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Four Tampa Residents Plead Guilty In Conspiracy To Import XLR-11, A Synthetic Cannabinoid, A/k/a "Spice"

… a/k/a “Spice,” and paraphernalia to the United (U.S.) from China, before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Frank J. … Ahmed Yehia Khalifa, 28, and Ahmed Maher Elhelw, 25, both from Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a … District of Florida.  Each of the parcels was shipped from China and allegedly contained three kilogram packages …
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New Jersey And New York Doctors, 20 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

… wrote the prescriptions in exchange for cash payments from Erwin and others, knowing that the pills were to be … with a portion of the oxycodone tablets that were obtained from the pharmacies, then sold the remaining tablets at a … commitment to the citizens of New Jersey is to protect them from legal controlled substances which help people daily but …
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Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, April 26, 2014

… Oxford - (662) 234-8542 MONTGOMERY, Ala. -  On April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local law enforcement and the Drug … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are …
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Springdale Man Sentenced To Over Eight Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

… in the conspiracy.  Specifically, agents learned from a confidential source that on at least one occasion, … received methamphetamine after texting and requesting it from Torres-Rivas.  Homeland Security Agents were able to … corroborate this information by reviewing telephone records from Torres-Rivas’ phone, the confidential source’s phone, …
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New Jersey Doctor Convicted By Federal Jury For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… here.” Durante was also captured on tape accepting $300 from Domando in exchange for prescriptions, as well as $100 … to Domando, Abato and others. Typically, Durante would omit from the progress notes for those patients many of the … FBI and IRS special agents; and law enforcement officers from the Essex County Sheriff’s Department and the …
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New Jersey Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also Ordered To Pay Approximately $630,000 In Fines And Forfeiture

… here."   Durante was also captured on tape accepting $300 from Domando in exchange for prescriptions, as well as $100 … of Durante's purported exam. Durante repeatedly omitted from the progress notes for patients many of the additional … Investigation special agents; and law enforcement officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Department and the …
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

… requires McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from distribution centers in Colorado, Ohio, Michigan and … are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2013, McKesson supplied various U.S. …
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Four days after DEA’s first … DEA recognizes the solution involves a proactive response from all affected parties including parents, children and …
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Joint Methamphetamine Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 21 Individuals

… Office Group 62, which is composed of special agents from DEA and Drug Task (DTF) Officers from state and local agencies, opened an Organized Crime … Dallas, Texas to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine from a source of supply named Johnny Ybarra. Bouhamidi would …
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Alleged Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug Charges

… since his capture in Venezuela in June 2012, was extradited from Colombia on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.  He made his … and distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from 1993 until February 2011, knowing that the cocaine … supplying and shipping numerous multi-ton loads of cocaine from South America to Central America and Mexico with an …
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Decades-Long Drug Trafficking Charges

… imported into the United States. Perez Henao was extradited from Colombia in August 2013 and has been in custody since … Judge Patricia A. Seitz, Perez Henao acknowledged that from 1994 until the January 2008 killing of his primary … Rastrojo, was one of the largest Kingpins to be extradited from Colombia," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Mark R. …
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Triad Residents Sentenced On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

… Service to ship pounds of marijuana in overnight packages from Fresno, California, to co-conspirators in the Middle … Wake Counties. Now that these criminals have been removed from the streets, the dangerous drugs that they would have … Investigation is committed with taking the profit away from the drug traffickers and putting those individuals in …
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Boston Attorney Charged In Money Laundering Conspiracy

… and money laundering. The complaint affidavit alleges that, from early 2009 to 2011, GEORGE - and a co-conspirator … - and his co-conspirator, that he had large amounts of cash from drug trafficking. It is alleged that, on two separate … him clients. GEORGE - allegedly then took $25,000 in cash from an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer client and …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

… his role in a narcotics trafficking ring. This matter stems from “Operation Hammertime,” a four-month DEA Task Force … McNichol regularly purchased cocaine in 20-gram packages from co-defendant Gavin Hammett, and then redistributed the … times with Hammett and other members of the conspiracy from Connecticut to the Bronx, N.Y. to deliver thousands of …
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Puerto Rican Drug Lord And His Brother Convicted Of Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

… of narcotics to Puerto Rico; the transshipment of narcotics from Puerto Rico to several eastern seaboard states, … of Puerto Rico, as long as the narcotics had been purchased from him. Luis X. Cruz-Vázquez, Ayala-Vázquez’ brother, was …
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Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In The San Juan Seaport Indicted For Conspiracy To Import Controlled Substances

… the purchase of kilogram quantities of cocaine and heroin from sources in Colombia and Dominican Republic. The drugs … result of a long term investigation led by special agents from Homeland Security (HSI) assigned to the Border … by Assistant United States Attorney Carlos R. Cardona from the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) …
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Successful 2013 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In Puerto Rico And The U.S. Virgin Islands

… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently … water supplies, and medications were being retrieved from the trash by those who would abuse or sell them.  To …
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 87 Months For Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Involved In Spate Of Overdoses

… the day before the overdoses occurred, Pina was discharged from the hospital after having overdosed on the same drugs … said Special Agent in Charge Ferguson.  “Those suffering from the disease of fentanyl and heroin addiction need … Department.  The Tactical Diversion Squad includes members from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, …
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Largest Settlement In DEA History: McKesson Pays $150 Million

… D. Weinreb announced today. The government alleges that, from 2009 forward, McKesson failed to maintain effective … an effective system to detect and report suspicious orders from independent and small chain pharmacy customers - i.e., … more than 10 times the average size of a pharmacy order from May 2008 through April 2013, but McKesson never …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 54 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Ring

… his role in a narcotics trafficking ring. This matter stems from a joint law enforcement investigation headed by the … formerly of East Hartford, sent kilogram parcels of cocaine from California to Luther Nance, Jermaine Jenkins and their … with narcotics conspiracy and related offenses stemming from the sale of crack cocaine and heroin in several …
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

… to tackle the heroin and prescription drug epidemic from all angles, including getting these lethal drugs off of … drug organizations around the state.” In June, authorities from the State Police TDU began an investigation into an … Enterprise and Major Crimes Division, with assistance from State Police assigned to the AG’s Office, the …
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Woonsocket Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges

… and local law enforcement upon his return to New England from Texas and Florida with three kilos of cocaine and a … to distribute. In late April, detectives and officers from the Providence and Woonsocket Police Departments … law enforcement vehicles were posted along Route 95 N from the Connecticut border and northward. Law enforcement …
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Jury Finds Hartford Man Guilty Of Murder

… plagues our most vulnerable citizens.” This matter stems from a long-term investigation being conducted by the FBI’s … 15 Thomaston Street.  Parker was unconscious and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Parker was transported by … were both armed with 9mm handguns, opened fire on Parker from opposite sides of the vehicle in which he was seated.  …
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Three Cape Cod Men Plead Guilty To Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… on Cape Cod.  Pratt purchased large quantities of heroin from Chisholm and sold it to other distributors.  During a … heroin and a firearm.  Roderick regularly purchased heroin from Wilkins for distribution and personal use.  On March 7, … officers recovered approximately 400 grams of heroin from Serriello that he stowed in his motorcycle.  Earlier …
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Twenty Arrested For Roles In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… special agents of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and officers from the Stephenville Police Department, on conspiracy and … individuals distributing for, or obtaining methamphetamine from, that DTO.  The investigation involved undercover … substantial amounts of methamphetamine and cash were seized from the DTO.  Law enforcement learned that this DTO, based …
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11 Defendants Arraigned In The Eastern District Of Oklahoma For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… was incarcerated in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections from December 24, 2009, until January 8, 2014.   Beginning … of methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma.  Upon release from incarceration up to and including April 14, 2014, … methamphetamine within Eastern Oklahoma. The charges arose from a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement …
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Home Of The Brave

… the following individuals were indicted on charges stemming from a drug conspiracy.  All defendants are charged with … The Superseding Indictment alleges that from beginning in or about the end of 2013, and continuing … drug organization’s criminal operations.  The charges arose from a joint investigation entitled “Home of the Brave” …
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Three Schaumburg Police Officers Accused Of Operating Drug Ring In Cook And DuPage Counties

… investigators, the men routinely confiscated drugs from drug dealers.  It is further alleged that instead of …  It is further alleged that the men also stole $20,000 from a storage facility believing the money belonged to a … to thank the DEA for their outstanding work in this case from beginning to end as well as Assistant State’s Attorney …
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Dekalb And Sterling Doctor And His Wife Charged With Illegally Dispensing Prescription Drugs And Income Tax Fraud

… failed to report a total of $1,256,486 in cash received from Sauk Medical Clinic and rental receipts.  The … dispensing a controlled substance carries a maximum penalty from up to 5 years in prison to a maximum penalty of life … or serious bodily injury, in addition to a fine ranging from $250,000 to $1 million.  Each count of filing a false …
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Indianapolis Doctor Charged In Illegal Painkiller Distribution

… General and the DEA after the DEA began receiving calls from pharmacists about concerns of Dr. Rasaki's prescribing … a legitimate medical purpose. A twentieth charge stems from the alleged prescription for Hydrocodone to an … at that time. A charge of Insurance Fraud stems from findings that Dr. Rasaki allegedly filed more than …