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Texas Resident Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On Silk Road, Bitmessage

May 30, 2014
… 400 oxycodone tablets and more than 900 hydrocodone tablets from Jones. Jones shipped the controlled substances from Texas to Central Florida. In addition to operating on … protocol that is used to send encrypted messages from one person to another or from one person to multiple …
May 30, 2014
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Leader Of California-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

September 26, 2014
… attempted to have 12 pounds of methamphetamine smuggled from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Pasco County, Florida. On … co-conspirators working on Cuevas-Navarro’s behalf drove from Pasco County to Jonesboro to retrieve the drugs.  The … in Arkansas, law enforcement agents intercepted the drugs from five of Cuevas-Navarro’s co-conspirators. On April 5, …
September 26, 2014
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

December 18, 2013
… jury. Specifically, the jury found that Hernandez-Preciado, from a date unknown to the date of the (September 22, 2011), … organized a series of maritime cocaine smuggling shipments from Ecuador to Guatemala.  One in particular was on May 19, … during that interdiction. Trial evidence included testimony from the USCG, wiretap intercepts conducted by the …
December 18, 2013
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DEA Caribbean Division Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 30, 2015
… Tobago Port-of-Spain - (868) 628-8136 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th PUERTO RICO - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in Puerto Rico and the U.S. … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 30, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHICAGO - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DALLAS - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
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DEA Investigation Unravels Drug Trafficking And Corruption By Honduran Congressman

January 19, 2018
… Twice Domestic Conspiracy included massive cocaine loads from Colombia and elsewhere for U.S. import, safe passage, … devices. The United States is seeking Najera’s extradition from Honduras and he faces a maximum of life imprisonment if … in Honduras and elsewhere worked together with support from Najera and others to receive multi-hundred kilogram …
January 19, 2018
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DEA Atlanta Division Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th ATLANTA - Daniel … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
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DEA Charlotte District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHARLOTTE, N.C. … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
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DEA Columbia District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th COLUMBIA, S.C. - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
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DEA Nashville District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th NASHVILLE, Tenn. … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
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Portland Man Sentenced To Over Nine Years For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

March 18, 2015
… laundering.     According to court records and proceedings, from August 2011 through October 2013, Jones obtained hundreds of pounds of marijuana from an out-of-state source and distributed it in Maine.  In … 2013, agents executing search warrants seized $291,981 from a storage unit Jones rented, $92,104 from an …
March 18, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th BOSTON - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Sandoval Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SAN DIEGO - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 861-1974 Event will take place in Pennsylvania and Delaware from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 12th PHILADELPHIA - … take place in Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
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Former Police Officer Sentenced To Almost Five Years For Dealing Oxycodone

September 21, 2011
… DEA agent purchased large quantities of oxycodone from Flores at his smoke shop, The Lil’ Red Smoke Shop in … a lengthy investigation of prescription drug dealing from the Indian Smoke Shop on Puyallup Tribal Trust Land in … selling thousands of pills of (oxycodone) and methadone from their smoke shops.  When agents and officers searched …
September 21, 2011
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Danville Resident Charged In Money Laundering Scheme

April 28, 2014
… separate occasions, Keslinke accepted a total of $550,000 from the undercover agent. In an attempt to conceal the true … the funds, Keslinke repeatedly deposited the money received from the undercover agent into business bank accounts under … Keslinke then attempted to launder the money by wiring it from his business bank accounts to an account controlled by …
April 28, 2014
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SAN FRANCISCO - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
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Bakersfield Resident Sentenced To Four-Year Prison Term For Coastal Marijuana Cultivation Operation

February 25, 2013
… aka Alejandro Basave Uriostegui , 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, today to four years in federal prison … to growing marijuana in the Lompoc area for distribution from his residence in Bakersfield. According to court … detectives seized 600 pounds of processed marijuana from three vehicles they had seen leaving a marijuana grow …
February 25, 2013
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Conspiracy In Bakersfield

November 26, 2012
… Salgado Valladares, aka Guerrero, 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to … marijuana grown in Santa Barbara County for distribution from his residence in Bakersfield, Drug Enforcement … detectives seized 600 pounds of processed marijuana from three vehicles they had seen leaving a marijuana grow …
November 26, 2012
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Six Colombian Nationals and Owner of Consumer Electronic Business Charged for Their Roles in Money Laundering and Unlicensed Money Transmission Business Offenses

January 17, 2020
… in the Indictments unse aled in Manhattan federal court: From at least in or about June 2018 through at least in or … Amit Agarwal all participated in schemes to launder funds from locations throughout the United States to recipients …
January 17, 2020
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Husband and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill

September 06, 2018
… painkiller oxycodone for no legitimate medical purpose from an Upper West Side medical practice. As a result of the … verdict on 30 counts on May 4, 2018, and involved testimony from 17 witnesses and over 350 exhibits. As the evidence … of their scheme, nearly $625,000 in cash was recovered from the Scarsdale residence. Licensed to practice internal …
September 06, 2018
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Owner of Oakland Money Services Business Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Laundering Drug Proceeds to Mexico

March 19, 2024
… agreement, Ornelas Mora owned and operated Rincon Musical. From no later than September 2020 through August 2022, … laundered drug proceeds by accepting large amounts of cash from drug dealers and wiring it to Mexico, disguising it to …
March 19, 2024
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First Regional Family Summit on Fentanyl Held in Utah

October 19, 2023
… one to a fentanyl poisoning or overdose.  A dozen families from across the state, and one father from Kentucky, attended today’s summit, which provided a … provided state and federal leaders the opportunity to hear from families about ways to help elevate local prevention, …
October 19, 2023
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Walgreens Agrees To Pay A Record Settlement Of $80 Million For Civil Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Act

June 11, 2013
… black market sales.   According to the most recent report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, … overdose deaths exceeded motor vehicle deaths and deaths from illegal street drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, and … stated, “National pharmaceutical chains are not exempt from following the law.  This settlement sends out a clear …
June 11, 2013
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Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Announces New Effort to Reduce Violent Crime

May 27, 2021
… of Justice effort to help protect our communities from the recent increase in major violent crimes. “Today, we … grant-making, we will support programming at all stages – from the earliest violence interruption strategies to … and intervention programs that work to keep violence from happening before it occurs. Target enforcement efforts …
May 27, 2021
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Long Island Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute, Distributing Fentanyl Causing Two Overdose Deaths

March 21, 2024
… pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute fentanyl from 2021 through 2023 and to distribution of fentanyl in … arrest, and prosecute those who believe they can profit from selling lethal drugs in our community,” stated GCPD …
March 21, 2024
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Indian National Found Guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute More than 170 Pounds of MDMA in Eastern Washington

March 19, 2025
… of imprisonment of twenty years. He may also face removal from the United States. The evidence presented at trial … these individuals, who had crossed into the United States from Canada and were carrying backpacks and a suitcase. From …
March 19, 2025
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Two Members Of A Violent Gang Sentenced To Prison For Racketeering And Drug Trafficking

February 08, 2025
… and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were allegedly seized from 11 of the defendants. James Rodrigues, a/k/a “Bummy,” … of grams of cocaine and cocaine base (crack cocaine) from a stash house in Somerville. During the investigation, … law enforcement made a series of controlled purchases from Rodrigues and other Cameron Street members. This …
February 08, 2025
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Seven Defendants Sentenced to a Total of 41+ Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of Firearms and Narcotics

January 10, 2025
… Thompson was a convicted felon and knew he was prohibited from possessing any firearm or ammunition and was arrested. … ammunition. As a convicted felon, Copeland was prohibited from possessing the firearm and ammunition. He pleaded … had the firearm in his possession before ejecting it from the vehicle onto the roadway. Robertson pleaded guilty …
January 10, 2025