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Tacoma, Wash. Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Oxycodone And Making Illegal Cash Deposits

… obtained prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone from a doctor in Visalia, Calif., filled those prescriptions … or less to attempt to prevent Currency Transactions Reports from being filed by the banks on his cash deposits. Currency …
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Fugitive Gets Forty-One Month Sentence For Transporting Drug Proceeds

… by United States border agents, and the $43,658 was seized from him at that time. Rivera had intended to transport the … and Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. On …
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Defendants Convicted At Trial Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine

… Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick. The jury found that from 2009 to 2012, the defendants worked with others to obtain cocaine from Southern California and distributing it in the Bay Area …
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Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring More Than $2.5 Million In Proceeds Of Drug Trafficking

… the purpose of funneling cash proceeds of drug trafficking from Florida and other states back to California. Riffle … or less to attempt to prevent Currency Transaction Reports from being filed by the banks on his cash deposits. Currency …
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Shafter Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Smuggling

… trailer containing cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry to a location in … Montoya began unloading 18 one-kilogram packages of cocaine from a hidden compartment in the underside of the tractor …
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Nevada City Woman Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions On First Day Of Trial

… she owned near Nevada City and Georgetown. Marijuana from Albright’s operation was regularly shipped out of state … a marijuana grow with a firearm while on pretrial release from an earlier arrest. He was facing charges for …
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Nevada City Woman Sentenced To Over Five Years In Prison For Marijuana Cultivation And Structuring Currency Transactions

… she owned near Nevada City and Georgetown. Marijuana from Albright’s operation was regularly shipped out of state … a marijuana grow with a firearm while on pretrial release from an earlier arrest. He was facing charges for …
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Couple Sentenced On Methamphetamine Convictions

… term of supervised release, to begin after his release from prison. On August 26, 2015, Billy Slick’s wife, … term of supervised release, to begin after her release from prison. The Slicks had lived in Augusta, Georgia, but …
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Jury Convicts Constable Woman Of Marijuana Conspiracy

… Defendant smuggled thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Canada into the United States for over a decade ALBANY, … to smuggle tens of thousands of kilograms of marijuana from Canada and into the United States.  After the loads of …
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Jury Convicts Schenectady Felon Of Drug Conspiracy

… Thomas J. McAvoy.   The evidence at trial showed that, from October 2015 through February 2016, Hilts conspired … Elijah Jones, to distribute crack cocaine and heroin from their shared residence on Paige Street, adjacent to a …
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Second Devil’s Den Marijuana Cultivator Pleads Guilty

… guilty, Manjarrez acknowledged that he came to California from Mexico to work for his co-defendant, Jonathan Anthony … of medical marijuana for profit. This case stemmed from Operation Mercury, an intensive marijuana eradication …
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South Lake Tahoe Dispensary Owner Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison And Agrees To Forfeit Drug Proceeds

… can have the effect of concealing and disguising the odor from marijuana.  In total, detectives seized approximately 5 … admitted that he possessed the marijuana seized from his residence on August 31, 2012, with an intent to …
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Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

… in the case asserts that Solorzano obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and arranged for Reyes, Martinez, and Rosa to … Area (HIDTA), consisting of law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug …
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Five Indicted For Kern County Marijuana Cultivation Operations

… Rufino Orozco-Martinez, 32, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico; Jorge A. Torres, 27, of Michoacán, … aka Osmin Mejia-Mazariegos, 29, an undocumented alien from Guatemala, was charged with a drug conspiracy, …
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Livingston Man Sentenced 16 Years In Prison For International Drug Conspiracy

… Drug Enforcement Task Force targeted shipments of cocaine from Bakersfield to Toronto, Canada FRESNO, Calif. - Two … large money seizures were made, including $169,910 seized from a truck in Sheldon, Ill., that was driven by Bisla. The …
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Stockton Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Trafficking

… and prices, and a security monitor depicting an image from a camera posted on an engine hoist in the front yard. … chemical used in manufacturing methamphetamine, created from crushed Sudafed and Actifed. Agents also found large …
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Fresno Man Receives Five Years In Prison For Interstate Marijuana Trafficking

… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from medical doctors. Rather than distributing the marijuana … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
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Two Men Arrested in Connection with Seizure of Tens of Thousands of Counterfeit Pills

… alleged that controlled purchases of pills were conducted from Argueta and Arias at locations in Middlesex and Suffolk … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Boston is comprised of agents and officers from HSI, FBI, DEA, ATF, USMS, IRS-CI, USPIS, DOL-OIG and …
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H Block Gang Member Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy

… at point blank range without warning or provocation.  From 2022 through 2023, Lankford, a long-time H Block gang … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Boston is comprised of agents …
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Glastonbury Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison for Bath Salt Trafficking Offense

… investigators seized approximately 10 kilograms of the drug from the business.  Elba was arrested on September 14, 2023, … 2021, Elba arranged to purchase 200 pounds of marijuana from two individuals in Vermont.  Instead of making the … New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad is composed of personnel from the DEA, and the Bristol, West Haven, Fairfield, …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Supplying Fentanyl that Resulted in Deaths of Two in North Park

… and our unwavering commitment to stopping those who profit from this deadly drug.” San Diego Police officers, along with investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Overdose Response … Sargent’s duffel bag, also recovered from the bedroom, contained 30.4 grams of methamphetamine …
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Fairbanks Man Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in a Fatal Overdose

… District Office is investigating the case, with assistance from the Alaska State Troopers, as part of the Fairbanks … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime and drug trafficking. … Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

… on Fentanyl 2024 (No Text).jpg   WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church … DEA El Paso Division and the above agencies want to hear from families in New Mexico and West Texas as they share …
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Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

… customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … gangs have been convicted of federal offenses stemming from this investigation, which has solved eight murders and … Forensic Science Laboratory, and the police departments from Norwalk, Stamford, Fairfield, Stratford, Ansonia, …
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Three Santa Rosa County Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Operation

… has been instrumental in removing dangerous drugs from our streets,” said Sheriff Bob Johnson, Santa Rosa … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Father and Son indicted for Providing Material Support to Mexican Cartel Engaged in Terrorism

… complex criminal operation generating millions of dollars from crude oil – the largest funding source for Mexican drug … criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day on April 29

… is not immune.  In 2023, more than 105,000 Americans died from drug poisonings with nearly 70 percent of those deaths … to synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl. Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) … (Vicodin ®). The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. Social …
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Sixteen Charged in East Texas Federal Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… distribute methamphetamine. If convicted, defendants face from 10 years to life in federal prison. As part of the … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Drug Trafficking Indictment Charges 18 Defendants with Meth and Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… Toombs County area STATESBORO, GA:   Eighteen defendants from the Laurens and Toombs County, Ga., area are in custody … legal proceedings after their initial court appearances from a 55-count drug trafficking indictment in U.S. District … again demonstrates that small communities are not immune from the disastrous consequences of drug trafficking,” said …
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates on Operation LeGend at Kansas City press conference

… added Garrison, who was joined by U.S. Attorneys from across the United States who have launched Operation … making a material false statement when acquiring a firearm from a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL); and Two cases remain … charged with bank robbery Two defendants charged with theft from an FFL. On …