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Bergen County Woman Sentenced For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey. Sasha Melendez, 38, … Administration of an ongoing conspiracy to import cocaine from Puerto Rico. She was arrested on March 24, 2015 in … Bergen County after she accepted delivery of a mail parcel from Puerto Rico containing approximately two kilograms of …
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California Man Sentenced To 76 Months In Prison For Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… conspiracy to traffic approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey. Jesus Raul Iribe, 38, of … they planned to use a tractor-trailer to transport cocaine from California to New Jersey and other destinations along … that he conspired with others to traffic the cocaine from California to New Jersey.   In addition to the prison …
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Illinois Man Admits Role In Cross-country Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… charging him with conspiracy to distribute heroin. From June 2014 through November 2014, Zamora conspired with … officers recovered an additional two kilograms of heroin from his residence in DeKalb. The charge to which Zamora …
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Maine Man Gets 7 Year Sentence For Heroin, Bath Salts Trafficking

… “bath salts” and heroin.  According to court records, from at least February through July 2015, Greenlaw was part … and heroin throughout the state. The heroin was obtained from New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and “bath salts” were obtained through the mail from a source outside the United States.  This case was …
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Maine Man Sentenced To Five Years For Conspiracy To Traffic Oxycodone And Cocaine

… of a group of people who imported oxycodone and cocaine from Rhode Island to Maine in 2014 and 2015. In April 2015, … when an undercover agent ordered cocaine and oxycodone from him.  When Lacomb and another conspirator arrived to … and 35 oxycodone pills were seized.  This case results from a joint investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug …
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Sixth Madison-Area College Student Sentenced For Conspiracy To Import & Distribute Marijuana In Wisconsin

… campus.  pleaded guilty to this charge on November 3, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Israeli and six other … of as many as 19 loads of marijuana, ranging in quantity from five to 50 pounds, from California and Colorado to …
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Hardin County Man Sentenced For Drug Violations

… cocaine powder into crack cocaine, and $1,050 in cash from controlled substance sales.  On Feb. 17, 2015, Turner … 20 grams of crack cocaine and another $2,013 in his pocket from illegal crack cocaine sales.  Turner was indicted on … with co-defendants responsible for dealing crack cocaine from a Beaumont residence on Avenue A for over 10 years.  …
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Two Local Marijuana Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

… serve a five-year-term. The investigation revealed that from 2008 through 2013, Alaniz and Romo conspired to transport large amounts of marijuana from the Rio Grande Valley to various destinations via … agents seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in currency from both defendants as part of the investigation. Alaniz …
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Old Town Man Sentenced To 4¾ Years For Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

… between April and December 2011.  He obtained MDPV from other members of the conspiracy and traded, sold or otherwise distributed it from his Old Town residence using cellular telephones and … by the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Old …
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Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison

… one kilogram of heroin to an individual and then traveled from Porterville to Foster City to make the sale.  … Ramos-Lopez was arrested after retrieving the drugs from a hidden compartment of his pickup truck.  On January … Nikhil Bhagat is prosecuting the case with assistance from Ana Guerra.  The prosecution is the result of an …
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Elk Grove Man Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Prescription Pills And Heroin

… 2014 that Mathews was purchasing prescription medications from individuals in the Sacramento area. At the same time, … was receiving cash deposits into various bank accounts from another state. The investigation revealed that Mathews … and paying those individuals in exchange for pills obtained from pharmacies. Mathews would then transport the pills to …
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Canadian Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 81 Months In Prison

… large amounts of Ecstasy or MDMA into the United States from Canada. He also worked with these organizations and others in the United States to export cocaine from the United States to Canada. The importation and … the process of purchasing a six-kilogram sample of cocaine from a Los Angeles-based source of supply with the $126,000 …
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Fowler Meth Dealer Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

… that agents seized another 2.5 pounds of methamphetamine from Penaloza’s Orange Cove residence during the execution … indicated the drug had been smuggled into the United States from Mexico. The remaining defendants, Javier Lopez-Estrada, … DEA and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) Office of …
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Tulsa “Pill Mill” Doctor Pleas Guilty to Opioid Drug Conspiracy

… opioids. We won’t turn a blind eye while you seek to profit from turning Oklahomans into opioid addicts.” U.S. District … Joel-lyn McCormick prosecuted the case with assistance from AUSA Vani Singhal, AUSA Melody Nelson, and AUSA Reagan …
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360 Strategy: DEA Philadelphia Hosts Youth Drug Summit at Temple University

December 07, 2018
… of the Division’s 360 Strategy program.  Over 350 students from the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School, the Isaac … “They were teaching us to avoid drugs and how to stay away from them.” “Our efforts to educate children about the …
December 07, 2018
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Two Sacramento Men Sentenced for Fentanyl Pill Trafficking

… of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and … eight have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 19 months to over 10 years. Rosario Zamora Rojo and … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of …
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Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking

… conspiracy. The events related to his convictions spanned from January 25, 2021, through September 20, 2023, in … Investigations Service Bowling Green, with assistance from the Kentucky State Police, the Calloway County … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced for Reentering the United States

… documents, Saul Cruz-Argueta, 39, was encountered by agents from the United States Homeland Security Investigations and … The agents discovered that he had previously been removed from the United States in 2016 and 2018. Cruz-Argueta has … custody since his arrest on March 7, 2025. Upon his release from prison, Cruz-Argueta is to be referred to immigration …
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the … safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might otherwise be … - frequently starts when family members take drugs from their parent’s or grandparent’s medicine cabinet.  …
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San Diego Drug and Money Laundering Cell Leader Sentenced to 17 Years

… Felix pleaded guilty in August of 2018, admitting that from 2014 until 2017, Felix coordinated the receipt of … that were used to receive cash deposits of drug proceeds from throughout the United States and then withdrawn from the San Diego area for bulk transport to drug suppliers …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… will continue to attack these callous and immoral criminals from top to bottom until they no longer exist.” The Justice … “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug … impact on the fabric of our local communities. The proceeds from the local distribution of these narcotics are …
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Second hash oil extraction laboratory explosion in San Diego County within two week period

… with Agent for Size Comparison.JPG Marijuana Taken from Inside Building.jpg EL CAJON, Calif. – Yesterday, DEA’s … of removing THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, from marijuana plant material using a solvent. The final …
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DEA New Orleans Division Announces the Seizure of Over 20 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… worked to seize over 20.2 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across this four-state region,” said Brad … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s announcement in 2021 that four out of ten …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… 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 …
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

… these unnecessary examinations so that he could get money from the patients’ insurance companies.  This scheme led to … care fraud conviction.  The money laundering charges stem from Dr. Sanchez’s spending the proceeds of his operation of … also stressed the amount of money Dr. Sanchez obtained from his scheme, which was at least $3.5 million dollars.   …
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San Fernando Valley Man Who Sold Counterfeit Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl Admits Causing Overdose Death of U.S. Marine

… two federal drug trafficking offenses, one of which stemmed from a 2020 transaction in which he sold bogus oxycodone … 1,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl from a co-defendant, Solis admitted using his Snapchat … and several firearms – including a 9mm “ghost gun” – from his residence. Solis has remained in federal custody …
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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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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

… of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. While we are all facing … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Three Fugitives Arrested on Federal Drug Charges in Westmore, Vermont

… Jones and Douchette distributed controlled substances from the Barton residence of codefendant Erika Desormeaux. … Investigators arranged the purchase of cocaine and fentanyl from the defendants on multiple occasions between August and … however, would be determined by the Court with guidance from the advisory United States Sentencing Guidelines and …
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Rhode Island Man Pleads Guilty To Role In Drug Trafficking And Violent Kidnapping Conspiracy

… health and safety of our communities. They will be removed from the neighborhoods they terrorize and harm.” “As we all … to justice those that commit these crimes.” This case arose from a 2018 investigation into a wide-ranging heroin … and Osterville as well as Pawtucket, R.I. Interceptions from Otero’s phone identified Basilici as a key member of …