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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled for October 26

October 24, 2019
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide … pain relievers said they were given, bought or taken from a friend or relative. Of these misusers, 40 percent got their most recently used prescription pain relievers from a friend or relative for free, while the remainder …
October 24, 2019
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Maryland drug dealer sentenced to more than 15 years for heroin distribution conspiracy

June 22, 2018
… 720-431-8836 Jimolo Coates continued to sell heroin from jail (PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.)  - Jimolo Coates, a.k.a. “Lo,” … Kiara Scott, to provide the heroin to and collect payment from Kusalonis. Coates also admitted to selling … heroin to Charles Adams, who frequently transported heroin from Annapolis to Plattsburgh with Kusalonis, following …
June 22, 2018
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Former LAPD officer sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after illegal drug lab exploded in his garage

June 18, 2018
… extract hash oil containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or “THC,” from marijuana plants, was sentenced to five years in … of maintaining drug involved premises. The sentence stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … jury heard evidence that Spadafore, who was an LAPD officer from 1976 to 1991, converted a house into a drug lab where …
June 18, 2018
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DEA releases 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

November 02, 2018
… in the report represents data and critical intelligence from our law enforcement partners that was gathered over the … Heroin available in U.S. markets is primarily sourced from Mexico, where opium poppy cultivation and heroin … States. In 2016, approximately 174 people died every day from drug poisoning, outnumbering deaths by firearms, motor …
November 02, 2018
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DEA investigators seeking answers in small Tennessee town

August 28, 2018
… (571) 363-8417 Rural Clay County pharmacies' 2017 purchases from distributors totaled more than one million pills … an inquiry  into irregular patterns of pill purchases from drug distribution companies.  DEA is now investigating … traffickers who exploit the most vulnerable and who profit from addiction. We've lost too many Americans to opioid …
August 28, 2018
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U.S. citizen charged with violating the Kingpin Act

July 07, 2020
… name, thereby violating OFAC’s prohibition on U.S. Citizens from conducting financial transactions with specially … narcotics trafficker in 2016.  The OFAC designations stem from Caro Quintero’s criminal history as the leader of the … Mexican tribunal ruled that Caro Quintero could be released from custody because he had been tried improperly in a …
July 07, 2020
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Over 17 tons of prescription drugs collected in the Pacific Northwest during the 16th National Take Back Day

November 06, 2018
… have removed 478,042 pounds (239 tons) of medication from circulation.   The following are the results broken … by state: Washington –  15,279 pounds (7.6 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho –  3,269 pounds (1.6 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon –  12,492 pounds (6.2 tons) removed …
November 06, 2018
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Two North Sound men indicted for trafficking fentanyl

September 14, 2018
… was arrested as he attempted to cross into the U.S. from Mexico on Sept. 1, 2018. He remains in custody in San … on a tip, law enforcement observed Thompson as he traveled from Bellingham to Woolard’s Arlington home. After Thompson … multiple searches law enforcement seized $400,000 in cash from two safes, another $270,000 from behind the water …
September 14, 2018
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Kentucky Family Members Are First In State To Be Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distribution Of Drugs Known As “Bath Salts”

September 12, 2011
… importing kilograms of a drug comparable to methamphetamine from overseas and selling it in Eastern Kentucky and West … as 4-Methylmethcathine, commonly referred to as mephedrone, from April of 2010 until January 2011. Mephedrone is a … of the Justices, received shipments of the mephedrone from India and drove the shipments from his residence in …
September 12, 2011
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Ohio Man Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute 36 Kilos Of Cocaine

November 23, 2016
… a firearm.  Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers and officers from Akron Police Department executed a traffic stop of … chase. Davis crashed his car into a light pole and then ran from officers. He was arrested after he jumped from a bridge, falling 30 feet to the ground, according to …
November 23, 2016
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Louisville Man Charged With Distributing Heroin That Resulted In Overdose Death

March 08, 2017
… to a person whose death and serious bodily injury resulted from the use of that substance.    “This indictment arises … Attorney John Kuhn. “With the assistance of federal funding from the OCDETF program, DEA and LMPD are investigating … substance, to a person known as “G.A.” whose death resulted from the use of such substance; possession and distribution …
March 08, 2017
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Former Laredo/Dallas Business Owner Heads To Prison In Large Marijuana Case

April 29, 2014
… others to transport more than 8,500 kilograms of marijuana from Laredo to the Dallas area. The government noted that … and arranged for the delivery of several loads of marijuana from Laredo to Dallas. Marchan would call upon co-defendants …
April 29, 2014
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

January 18, 2011
… products in the U.S., such as perfume or electronics, from complicit businesspeople, such as Datta. Those products … these stores, Datta accepted millions of dollars in cash from peso brokers and/or narcotics traffickers in exchange … Datta spoke and met with those agents on numerous occasions from August 2010 through January 2011. During those …
January 18, 2011
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Twenty-Nine Golden Grove Inmates Indicted For Possessing Illegal Contraband

April 30, 2014
… a Sony PlayStation. In addition, illegal drugs were seized from 33 separate cells, along with drug packaging material … to weapons or the ability to engage in criminal activity from behind bars.” “The safety of all inmates and employees … order is maintained inside the prison to prevent crimes from happening both in and outside as well,” said DEA …
April 30, 2014
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

December 21, 2016
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the … be in the range of 30 to 40 kilograms, were sent regularly from El Paso multiple times per year. Welborn then … in East Windsor where they discussed the pick-up of money from Welborn the following day and its delivery to a …
December 21, 2016
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

January 11, 2017
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the … be in the range of 30 to 40 kilograms, were sent regularly from El Paso multiple times per year.  In 2014, the Chavez … in East Windsor where they discussed the pick-up of money from Welborn the following day and its delivery to a …
January 11, 2017
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Hartford Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison

January 31, 2017
… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the … be in the range of 30 to 40 kilograms, were sent regularly from El Paso multiple times per year.  Vernon and Welborn … Chavez and his associates. Investigators also recovered from the Jeep a duffel bag containing approximately $284,000 …
January 31, 2017
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Fairfield Doctor Who Illegally Prescribed Oxycodone Sentenced

February 17, 2017
… perform 200 hours of community service, and prohibited him from writing prescriptions for controlled substances until … obtained forged prescriptions for opioid medications from Bellofiore’s former medical assistant and, as a result, … for a friend or relative of the couple to pick up from Bellofiore’s office. It was Bellofiore understands that …
February 17, 2017
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Man Pleads Guilty To Significant Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy Involving Mexican Drug Cartel

September 17, 2015
… more of cocaine, 100 grams or more of heroin and oxycodone from in or about Summer 2009 through in or about June 2010. … According to documents filed with the Court and testimony from a jury trial that took place starting on September 9, … Garcia also received multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine from two brothers-in-law, Canciano Marquez Mayorga and …
September 17, 2015
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Glastonbury Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin To A Minor

January 19, 2016
… This epidemic is deeply disturbing and must be addressed from a number of perspectives.  From the law enforcement perspective, together with the DEA …
January 19, 2016
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Violent Indianapolis Heroin Trafficking Organization Dismantled

September 03, 2015
… Indianapolis, allegedly ran a drug trafficking organization from his home on the Westside of Indianapolis. The McMichel … (MDTO) moved large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine from suppliers in Arizona to Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and … other locations. The MDTO obtained most of its drug supply from Fernando Vaca-Mata, 32, and Jose Prieto, 33, to be …
September 03, 2015
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Museum Of Science And Industry To Host DEA Exhibit

June 16, 2011
… of Science & Industry September 16, 2011 Includes Artifacts from the World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks TAMPA, FL. … 16, 2011. Visitors will have the opportunity to view rubble from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, a drug related car wreck from Ohio, and several re-creations including a …
June 16, 2011
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U.S. Attorneys And Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Conduct Summit To Target Heroin And Opioid Trafficking And Overdose Epidemic

August 26, 2015
… Attorneys and leaders of federal law enforcement agencies from across six states met in Detroit on August 26, 2015, to … Heroin overdose deaths in the United States have tripled from 2010 to 2013.  Nationally, the number of deaths from all drug overdoses exceeded 43,000 last year, more …
August 26, 2015
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Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

July 24, 2014
… The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from inside a Massachusetts jail PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael … the shipment and delivery of crystal meth to Massachusetts from California while incarcerated in the Bristol County … controlled substances being trafficked into New England from California. During the investigation, agents learned of …
July 24, 2014
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Polk County Men Sentenced On Drug Trafficking Charges Meth Distribution Ring Had Operated In The “Seney Community” Of Polk County

February 11, 2011
… “We removed a menacing methamphetamine distribution network from the streets. These criminals can no longer distribute … potent crystal methamphetamine via a virtual pipeline from Mexico. Then those local dealers find a steady stream … the Seney Community will heal quickly and recover from the damage, while this group of local criminals remains …
February 11, 2011
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Sixteen Members Of Cocaine Trafficking Ring Operating In Yonkers And Bronx, New York, Charged In White Plains Federal Court

April 14, 2011
… since the majority of their drug distribution operated from 4040 Bronx Boulevard. By working together, DEA and our … in the future. Not only did we work the investigation from the streets to the source of supply and successfully …
April 14, 2011
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

October 24, 2017
… NEW ORLEANS - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug … nation’s leading drug epidemic, with more Americans dying from opioid overdose than from all other illicit drugs combined. Two years ago, we …
October 24, 2017
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DEA’S National Drug Take-Back Day Collected Nearly 16 Tons In The Pacific Northwest

May 08, 2014
… discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen … 2,123 - tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation.  Residents of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, … sites which resulted in 16,677 (8.3 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 26 collection sites which resulted …
May 08, 2014
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Two Men Found Guilty Of Drug Trafficking Charges

April 09, 2013
… case was tried before U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton from March 19 through April 4, 2013. Sentencing is set … showed that the drug trafficking (DTO) received drugs from Mexico via “backpackers,” repackaged the marijuana into … UPS driver at the time, knowingly received the packages from the DTO and delivered them into the UPS mail-stream for …
April 09, 2013
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24 Arrests In Joint Imperial County Investigation Over 3 Tons Of Cocaine Seized

December 04, 2013
… in California and Arizona. Through intelligence gleaned from wire intercepted calls and developed by ICNTF special … that encompasses aspects of narcotics trafficking ranging from the importation of cocaine from Colombia, to the transportation of narcotics across the …
December 04, 2013