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San Jose Doctor Convicted of Twelve Counts of Illegally Prescribing Opioids

… substance medications in just the one-year period from May 2016 to May 2017.  An investigation ensued in 2017 … as patients.  The undercover agents received prescriptions from Siao despite complaining of only vaguely of pain or … had been lost or stolen, despite Siao receiving an alert from E.J.’s insurer regarding her opioid prescriptions and …
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Dallas Woman Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Non-U.S. Citizens Resulting in Migrant’s Death

… transport, and harbor undocumented immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico through Hudspeth County from on or about November 2019 through on or about August … based on the rise in prolific and dangerous smuggling from and through Central America and impacting our border …
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30 Charged in Ft. Worth Meth Distribution Ring

… Wednesday in “Operation Ice Tank.” Five were bonded over from state custody and four remain fugitives. All 30 were … laboratories cannot be tolerated.  The DEA and our partners from Fort Worth, Haltom City, and North Richland Hills, remain committed to neighborhoods free from the scourge of illicit drugs.” During this week’s …
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Large-Scale Drug Traffickers Convicted by Federal Jury

… ran a large-scale drug trafficking organization, spanning from Mexico to El Paso and on to Atlanta, from 2002 to 2019. In the early 2000s, Sanchez-Morales … form. The liquid methamphetamine would cross the border from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, and then was transported …
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Italian national connected to seizure of over 1,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Europe aboard fishing vessels pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking

… States. Biondo is an Italian national who was extradited from Spain and made an initial appearance in federal court … of 400 kilograms. In June 2014, the first sailboat departed from Grenada to the designated coordinates to receive the … intercepted communications regarding a shipment of cocaine from South America to Europe. Biondo identified customers in …
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Sunland Park Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

… large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributed the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, … last defendant in custody to be sentenced. Upon her release from prison, De Santiago will be subject to five years of …
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Twenty Seven Arrested in the Rio Grande Valley on Drug Charges

… MCALLEN, TEXAS – Twenty seven defendants were arrested from the Rio Grande Valley region on state charges related … following defendants were arrested on state charges ranging from Possession with Intent to Distribute, Manufacturing, … Heights, Texas; The state criminal complaints allege that from January 2021 until October 2021, this drug trafficking …
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Career Criminal & Leader of Seattle Drug Distribution Network Sentenced

… firearms, following a 5-day jury trial.  The case stemmed from a 6-month investigation in 2017 by the Seattle Police … This federal sentence is necessary to protect the public from the defendant’s callous disregard for community … 42 grams of methamphetamine and 180 grams of fentanyl from McKnight’s vehicle in Seattle.  At the time of his …
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Sentencing of California-based drug lord

… "Heroin, fentanyl and cocaine—trafficked into our state from other regions—have been a scourge to our community. In Kent County alone, the number of overdose deaths from controlled substances increased by over 50 percent from 2016 to 2017, and we lost 156 of our neighbors to …
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Record settlement reached in University of Michigan hospital drug diversion civil penalty case

… 801-904. The settlement, which is civil in nature, resulted from a years-long Drug Enforcement … and Southeast Michigan, each of which received narcotics from the main hospital’s pharmacy and dispensed them to … rendered unlawful all of the narcotics distributions from the main hospital to the unregistered off-site …
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Former chief of Honduran National Police charged with drug trafficking and weapons offenses

… in Honduras and elsewhere worked together, and with support from certain prominent public and private individuals, … to receive multi-ton loads of cocaine sent to Honduras from, among other places, Colombia and Venezuela via air and … and eventually to the United States .  For protection from law enforcement interference, and in order to …
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Members of African criminal enterprise charged with large-scale trafficking of rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory and heroin distribution

… networks involved in a wide array of unlawful acts – from drug trafficking to conspiring to commit acts of terror … international treaties implemented by certain U.S. laws.   From December 2012 through May 2019, Kromah, Cherif, Surur …
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Hobbs Man Sentenced To Ten Years For Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction

… imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. The investigation, which was … In entering the guilty plea, Gough admitted that from Nov. 2016 through June 2017, he conspired with others … by having methamphetamine delivered to Gough’s residence from his source of supply, which Gough would then deliver to …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator … communities by turning in over 43,000 pounds of medications from their homes. DEA thanks the public for their immense … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
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Dr. Rogelio Lucas And His Wife Convicted On 30 Counts

… at trial, approximately $680,000 in cash was recovered from the Scarsdale residence. Photographs in evidence showed boxes recovered from a bedroom containing cash and handwritten notations by … those who chose to pay in this manner would be restricted from receiving oxycodone. Multiple drug rings received …
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Twenty Charged In Drug Conspiracy Distributing Heroin & Meth Throughout King, Pierce, Snohomish And Thurston Counties

… the gun was being purchased for someone who is prohibited from possessing firearms.  After being alerted by law … the Puyallup Police Department, with significant assistance from Bonney Lake, Auburn and Kent Police Departments.   The investigation was supported by agents from Homeland Security Investigations, and the Bureau of …
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Over 130 Local Sites Join The Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30, 2011

… prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Government, community, … partners, collected over 3,100 pounds of pharmaceuticals from the community. Also last fall, Congress passed the Safe … that abuse prescription drugs often obtained them from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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El Paso, Texas Man Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Heroin Trafficking Conviction

… Burciaga, the officer noticed a strong chemical odor coming from the vehicle and an air freshener hanging from the vehicle’s rear-view mirror, which, together with … of the vehicle.  When the officers removed the back bumper from Burciaga’s vehicle, they found a hidden compartment …
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Denver OCDETF Strike Force Takes Down Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible For Distributing Large Quantities Of Cocaine And Methamphetamine

… throughout our communities, making themselves rich from the suffering of others,” stated Special Agent in … brought cocaine and methamphetamine into the country from Mexico, transported it through California, into … station, which is how some drug proceeds were distributed from Colorado back to Mexico. Other methods of moving money …
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Thirteen Heroin Traffickers Indicted In Northern Ohio

… use of a bank safe deposit box to store and conceal profits from the sale of heroin.  Count 3 of the indictment charges … and a 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass. The indictment alleges that from March 2012 to August 15, 2012, defendant Rayshawn Reed … quantities of heroin to be brought into Northeast Ohio from the Chicago area.  The heroin was then distributed to …
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Lorain County Ohio Combines Efforts With Federal Law Enforcement To Combat Drug Trafficking And Violent Crime

… convicted of felony offenses which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm and ammunition. Spencer also sold … convicted of felony offenses which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm and ammunition. Calvin L. … convicted of felony offenses which would prohibit him from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Steve J. Hamilton, …
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Two Kentucky Men Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Fentanyl Resulting In Death

… Marquette, and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Charges stem from joint investigation between DEA and the Versailles … the drug they supplied. The indictment also alleges that from June 2015, until October 2015, Aguirre-Jerardo, … used in medical treatment and is occasionally diverted from legitimate sources for illicit use. However, most …
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Arnoldo Rueda-Medina, Aka “La Minsa,” Faces Federal Charges In Dallas For Role In Cocaine And Methamphetamine Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… including “La Minsa,” arrived in the United States today from Mexico to face criminal charges in connection with his … The act also prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with Rueda-Medina, … and it certainly worked here.”  The indictment alleges that from approximately September 2008 to October 21, 2009, in …
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Multiple Narcotics Trafficking Results In Significant Sentences

… of an illegal drug trafficking conspiracy spanning from Oct. 1, 2012, to Sept. 4, 2013. The drug trafficking … cocaine shipments across the U.S. border with Mexico and from coast to coast in the U.S. In late 2012, Chavez-Arriaga …
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Head Of The Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Convicted

… long standing criminal enterprise whose operations spanned from Colombia and Peru in South America, to Mexico, the … numerous multi-ton loads of marijuana to the United States from Mexico, using specially altered natural gas tanker … Paso, Texas. Multi-ton quantities of cocaine were acquired from Colombia and Peru for smuggling into Mexico by …
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Former Parker Doctor, Office Manager, And Two Pharmacists Indicted For Conspiracy And Illegal Distribution Of Prescription Medication Resulting In Patient Deaths

… in the indictment at least two patients who received drugs from Littleford died as a result.  Dianna L Smithling was … Michigan was the office manager at the Pain & Injury Clinic from approximately July 2011 to approximately November … the prescriptions should have still had opioids left from a prior prescription, if they had been taking the …
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Three Tampa Residents Plead Guilty For Their Involvement In A Conspiracy To Import A Synthetic Cannabinoid, XLR-11, A/k/a "Spice", And Drug Paraphernalia

… a/k/a “Spice,” and paraphernalia to the United States from China, before United States Chief Magistrate Judge … Ahmed Yehia Khalifa, 28, and Ahmed Maher Elhelw, 25, both from Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a … and drug paraphernalia. After having received consent from Hossain, law enforcement searched a storage facility …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take Back

… (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (New Jersey Task Force).   An …
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Three DEA Operation “Meilky Way” Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Case Ring Leader Sentenced To 35 Years Imprisonment

… and northeast Arkansas. The methamphetamine was smuggled from Mexico to Arkansas for distribution. In total, law … case," stated Thyer. "It is a high priority to remove meth from our communities. More importantly, that we dismantle … today, justice has prevailed to prevent this operation from re-establishing itself.  Additionally, the …