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DEA Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 34 Individuals Including Physicians And Pharmacists For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

… has taken down all levels of this distribution ring; from the physicians writing these prescriptions to the … Elba Gorbea with the assistance of AUSA Myriam Fernandez from the Asset Forfeiture Unit. An indictment contains only …
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16 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… as Modus Operandi the distribution of Crystal Meth imported from California to Puerto Rico. The DEA will continue to … Division. Eliezer Julián, Postal Inspector/Team Leader from the US Postal Inspection Service stated: “The US Postal …
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Joint Operation With Lake County Sheriff's Office Results In Major Cocaine Seizure

… kept 62 kilograms of cocaine and several firearms from infiltrating our communities.” “The cooperation between … of cocaine, an SKS rifle and a 9mm handgun were seized from the address on Stearns School Road. An additional ten …
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Milford Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty To Illegal Drug Distribution And Health Care Fraud Offenses

… was based, as well as $173,095.20 in cash that was seized from his office on the day of his arrest.  He also has … The DEA Tactical Diversion Squad includes officers from the Bristol, Greenwich, Hamden, Milford, New Haven, …
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Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced To 15+ Years

… into our community, and ensuring that they do not profit from doing so, is a critical priority of my office.”  … Trafficking Organizations and individuals who are coming from out of state to distribute these poisons across New …
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10 Arrests In Investigation Of Major Multistate Oxy, Heroin, Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

… a conspiracy to transport sizeable quantities of oxycodone from Miami to Massachusetts, where it was distributed in the greater Boston area. Proceeds from the sale of the drug were then transported and/or …
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MGH To Pay $2.3 Million To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… large volumes of controlled (prescription medications) from the hospital.  Altogether, the two nurses stole nearly … oxycodone, an addictive painkiller.  Both nurses stole from automated dispensing machines that MGH used to store …
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Arlington Career Criminal Sentenced For Heroin Distribution

… of money used by a cooperating witness to purchase heroin from Bain in March 2014.  Agents also seized drug … to prescription medication to switch to heroin.  Overdoses from heroin have climbed substantially as a result.  Between …
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Danbury Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Federal Prison For Armed Home Invasions

… five years of imprisonment.  Sometime after his release from prison he had the words “Face Shot” tattooed on his … Police Department.  The DEA Task Force includes personnel from the New Haven, Hamden, Branford, Meriden, West Haven, …
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New Jersey Firefighter Charged With Drug Distribution

… gave conflicting answers, and said that they had just come from Lawrence.  Jimenez denied having weapons or drugs in … the cooperating witness began purchasing cocaine and heroin from Cruz-Rivera.  On Oct. 4, 2013, Jimenez allegedly told …
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Sixty-Six Gang Members Facing Federal RICO, Firearm And Drug Trafficking Charges

… of investigation BOSTON - Sixty-six alleged gang members from the Greater Boston area have been charged with federal … year period, investigators seized approximately 37 firearms from 18th Street Gang members alone, including 29 hand guns, …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Gang-Related Narcotics Trafficking

… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a year-long joint law enforcement investigation headed … to five years of probation.  Brown had been detained from May 2014 until the date of his sentencing.  As a …
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Manchester Man Arrested For Conspiracy To Distribute And Unlawful Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… for $85,000. Approximately 5.13 kilograms were recovered from Ramirez Aldava’s vehicle at the time of his arrest.  A … quantities of controlled substances into New Hampshire from source countries such as Mexico, and to bringing …
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… of a communication facility.  The indictment alleges that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, these individuals … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Louisiana …
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Two Attorneys Among Four Convicted Of $9.2 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme

… of at least $4.2 million in alleged fraud proceeds from the convicted defendants. Convicted at trial were … was initiated by the DEA/IRS Financial Investigations Team from information learned during a separate investigation of …
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24th Member Of Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Sentenced

… his own addiction and because he did not financially profit from his involvement in the case. Twenty-three individuals … in February 2008, the United States received authority from Judge Crabb to conduct wiretaps on several of the …
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Three Members Of International Synthetic Drug-Trafficking Organization Arrested In Los Angeles

… forfeited over $2 million in cash and other assets obtained from his illegal activities, including a house, two cars and … chemicals used to produce these SSCs were imported from China, then applied to a plant-like substance and sold …
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Albany And Valdosta Drug Dealers Sentenced To Serve Federal Prison Time

… with the Pataula Drug Task Force received information from a reliable confidential informant that Morgan would be traveling from his house in Hawkinstown, Georgia, to Newton, Georgia, …
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21 Defendants Charged In Brunswick-Based Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… also been charged with weapons charges. The charge results from a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), … agencies. We are committed to sending to those who profit from the scourge of illegal narcotics trafficking to prison, …
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DEA Office In Atlanta Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During this Saturday’s …
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DEA Office In Charlotte Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During this Saturday’s …
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DEA Office In Columbia Holding Its Sixth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During this Saturday’s …
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DEA Office In Nashville Holding Its Fourth Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, Saturday, April 27, 2013

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  During Saturday’s event, …
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Major Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… are committed to removing such dangerous substances from our streets. This defendant will now have plenty of … the charges and other information presented in court: From late-2009 to late-2010, several state, federal, and …
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Two Men Arrested In Buncombe County Face Drug Trafficking Charges Following 1,400 Pound Marijuana Seizure

… seized 15 cardboard boxes containing 23 blocks of marijuana from a pull-behind box trailer, and 27 cardboard boxes … on the property. The total weight of marijuana seized from Chavez’s residence was approximately 1,400 pounds, with …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Prison On Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

… in court documents and the defendants’ sentencing hearings, from about 2011 to February 2013, Perez-Ruiz was the local … for trafficking more than 150 kilograms of cocaine from Mexico to the United States, with a total street value …
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Doctor Convicted Of Three Murders 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 … died in less than three years, Tseng took in $5 million from her clinic and continued dispensing potent and …
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2 Charged In Marijuana “Honey Oil” Lab Explosion, Fire In Riverside

… laboratory where they used butane to extract (THC) from marijuana. The resulting product is commonly called … 50 percent of his body.  Gallegos recently was released from the hospital, and he surrendered himself yesterday. …
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Two Charged With Attempting To Smuggle Half A Million In Heroin Through LAX

… each time he acted as a courier, he would cross the border from Mexico into the United States, and take a Greyhound bus … to the DEA, the Task Force is made up of representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Los Angeles …
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Physician Assistant At Orange County Clinic Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges For Issuing Prescriptions Without Medical Need

… died of drug overdoses after obtaining prescriptions from Nguyen.             On the eve of Nguyen’s trial last … illegally prescribing oxycodone, methadone and alprazolam from the beginning of 2009 through early 2015.  Siew, 66, of …