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2 Named In Major Los Angeles-Detroit Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Operation

April 04, 2017
… LOS ANGELES - As part of a DEA investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles … trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los Angeles to Detroit. A Pasadena resident - Kevin … transport narcotics and made arrangements for her to travel from Detroit to Los Angeles. Once in Los Angeles in early …
April 04, 2017
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DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths Rising At An Alarming Rate

December 06, 2016
… Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat (NDTA) , which details … communities. These gangs receive deadly drugs like heroin from regional cartel affiliates and then supply them to … reporting 10,574 people in the United States died in 2014 from heroin overdoses. 2 Deaths in the “synthetic opioids” …
December 06, 2016
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Jury Finds Warehouse Manager And Truck Driver Guilty In Drug Conspiracy

November 04, 2015
… During trial, the government presented testimony from 13 witnesses and admitted more than 300 exhibits to prove their guilt in the drug conspiracy which occurred from June 2011 through June 2013. Ortega was a warehouse … drivers used by the organization to transport marijuana from Laredo to Dallas.   Ortega was a warehouse manager in …
November 04, 2015
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Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

February 14, 2017
… former patients who explained that they drove for six hours from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area to see Evans to obtain … During the trial, the jury heard testimony for 14 days from 15 witnesses, including other doctors who appeared as … and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He saw patients from Louisiana and other states, prescribed oxycodone and …
February 14, 2017
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Four Detained, Six Firearms Seized In Alleged Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

June 03, 2013
… jointly with DEA, and assisted by agents and officers from the FBI, Homeland Security (HSI), United States … drug termed “Molly,” and 100 Ecstasy pills directly from Yang for a total of $61,025.  A handgun was seized from Yang. Yang’s Pawtucket residence was among the …
June 03, 2013
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Date Rape Drug Distributor Pleads Guilty

October 28, 2015
… University to order the butanediol, or date rape drug, from the manufacturer.  Howard then sold the date rape drug … to continuing the efforts to keep our streets safe from this type of predator.” "Those who take advantage of … chemicals. The Auburn Police Division solicited assistance from ALEA, FBI, DEA, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to bring …
October 28, 2015
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New York City Police Officer Indicted On Narcotics Conspiracy And Official Misconduct Charges

December 04, 2014
… ATF.  DETF Group T 33 is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the NYPD and the New York State Police. A … located at 1617 Stillwell Avenue. ALSTON removed cocaine from a hidden compartment in the vehicle and handed it to … asking, “Yo, you want me to come and uhm…pick that up from you or no?” Using coded language, ALSTON referred to …
December 04, 2014
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Federally Licensed Gun Dealer Convicted Supplied Guns To Upstate Drug Gangs

June 10, 2011
… of John B. Rumble, Jr., a federal firearms (FFL), stemming from a seven-count indictment that charged Rumble with one … job is hard enough in trying to stop illegal gun runners from selling their weapons under the radar. It is even more … safer.” “This highly successful prosecution resulted from a well-coordinated investigative effort involving the …
June 10, 2011
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

February 15, 2013
… Distribution of over $100,000 worth of Bath Salts sold from headshop in Kingston, NY WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -  Brian R. … of our law enforcement partners to protect our communities from this dangerous drug and to prosecute those who … police officer have made recorded purchases of bath salts from Hartrum and Greene.  During these transactions, Hartrum …
February 15, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces The Extradition Of Dominican Republic Former Drug Control Operations Chief

April 08, 2013
… National Directorate for Drug (the “DNCD”), was extradited from the Dominican Republic on charges of conspiracy to … Friday and previously filed in Manhattan federal court: From 2001 to May 2005, Hiraldo-Guerrero conspired with …
April 08, 2013
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Alleged Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 10 Years To Life

May 06, 2013
… John Venizelos, also known as “John V,” “Big Man” and “John from Staten Island,” an alleged associate of the Bonanno … $148,480 and two firearms that federal agents seized from his residence. The guilty plea was announced by Loretta … connection with his attempts to dissuade a co-conspirator from cooperating with law enforcement by, among other …
May 06, 2013
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Corrupt Colombian Government Employee And Criminal Defense Attorney Extradited In Obstruction Of Justice Case

May 23, 2013
… arrested in Colombia on provisional arrest warrants issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition was … Task Force which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, New York Police Department and the New York State Police.  The defendants’ extradition resulted from an investigation which revealed that through his …
May 23, 2013
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Former Governor Of Mexican State Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 131 Months In Prison For Money Laundering In Connection With Narcotics Bribes

June 28, 2013
… of dollars in narcotics bribe payments that he received from the Juarez Cartel - one of Mexico’s most notorious and … and other countries. Villanueva Madrid, 65, was extradited from Mexico in May 2010. He pled guilty on August 2, 2012, …
June 28, 2013
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Leader Of Heroin Crew And 12 Members Arrested In A Two Day Enforcement Operation

August 28, 2013
… poison.  This organization epitomizes the flow of heroin from New York City suppliers to drug gangs throughout the … costs, and overdose deaths. I commend the men and woman from the NYSP, Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County … Force who worked tirelessly to make our communities safer from these heroin traffickers.”  Over a two day period, …
August 28, 2013
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Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects

August 08, 2011
… areas of the city for three days to attack violent crime. From August 3 - 5, this year’s violent crime initiative … officers, Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and six other federal …
August 08, 2011
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Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

January 10, 2014
… Bajram Lajqi imported hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and shot a former associate multiple times … guilty plea to trafficking hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and using a firearm in connection with drug … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
January 10, 2014
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Canadian Trucker Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana

November 20, 2012
… his arrest in Idaho when he tried to cross into the U.S. from Canada. The investigation into this international drug … every month.  The marijuana was smuggled into the U.S. from Canada and distributed across the country to … Georgia and New Jersey, among other locations.  Proceeds from the marijuana distribution were used to purchase …
November 20, 2012
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Equitable Sharing Program “Takes The Profit Out Of Crime And Benefits Public Safety”

May 19, 2017
… to distributors and retail outlets throughout the U.S. and from his six smoke shops in Fresno, Visalia and Bakersfield. … of crime and benefits public safety. The proceeds seized from this criminal organization and distributed to law … throughout the country and profited tremendously from the illegal sales of these synthetic drugs. Working …
May 19, 2017
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Bakersfield Police Narcotics Detective Charged With Bribery, Drug Trafficking, Obstruction, And Filing False Tax Returns

November 20, 2015
… The indictment charges that Diaz, in exchange for bribes from the dealer, provided the dealer with intelligence on … and attempted to provide the dealer protection from search, seizure, arrest and prosecution. The indictment … Detective Diaz has been on paid administrative leave from the Bakersfield Police Department since this …
November 20, 2015
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DEA And IRS Present Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies With More Than $1.2 Million In Cash

December 22, 2011
… Police Department today as a result of assets seized from a joint drug and money laundering investigation … is a task force comprised of law enforcement officers from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotic … represent the agencies share of $1,897,458.12, seized from bank accounts related to a case involving Local …
December 22, 2011
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Miami News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Grow House Operation Indicted December 9, 2009 Nineteen From Hallandale Beach Area Charged in Joint Federal-State … for Importing 300 Kilograms of Cocaine into the U.S. from the Bahamas October 30, 2009 19 Sentenced in Operation …
July 15, 2021
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CY 2021 Fentanyl Profiling Program (FPP)

August 22, 2022
Publication
… analyses on fentanyl and fentanyl-related samples obtained from seizures throughout the United States. This report … market share, but is rather a snapshot of samples submitted from the eight DEA regional and sub-regional laboratories. …
August 22, 2022
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… nearly seven million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the Midwest. OMAHA  – The U.S. Drug … removal of nearly seven million potentially deadly doses from communities across the Midwest. DEA intelligence … two dozen pill press machines in October, including two from Minnesota, further highlights this trend. “Fentanyl …
December 03, 2025
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Coronavirus-stamped heroin/fentanyl glassines seized in the Bronx: Six individuals charged

May 08, 2020
… “Antrax” and “95” Close up coronavirus.jpg Items seized from Heroin-Fentanyl Mill_0.jpg Stamps used on branded … livery car.  Surveillance units followed the cab away from the location and stopped it in the vicinity of the … containing loose powder suspected to be heroin/fentanyl from inside the bag. Soon afterwards, Dariel Fermin, Morillo …
May 08, 2020
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Drug Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Indicted With 24 Federal Arrests

March 27, 2023
… of whom are alleged to have operated this drug organization from prison, and also prevented vast quantities of dangerous drugs from being sold on our streets. I'm so proud of how the FBI, … three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona.  These …
March 27, 2023
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Five Related Indictments Target South Bay Drug Distribution Schemes

February 11, 2021
… 571-387-5018 Defendants Allegedly Transported Drug Supply From Southern California And Mexico To The San Jose Area SAN … four simultaneous investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “These …
February 11, 2021
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Joint Local, State And Federal Synthetic Drug Round-Up Leads To The Arrest Of 30 Defendants Charged With Selling “Spice” And “Bath Salts”

July 01, 2013
… Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. “These drugs are made from a variety of dangerous chemical compounds that are not … synthetic cathinones. According to filed court documents, from the Spring of 2012 through the present, the … conspirators stored and distributed the synthetic drugs from two Charlotte-area warehouses. Court records indicate …
July 01, 2013
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

September 16, 2015
… 720-431-8836 Money flow to conflict countries continues from U.S. synthetic drug sales to Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and … several years, DEA has identified over 400 designers drugs from eight different structural classes, the vast majority … synthetic drugs often reveal the movement of drug proceeds from the United States to Middle East countries such as …
September 16, 2015
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DEA Announces 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

August 21, 2018
… per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Field Division will … opioid misuse data sources. A summary of key findings from the upcoming report indicates that heroin sourced from Mexican transnational criminal organizations presents a …
August 21, 2018
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

December 15, 2020
… unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and others who may … “The current pandemic has taken some of the focus away from the ongoing opioid epidemic,” said Special Agent in … of abused and misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine …
December 15, 2020