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Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison

… more than a dozen firearms, and roughly $80,000 cash from drug dealers in Lubbock. “Cocaine is not manufactured in Lubbock nor does the coca plant, from where it is derived, grow in West Texas’ fertile land.  … documents, DEA agents used a confidential informant to buy cocaine from several defendants. They also executed …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money from the home of co-defendant, Chase Smothermon, 32, of … contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s home, Smothermon …
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

… in Los Angeles on money laundering charges arising from this type of scheme, which is commonly referred to as a … in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to purchase merchandise from Woody Toys. The dollars being sold were allegedly …
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

… the extraditions of Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics … organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an … the CS’s. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Meth Trafficking

… a pound of methamphetamine during a series of controlled buys. In August 2020, investigators arrested Fowler and …
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South Bend, Indiana man sentenced for conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine

… a pound of methamphetamine. Kinds admitted that he had been buying and selling methamphetamine by the pound, and that he …
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Convicted Drug Trafficker Found Guilty

… a confidential informant in Bradenton, for the purpose of buying a half-kilogram of cocaine. During the transaction, …
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North Dakota State College of Science Wins Top Prize in Red Ribbon Week Video Contest

January 31, 2019
… Week Campus Video PSA Contest! You can view the winning PSA online at https://youtu.be/7DFbh_0Npog . DEA and the … nation’s schools, workplaces, and communities. Each year from October 23–31, people in cities and towns across the …
January 31, 2019
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Sarasota Meth Trafficker Pleads Guilty

… to the plea agreement, on September 22, 2022, a deputy from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office retrieved a package … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico

… Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico January 28, 2019 San Francisco Contact Info … After Alvarez-Muniz arranged for the shipment of the drugs from Mexico to Mira Loma, Jennings picked up the drugs and …
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Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital

… Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital November 01, 2021 St. Louis Contact … is accused of removing vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet in March 2021 at …
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

… that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United … conducted a series of controlled purchases of drugs from Dodson and, in January 2022, obtained warrants to … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

… 93 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known as “Operation Shaw-Crank … must do all we can to keep children in our community safe from drugs and other illegal activity. I thank the dedicated … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … made at today’s plea and other court proceedings: From January 2011, up to and including October 2, 2013, the …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… (AFO) moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … the dedicated team of prosecutors and federal agents from the DEA, FBI and IRS for overcoming the extreme … some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of the Organization. In September 2012, the undercover officers bought a gun from a member of the Organization that, based on ballistics …
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Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital

… Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital February 27, 2023 New England Contact … grand jury in Boston for allegedly diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. Andrea Falzano, 38, of …
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Missouri Nurse Sentenced for Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital

… Missouri Nurse Sentenced for Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital August 01, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … on Tuesday sentenced a registered nurse who stole fentanyl from the hospital where she worked to three years of …
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Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital

… Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital May 05, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … on Thursday admitted illegally obtaining and using fentanyl from the hospital where she worked. Lindsey M. Francis, now …
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Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison

… Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison April 15, … going to retrieve it after collecting payment of $28,000 from the customer.  However, the customer was actually an …
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Three men from Idaho arrested for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

… Three men from Idaho arrested for conspiracy to distribute … Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The charge stem from a June 16, 2020 indictment filed in U.S. District Court …
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Statement from Administrator Cole on the DEA Office in the Dominican Republic

February 13, 2026
… Statement from Administrator Cole on the DEA Office in the Dominican …
February 13, 2026
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New York Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

… an anti-anxiety drug, on the darknet and then reselling it from at least October 2019 through May 2021. He also … of counterfeit/misbranded pills.  “Any medication purchased online should be considered suspicious,” DEA St. Louis … should only be filled by a licensed pharmacist, not bought online from unknown and unreliable sources.” Assistant U.S. …
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Heroin Pipeline Stretching From Mexico To NYC And Long Island Dismantled

… Heroin Pipeline Stretching From Mexico To NYC And Long Island Dismantled December 19, … dollar illegal drug pipeline which ran directly from Mexico to New York City and Long Island as part of an …
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Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries and the Illegal Sale of Addictive Prescription Medications

… today in the Eastern District of Arkansas, representatives from DEA joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office to announce the …   were arrested on charges of allegedly operating an online telehealth website that distributed Adderall and …
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California Man Sentenced to Prison for Transporting Narcotics Through the Orlando Airport

… investigation revealed that Scarlett had brought narcotics from California to Florida on multiple occasions. He was … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Orlando Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison on Cocaine and Ecstasy Charges

… and 2021. Brenes-Colon coordinated shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Florida and delivered cocaine to Georgi … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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South Texas Dealer Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… revealed text messages which showed the victim wanting to buy “pase” from Carlos. “Pase” was code for cocaine. Carlos indicated … how young the victim was, it still didn't stop Jose Carlos from selling deadly fentanyl to the victim" said DEA Special …
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Green Bay Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Possessing a Firearm

… on extended supervision at the time, having been released from state prison for felony cocaine delivery. As part of an … the Brown County Drug Task Force (BCDTF) made controlled buys during which Denruyter sold fentanyl pills to an … case.” “Far too many lives have been lost across Wisconsin from fentanyl poisonings, and the DEA will continue working …