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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… - 571-324-7324 Event will take place throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … event is a way for every citizen to help prevent drug abuse from beginning in their own homes and from within their own …
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Busted Behind Bars: Drug Case Leads Feds To Prison Dealer

… he was continuing his drug trafficking operations from within prison walls.  Information provided to federal … while imprisoned for drug trafficking charges stemming from a previous DEA investigation. DEA worked jointly with … go through to continue their illicit activities and profit from victimizing our communities,” said Doug Coleman, …
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Former Philadelphia Police Officer Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy

… a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a … and co-defendant Angel Ortiz hatched a plan to steal heroin from their supplier, Miguel Santiago. The scheme involved a … launderer, but who was actually an undercover Special Agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. In addition to the …
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Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

… phones utilized by Gary Moorefield. The wiretaps, conducted from the end of July 2010 through mid-September 2010, … that Moorefield obtained kilogram quantities of heroin from a supplier in the New York/New Jersey area … New Jersey and/or New York City to obtain the heroin from the supplier. The courier would then drive back to the …
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Oregon Man Sentenced In Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… ordered to forfeit $150,000 in proceeds that he obtained from his drug trafficking activities. He pled guilty to the … to transport marijuana in quantities between 100-250 pounds from Southern California to the Portland, Oregon area, or to … operated throughout the United State, importing drugs from Mexico and Southern California. The drugs were …
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Operation Mercury Targets Large-Scale Agricultural Marijuana Grows In Six Central Valley CountiesMore Than 400,000 Plants Eradicated Since March 2012

… seizure of more than 400,000 marijuana plants, primarily from agricultural lands; more than 100 firearms; and more … and another 60 sites were identified in Madera County. From 500 to several thousand plants were being grown on …
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Worcester man sentenced to 134 months for heroin and cocaine conspiracy

… grams of heroin. Nuzzolilo distributed heroin and cocaine from his apartment in Worcester and from a separate “band room” that he maintained in Worcester. … a result of the investigation, law enforcement seized drugs from various locations, including from Nuzzolilo’s band …
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DEA proposes to reduce the amount of five opioids manufactured in 2020, marijuana quota for research increases by almost a third

… produced for research by almost a third over 2019’s level, from 2,450 kilograms to 3,200 kilograms, which is almost … (THC) has increased by more than 40 percent, from 384 in January 2017 to 542 in January 2019.   “The … takes seriously its obligations to both protect the public from illicit drug trafficking and ensure adequate supplies …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs On April 28

… 431-7160 x2242 CAMDEN, N.J. -  This Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration … almost 4,500 partner law enforcement agencies will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Currently, there are 184 New Jersey … by disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired medications from their homes.  This has the potential of preventing …
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Texas Resident Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On Silk Road, Bitmessage

… 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 …
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Leader Of California-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

… 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, …
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

… 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 …
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DEA Caribbean Division Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… (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 …
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DEA Investigation Unravels Drug Trafficking And Corruption By Honduran Congressman

… 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 …
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DEA Atlanta Division Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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DEA Charlotte District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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DEA Columbia District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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DEA Nashville District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 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 …
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Portland Man Sentenced To Over Nine Years For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 355-0857 San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 496-1020 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 …
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Former Police Officer Sentenced To Almost Five Years For Dealing Oxycodone

… 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 …
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Danville Resident Charged In Money Laundering Scheme

… 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 …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 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 …
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Bakersfield Resident Sentenced To Four-Year Prison Term For Coastal Marijuana Cultivation Operation

… 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 …
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Conspiracy In Bakersfield

… 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 …
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DEA Laboratory Testing Reveals that 6 out of 10 Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills Now Contain a Potentially Lethal Dose of Fentanyl

… a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s previous announcement in 2021 that four out of … deadly dose of fentanyl. This marks a dramatic increase – from four out of ten to six out of ten – in the number of … that wasn’t prescribed directly to you. Never take a pill from a friend. Never take a pill bought on social media. …