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Texas man sentenced to 11 years for cocaine conspiracy

July 10, 2019
… 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 …
July 10, 2019
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DEA Arizona announces 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back

October 24, 2019
… 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 …
October 24, 2019
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Large methamphetamine and fentanyl distribution network dismantled in Evansville, IN

September 15, 2020
… 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 …
September 15, 2020
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McCall woman sentenced to more than 11 years for methamphetamine distribution

March 03, 2021
… 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 …
March 03, 2021
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Houston Marijuana Ringleader Sentenced to 18 years in Federal Prison

March 18, 2021
… 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’ …
March 18, 2021
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Trucker guilty of hauling nearly $2 million in drug proceeds

November 02, 2020
… 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, …
November 02, 2020
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Mexican foreign national convicted of meth trafficking

September 10, 2019
… 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 …
September 10, 2019
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Stockton counterfeit pill manufacturing ring dismantled

May 16, 2019
… 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 …
May 16, 2019
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Members of international drug trafficking conspiracy plead guilty

March 27, 2019
… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Defendants used cash from China to purchase and operate marijuana grow houses – … admitted in their plea agreements that they used money from conspirators in the Peoples Republic of China to … than $598,000 was wired to the conspirators from China to fund the purchases. The defendants shipped …
March 27, 2019
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Fugitive Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To Prison

May 11, 2018
… of a conspiracy to import almost 6,700 pounds of marijuana from Thailand in the mid-80s.  Eidson admitted that he went … assumed identity for approximately 26 years, until agents from the Diplomatic Security Service discovered who he was.  … 1985 with an undercover operation involving special agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration and deputies from …
May 11, 2018
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Chicago Field Division Contributes To The Record Number Of Prescription Drugs Collected At 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event

May 07, 2018
… 136,498 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs with help from the men and women of DEA (and their local counterparts) … - simply by disposing of unwanted prescription medications from their medicine cabinets,” said DEA Acting Administrator … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
May 07, 2018
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Drug Induced Homicide

March 14, 2018
… at the scene.   Toxicology reports indicate that he died from an overdose from heroin that contained a fentanyl compound. The … the opioid crisis.  The Task Force has further support from the various prosecutor levels to include the U.S. …
March 14, 2018
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DEA Announces 15th National Drug Take Back

April 25, 2018
… and Yuma areas Event will take place throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, April 28th phx042518img.jpg … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 28th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  Sites will be set up throughout … in Arizona can prevent the potential onset of addiction from within their own homes and significantly reduce the …
April 25, 2018
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Former National Director Of Anti-corruption In Colombia Extradited To The United States To Face Wire Fraud And Money Laundering Charges Related To Foreign Bribery

May 18, 2018
… Director of Anti-Corruption in Colombia and an attorney from Colombia were extradited yesterday to the United States … by Moreno and Pinilla who attempted to entice a bribe from the CS.  Specifically, in exchange for 100 million … offered to give the CS copies of sworn statements taken from cooperators who had testified against the CS.  In June …
May 18, 2018
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Albuquerque Man Arrested On Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges

December 03, 2012
… agents seized approximately 21.1 pounds of methamphetamine from two residences and a vehicle allegedly associated with … agents recovered approximately 18 pounds of methamphetamine from a residence on the west side of Albuquerque and later seized another pound of methamphetamine from Padilla’s residence, also located on the west side.  …
December 03, 2012
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 324-7395 Michelle.Rincon@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th EL PASO - 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 29, 2015
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Columbus Man Gets 5 Year Sentence In Marijuana And Cocaine Distribution Case

July 03, 2013
… multi-thousand pounds of marijuana were being transported from Arizona to the Columbus area. Between the mid 2000’s … vehicles to transport marijuana and bulk currency to and from Arizona and Ohio. The organization utilized stash … Johnston received more than five kilograms of cocaine from Arizona for distribution in the Columbus, Ohio area. …
July 03, 2013
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Cincinnati Man Receives 12 Year Prison Sentence For Oxycodone Distribution Scheme

May 29, 2014
… - (571) 362-0443 Nicholas Sandlin directed others to travel from Ohio to Florida, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Kansas pain … prison term.    Sandlin admitted to conspiring with others from December of 2011, through February of 2013, to … to pain clinics in Florida, in which numerous individuals from the Greater Cincinnati area would obtain similar …
May 29, 2014
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Leader Of Large Prescription Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison

July 09, 2015
… that smuggled large quantities of Alprolazam (Xanax) from Mexico to Kentucky and Tennessee dating back to 1996 … trafficking organization, which brought prescription drugs from Mexico to eastern Kentucky and northern Tennessee for … firearms, vehicles, and other property. King admitted that, from around 1996 until September of 2013, he developed a …
July 09, 2015
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DEA To Hold 10TH National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 22, 2015
… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DETROIT - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 22, 2015
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Seventh Member Of Ohio Oxycodone Money Laundering Conspiracy Pleads

September 13, 2016
… to participating in a conspiracy to launder the proceeds from the illegal sale of dangerous painkillers, including … According to court documents, Castro deposited the proceeds from the illegal sale of oxycodone to a bank account in … by someone Castro knew was illegally trafficking pills from Las Vegas to Columbus. Castro pleaded guilty to one …
September 13, 2016
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Two Defendants Sentenced In Opioid Pill Mill Case

March 24, 2017
… by U.S. District Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater stemming from their involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … drug distribution conspiracy.  That indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … in Brady, Texas, he and Barron transferred the oxycodone from the prescription bottle labelled for the other …
March 24, 2017
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

April 22, 2014
… on Drug Use and Health.  And more Americans died in 2010 from overdoses of prescription (22,134, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers) than from motor vehicle accidents, says the Centers for Disease …
April 22, 2014
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“Shrek” Receives Significant Sentence In Operation El Patron

December 22, 2014
… drug and international money laundering charges resulting from a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task … organization. He assisted with a drug conspiracy, existing from 2006 to 2010, that shipped cocaine, marijuana and U.S. currency from Mexico through Laredo to Atlanta, Ga., and throughout …
December 22, 2014
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More Los Zetas Money Launderers Convicted, Others Head To Prison

October 30, 2012
… who transported bulk cash drug proceeds in tractor trailers from the Chicago, Ill., area to Laredo. Casarez then … as a commercial truck driver who transported drug proceeds from the Chicago area to Laredo. Santos was implicated in … for the organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling approximately $6 …
October 30, 2012
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19 Arrested In Connection With Austin-Based Cocaine Distribution And Bulk Cash Smuggling Operation

February 21, 2013
… count of bulk cash smuggling. The indictment alleges that from January 2009 to the present the defendants conspired to … multiple sources of cocaine smuggled into the United States from Mexico. Authorities allege that in addition to … Florida and Alabama for further distribution. Proceeds from the sale of the cocaine were transported back to Austin …
February 21, 2013
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Denver Woman Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription And Illicit Drugs

October 17, 2012
… of confidants who would obtain controlled substances, all from the same medical doctor.  The confidants would then … officers observed Hee and a co-defendant sell the narcotics from an SUV in various parking lots.  As part of the … (commonly known as ecstasy), cocaine, and marijuana from Hee and her co-defendant.  Some of the sales took place …
October 17, 2012
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Public Response To DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Keeps Growing

May 02, 2013
… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations … with DEA on the event.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 …
May 02, 2013
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Longmont Police Department And DEA Arrest Doctor For Oxycodone Distribution

August 19, 2015
… Indictment alleges doctor illegally distributed from his practice LONGMONT, Colo. - The Longmont Police … of Oxycodone, a schedule II controlled substance, from his medical practice.  The arrest was based on a Grand Jury Indictment from the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office.  The …
August 19, 2015
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Sets New Record

May 06, 2016
… or approximately 17.7 tons of medicines that were prevented from being diverted for abuse, misuse, or accidental … 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 …
May 06, 2016