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Northern California Residents Turn In 16 Tons Of Rx Drugs On Take Back Day

May 09, 2017
… enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, … 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National … tons) of prescription drugs. “Removing unwanted medication from the home will undoubtedly save lives. It is fantastic …
May 09, 2017
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Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

August 04, 2025
… Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to Take Back America from the drug traffickers who are flooding our streets with … shipment of fentanyl and multiple pounds of methamphetamine from Arizona to individuals in Florida to whom she was … In 2023, Tanner was arrested on outstanding warrants from Citrus County, Florida. In dismantling this conspiracy, …
August 04, 2025
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling Over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

January 11, 2023
… tools available to more effectively stop gun traffickers from endangering our community.” DEA Special Agent in Charge … are aggressively taking every step to protect communities from gun violence and drug trafficking in order to save … “This case, initiated in direct response to complaints from the New Yorkers we serve, underscores some disturbing …
January 11, 2023
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

January 11, 2023
… tools available to more effectively stop gun traffickers from endangering our community.” DEA Special Agent in Charge … are aggressively taking every step to protect communities from gun violence and drug trafficking in order to save … “This case, initiated in direct response to complaints from the New Yorkers we serve, underscores some disturbing …
January 11, 2023
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U.S. Attorney and Federal Law Enforcement Officials Assemble with State Law Enforcement Officers and Local Dignitaries in Show of Unity Against Fentanyl Trafficking in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco

November 02, 2023
… the flow of drugs and dealers coming into San Francisco from nearby counties; •    conducting regular joint federal … federal cases so that they take as little as a month from time of arrest to disposition; and •    federal … in San Francisco and to remove fentanyl dealers from San Francisco neighborhoods.  The result, U.S Attorney …
November 02, 2023
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Cuban National Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

March 09, 2022
… Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the defendant’s ranch. During sentencing, the judge … indicated Morales had smuggled undocumented non-citizens from as early as November 2019. Later that same day federal … to investigate a multitude of serious crimes that result from crimes such as these, and we will continue to work with …
March 09, 2022
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Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

October 17, 2013
… However, defendant Paone also sold guns and drugs from his Prince’s Bay home, with Lagala and Ayzenberg often … include: a .45 caliber Kimber firearm purchased for $1,500 from Lagala, Ayzenberg and Paone on June 28, 2013 inside the … firearm and a Taurus 9mm firearm both purchased for $1,650 from Ayzenberg and Paone on July 26, 2013 inside 35 Knox …
October 17, 2013
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Colombian Drug Kingpin And Cohort Extradited In New York Heroin Trafficking Scheme Millions Of Dollars In Heroin Smuggled In Freight Containers

December 20, 2013
… Andres, who was arrested on April 9, was transported from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he had lived as a … Andres run the drug trafficking operation, was extradited from Bogota, Colombia on December 12. Fernando pleaded not … revealed that Andres oversaw an international drug empire from his base in Bogota, Colombia. The organization is …
December 20, 2013
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Harris County Woman Convicted of Drug Trafficking Violations

September 21, 2020
… transport approximately nine kilograms of methamphetamine from Houston to Dallas and meet at a gas station in … vehicle, removed a duffel bag containing methamphetamine from the trunk, and placed it in his backseat. While in … police seized approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine from the car. On Sep. 19, 2019, the U.S. Drug Enforcement …
September 21, 2020
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 01, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
November 01, 2021
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Three Springfield Residents Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

August 05, 2021
… guilty to their roles in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from Nov. 22, 2016, to Sept. 26, 2018. Ingram also pleaded … they directly received methamphetamine to distribute from co-defendant Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, of Everton, Mo. Conn … 10 pounds of methamphetamine per week by vehicle from California to the Springfield area. He then distributed …
August 05, 2021
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St. Louis drug trafficking leader pleads guilty

July 09, 2020
… over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019.  Guy R. Goolsby, aka … size can impact many lives and maybe even prevent someone from overdosing.” According to the plea agreement, investigators from of the DEA uncovered a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl …
July 09, 2020
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Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 Kilograms of Cocaine, $1.3 Million in Cash, and a Firearm

March 15, 2021
… taking six million dollars’ worth of cocaine sales away from alleged drug traffickers while saving lives. Over one … of cocaine and over $1 million in suspected proceeds from illegal narcotics trafficking, disrupting the operation … “Sweet Produce” (the “Warehouse”).  Cocaine was shipped from a company in the Dominican Republic to the Warehouse.  …
March 15, 2021
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Two SCDC inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

February 12, 2020
… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. Drug … protect both the general public, and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County.  The leader of that …
February 12, 2020
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Two South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

February 12, 2020
… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. “DEA … protect both the general public and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County. The leader of that …
February 12, 2020
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

November 04, 2020
… numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from throughout Texas spanning from October of 2018 to June of 2020.   Operations Trap … trailers loaded with quantities of illegal drugs imported from Mexico across the Texas/Mexico border, and the seizure …
November 04, 2020
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Defendant Sentenced For Role In May 2013 Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man

August 18, 2016
… presented at trial and documents filed in the case, from approximately March 1, 2011, until May 22, 2013, the … defendants traveled in interstate and foreign commerce from Mexico to Southlake, and elsewhere, with the intent to … result of that travel, Mr. Chapa was killed.  In addition, from approximately May 23, 2013, until September 5, 2014, …
August 18, 2016
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Spice Distribution Kingpin John Bowen Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison

August 24, 2015
… in Denver returned indictments charging nine individuals from across the country with conspiracy and drug … “Spice” is a common term for synthetic cannabinoids.  From August through September 2013, there were 221 …
August 24, 2015
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Nineteen Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

May 27, 2014
… with intent to distribute and conspiracy to import heroin from Colombia and Venezuela into Puerto Rico, announced U.S. … José Luis Castro-Delgado; and Erika Casillas-Bonet. From in or about August 2012 through in or about April 2013: …
May 27, 2014
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

December 13, 2016
… in connection with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and … imported large quantities of heroin, Fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic into the United … of drug shipments, as well as the collection of debts from their customer base, and payments of the drug debts …
December 13, 2016
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Jury Convicts Three Defendants Of Charges Related To Multi-Million Dollar Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

July 06, 2011
… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine worth millions of dollars from Mexico to distribute in the Kansas City metropolitan … conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine from Jan. 1, 2007, to Feb. 11, 2010, which was charged in a … City metropolitan area. A normal load of cocaine would be from 20 to 50 kilograms, which was smuggled in vehicles …
July 06, 2011
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West Babylon man indicted for alleged major cocaine trafficking operation

August 25, 2020
… the outstanding work of law enforcement, and with support from the community, we have shut down a significant drug … together with our partners to ensure that those who profit from the sale of dangerous, illegal drugs will be held fully … began earlier this year in response to numerous complaints from members of the community. Surveillance of Reyes’ house, …
August 25, 2020
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Six arrested, charged in multi-state narcotics conspiracy responsible for supplying fentanyl & cocaine to Dayton

August 26, 2020
… of DEA task force officer DETROIT – Two brothers originally from Dayton, Ohio and four others were arrested in North … authorities have seized narcotics, cash, and firearms from the drug trafficking organization on multiple occasions … – including fentanyl, cocaine, cash and firearms seized from a search warrant executed on Nov. 4, 2019. It was …
August 26, 2020
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
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Nine Defendants Indicted for Drug and Firearms Conspiracies

March 15, 2022
… firearm that Bermudez used in that shooting was recovered from his Essex County residence, loaded with seven rounds of 9mm ammunition. From April 2021 through May 18, 2021, Brown, a convicted …
March 15, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 23, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … in Charge Brad Byerley. “Last year, more Americans died from opioid overdoses than from all other drugs combined, including meth, cocaine and …
April 23, 2019
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Judge sentences St. Louis man to 10 years for drug trafficking and firearm charges

January 21, 2021
… informants to do controlled purchases of fentanyl from whoever was in possession of the common cell phone. On … of incarceration. On December 3, 2016, Fields placed a call from the St. Louis City Justice Center to a phone number and received updates from co-conspirators regarding drug trafficking and the …
January 21, 2021
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Three Columbia men charged with heroin trafficking

June 12, 2020
… in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Boone County from December 17, 2019, to June 11, 2020. According to … source to make two controlled purchases of heroin/fentanyl from Keveon Johnson. The confidential source identified … used another confidential source to purchase heroin from Seawood, the affidavits say. When the confidential …
June 12, 2020
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

November 04, 2024
… 2021, Acosta and Rojo directed another individual to travel from Laredo to Austin to retrieve five kilograms of cocaine and $9,000 in cash from Barrientos-Cano. He was to deliver the cocaine to their … cocaine to Saldivar, who was also acting on instructions from the two men and reported the bundles had been …
November 04, 2024
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Drug Investigations Lead To Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Lebanese Bank Tied To Hizballah

February 10, 2011
… money laundering network. This network moves illegal drugs from South America to Europe and the Middle East via West … “This action seeks to protect the U.S. financial system from the illicit proceeds flowing through LCB and to deprive … which it proposes prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through …
February 10, 2011