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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… on the darknet, you will have federal law enforcement from every district and state across the nation pursuing … like fentanyl. Tens of thousands of people die every year from overdosing on opioids. We all need to do our part to … 2013 and 2016, she purchased legitimate prescriptions from willing sellers. Then, she resold these pills and …
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Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million

… failing to establish an anti-money laundering program from 2001 through June 2008, in violation of the Bank … by investigators. The $10,988,136 is due within five days from the date of the Agreement. In addition, FinCEN, FDIC … ultimately facilitated the laundering of narcotics proceeds from several trafficking organizations. The financial …
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Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

… over $4.1 million and three kilograms of (over six pounds) from a storage unit in the Bronx and a U-Haul truck. The … searches of a U-Haul and a Dodge Caravan that were seized from the location at the time of the defendants’ arrests. At … operation that transported large quantities of heroin from Texas for sale in New York City and Lawrence, …
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Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

… of cocaine and oxycodone. The group smuggled cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City via the U.S. Postal … called Sweet Home.  Approximately $7,500 cash was seized from a bedroom in the residence where Valdez was staying. An … Agents and detectives seized narcotics and cash from the location. Hanley and Vasquez were arrested and …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
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DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 … (1,018 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. Within the Denver Field Division, the …
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Moss Bluff Man Warehoused And Sold Large Quantities Of Marijuana

… a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss … Bluff. He directed the transport and sales of marijuana from June 2013 to September of 2013 from locations in Texas and Louisiana. During the course of …
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DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

… the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as … painkillers, resulting in 22,134 Americans dying in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers,” said DEA Administrator Michele …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Alaska from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 23,181 (11.5 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Oregon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 78,293 (39.1 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Washington from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … resulted in 127,719 (63.8 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 13.8 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

… have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation.  (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … sites which resulted in 14,508 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 24 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.3 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 36 collection sites which …
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Clovis Woman Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

… (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 Laundered proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs FRESNO, Calif. - Natalie … 30, of Clovis, pleaded guilty today to laundering proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs, commonly known on the … a Lake Tahoe time share with proceeds she obtained from the sales of smokable synthetic cannabinoids. According …
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Former Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies Sentenced For Marijuana Trafficking

… informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal … lands.  Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it (trimmed) into … who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales.  August then shared the proceeds with …
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United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

… States; Marijuana worth more than $1.45 Billion Eradicated from Public Lands SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several … The operation, previously announced on August 21, lasted from July 1 through August 31, and involved law enforcement … seven states eradicated more than 726,000 marijuana plants from public lands. The Drug Enforcement Administration …
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DEA Investigation in Chapel Hill area uncovers large-scale drug ring

… filed in court, investigators utilized information from cooperating sources and cooperating defendants, and … discovered that individuals were shipping cocaine from California via the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and … motor vehicle. Involved parties shipped bulk cash proceeds from illegal drug transactions through the USPS. Other …
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Two Georgia Men Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl

… years.  SAVANNAH, GA --  Two Georgia men, including one from Bryan County, have been sentenced to federal prison for … Fentanyl, and his plea acknowledged that the death resulted from the fentanyl the victim purchased from Cothern. “Fentanyl is extremely dangerous to the …
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Leaders of Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Smuggle over 43,000 Kilos of Cocaine into the United States

… According to the plea agreements and other court documents, from 2016 until 2023, Gonzalez-Ortiz established and led a … or Honduras, then to Mexico and the United States. From 2016 until 2023, Gonzalez-Ortiz’s organization smuggled …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … 32,858 pounds of expired, unused, or unwanted medications from 206 collection sites around Florida to include …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On October 23, with … overdoses plaguing the United States. The amounts collected from the Houston Division was over 25,000 pounds.  The total …
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Top Hizballah Terror Financier Arrested

… sanctions on Kassim Tajideen in 2009 that barred him from doing business with U.S. individuals and companies,” … went to great lengths to evade them by hiding his identity from the U.S. entities he did business with, and from the government agencies responsible for enforcing the …
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Drug Trafficker Indicted: Two Firearms And $3 Million In Cocaine And Cash, Seized At Apartment Near Horace Mann School

… a narcotics trafficker on drug and weapons charges stemming from the seizure of 31 kilograms of cocaine, $1.6 million in cash and two loaded semi-automatic pistols from an apartment in the Fieldston section of the Bronx. … bail since his arrest on September 26, when DEA agents from Group D-34, investigators from the Office of the …
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Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

… Cocaine Seized Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized from 87-05 108 St.jpg Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized  Seizure of cocaine resulting from UC operation.jpg UC Operation led to seizure of cocaine kilograms Drugs recovered from 87-05 108 St in gray & blk duffle bag.jpg Drugs …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Island 2.jpg More than 4,000 take back sites will be open from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. across the nation. OMAHA, Neb. – The … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Sweeping 2-day Operation Targets International Organized Crime In Sacramento Area Neighborhoods

… our country.” “When criminal organizations funded by money from China reach into our cities to profit from illegal activity, our communities suffer,” said U.S. … crime in our residential neighborhoods by taking them back from criminal organizations with international ties and …
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Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads To Federal Prison

… Cardenas admitted to being a part of this conspiracy from at least in or about January 2000 until his capture by … of the Zetas drug trafficking organization and its split from the Gulf Cartel.   During his plea, Cardenas Vela - aka … and distributes ton quantities of cocaine and marijuana from the United Mexican States into the United States. …
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Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Four In Multi-Million Dollar Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Proceeds, Extortion, And Bribery

… San Antonio - (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 Cash from the sale of drugs was laundered to purchase, train, … otherwise legitimate domestic industry to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and other crimes,” stated United … drawing a line in the sand to prevent the Mexican cartels from importing their brand of violent crime, corruption and …
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Former Clayton County Police Officer Assigned To U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… public rightfully expects police officers to protect them from drug dealers, not go into business with them," said … discussed the confidential informant obtaining cocaine from his/her drug source of supply.   Penn would then … lot that morning.  Penn rebuffed offers of assistance from his fellow officers, claiming he was just doing …
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Yonkers Pharmacy Store Manager Arrested And Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… doubled over the past five years and there were more visits from pharmaceutical drug overdoses than all other illicit … to pay his inflated prices. The number of people who die from prescription pill abuse every year is staggering and …