of kilogram-quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut, the conversion of cocaine … arrested at the anticipated meeting place.  Reynoso fled from the meeting scene in his vehicle, which was found …
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Five Bridgeport Men Convicted of Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

… made four controlled purchases of heroin and fentanyl from Frank Best.  The investigation, which included … narcotics. In addition, Lamont Jefferies received heroin from Frank Best that he distributed to his own customers. … to a Home Depot parking lot in San Diego and purchased from their suppliers 1.1 kilograms of fentanyl, cut with …
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Boston Area Fentanyl And Cocaine Supplier Sentenced

… base and marijuana throughout Southeastern Massachusetts from a base of operations in Brockton. The investigation … for Goncalves and others. Intercepted communications from Perez Felix’s cellphone determined that he distributed … large quantities of heroin, fentanyl and cocaine from a base of operations in Boston throughout the greater …