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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 27, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
April 27, 2022
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Mexican Citizen Sentenced to 5 Years for Cocaine Conspiracy

April 22, 2022
… learned that three people in Wisconsin received cocaine from someone in Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican … agents obtained a federal search warrant for a parcel sent from Puerto Rico and destined for a residence in Winona, … agent obtained a federal search warrant for a parcel sent from Independence, Wisconsin to a residence in Puerto Rico. …
April 22, 2022
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 18, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
April 18, 2022
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 15, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
April 15, 2022
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… appearances of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances from China have decreased substantially, following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died from overdoses.      2020 NDTA findings of note: Mexican …
March 02, 2021
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

January 28, 2021
… an ever-evolving initiative to protect the American people from the dangers of methamphetamine. It is imperative that … the trend of increased meth on our streets and deaths from meth use and overdose. This action is an important step to stymie this dangerous drug from flooding our neighborhoods and communities.” In …
January 28, 2021
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Fourteen People Charged with Trafficking Heroin, Fentanyl, and Cocaine in Racine, Wisconsin

November 19, 2020
… law enforcement partners to keep Wisconsin citizens safe from drug trafficking and the violence that is always … of law enforcement to bring to justice those who profit from the national drug epidemic,” said DEA Milwaukee … free of drugs and violence.” “Drug dealers profit from putting dangerous, addictive, and oftentimes deadly …
November 19, 2020
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Waterbury Man Sentenced for Role in Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

June 30, 2021
… that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … revealed that Aybar-Peguero received fentanyl and heroin from members of the Sosa-Ortiz organization and sold the … drug proceeds. Law enforcement seized approximately $98,000 from Aybar-Peguero’s business bank account. On September 30, …
June 30, 2021
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Waterbury man sentenced to four years for role in heroin and cocaine trafficking ring

February 04, 2021
… that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … intercepted on calls coordinating the purchase of narcotics from both the Sosa-Ortiz organization and from other individuals who sometimes supplied the Sosa-Ortiz …
February 04, 2021
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Waterbury man sentenced to 66 months in prison for trafficking heroin

November 18, 2020
… during Lopez’s trial earlier this year, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … was receiving large quantities of heroin and cocaine from various suppliers and distributing narcotics in and … in December 2018, Lopez ordered 150 grams of heroin from two other members of the conspiracy. Three hundred …
November 18, 2020
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Waterbury man sentenced 78 months in prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin

September 18, 2020
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … that Jordan was receiving large quantities of heroin from various suppliers and selling to drug to other … $120,000 in cash and four vehicles. Investigators seized from Campbell approximately 10 grams of a mixture of …
September 18, 2020
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Massachusetts man sentenced to 97 months for participating in fentanyl and heroin distribution conspiracy

September 24, 2020
… According to court documents and statements made in court, from at least January of 2017 through July of 2017, Vasquez … in Lawrence, Massachusetts.  Customers, including customers from New Hampshire, would call a telephone number to order … to identify traffickers, like Mr. Vasquez who come from out of state to distribute this poison to the citizens …
September 24, 2020
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Waterbury man sentenced to 66 months in prison for trafficking narcotics

September 17, 2020
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … that Jordan was receiving large quantities of heroin from various suppliers, including Santos, and selling to … The intercepts revealed that Santos was receiving narcotics from co-conspirators and supplying heroin and cocaine to a …
September 17, 2020
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Watertown man sentenced to 70 months in prison for role in heroin and fentanyl trafficking ring

July 23, 2020
… that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … Martinez purchased bulk quantities of heroin and fentanyl from a member of the organization who distributed narcotics from the Corner Mini market at 52 East Farm Road in …
July 23, 2020
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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

November 19, 2019
… others to transport approximately 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the U.S.  On Aug. 6, 2016, a private jet, registered in the U.S., flew from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine …
November 19, 2019
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Violent Guatemalan Drug Lord Receives Life Sentence in EDTX

October 19, 2021
… violence against his rivals, used illicit proceeds from his drug sales to acquire weapons and to train his … he continued to run his drug trafficking organization from various local jails.  Fellow inmates helped to … message that international drug traffickers are not safe from prosecution simply because they reside overseas,” said …
October 19, 2021
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Takedown of Lane County Drug Trafficking Cell

October 05, 2021
… U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the Springfield Police Department, Eugene Police … its role in trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine from California to Oregon for resale in and around Lane … transported large quantities of methamphetamine by car from Southern California to Oregon. Once in Oregon, the …
October 05, 2021
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Federal jury convicts Colombian national for international cocaine smuggling conspiracy

January 31, 2020
… 30 to 40 bales of cocaine onboard a go-fast vessel from Colombia to Honduras following a known smuggling route …   On December 1, 2018, a USCG HC-130J aircraft deployed from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina spotted and … interdicted and boarded by USCG law enforcement officers from Tactical Law Enforcement Team (TACLET) Pacific. That …
January 31, 2020
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International fugitive/Cuban national extradited

July 16, 2019
… indictment charging Nelson Pablo Yester-Garrido, age 62, from Cuba, with conspiracy to distribute large amounts of … of life in federal prison.    According to court documents, from the late 1980s through early 1997, Yester-Garrido was … “This is a great example of law enforcement and prosecutors from different countries working together to safeguard …
July 16, 2019
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Federal jury convicts two Colombian nationals and one Belizean national for international cocaine smuggling conspiracy

May 14, 2019
… 30 to 40 bales of cocaine onboard a go-fast vessel from Colombia to Belize, following a known cocaine smuggling … Rise.”   On Dec. 1, 2018, a USCG HC-130 aircraft deployed from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., spotted and recorded … interdicted and boarded by USCG law enforcement officers from Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific. That boarding …
May 14, 2019
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Grand Jury Indictes 9 For Laundering Drug Money

December 12, 2005
… transmitter businesses that were used to launder proceeds from illegal drug sales. According to investigators, the … believe that while some of the money being transferred was from legal sources, millions of dollars came from the proceeds of illegal drug sales. According to J. …
December 12, 2005
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Drug Seizures Surge in 2020, Fentanyl Remains a Threat in Nebraska

February 23, 2021
… higher than what was found in 2019.  Last year, agents from the DEA Omaha Division Office seized 421 pounds of … One pill may have 1 milligram of fentanyl, while another from the same batch may have 3 milligrams, or enough to kill … people should be taking is one that comes directly from a pharmacy or licensed physician.” Cocaine was the …
February 23, 2021
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DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26th

October 24, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
October 24, 2019
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Leader of prescription fraud ring sentenced to over three years in federal prison

January 30, 2020
… obtain oxycodone, Adderall, and promethazine with codeine from pharmacies throughout the United States. In addition, … fraudulent prescriptions, to obtain controlled substances from pharmacies located in various states. In 2018 and 2019, … and searched laptops, phones, and electronic accounts from the Fuller, Trotter, and Hodge. The electronic devices …
January 30, 2020
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Man Sentenced Five Years for Trafficking Cocaine through U.S. Mail

July 16, 2021
… four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the U.S. Mail. … was sending USPS parcels containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut and Massachusetts.  Between … The investigation revealed that the cocaine was being sent from Puerto Rico by Roberto Muniz and others. On January 9, …
July 16, 2021
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Florencia 13 Gang Member Sentenced to 160 Months in Federal Prison

July 01, 2021
… by a 5-year term of court supervision after he is released from prison. According to information disclosed during court … indictments, all involving separate criminal conduct from January 2019 until April 2020.  Leon was identified as … and Chief Bastian found that, shortly after Leon's release from state custody on the drive-by shooting conviction in …
July 01, 2021
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Seattle man convicted of drug and gun crimes

May 25, 2021
… jury trial.  The conviction of Clyde McKnight resulted from a 6-month investigation in 2017 by the Seattle Police … 42 grams of methamphetamine and 180 grams of fentanyl from McKnight’s vehicle in Seattle.  At the time of his … another firearm – a loaded Glock.  McKnight is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior convictions – …
May 25, 2021
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Seizures Rise in Iowa

February 24, 2021
… an increase in cocaine and fentanyl seizures. Agents from DEA offices in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Sioux City and … the Quad Cities removed a combined 9 kilograms of fentanyl from communities in Iowa last year.  Fentanyl, which is 100 … One pill may have 1 milligram of fentanyl, while another from the same batch may have 3 milligrams, or enough to kill …
February 24, 2021
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Members of drug ring connecting North Dakota Indian Reservations and Michigan residents face federal charges

January 07, 2021
… 20 years in federal prison. Eight of the 26 defendants are from Detroit, one is from Kentucky and 17 are from North Dakota. “This investigation is another perfect …
January 07, 2021
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

December 17, 2020
… unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and others who may … overdose symptoms, and is available without a prescription from a doctor at most major pharmacy chains throughout the … of abused and misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine …
December 17, 2020