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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

… are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2011, the U.S. alleged, Mallinckrodt … at the next level in the supply chain, typically sales from distributors to independent and small chain pharmacy …
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Owner Of Several North Texas Pill Mills With Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Firearm Charges

… Awareness Week, in which it seeks to prevent new victims from succumbing to addiction and highlight its ongoing … drug distribution conspiracy and firearm charges stemming from his operation of several “pill mills” in north Texas, …
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

… pain pills first. Those who divert legitimate drugs from their lawful, therapeutic purposes to illicit, deadly … accordingly.”    According to documents filed in the case, from approximately January 2013 through July 2014, Andrews, … by a superseding indictment.  The indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants …
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Convictions For 2 In “Pill Mill”

… drug distribution conspiracy. That indictment alleged that from at least January 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … been sentenced.  The defendants received sentences ranging from time served to 140 months imprisonment.   According to … or as otherwise authorized by law but instead received them from co-conspirators. This Organized Crime Drug Enforcement …
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… Michoacán.”  “The cartel leadership in Mexico is not immune from our reach,” said U.S. Attorney Parker.  “It may take … The act also prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with Rueda-Medina, … States on January 27, 2017. According to plea documents, from September 2007 through October 21, 2009, Rueda-Medina …
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16 Charged In Alleged Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

… for distribution of marijuana and other illicit drugs from McAllen to Houston and the transportation of bulk cash from Houston to south Texas.” The joint DEA/HSI - led … bet the ranch on being able to traffic tons of marijuana from the border up through our cities are now feeling the …
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

… forfeit to the Government proceeds and property derived from his drug transportation business including $2.4 million … revealed that David Lopez had been transporting marijuana from El Paso, Texas to cities in the United States from August 2001 until August 2015.  Lopez utilized …
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

… in cocaine and heroin throughout the El Paso area from April 2014 through July 2015 announced United States … smuggled large quantities of heroin and cocaine from Juarez into El Paso, Texas, and distributed the drugs … to be scheduled. These federal and state charges resulted from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) …
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Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

… revealed the organization shipped multiple loads of cocaine from Mexico to major distribution centers in the United … a total of approximately $21 million was seized from various tractor trailer drivers, other couriers and … for the Organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling approximately $6 …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor, Previous Staff Member, And Two Others Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… recovered in total $287,675 in cash and $7,226.38 from miscellaneous bank accounts. The indictment alleges … Lincoln Continental, with such property having been derived from proceeds of a specified unlawful activity, that is the … to the investigation of those who profit substantially from this criminal enterprise.” “This is a great example of …
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A Martin County Resident Was Arrested For Running A Butane Hash Oil Laboratory And Weapons Charges

… received a call, regarding an explosion originating from an apartment in Stuart, Florida.  In the apartment, … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter by passing liquid … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
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Martin County Resident Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Hash Oil In His Apartment Laboratory And To Weapons Charges

… received a call, regarding an explosion originating from an apartment in Stuart, Florida.  In the apartment, the … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter through a chemical … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
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Martin County Resident Sentenced For Manufacturing Hash Oil In His Apartment Laboratory And Possessing A Firearm

… furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.  Upon his release from incarceration, Vranich will be placed on supervised … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter through a chemical … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
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Palm Beach County Resident Convicted Of Narcotics Trafficking And Unlawful Gun Possession

… of Florida, made the announcement.  This case stemmed from an investigation into the importation of Alpha-(“α-PVP”), aka “Flakka,” from China into the United States.  In March of 2015, as a … County.  DEA agents in London, England received information from the British authorities regarding multiple packages …
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Miami-Dade, Fla. Police Officer Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… a narcotics trafficking organization - distributing cocaine from the Dominican Republic in New Jersey and elsewhere - by … and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity - specifically, drug … Republic, which he transported on two separate trips from Miami to the Dominican Republic between Oct.5, 2012 and …
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Former Immigration Officer, Postal Worker Charged In Takedown Of 14-Member Interstate Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

… court.   Among the 14 people charged today are defendants from Las Vegas, Nev., Los Angeles, Calif., and Phoenix, … City, NJ. The DTO coordinated shipments of methamphetamine from suppliers in Arizona, California, and Nevada through … of the methamphetamine, ordering several pounds per month from various interstate suppliers. Freehauf negotiated the …
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription 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 … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently …
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Members Of Puerto Rico-based Cocaine Trafficking Operation Charged

… used the U.S. Mail to ship kilogram quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the Atlanta metropolitan area and then … U.S. Attorney John Horn.  “However, instead of learning from their mistakes, they again chose to poison our … other information presented in court:  The charges arose from an investigation into money laundering activities in …
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15 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… the conspiracy was to obtain kilogram quantities of cocaine from sources in Puerto Rico for further distribution in the … States Postal Service; the defendants would also travel from Puerto Rico to the continental United States using … If convicted, the defendants could face sentencings from 10 years up to life in prison.  “Drug trafficking …
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Michigan Man Sentenced To 12.5 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… defendant trafficked cocaine and cocaine base into Vermont from New York, Michigan, and Arizona, and distributed … his bank account, and trafficked his drugs into Vermont from New York and Michigan. One of the government’s … urged the Court to consider that the defendant absconded from Michigan and remained a fugitive for a period of months …
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Two Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Deaths

… DEA Special Agent in Charge Ferguson.  “Those suffering from the disease of heroin addiction need access to … Miles, on November 19, 2015, a 22-year-old male died from an apparent heroin overdose at a residence in … the victim and two other individuals purchased heroin from Miles in Waterbury.  According to the State of …
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Three Brockton Men Charged With Distributing Fentanyl

… April 15, 2016.             As alleged in the complaint, from December 2015 to March 2016, the defendants sold … and several times the drug was seized by law enforcement from the defendants’ associates.  In addition, on Feb. 11, … seized a loaded Smith and Wesson .40 caliber handgun from an associate of Gomes’s during a vehicle stop.  …
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Nine Men Charged With Distributing Drugs In Bristol County

… heroin and cocaine in the Bristol County area.   Six men from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were … later this afternoon.  Three defendants remain fugitives from justice. According to court documents, Luis Lopez was … organization that imported large quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Bedford and Fall River. Another …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to … the conspiracy typically involved transporting the cocaine from locations in El Paso to a warehouse where it was … Chavez and his associates.  Investigators also recovered from the Jeep a duffel bag containing approximately $284,000 …
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Eight Defendants Charged With Distributing Heroin In Chicago Area On Behalf Of Guerrero Unidos Mexican Drug Cartel

… in Mexico to import wholesale amounts of heroin and cocaine from Mexico to Illinois, often concealing the narcotics in commercial passenger buses that traveled from Mexico to Chicago. Vega’s organization stored drugs at … 25 kilograms of heroin and 60 grams of cocaine were seized from Rodriguez after Figueroa and Betancourt allegedly …
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Haverhill Resident Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

… dealer.  Intercepted calls showed that Rosario traveled from New Hampshire to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he obtained a firearm from Rojas.  A law enforcement officer later stopped Rosario … a substantial drug trafficking operation that was profiting from the sale of these dangerous pills.  Thanks to the hard …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …
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DEA’s Sixth Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Tennessee

… (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,289 locations … that partnered with DEA.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 … (1,409 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. I again, would like to thank the multitude …