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13 Charged in St. Louis Drug Conspiracy

… which involved both people, and repeatedly seized drugs from where Phifer and Spellman were operating, the motion … distributors in St. Louis, and he used an intermediary to buy about 15 pounds of crystal methamphetamine from Sosa. Marco Chavira, 35, of El Paso, Texas, was …
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Orlando Man Sentenced To 32 Years for Possessing Illegal Firearms and Selling Fentanyl That Killed a Woman

… After some time, N.K. realized that the pills she was buying from them contained fentanyl. On October 31, 2021, N.K. … On March 31, 2022, within days of purchasing “M30” pills from Fonseca Flores, N.K. sent a text message to Parady …
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Melvin Hill Sentenced on Federal Drug And Firearms Charges

… told Burlington narcotics investigators that they could buy narcotics from Hill. In February and March, this source made two controlled purchases of fentanyl from Hill in transactions that were recorded and surveilled …
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Update: Final 3 Defendants Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 17 Years In Prison For Drug-Trafficking Organization

… total of 207 months for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known as “Operation Shaw-Crank … type of illegal activity so that our children are protected from drug-trafficking and the crime that comes with it.”    … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 15 Individuals On Federal Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

… (1) engage in financial transactions using proceeds derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling cocaine; (2), transport or transmit … the source, ownership and control of proceeds derived from unlawful activity. Sergio Guadalupe Adame-Ochoa is also …
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Two Men Arrested In Multimillion Dollar Synthetic Drug Ring

… of synthetic narcotics.  According to the indictment, from March 2010 until July 2012, Libbert and his … allegedly purchased more than 300 kilograms of chemicals from domestic sources.             As part of the scheme, … various bank transactions and spending the proceeds to buy luxury vehicles, vacations and a $1.4 million home.  As …
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Owner Of Smoke Shops In Bakersfield, Fresno And Visalia Pleads Guilty To Fraud Relating To The Sale Of Synthetic Drugs

… as K2 or spice in retail outlets throughout the U.S. and from his six smoke shops doing business under the name “The … and began manufacturing and distributing SSC products from that location. According to court documents, Nottoli … transaction in property derived from drug trafficking to buy a time share in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. If convicted of the …
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Perry Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Drug-Trafficking Charges

… demonstrated that Basha was distributing methamphetamine from his home in Perry, Florida, while Basha was on house … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

January 23, 2025
… Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border Statement of George Papadopoulos … Entitled, “Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border” Before the House Homeland …
January 23, 2025
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Heroin Pipeline From The Bronx To Otsego County Shut Down

… Heroin Pipeline From The Bronx To Otsego County Shut Down March 01, 2013 New … organization based in Oneonta, NY with heroin supplied from the Bronx, NY.  Over the past two years, the Albany …
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Springfield, Mo., man sentenced to 20 years for meth conspiracy

… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Missouri, from March 30 to Aug. 30, 2017. Stone also pleaded guilty to … Stone was preparing to travel to the Kansas City area to buy methamphetamine. Agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division, …
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Maine Man Sentenced for Role in Northern New England Fentanyl Trafficking Operation

… analogue – intended for distribution in Maine, allegedly from co-defendant Ivan Rodriguez Osorio in a hotel parking … Morris had allegedly made three prior drug purchases from Rodriguez Osorio, buying approximately 500 grams of fentanyl each time. Less …
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South Texas Dealer Admits to Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… revealed text messages which showed the victim wanting to buy “pase” from Carlos. “Pase” was code for cocaine. Carlos indicated … illustrates that no person - regardless of age - is safe from fentanyl’s deadly grip. As long as drug dealers decide …
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Fentanyl Distributer Tied to 13-Year-Old’s Overdose Death Pleads Guilty

… to focus our resources on stopping this deadly threat from reaching and causing more harm to our next generation.” … “We will never stop fighting to protect our community from this dangerous drug. I’m proud of the men and women of … messenger to a 13-year-old girl who asked him if she could buy “percs.”  Soliz agreed and delivered the pills to her …
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… which moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on … spent almost four years in custody in Mexico, from October 25, 2008 to August 31, 2012.  Sentencing was …
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Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

… that she was paid $3,000 to enter the United States from Mexico, meet an individual in California, receive drugs … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Nearly 45 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Interstate Traffickers

… Nearly 45 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Interstate Traffickers March 15, 2024 New York Contact … (nearly 45 pounds) of cocaine worth more than $1 million from a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Members of the New York Drug Enforcement Task Force tracked the vehicle from Connecticut through New York City to New Jersey, where …
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Imported fentanyl from China and produced and distributed pills that appeared … began in the summer of 2018, when law enforcement officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Snohomish … at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
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Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

July 13, 2023
… Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border Testimony Drug Prevention July 13, … between the ages of 18 to 45, and it kills Americans from all walks of life, in every state and community in this … network to pocket the billions of dollars in revenue from those sales. DEA George Papadopoulos Testimony - July …
July 13, 2023
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Orange Park Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Over 5 Kilos of Cocaine With Intent to Distribute

… in Jacksonville in the St. Johns Bluff area. Troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol conducted a traffic stop on … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Dark Web Vendor of Opioids and Counterfeit U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty

… web criminal marketplaces. According to court documents, from around October 2016 through February 2021, Albie Pagan, … well as counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. Pagan mailed these online-purchased narcotics and counterfeit currency to … U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and detectives from local assisting police agencies. The task force is …
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Members of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges in Operation “Titan Fall”

… the firearms depicted in the attached photo were recovered from Roman’s home. This case was investigated by the Drug … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Pilot Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited From Paraguay

… Pilot Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited From Paraguay July 25, 2022 New England Contact Info Contact … in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, has been extradited from Paraguay. On December 14, 2016, a grand jury in …
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

… of bank fraud. Yarrington served as governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 2004. Tamaulipas lies along the southern border … of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… organizations in Mexico and Colombia to launder proceeds from their drug sales. The defendants that pleaded guilty … Form 8300 showing the receipt of more than $10,000 in cash from Woody Toys’ Mexican customers, and who is scheduled to … and Mexican pesos would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they used to purchase …
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Big Island Marijuana “Ministry” Operator Pleads Guilty To Drug And Tax Offenses

… activity.” According to information produced to the court: From at least about 2000 through July 8, 2010, the Christies … stating “it’s retail”, and “normal retail, you know, we buy it, you know, at forty-five hundred, five grand a pound, …
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New Jersey Woman Sentenced to 5 years in Prison for Residential Marijuana Grows in Sacramento and Placer Counties

… in 2016 and 2017. Li also acknowledged using proceeds from a marijuana grow to buy another property to continue growing marijuana. This …
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Man Involved in Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

… used Facebook to pick their targets and then arranged to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little contacted …
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Second Man Admits Drug Conspiracy that Killed Three in St. Louis

… with each other, pick their targets and then arrange to buy marijuana from their victims. On Feb. 25, 2021, Little contacted …