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Dominican National Sentenced To 39 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

October 23, 2014
… Jersey announced a Dominican national who was extradited from Canada earlier this year was sentenced today to 39 … including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along …
October 23, 2014
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One Of The Largest Marijuana Seizures In Indiana History Announced After Six-Month Investigation

October 25, 2011
… by the investigators thwarted over five tons of marijuana from hitting the streets, while the second punch denied the foreign suppliers the proceeds from previous drug sales.” “The DEA and Metro Drug made … I am also proud to announce that the millions in cash taken from the Mexican drug lords will help fund public safety …
October 25, 2011
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Former Wesleyan Student Admits Distributing Synthetic Drug That Caused Multiple Overdoses

November 30, 2015
… distribute, and to distribute, (“Molly”).  The charge stems from an investigation into the distribution of controlled … are ingesting.  Wesleyan students who bought these drugs from this dorm-room chemist literally risked their lives by … of the Wesleyan campus.  Lonergan regularly sold Molly from his dorm room, charging approximately $20 per .1 gram, …
November 30, 2015
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High-Level Sinaloa Cartel Member’s Guilty Plea Unsealed; Zambada-Niebla’s Cooperation With U.S. Revealed

April 10, 2014
… will be no trial for Zambada-Niebla, whose case was severed from that of his co-defendants.  Among his co-defendants are … since the 1970s and their principal livelihood was derived from their sale of narcotics in the United States. … the importation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from Central and South American countries, including …
April 10, 2014
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16 People Linked To San Fernando Valley-based Narcotics Delivery Service Indicted By Federal Grand Jury

December 13, 2017
… hidden compartments and the movement of bulk cash collected from narcotics transactions.             In relation to the … of drugs were packaged and dispatched to customers from a facility maintained by the ring in Van Nuys. … was a dispatcher, delivered drugs and collected proceeds from other delivery (currently a fugitive); A currently …
December 13, 2017
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DEA’s Traveling Exhibit “Drugs: Costs And Consequences” Opening In Cedar Park, Texas Gala And Ceremony To Be Held Thursday Evening Sept. 21, 2017 At 7:30 PM Ribbon Cutting Ceremony To Be Held September 22, 2017 At 10:00 AM

September 18, 2017
… Division. “The more we can educate parents and children from across the state on the dangers of drug abuse, the more … money laundering-in an historical and present-day context-from trading opium on the Silk Road in the 1800s to the …
September 18, 2017
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Top Department Of Justice Award Recognizes Federal, State, Local Law Enforcement Efforts Along The “Heroin Highway”

March 01, 2013
… enforcement agents and officers, and a federal prosecutor from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of … Highway.” This notorious stretch of highway, running from I-195 East from Providence, R.I., to Cape Cod, Mass., has been used for …
March 01, 2013
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Owners Of Miami Export Business Found Guilty Of Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business And International Money Laundering

November 16, 2017
… in connection with their transmission of over $100 million from foreign businesses into and through the United States … to effect the transmission of at least $100 million from entities outside the United States, mostly located in … of construction companies.  After they received this money from the Venezuelan Company, the defendants received …
November 16, 2017
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Dutchess County Man Pleads Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People

April 27, 2015
… 19, 2014, and statements made during court proceedings: From at least late 2013 to February 2014, Sica and others … County Medical Examiner’s report concluded that he died from “acute heroin intoxication.” Delello’s death did not …
April 27, 2015
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Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over 6 Tons Of Prescription Drugs

May 02, 2013
… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers. … 13,069 (6½ tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 95 locations manned … with DEA on the event.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 48,000 …
May 02, 2013
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Cocaine Concealed In Hundreds Of Pounds Of Yucca

July 07, 2016
… 720-431-8836 Drug stash house found across the street from P.S. 196 in the Bronx nyc070716_fig1.jpg … found concealed in fake Latin American root vegetables from a basement apartment in the Soundview section of the Bronx. The apartment is located across the street from P.S. 196, an elementary school, and close to two other …
July 07, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

International Drug Trafficking Ring Used "Front" Companies To Transport Drugs Across America

August 09, 2016
… the organization utilized contacts and sources of supply from Mexico, California, and elsewhere for drug trafficking … in Charge James J. Hunt stated, “The Sinaloa Cartel’s reach from Mexico into U.S. cities is most evident in this … have successfully dismantled the organization that spanned from Mexico to Buffalo at all levels of operation.” “As set …
August 09, 2016
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Guilty Verdict In Major Drug Trafficking Case

September 30, 2016
… A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Heroin and fentanyl transported from Mexico to Albany, NY for street distribution ALBANY, … District Attorney Soares stated, “Not one person is immune from the harsh realities of the heroin epidemic that plagues … This organization’s circuitous drug smuggling route from Mexico to Florida to New York was used to evade …
September 30, 2016
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Feds Seize Another Tunnel; Multiple Arrests And A Ton Of Marijuana Seized

March 24, 2016
… The tunnel, approximately 415 yards in length, stretches from El Sarape Restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico to a … rented a “walk behind saw and concrete blade” from a local business in El Centro, California, presumably … the drug traffickers used another residence four miles from the tunnel exit as a stash house at 1056 Horizon …
March 24, 2016
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Investigations Into Heroin And Oxycodone Powder Trafficking Ends In Arrests

July 31, 2014
… used a confidential informant to purchase oxycodone powder from Torres in the Southside Mall parking lot in the Town of … In June 2014, an arrest warrant was issued for Torres from the Town of Oneonta Court for criminal sale of a …
July 31, 2014
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Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels, And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 27 Years For Leading A Billion Dollar Narcotics Trafficking Enterprise

August 20, 2014
… in narcotics proceeds that federal agents seized from multiple locations in New York, California, … transported tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana from outdoor growers in British Colombia to Montreal, … run by the Hells Angels and Native American co-conspirators from the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation along the …
August 20, 2014
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Breaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People

October 08, 2015
… 19, 2014, and statements made during court proceedings: From at least late 2013 to February 2014, Sica and others … County Medical Examiner’s report concluded that he died from “acute heroin intoxication.” Delello’s death did not …
October 08, 2015
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
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DEA operation nets 628,000 Carfentanil pills in L.A. County

November 19, 2025
… potent than fentanyl. The majority of the pills were seized from one stash location in Los Angeles County. The operation … “This is a massive seizure, 628,000 carfentanil pills taken from a single drug trafficker. Our agents, with vital backing from local partners, mitigated a catastrophic danger. The …
November 19, 2025
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Four Men Charged with Trafficking Nearly Five Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Furniture

July 22, 2021
… that shipped approximately 4,500 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, including … for our communities. I applaud our law enforcement partners from the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of … five tons of cocaine in furniture so they could ship it from Puerto Rico to New York City and elsewhere. As alleged, …
July 22, 2021
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39 Defendants Indicted in $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

June 16, 2022
… bring drug traffickers to justice and protect our community from the violence and other harms that result from the flow of illegal drugs.” On June 8, 2022, Homeland … led an operation that involved 140 officers and agents from 14 state, local and federal law enforcement agencies. …
June 16, 2022
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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

February 15, 2024
… Garcia Allegedly Continues to Lead the Sinaloa Cartel From Hiding BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A fifth superseding indictment … the continuing criminal enterprise and several conspiracies from May 2014 to January 2024. Zambada Garcia remains at …
February 15, 2024
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 18, 2024
… 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.    In New York, it is estimated that …
January 18, 2024
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U.S. Attorney Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

November 29, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot From India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist … Damian Williams said: “As alleged, the defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a …
November 29, 2023
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U.S. Attorney Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

November 29, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot From India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist … Damian Williams said: “As alleged, the defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a …
November 29, 2023
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Montenegrin National Charged with Maritime Narcotrafficking of Over 20 Tons of Cocaine

October 31, 2022
… Ships to Transport Over $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine from Colombia to Europe via the United States BROOKLYN, N.Y. … last night as he attempted to board an international flight from Miami International Airport. Gogic is expected to … law enforcement, 20 tons of poison was intercepted en route from Colombia to Europe. Gogic’s arrest underscores law …
October 31, 2022
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Five defendants, including two medical doctors, charged as part of Northeast Regional Health Care Fraud Takedown

September 26, 2019
… who had previously lost his license and been excluded from participating in the Medicaid and Medicare programs and … pleaded guilty to possession of fentanyl that he stole from his employer, a hospital on Long Island. The charges … bill our federal health care programs are stealing from taxpayers and robbing vulnerable patients of necessary …
September 26, 2019
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Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to 2019 Burlington Murder

October 04, 2023
… court records, in late 2018, Lesine Woodson came to Vermont from Orlando, Florida, to sell cocaine base in partnership with Benzel Hampton, who was also from Orlando. Shortly after arriving in Vermont, Woodson … of Hampton. Woodson brought several individuals to Vermont from Orlando, Florida, including her 18-year-old cousin, …
October 04, 2023
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Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 03, 2023
… sold their illicit narcotics throughout the U.S., from the Southwest border to the Pacific Northwest and all … been modified to fire fully automatic.  Hill is prohibited from possessing firearms due to previous convictions. At … The drugs were still in the suitcases they had traveled in from Arizona. Law enforcement also seized more than $387,000 …
March 03, 2023