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Key defendant in Operation Snowplow drug trafficking investigation sentenced to two decades in federal prison

… the highest priority of not only removing dangerous drugs from the street, but also on seizing the ill-gotten gains of … distributing kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California in February and March 2018. The … shipment to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

… are shocking-approximately 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths.  More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Collects Record-Setting Amount Of Meds At Latest National Rx Take-Back Day

… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
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Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

… and Individual-2 sold the same heroin they had obtained from Byrd to Victim-1. On April 3, 2016, officers from the Warwick, NY Police Department responded to a … of Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson; detectives from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Gangs and …
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

… of the more rural areas of the state. Some recent analysis from the DEA’s Northeast Regional Lab has found some purity … crystal methamphetamine in the southern part of the state. From 2015 to 2017, the DEA Northeast Regional Lab has seen a …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … Karen Flowers. “You will help prevent your medications from being misused and abused by others and DEA will safely … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Crystal Meth Trafficker Sentenced 5 Years in Federal Prison

… learned that the individual had received the meth from a tractor trailer driver who regularly transported kilogram quantities of meth and other drugs from California to locations in the eastern U.S.  In October … to use the crate to ship them $60,000 in proceeds from the sale of the drugs. On November 11, 2020, law …
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Texas Man Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine

… EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man from Texas was sentenced to four years and nine months in … significant quantities of cocaine were being transported from Texas, through Illinois, and on to St. Louis. On Dec. … identified the defendant as a passenger. Upon questioning from law enforcement, a positive alert from a trained …
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Utica men found guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy after jury trial

… and the distribution of cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. Additionally, Peralta was … fingerprints on some of the packaging material seized from the stash location. The cocaine base Peralta possessed … of between four years and life following their release from imprisonment. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a …
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Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Trafficking Approximately 50 Pounds of Meth into New Hampshire

… to traffic approximately 50 pounds of methamphetamine from Massachusetts to New Hampshire on five occasions.  From March through October 2023, Ramos received five …
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Lebanese businessman tied by Treasury Department to Hezbollah is sentenced to prison for money laundering scheme involving the evasion of U.S. sanctions

… support of Hezbollah. The designation prohibited Tajideen from being involved in, or benefiting from, transactions involving U.S. persons or companies without a license from the Department of the Treasury.   “This defendant …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in … lives lost.  Nearly 70% of these drug poisonings are from fentanyl.     DEA has responded to this unprecedented … both. These Counter Threat Teams draw on the intelligence from our 334 offices around the world to map the cartels’ …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 20 Pounds of Fentanyl

… officers safeguarded countless members of our communities from the poison the defendant was intending to pollute into … with this poison. Today’s sentence removes Rodriguez from our community and sends a strong message that the FBI … and bring to justice drug dealers who seek to profit from the misery of others.” On September 26, 2022, Rodriguez …
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Rocky Mountain Diversion Investigator Named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year”

… in Bozeman.  DI St. Peter was nominated by a colleague from the Montana Department of Justice, Criminal … St. Peter is described as a humble leader in this excerpt from his nomination form. “ Applying his experience from time served working drug enforcement in Boston, and …
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Local Banker Sent to Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy

… to violate his position of trust for easy money, money from organizations that are destroying our communities.” … organization would transport multi-kilogram cocaine loads from the Rio Grande Valley to northern states. Upon … ensured the proceeds were successfully withdrawn from his branch in Harlingen.  Co-conspirators would …
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Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Shipping Firearm and Ammunition to the U.K. , Possessing Meth

… Security Investigations (HSI) about a FedEx parcel shipped from Portland to the U.K. containing a 9mm handgun and … part of a separate drug trafficking investigation, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed … returned an indictment charging Schirm with smuggling goods from the U.S. One month later, on April 6, 2021, he was …
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Largest seizure of methamphetamine and heroin in Dallas, Texas history

… to adjustments in methods to transport illicit drugs from one point to another and organizations have been forced … but also to strip away their ill-gotten assets generated from the distribution of illicit drugs in the United … accounts for approximately $45 million of revenue denied from these organizations based on retail sales. DEA Dallas …
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Man Charged With Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Fake Percocet

… by working together to remove dangerous illegal drugs from our streets and hold accountable those who make these … in exchange for $1,600. (Agents then confiscated the pills from the source.) Two weeks later, the source ordered 400 pills for $7 apiece. Agents followed Mr. Wright from his home in Fort Worth to a discount clothing store in …
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Brockton man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking

… for trafficking in cocaine while on supervised release from an earlier federal drug trafficking conviction.   … of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, crack cocaine, and marijuana from a base of operations at 12 Addison Avenue in Brockton. …   During the intercepted calls, Pina ordered cocaine from Goncalves, and agents later observed Pina pick up …
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New York man sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking

… New York that operated in central Maine. Individuals from Rochester were sent to central Maine to sell the drugs. … various local residents who allowed the drugs to be sold from their homes and assisted the Rochester dealers in … sell the drugs. Periodically, drug proceeds were collected from the various distribution points in central Maine and …
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Valley Resident Sentenced for Meth Charges

… resulted in a two-car collision.  At trial, the jury heard from a local police officer who explained how Perez crashed … The officer approached Perez after observing him pull a bag from his truck’s cab and place it into the bed of the truck. He instructed Perez to not take anything from the vehicle. Perez’s daughter arrived on the scene. At …
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Former North Carolina physician pleads guilty to drug distribution, health care fraud and aggravated identity theft charges

… family medicine, Dr. Smith had sought and received approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to operate an … and substance abuse issues.  According to court documents, from at least January 2017 to October 2017, Dr. Smith began to solicit sexual encounters from female patients whom he treated for pain management …
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Texas man sentenced to 11 years for cocaine conspiracy

… revealed that Smith was mailing packages containing cocaine from Houston to co-defendant Joseph Harper in Madison. In total, postal records from November 2017 to November 2018 showed 32 packages mailed from Smith to addresses in Wisconsin or Iowa associated with …
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DEA Arizona announces 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back

… and Yuma areas Event will take place throughout Arizona from 10:00 am-2:00 pm on Saturday, October 26 PHOENIX – DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place October 26th, from 10 am-2 pm local time. Sites will be set up throughout … cannot accept liquids, needles, sharps or batteries from vaping devices.)  Arizona’s collection sites are listed …
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Large methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution network dismantled in Evansville, IN

… and Guzman were the sources of supply for the drugs coming from the Mexican drug cartels to Evansville and Southwest … the methamphetamine, fentanyl and US currency to and from the southern Indiana area. During the investigation, … will use all available resources to prevent drug dealers from peddling poison into our communities.” “The aim of …
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McCall woman sentenced to more than 11 years for methamphetamine distribution

… of distributing  methamphetamine. Their charges stemmed from an investigation into their large scale distribution of methamphetamine in McCall from January through August 2019. Law enforcement discovered … an undercover federal agent purchased methamphetamine from Hanson. Hanson and Joiner were arrested in Boise on …
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Houston Marijuana Ringleader Sentenced to 18 years in Federal Prison

… money judgment against the defendant for proceeds derived from his criminal conduct. On September 12, 2019, a federal … during trial, Dennis led a marijuana trafficking conspiracy from at least July 2014 to June 2018. During this time … and his co-conspirators brought marijuana into the U.S. from Mexico and transported the marijuana to Dennis’ …
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Trucker guilty of hauling nearly $2 million in drug proceeds

… Edgardo Serrano admitted he drove $1,758,465 in proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics from Florida to the Rio Grande Valley. He is originally from New Boston, Michigan, but now resides in Miami, …
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Mexican foreign national convicted of meth trafficking

… to distribute methamphetamine.     The jury heard testimony from co-defendant Mexican national Genaro Pavon Pena that … of methamphetamine and cash proceeds. The jury also heard from law enforcement officers regarding search warrants and … 2016 and February 2018.    Benito removed gasoline tanks from vehicles coming from Mexico to extract liquid …
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Stockton counterfeit pill manufacturing ring dismantled

… Barnes purportedly purchased a pill press and pill dies from China. Additional e-mail search warrants served in … including U-47700, a synthetic opioid, for shipment from China to a residence in Stockton, CA. Court documents … controlled purchases of counterfeit pharmaceutical tablets from sub-distributors within the DTO and counterfeit …