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Loudon man sentenced to 50 months for methamphetamine trafficking

… Inspection Service investigated numerous parcels mailed from Las Vegas to New Hampshire suspected of containing … agents also investigated parcels of money mailed from New Hampshire to Las Vegas, and money transfers from New Hampshire to Las Vegas. Eventually, investigators …
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Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

… organization that imported thousands of pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, distributed large quantities of … to trafficking more than a thousand pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, and large quantities of diverted … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
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Wasilla Man Pleads Guilty In Synthetic Drug Case Which Resulted In Overdose Death

… previously pled guilty to federal drug charges stemming from a conspiracy to possess and distribute Methylone. … to (a/k/a “ecstasy”).  Methylone is commonly imported from China via the Internet for use in the U.S. particularly … of the conspiracy, that he directly imported the drugs from China, and that he repeatedly wired money to China or …
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Community Event
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (EST)
Birmingham, AL
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, December 16, and Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham, 1000 Riverchase...
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Over One Ton of Cocaine Destined for the Northeast Seized

… Narcotics Conspiracy close up of cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller container.jpg Close up of cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller container cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller containers NEW YORK CITY – Ray Donovan, …
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12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… (914) 682-6256 Defendants Charged with Trafficking Cocaine from Puerto Rico to Western New York NEW YORK – Special … in a drug trafficking operation that transported cocaine from Puerto Rico to Buffalo and other areas of Western New … discovered that kilograms of cocaine were being mailed from Puerto Rico to members of this drug ring in various …
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35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

… including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing … into the large-scale distribution of drugs into Oregon from Mexico by the drug trafficking organization led by … 2018.  The Diaz DTO imported drugs into the United States from Mexico, transported them from California to Oregon …
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Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

… fraud charges, and agreed to the forfeiture of what remains from the $29 million in seized funds earned from the clinic’s illegal activities, after restitution is paid from the funds. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney …
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DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

… 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 Money was being wired from bank accounts in Colombia to bank accounts in Colorado … is not in custody.  He is currently considered a fugitive from justice.  Furtado, Luis Uribe, and Hector Diaz are … include: Effect the international transfer of funds from the Republic of Colombia into the United States to …
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Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

… communities.” “These convictions have removed a huge tumor from the cancer that illicit drug distribution has become …  The hard work invested in this case by all parties, from the U.S. Attorney’s office to the boots on the ground … operated the Medicine Center Pharmacy across the street from one of the pain clinics.   Both Godfrey and Bona …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… upon the manufacturing method. Today’s methamphetamine from Mexico comes from mega-labs capable of producing hundreds of pounds of … Years Ago Methamphetamine is a man-made drug originating from amphetamine in Japan in 1919.  Originally used by …
July 10, 2019
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Former State Lawmaker Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

… the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained closed from March to June 2020. Derges sought CARES Act funding for … amount of $503,350. In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress … her claim, Derges provided invoices totaling $296,574 from Dynamic DNA for more than 3,000 COVID-19 laboratory …
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Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

… to protect our community and our taxpayer-funded programs from the potential harm posed by corrupt healthcare … of conspiring to participate in this broad scheme to steal from the United States taxpayers through both Medicare and …
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Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Bags of Narcotics Tossed from 9th Floor Window onto Ground and Neighbors’ Balconies … fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, from inside a packaging mill. The drugs are estimated to … Olinville Avenue, a residential building located across from PS 96, The Richard Rogers School.   Bridget G. Brennan, …
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… on the darknet, you will have federal law enforcement from every district and state across the nation pursuing … like fentanyl. Tens of thousands of people die every year from overdosing on opioids. We all need to do our part to … 2013 and 2016, she purchased legitimate prescriptions from willing sellers. Then, she resold these pills and …
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Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million

… failing to establish an anti-money laundering program from 2001 through June 2008, in violation of the Bank … by investigators. The $10,988,136 is due within five days from the date of the Agreement. In addition, FinCEN, FDIC … ultimately facilitated the laundering of narcotics proceeds from several trafficking organizations. The financial …
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Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

… over $4.1 million and three kilograms of (over six pounds) from a storage unit in the Bronx and a U-Haul truck. The … searches of a U-Haul and a Dodge Caravan that were seized from the location at the time of the defendants’ arrests. At … operation that transported large quantities of heroin from Texas for sale in New York City and Lawrence, …
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Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

… of cocaine and oxycodone. The group smuggled cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City via the U.S. Postal … called Sweet Home.  Approximately $7,500 cash was seized from a bedroom in the residence where Valdez was staying. An … Agents and detectives seized narcotics and cash from the location. Hanley and Vasquez were arrested and …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 … (1,018 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. Within the Denver Field Division, the …
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Moss Bluff Man Warehoused And Sold Large Quantities Of Marijuana

… a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss … Bluff. He directed the transport and sales of marijuana from June 2013 to September of 2013 from locations in Texas and Louisiana. During the course of …
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DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

… the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as … painkillers, resulting in 22,134 Americans dying in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers,” said DEA Administrator Michele …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Alaska from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 23,181 (11.5 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Oregon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 78,293 (39.1 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Washington from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … resulted in 127,719 (63.8 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 13.8 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

… have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation.  (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … sites which resulted in 14,508 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 24 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.3 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 36 collection sites which …
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Clovis Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

… (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 Laundered proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs FRESNO, Calif. - Natalie … 30, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to laundering proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs, commonly known on the … a Lake Tahoe time share with proceeds she obtained from the sales of smokable synthetic cannabinoids. According …
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Former Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced For Marijuana Trafficking

… informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal … lands.  Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it (trimmed) into … who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales.  August then shared the proceeds with …
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United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

… States; Marijuana worth more than $1.45 Billion Eradicated from Public Lands SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several … The operation, previously announced on August 21, lasted from July 1 through August 31, and involved law enforcement … seven states eradicated more than 726,000 marijuana plants from public lands. The Drug Enforcement Administration …