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Opiate Overdoses Surpass Murders In New Orleans For First Time

… system. This percentage represented a three-fold increase from the 13 who died the same way in 2015. Males represented …
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Gentilly Resident Gets Over 10 Year Sentence For Money Laundering And Other Financial Crimes

… presented trial, the case against Pendleton stemmed from a DEA investigation of a heroin-trafficking …
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Local Medical Doctor Sentenced To 10 Years For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances And Money Laundering

… area today.  More than 116 Americans are dying every day from an opioid overdose and the deaths are continuing to …
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DEA Probe Leads To Discovery Of Cross-Border Drug Tunnel In San Luis, AZ

DEA Probe Leads To Discovery Of Cross-Border Drug Tunnel In San Luis, AZ July 12, 2012 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us 571-362-5600 (571) 387-3289 Jodie Underwood 571-362-0582 PhoenixSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 3439 …
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Over 4500 Marijuana Plants Eradicated Near Wenden, Arizona

… near Wenden, Arizona in La Paz County. The plants ranged from 3 to 6 feet high and were located in four separate …
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DEA San Diego Nets 23 Arrests In Part Of National Project Delirium Take Down

… see that we have disrupted their whole distribution chain, from the street seller to the middle man to the leaders of …
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Baggage Handlers At San Diego International Airport Charged With Smuggling Drugs Via Aircraft

… to formulate plans to thwart other criminal elements from exploiting and circumventing airport security in the …
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San Diego Pharmacy Owners Pay $750,000 To Resolve Drug Diversion Allegations

… and Medical Center Pharmacy.  The settlement arises from a DEA investigation into suspected illegal activity at …
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Second “YGz” Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder And Other Crimes In Connection With Racketeering Conspiracy

… YGz gang members to further the interests of the gang.  From 2005 to 2016, members and associates of the YGz …
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NYC Police Officer Convicted In Manhattan Federal Court For Participating In A Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… According to court papers and evidence admitted at trial: From 2010 to 2014, Alston, who at the time was an active …
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Arizona To Host Second Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

… unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will …
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DEA Billboard Offers Reward For Wanted Drug Trafficker $5 Million Reward Leading To The Capture Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

… 9, 2013 on procedural grounds.  Caro-Quintero is a fugitive from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of …
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Father, Son Each Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Operating A Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization

… of $1 million.  The DTO received cash and money orders from marijuana customers as payment for the marijuana.  …
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DEA Arrests 7 In Sierra Vista Drug Trafficking Ring

… Vista The two-day enforcement operation included personnel from the DEA’s Sierra Vista Resident Office, Homeland …
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Former Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Prescribing Pain Medication

… for conspiring to illegally dispense controlled substances from his medical office by issuing prescriptions other than …
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Three-Week Trial In Manhattan Leads To Conviction Of Jose Luis Gracesqui On Murder-for-Hire Charges

… Victim-1 and a number of his associates stole heroin from the drug dealer. On the night of July 19, 1999, …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone And Income Tax Evasion

… action against a pharmacy, removed prescription authority from numerous rogue doctors, and expanded …
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Schuyler County Man Convicted Of Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… Officers also recovered approximately a pound of marijuana from the house located on the property.  Testimony at the …
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Joint Drug Investigation Leads To Four Arrests Over The Weekend

… bail respectively.  Young, a convicted felon for CSCS 5th from a previous OCSO drug arrest, faces up to twelve years …
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Home-Invasion Robber Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment

… stabbed one victim, and bound and gagged multiple victims. From the age of 16, Diaz has never gone longer than three …
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Long-Time Drug Trafficker And Money Launderer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Supplying Drugs To Alaska And Missouri

… was the continuation of Taylor’s drug conspiracy operation, from which Taylor was the primary beneficiary. Devoe, …
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Alaska Judge Sentences Texas Man To 84 Months In Prison In Heroin And Methamphetamine Drug Conspiracy

… and two pounds of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico. Alfaro previously pleaded guilty to conspiring …
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More Than 44 Pounds Of Meth Seized, 19 Arrested In Connection With South Sound Drug Distribution Ring

… Washington, Arizona, and California, and involved officers from the West Sound Narcotics Enforcement (WESTNET), Tahoma …
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Medford Man Sentenced To Prison For Manufacturing Hash Oil That Resulted In Butane Explosion Causing Serious Injuries To Children

… injuries to others.” This case was investigated by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Grants Pass …
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21 Charged In Operation Flamethrower

… approximately ten vehicles, were also seized. Investigators from ten federal, state and local agencies were involved in …
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Heroin Epidemic Leads To Largest St. Louis-Area DEA Operation Against Deadly Drug

… law enforcement history. The widespread arrests ranging from southern Illinois to Franklin and Lincoln County, MO, …
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DEA St. Louis Given Outstanding Cooperative Effort Award

… whereby Center staff provided names of interceptees from Title III orders to be exploited. These efforts have …
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Towns Rally Behind Families In Support Of Their Drug Free Message

… time focused around a positive message. Ten winners, one from each region across the United States, were chosen by …
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Probationary Buffalo Police Officer Arrested, Charged With Drug Charges

… of marijuana, which is the drug Hamilton produced and sold from his house for profit- fueling the marijuana supply and …
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U.S. Attorney Tackles Drug Dealing Around Schools In Tenderloin

… neighborhoods around San Francisco: the chance to go to and from school without having to navigate through crack deals …