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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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Siblings Sentenced for Meth Trafficking from Arizona to Wisconsin

… Siblings Sentenced for Meth Trafficking from Arizona to Wisconsin July 15, 2022 Chicago Contact Info … between November 2018 and January 2021, that he mailed from Arizona to Emily Mack and Lashore in Madison and …
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Fentanyl dealer from Wentzville gets 10 years

… Fentanyl dealer from Wentzville gets 10 years September 10, 2020 St. Louis … suspicious package addressed to a person in St. Louis sent from Las Vegas, Nevada. The sender’s name and address were …
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Crystal Meth Seized From Drug Dealer On The Run

… Crystal Meth Seized From Drug Dealer On The Run May 11, 2018 New York Contact … later identified as two pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine from the vehicle. Andrew Herrera’s vehicle was eventually …
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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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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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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

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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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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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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Pinellas Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… County to manufacture and sell narcotics. In videos posted online, Harris and his fellow BTE members featured images of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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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 …
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Missouri Man Charged in Suspected Overdose Death of Mother of Three

… messages in which the victim told Carpenter she wanted to buy fentanyl, charging documents say. Carpenter was arrested … drug is awareness of its danger, helping those who suffer from substance use or mental health disorders find help, and …
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to More Than 2 Years for Trafficking Drugs at a Public Housing Development in Portsmouth

… deserve better than to be endangered by those dealing and buying dangerous narcotics nearby. We will continue to … public neighborhoods in the Granite State are safeguarded from drug activity and violence.”  According to court …
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Pill Distributor Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Trafficking Tens of Thousands of Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Diaz posing as a potential drug customer seeking to buy counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl. On … and 81 grams of substances containing methadone were seized from Diaz. United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Stephen …
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Felon Pleads Guilty in Connection to Distributing Crack Cocaine, the Illegal Possession of Four Firearms, Ammunition, and a Glock Switch

… they found money that had been used in the controlled buys, four firearms, ammunition, magazines and other firearm … convicted of four felonies and was therefore prohibited from possessing firearms and ammunition. The charge of drug …
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Three Sentenced in Austin for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in 18 Year Old’s Death

… and a half tablets of counterfeit oxycodone were recovered from the victim’s residence following his death. As part of … Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted controlled-buys with Lee and Zepeda, indicating that the two were …