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Wallingford Man Pleads Guilty To Distributing Heroin

… distribute, and distribution of, heroin.  The charge stems from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … Community Services.  The Task Force includes participants from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, …
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Trafficker Of Bulk Quantities Of Cocaine In New Haven Sentenced

… Roman-Rolan were obtaining bulk quantities of cocaine from multiple suppliers, including Pizarro, and … The DEA New Haven Task Force includes participants from the New Haven, Hamden, West Haven, North Haven, East …
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Guilty Plea To Crack Distribution Charge For Monroe Man

… of distribution of cocaine (“crack”). This matter stems from an investigation by the DEA’s Bridgeport High Intensity … Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force includes members from the Bridgeport, Stamford, Stratford, Norwalk and …
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Heroin Trafficking Charge For Stratford Man

… investigators conducted two controlled purchases of heroin from Parowski, the second of which occurred in a Milford … Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force includes members from the Bridgeport, Stamford, Stratford, Norwalk and …
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Hamden Man Charged With Distributing Fentanyl Disguised As Oxycodone

… that the victim arranged to purchase oxycodone tablets from Cirino on March 7 and March 8. The DEA Northeast … Department.  The Tactical Diversion Squad includes members from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Prison

… with the DEA made undercover purchases of crack cocaine from Knox on seven separate occasions at various locations … was able to purchase in excess of 15 grams of crack cocaine from Knox. On June 30, 2011, Knox pled guilty to all seven …
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Officers Charged With Extortion

… agents revealed that the defendants were extorting money from individuals by wrongful use of actual and threatened … fear, and under color of official right.  The individuals from whom the defendants extorted money were actually …
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16-Month Narcotics Investigation Yields Arrests

… targeting an organization trafficking cocaine and marijuana from Tijuana, Mexico, through southern California to … and one count of transporting monetary instruments derived from unlawful drug activity.  Upon their arrest, each …
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Barnwell Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Dealing In Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

… distributed hundreds of kilogram quantities of cocaine from 2005 until he was arrested in 2012. During that time, … in removing another large-scale, armed drug trafficker from the community." The case was investigated primarily by …
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Federal Jury Returns Guilty Verdict For Cocaine Trafficker

… to filed court documents and evidence presented at trial: From about 2004 through 2013, Dieguez - a Cuban national - … co-conspirators obtained more than 700 kilograms of cocaine from Mexican (or other sources of supply with connections to …
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Doctor Receives 30 Years To Life In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

… and Joseph Rovero, 21, an Arizona State University student from San Ramon.  Nguyen died March 2, 2009.  Ogle died a … less than three years, Tseng took in more than $5 million from her clinic and continued dispensing potent and …
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St. Lucie County Resident Sentenced To Prison For Drug Smuggling

… Office Marine Unit received information regarding a vessel from the Bahamas possibly containing illegal narcotics approaching the St. Lucie Inlet from the Bahamas. Deputies located the vessel, a 1984 …
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DEA Destroys 5 3/4 Tons Of Drugs

… that teens who abuse prescription drugs often obtain them from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, many Americans …
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DEA Announces Intent To Schedule Kratom

… they pose significant adverse health risks to users.  From February 2014 to July 2016, over 55,000 kilograms of … Poison Control Centers identified two exposures to kratom from 2000 and 2005.  Between 2010 and 2015, U.S. poison …
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AUC Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 15+ Years In Prison For International Drug Trafficking

… We have been able to disrupt the flow of drugs coming from the north coast of Colombia, and punish the … with his guilty plea, Giraldo Serna admitted that, from the early 1990s through the early 2000s, soldiers …
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Two Afghan Men Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Import Heroin Into The United States

… large quantities of heroin-in the range of 1,000 kilograms-from Afghanistan into the United States. In August 2014, … that Lajaward and Said would share in the profits generated from the sale of the heroin in the United States.  In June …
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Leader Of Inland Empire-Based Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 168 Months

… organization imported primarily heroin, as well as cocaine, from Mexico and distributed it to residents in the Inland … Enforcement Administration, with substantial assistance from the Redlands Police Department. On …
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Wauchula Man Sentenced To More Than 24 Years For Cocaine Distribution

… the transportation of multiple quantities of cocaine from Mexico, through Texas, to the Middle District of … his arrest, Ramirez admitted to transporting various drugs from the Southwest border on multiple occasions. Ramirez had …
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Last Individual Sentenced As Part Of Operation Woodchop

… Boys.” These two gangs operated only a few miles apart from one another and often worked together or through … DEA Orlando District Office, with operational assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of …
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Honduran Citizen Indicted In Marijuana Grow House Conspiracy

… County Sheriff’s Office responded to an emergency call from a Plant City residence. Upon arrival, deputies … confiscated 204 marijuana plants and a 12 gauge shotgun from the scene. The case is being investigated by the DEA …
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Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking

… and the entry of money judgments against profits derived from drug transactions conducted in this district and … by the DEA Pensacola Resident Office, with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation …
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Vice-President Of Car Dealership Sentenced To 6 Years For Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking For The Gulf Cartel

… vehicles, Medina and Torres received money that was derived from narcotics sales.  These vehicles were sent back to … At one point during the money laundering conspiracy, from October 26, 2010 to November 16, 2010, one cartel …
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Extradited To Tampa

… the Middle District of Florida, announced the extradition from Guatemala of Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a … and the United States Marshals Service, with assistance from the government of Guatemala and Guatemalan law …
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Convicted Armed Robber Sentenced To Federal Prison After Selling Firearms, Ammunition And Marijuana

… offenses on February 7, 2013. According to court documents, from June 22, 2012 through July 3, 2012, Durias repeatedly … As a previously convicted felon, he was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition under federal law. …
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Former CBP Officer Sentenced For Allowing Drugs Through Port Of Entry

… Texas - A former Customs and Border (CBP) officer from Brownsville has been sentenced for conspiracy to … vehicles loaded with marijuana to enter the United States from Mexico in exchange for money. On Nov. 19, 2014, Zavala …
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Two Traffickers Sentenced To Prison

… others conspired to transport large amounts of marijuana from the Rio Grande Valley to various destinations via … to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from the Rio Grande Valley to Houston and elsewhere. Agents …
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Houston Man Sentenced For Role In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Oct. 24, 2014, Morales-Flores was driving a tractor-trailer from Houston to the Rio Grande Valley. A trooper with the … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from DPS. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Leonard is …
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Three Brownsville Residents Sent To Prison In Five-Year Drug Conspiracy

… throughout the U.S. During the time of the conspiracy - from 2007 to 2012 - more than 1000 kilograms of marijuana … Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation with assistance from the United States Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. (AUSA) …
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Two Men Head To Prison For Participating In A Cocaine Conspiracy

… and others were transporting large quantities of cocaine from South Texas to several cities in Ohio. As a result, … the transportation of approximately 30 kilograms of cocaine from San Benito to Toledo, Ohio. Agents eventually seized 17 …
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Orange, Texas Resident Sentenced For Gun And Drug Charges

… was ordered to forfeit his residence and the gun recovered from his house to the Government.  In addition, he received … Roberts began to sell ounce quantities of cocaine base from or near his residence in Orange, Texas.  In early 2009, …