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13 Indicted In Multimillion Dollar Interstate Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Chau have yet to be arrested. The indictment alleges that from October 2008 to April 2013, the defendants obtained … for oxycodone, hydrocodone, and medical marijuana cards from a doctor in Modesto. They recruited other individuals to obtain prescriptions and marijuana cards from the doctor by offering them payments in return for the …
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Members of Alabama drug trafficking organization plead guilty to drug and gun charges

… nineteenth federal defendant, Phillip Maddox, 41, from Auburn, Alabama, is set for trial in October. The four … Dieago Holstick, 36, and Timothy Lamar Spinks, 43, both from Auburn, Alabama; James Earl McIntyre, 28, from Montgomery, Alabama; and James Lee Hamilton, 41, from …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… 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 … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Canadian who arranged drug smuggling helicopter flights across northern border sentenced to 7 years in prison

… distribute controlled substances.  Colin Hugh Martin, 46, from British Columbia, Canada, was indicted in 2010 and … Martin directed the smuggling of large quantities of drugs from what seemed like a safe perch in Canada – never … California in February 2009; and 79 kilograms of marijuana from Canada that was seized by agents from a helicopter that …
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DEA Report: Counterfeit Pills Fueling U.S. Fentanyl And Opioid Crisis

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Problems resulting from abuse of opioid drugs continue to grow WASHINGTON - … inhaled or absorbed through the skin.  Other findings from the report: Fentanyl and fentanyl-related compounds are … which data is available), which is a 65 percent increase from the 7,864 fentanyl exhibits in 2014. There were …
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Justice Department, DEA propose significant opioid manufacturing reduction in 2019

… limits. The final rule also promotes greater involvement from state attorneys general, and today’s proposed reduction … setting the aggregate production quota, DEA considers data from many sources, including estimates of the legitimate medical need from the Food and Drug Administration; estimates of retail …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, … clean out your medicine cabinet and make your home safe from drug theft and abuse.”  Rates of prescription drug … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Miami-Dade, Florida, Police Officer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Role In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… of engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from unlawful activity. Judge Wigenton imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. From June 2012 through November 2012, Mata purchased at …
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Five Plead Guilty To Conspiring To Possess With The Intent To Distribute And To Unlawful Distrbution Of Marijuana

… aware of suspicious “Express Mail” packages being sent from a fictitious address in California to Jennifer Bohan at … in New Hampshire. A review of the shipping labels from the beginning of the investigation through the … of California, sent the packages containing marijuana from California to New Hampshire. The marijuana was stored …
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Jury Finds Florida Man Guilty Of Role In Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

… guilty of narcotics and money laundering charges stemming from his role in an oxycodone trafficking ring.  The trial … the jury returned the verdict yesterday. This matter stems from “Operation Blue Coast,” an investigation headed by the … Force into the large-scale trafficking of oxycodone pills from Florida to Connecticut.  The investigation revealed …
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Former Spartanburg County Magistrate Enters Guilty Plea In Drug Conspiracy Case

… it was quantities of both cocaine and methamphetamine, from a person in South Carolina. The confidential source … this person told him that the drugs were taken directly from an unidentified law enforcement agency’s evidence … Court, Marcus Woodrow Kitchens, who had removed the drugs from the evidence room of the Clerk’s Office. Kitchens pled …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … results for the previous nine Take-Back events in Oregon from 2010-2014, resulted in  69,359 (34.6 tons) of drugs …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … results for the previous nine Take-Back events in Idaho from 2010-2014, resulted in 36,364 (18.2 tons) of drugs …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … results for the previous nine Take-Back events in Alaska from 2010-2014, resulted in 20,415 (10.2 tons) of drugs …
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Financier Of A Network Of High-Tech Marijuana Grow Facilities Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison

… of high-tech, indoor, marijuana grow facilities stretching from Florida to Connecticut. Each of these facilities cost … amounts of high-grade marijuana into the United States from Canada. On December 8, 2001, U.S. Customs and Border Protection caught Bui trying to smuggle from the U.S. to Canada over $30,000 hidden in his socks to …
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DEA’s Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. In a four hour time period, … sites which resulted in 13,057 (6.5 tons) removed from circulation. • Idaho - 20 collection sites which resulted in 3,823 (1.9 tons) removed from circulation. • Oregon - 40 collection sites which …
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CVS Pharmacy Inc. Pays $5m To Settle Alleged Violations Of The Controlled Substance Act

… the United States’ allegations that during the period from April 30, 2011, through April 30, 2013, CVS pharmacies … Forms; maintain DEA-222 Forms and keep them separate from other records; record the date of acquisition of … in Schedules III through V and keep the records separate from non-controlled substance records; and conduct a …
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Community Event
November 03, 2019 - November 05, 2019
November 03, 2019 - November 05, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (EST)
Columbia , MO
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, November 4, and Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Columbia, Missouri...
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Former Leader of the Violent “Clan Del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

… other things, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise from June 2003 through October 2021. The SDFL Indictment … other things, maritime narcotics distribution conspiracy from 2002 through October 23, 2021. The SDNY Indictment … with, among other things, narcotics importation conspiracy from 2001 through April 2009. Úsuga David was extradited …
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More Than Two Dozen Connecticut Residents Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses

… are the result of two separate investigations that stem from drug trafficking activity on one street in the Fair … our communities safer by removing such drug traffickers from the streets. The arrests in this operation are a … Administration in New Haven received information from the Connecticut State Police that ANTOVANY ACOSTA was …
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Three Indicted in Connection with Seizure of Seven Semi-Automatic Guns, 40 Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, and Cocaine

… Special Narcotics Prosecutor Guns, Ammunition, Vest seized from Storage Unit.jpg Guns, Ammunition, Vest seized from Storage Unit T-31 2021 Jan 22 Storage unit seizure.jpg … against Barbour, Perry Funchess and Daya Sanders resulting from a yearlong investigation that continued after the …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted In New York

… to smuggle multi-kilogram quantities of fentanyl and heroin from Mexico for distribution in the New York City area. In … Cabo, Quiroz-Zamora arranged for narcotics to be smuggled from Mexico to Arizona and California via trucks, cars and … During that time period, he received approximately $22,500 from an undercover officer via Western Union and wire …
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Chicago Twins’ Cooperation Against Sinaloa Cartel Yields 14- Year Prison Terms; New Charges Target Cartel’s Top Echelon

… as Chicago’s most significant drug traffickers who rose from street level dealers to the highest echelons of the … brothers to forfeit more than $3.66 million that was seized from them and a sport utility vehicle.  In addition, more … on court supervision for five years when they are released from prison after serving at least 85 percent of their …
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A Year of Impact: DEA Recognizes its Success in Combatting Drug Cartels and Saving Lives

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed more … for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a sharp decrease from nearly 80,000 lives in 2023. This is welcome progress … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. …
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Leader of Major Alabama Drug-Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Life in Prison

… 38, led an extensive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) from 2021 to 2024. Thomas’s DTO distributed various drugs, … also seized large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine from Thomas and his coconspirators. For example, in March … suppliers about coordinating a delivery of bulk cocaine from Houston Texas, to Mobile. On March 10, 2024, agents …
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Nine Men Charged with Roles in Gang-Led Drug and Gun Trafficking Network

… “In addition to bringing illegal weapons into New Jersey from other states, these defendants are charged with … to doing the necessary work to protect our neighborhoods from criminals who jeopardize the public’s safety and lessen …
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15 Defendants Indicted for Meth and Fentanyl Trafficking

… of fentanyl pills hidden in a vehicle being transported from San Bernadino, Cal. to Springfield, Mo. Stevie Delane … in Greene, Jasper, and Newton Counties, and elsewhere, from Jan. 1, 2022, to April 20, 2024. The federal indictment … Drug Enforcement Administration removed the fentanyl pills from the Dodge Magnum and replaced most of the …
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Over 150 Pounds of Crystal Meth is Seized in Manhattan

… canister.jpg 100 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine seized from Air Canisters Meth seized in air canister (2).jpg … Methamphetamine Concealed in Air Canisters Meth recovered from Air Canister.jpg Methamphetamine Concealed in Air … Seized on July 5, 2022 NEW YORK CITY –   Two men from Southern California were arrested in Manhattan over the …
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$7 million worth of “fire” branded heroin/fentanyl seized in Bronx packaging mill: six individuals charged

… 750,000 glassine envelopes of suspected heroin/fentanyl from an apartment at 2559 Sedgwick Avenue during a court … observed a total of eight individuals coming to and from 2559 Sedgwick Avenue, Apt. 6A, the suspected narcotics … mill. Agents and officers recognized multiple suspects from prior surveillance operations entering Apt. 6A. …
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Two heroin and cocaine trafficking rings in Western New York dismantled

… charged with moving significant amounts of drugs from Puerto Rico and NYC into Western New York ERIE COUNTY, … individuals are charged with trafficking heroin and cocaine from New York City and Puerto Rico into Western New York, … Martinez, Jr. aka “Gordo” was mailing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to two separate groups of narcotics …