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Local Drug Arrests International Drug Nexus

… January 2002 after a seizure of 9,291 kilograms of cocaine from a Mexican fishing vessel in December 1991. It was a … was found. Matin was also wanted on a 1997 fugitive warrant from Dayton, Ohio. Kevin Abney was arrested in Northwest …
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Members Of Portsmouth Cocaine Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty

… crack cocaine around an intersection across the street from Brighton Elementary School in Portsmouth.  The … conducted 17 controlled purchases of crack cocaine from members of the organization. Hodges, who pleaded guilty …
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Eleven Dominican Republic Citizens Indicted For Impersonating Federal Agents And Wire Fraud

… Investigations observed that "When consumers purchase drugs online from unscrupulous Internet pharmacies, they not only put … To date, investigators have received over 1,000 complaints from victims who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in …
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Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Value Drug, Inc. To Pay $4,000,000 In Settlement

… size, unusual frequency or those that substantially deviate from a normal pattern.  The settlement resolves allegations that from January 1, 2009 through September 12, 2012, Value Drug …
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North Carolina Drug Supplier To Henrico Drug Dealers Sentenced To 24 Years In Prison

… signed as part of his guilty plea, Cooke admitted that from 2007 to 2013 he distributed between five and 15 kilograms of cocaine from North Carolina to dealers in Henrico and Urbanna, …
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PCP Dealer Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison

… Police Department. According to Wilson’s guilty plea, from August 2011 through February 2012, Wilson participated … the conspiracy, Wilson bought PCP, cocaine and heroin from co-defendant Samuel Braxton, a/k/a “Fats.”  Wilson then …
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Bristol Man Sentenced on Drug and Gun Charges

… to traffic approximately 45 kilograms of methamphetamine from Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas into Southwest …
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Winchester Woman Pleads Guilty to Distributing Acetyl Fentanyl and Fentanyl

… of foil containing a grayish-colored power was recovered from Heishman’s residence. The foil packet was one of the …
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Harrisonburg man sentenced for distributing fatal mixture of heroin and fentanyl

… and toxicology analysis determined that Murphy died from fentanyl and heroin intoxication. The investigation of …
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Cocaine supplier for local Virginia Bloods gang sentenced to prison

… to individuals in Virginia. According to court documents, from 2015 until early 2019, Chad Stewart, 44, of Anaheim, …
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Virginia man producing dangerous anabolic steroids and masking agents in his basement, selling them on social media, sentenced to prison

… at least three years. Kestel imported raw steroid powders from China and manufactured them into consumable steroid …
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Richmond man running multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy sentenced

… to a federal grand jury. According to court documents, from approximately 2015 through October 2017, Gregory …
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California Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking

… Virginia, Virginia Beach and Jersey City, New Jersey. From 2002 through 2004, Sicairos shipped over 100 pounds of …
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26th Annual IDEC to be held in Turkey

… together over 300 high-level drug law enforcement officials from 93 countries throughout the world.  This year’s …
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Virginia Man Sentenced to Two Life Terms for Crack Cocaine Conspiracy

… During that time period, Jones distributed crack cocaine from numerous locations in Bristol, Virginia and Tennessee, …
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Cocaine Seizure and Indictment

… agents and that he distributed kilograms of cocaine from 2006 until his arrest in March 2007. As part of the …
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DEA Baltimore District Office to Offer "Meth Awareness" Training

… Assisting First Responders from Becoming Victims Themselves Carl J. Kotowski, Assistant …
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Chesapeake Doctor Indicted on Narcotics Charges

… several of Dr. Loxley’s patients. Law enforcement officials from the Norfolk and Richmond offices of the Drug …
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Disabled Methamphetamine Lab in Southern Maryland Motel

… officers detected a very strong chemical odor coming from the room. Officers entered the room and discovered …
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Methamphetamine Manufacturers Sentenced to Nearly Two Decades in Prison

… in Abingdon, Virginia to gun and drug charges stemming from a methamphetamine operation at the Frost home. United …
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Major Local Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 15 Years Imprisonment

… force had seized more than one million dollars in assets from Wood. The joint investigation, initially designated as …
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Washington Division Participates in National Night Out Events in Washington, D.C.

… and others. The second event attended by personnel from the Washington Division was a block party in Brandywine …
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Operation Clean Sweep

… to these arrests is not available. Information gleaned from those arrests led to yesterday's operation entitled …
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2003 Ogden 20k Race

… Elswick, an eight-year veteran who was critically injured from a gunshot wound to the head while responding to a …
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Former Baltimore City Police Officer Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

… 350 grams of cocaine and two firearms were purchased from Eduardo Munoz and his co-conspirator, Jose Raul Estela, …
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DEA Announces Culture-based Drug Prevention Tools Now Available to Educators

… as part of our broader mission to protect the public from the dangers of substance misuse and the violence … Director of the National Indian Education Association. The online curriculum includes classroom activities, an …
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Federal Charges Announced Against Former Physician For Attempting To Distribute Controlled Pharmaceutical Prescriptions In Exchange For Sex

… individuals who claimed to have responded to the online advertisements and received prescriptions for various drugs from an individual they later identified as Baron. One …
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Previously Convicted Suffolk Man Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin

… 8 kilograms of heroin.  On May 20, 2015, special agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Suffolk Police …
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Three Arrested On Charges Of Obstruction Of Justice And Perjury In Investigation Into Murder Of DEA Informant

… False Alibi for Suspect WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three people from Maryland have been arrested and indicted in connection …
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Baltimore Drug Dealer Exiled To Over 13 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution Conspiracy At The Gilmor Homes

… that he sold powder and crack cocaine, collected money from drug customers, and participated with other members of …