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Colombian Drug Kingpin And Cohort Extradited In New York Heroin Trafficking Scheme Millions Of Dollars In Heroin Smuggled In Freight Containers

… Andres, who was arrested on April 9, was transported from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he had lived as a … Andres run the drug trafficking operation, was extradited from Bogota, Colombia on December 12. Fernando pleaded not … revealed that Andres oversaw an international drug empire from his base in Bogota, Colombia. The organization is …
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January 22, 2025
… TV series “Dance Moms”, where she made regular appearances from the third to the seventh seasons.    In the wake of a … of law enforcement, with almost 28 years spent with DEA. From November 2021 to November 2022, Mr. DeLena served as …
January 22, 2025
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FBI, DEA Release Documentary Film Addressing Heroin/Prescription Drug Abuse

… All across this country, it is taking good people from good homes and leading them down a trail that often … through the country.  Statistics show that overdose deaths from heroin abuse have more than doubled since 2010.  More people die each year from drug overdoses than die in car accidents.  Because an …
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Northern California Residents Turn In 16 Tons Of Rx Drugs On Take Back Day

… enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, … 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National … tons) of prescription drugs. “Removing unwanted medication from the home will undoubtedly save lives. It is fantastic …
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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 … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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Three Springfield Residents Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

… guilty to their roles in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from Nov. 22, 2016, to Sept. 26, 2018. Ingram also pleaded … they directly received methamphetamine to distribute from co-defendant Cheyenne W. Conn, 45, of Everton, Mo. Conn … 10 pounds of methamphetamine per week by vehicle from California to the Springfield area. He then distributed …
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St. Louis drug trafficking leader pleads guilty

… over one kilogram of heroin, and over 400 grams of fentanyl from March 11, 2018 to March 12, 2019.  Guy R. Goolsby, aka … size can impact many lives and maybe even prevent someone from overdosing.” According to the plea agreement, investigators from of the DEA uncovered a cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl …
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Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 Kilograms of Cocaine, $1.3 Million in Cash, and a Firearm

… taking six million dollars’ worth of cocaine sales away from alleged drug traffickers while saving lives. Over one … of cocaine and over $1 million in suspected proceeds from illegal narcotics trafficking, disrupting the operation … “Sweet Produce” (the “Warehouse”).  Cocaine was shipped from a company in the Dominican Republic to the Warehouse.  …
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Two SCDC inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. Drug … protect both the general public, and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County.  The leader of that …
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Two South Carolina Department of Corrections inmates sentenced to decades in federal prison for roles in separate drug trafficking rings

… their roles in separate major drug trafficking rings run from inside prison walls using contraband cell phones. “DEA … protect both the general public and the prison population from the public safety threat caused by contraband … that the dealers were being supplied cocaine and heroin from an organization in Marion County. The leader of that …
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

… numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from throughout Texas spanning from October of 2018 to June of 2020.   Operations Trap … trailers loaded with quantities of illegal drugs imported from Mexico across the Texas/Mexico border, and the seizure …
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Defendant Sentenced For Role In May 2013 Murder Of Southlake, Texas, Man

… presented at trial and documents filed in the case, from approximately March 1, 2011, until May 22, 2013, the … defendants traveled in interstate and foreign commerce from Mexico to Southlake, and elsewhere, with the intent to … result of that travel, Mr. Chapa was killed.  In addition, from approximately May 23, 2013, until September 5, 2014, …
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Spice Distribution Kingpin John Bowen Sentenced To 60 Months In Federal Prison

… in Denver returned indictments charging nine individuals from across the country with conspiracy and drug … “Spice” is a common term for synthetic cannabinoids.  From August through September 2013, there were 221 …
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Nineteen Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… with intent to distribute and conspiracy to import heroin from Colombia and Venezuela into Puerto Rico, announced U.S. … José Luis Castro-Delgado; and Erika Casillas-Bonet. From in or about August 2012 through in or about April 2013: …
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20 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Heroin And Fentanyl

… in connection with trafficking heroin, Fentanyl and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic to Massachusetts and … imported large quantities of heroin, Fentanyl, and cocaine from Mexico and the Dominican Republic into the United … of drug shipments, as well as the collection of debts from their customer base, and payments of the drug debts …
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Jury Convicts Three Defendants Of Charges Related To Multi-Million Dollar Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… hundreds of kilograms of cocaine worth millions of dollars from Mexico to distribute in the Kansas City metropolitan … conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine from Jan. 1, 2007, to Feb. 11, 2010, which was charged in a … City metropolitan area. A normal load of cocaine would be from 20 to 50 kilograms, which was smuggled in vehicles …
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Harris County Woman Convicted of Drug Trafficking Violations

… transport approximately nine kilograms of methamphetamine from Houston to Dallas and meet at a gas station in … vehicle, removed a duffel bag containing methamphetamine from the trunk, and placed it in his backseat. While in … police seized approximately 10 kilograms of methamphetamine from the car. On Sep. 19, 2019, the U.S. Drug Enforcement …
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West Babylon man indicted for alleged major cocaine trafficking operation

… the outstanding work of law enforcement, and with support from the community, we have shut down a significant drug … together with our partners to ensure that those who profit from the sale of dangerous, illegal drugs will be held fully … began earlier this year in response to numerous complaints from members of the community. Surveillance of Reyes’ house, …
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Six arrested, charged in multi-state narcotics conspiracy responsible for supplying fentanyl & cocaine to Dayton

… of DEA task force officer DETROIT – Two brothers originally from Dayton, Ohio and four others were arrested in North … authorities have seized narcotics, cash, and firearms from the drug trafficking organization on multiple occasions … – including fentanyl, cocaine, cash and firearms seized from a search warrant executed on Nov. 4, 2019. It was …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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Nine Defendants Indicted for Drug and Firearms Conspiracies

… firearm that Bermudez used in that shooting was recovered from his Essex County residence, loaded with seven rounds of 9mm ammunition. From April 2021 through May 18, 2021, Brown, a convicted …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … in Charge Brad Byerley. “Last year, more Americans died from opioid overdoses than from all other drugs combined, including meth, cocaine and …
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Judge sentences St. Louis man to 10 years for drug trafficking and firearm charges

… informants to do controlled purchases of fentanyl from whoever was in possession of the common cell phone. On … of incarceration. On December 3, 2016, Fields placed a call from the St. Louis City Justice Center to a phone number and received updates from co-conspirators regarding drug trafficking and the …
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Three Columbia men charged with heroin trafficking

… in a conspiracy to distribute heroin in Boone County from December 17, 2019, to June 11, 2020. According to … source to make two controlled purchases of heroin/fentanyl from Keveon Johnson. The confidential source identified … used another confidential source to purchase heroin from Seawood, the affidavits say. When the confidential …
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

… 2021, Acosta and Rojo directed another individual to travel from Laredo to Austin to retrieve five kilograms of cocaine and $9,000 in cash from Barrientos-Cano. He was to deliver the cocaine to their … cocaine to Saldivar, who was also acting on instructions from the two men and reported the bundles had been …
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Drug Investigations Lead To Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Lebanese Bank Tied To Hizballah

… money laundering network. This network moves illegal drugs from South America to Europe and the Middle East via West … “This action seeks to protect the U.S. financial system from the illicit proceeds flowing through LCB and to deprive … which it proposes prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from opening or maintaining correspondent or payable-through …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… this public health event.  There are no cities immune from drug overdoses and this event provided opportunities … own homes.  By removing unused prescription medication from medicine cabinets, households are safeguarding their homes from drug initiation and drug abuse.” “National Prescription …
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… sites which resulted in 17,018 (8.5 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 37 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.0 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 60 collection sites which resulted in 14,614 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. This is a record collection number for …
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DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise

… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … with DEA and manned 92 collection sites that ranged from parking lots of retail stores to police and fire … of pills, capsules, and other medications were collected from medicine cabinets across the Bluegrass State.  …
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Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths

… Heroin overdose deaths in the United States have tripled from 2010 to 2013. Since January 1st, 2015, more than 60 … number of heroin overdose deaths in Oakland County doubled from 2013 to 2014. The men charged include: - Zachary R. … rifle and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol. Another indictment from a separate investigation charged McConico with …