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Three Men Pled Guilty to Federal Charges Involving Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises

… Craft pled guilty to drug and firearms charges arising from a drug trafficking venture run out of a motel … Inn at 7640 Central Avenue SE and was the on-site manager from September 2017 to March 2018, when Bhula leased the property from Patel and took over as the on-site manager.  Craft …
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Four Meth Traffickers Sentenced to a Total of 50 Years in Federal Prison

… the conspiracy, obtaining large amounts of methamphetamine from his source of supply, Kirkland. Kirkland shipped the meth from California to Evansville via U.S. mail. Mobley then … of meth in an infant’s room. Mobley is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm due to his previous state …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 27 Years for Meth Trafficking

… operated mainly out of Arizona, obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and trafficked both methamphetamine and heroin from the southwest border to the Central District of … personally transported ice methamphetamine from Arizona to the Peoria area, where he then used a …
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Reading Man Sentenced for Role in Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… methamphetamine. In late 2018, Smith began purchasing meth from two meth dealers in Boston which evolved into a … allowed Smith to pay wholesale cost for meth being shipped from Phoenix. In April 2019, investigators seized a two-pound package of meth from Phoenix that was being shipped to Massachusetts. Smith …
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New Britain man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for cocaine and firearm offenses

… and firearm possession offenses.     This matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … also known as “Frizz,” of Middletown, to purchase cocaine from suppliers, including Omar Rivera, convert some of the … multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico.  Quiros’s operation was assisted by …
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Launch of outreach and education campaign to combat cartels using youth to smuggle drugs

… Counties to prevent middle and high school students from acting as drug mules for cartels. Billboards, located … the rising number of incidents in which drugs were seized from minors at ports of entry in the Southern District of … Protection, there was a 153 percent spike in drug seizures from minors from FY 2016 to FY 2017, from 39 to 99. With …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled for October 26

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide … pain relievers said they were given, bought or taken from a friend or relative. Of these misusers, 40 percent got their most recently used prescription pain relievers from a friend or relative for free, while the remainder …
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Maryland drug dealer sentenced to more than 15 years for heroin distribution conspiracy

… - (914) 682-6256 Jimolo Coates continued to sell heroin from jail (PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.)  - Jimolo Coates, a.k.a. “Lo,” … Kiara Scott, to provide the heroin to and collect payment from Kusalonis. Coates also admitted to selling … heroin to Charles Adams, who frequently transported heroin from Annapolis to Plattsburgh with Kusalonis, following …
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Former LAPD officer sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after illegal drug lab exploded in his garage

… extract hash oil containing tetrahydrocannabinol, or “THC,” from marijuana plants, was sentenced to five years in … of maintaining drug involved premises. The sentence stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … jury heard evidence that Spadafore, who was an LAPD officer from 1976 to 1991, converted a house into a drug lab where …
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DEA releases 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment

… in the report represents data and critical intelligence from our law enforcement partners that was gathered over the … Heroin available in U.S. markets is primarily sourced from Mexico, where opium poppy cultivation and heroin … States. In 2016, approximately 174 people died every day from drug poisoning, outnumbering deaths by firearms, motor …
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DEA investigators seeking answers in small Tennessee town

… (270) 821-6899 Rural Clay County pharmacies' 2017 purchases from distributors totaled more than one million pills … an inquiry  into irregular patterns of pill purchases from drug distribution companies.  DEA is now investigating … traffickers who exploit the most vulnerable and who profit from addiction. We've lost too many Americans to opioid …
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U.S. citizen charged with violating the Kingpin Act

… name, thereby violating OFAC’s prohibition on U.S. Citizens from conducting financial transactions with specially … narcotics trafficker in 2016.  The OFAC designations stem from Caro Quintero’s criminal history as the leader of the … Mexican tribunal ruled that Caro Quintero could be released from custody because he had been tried improperly in a …
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Over 17 tons of prescription drugs collected in the Pacific Northwest during the 16th National Take Back Day

… have removed 478,042 pounds (239 tons) of medication from circulation.   The following are the results broken … by state: Washington –  15,279 pounds (7.6 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho –  3,269 pounds (1.6 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon –  12,492 pounds (6.2 tons) removed …
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Two North Sound men indicted for trafficking fentanyl

… was arrested as he attempted to cross into the U.S. from Mexico on Sept. 1, 2018. He remains in custody in San … on a tip, law enforcement observed Thompson as he traveled from Bellingham to Woolard’s Arlington home. After Thompson … multiple searches law enforcement seized $400,000 in cash from two safes, another $270,000 from behind the water …
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Kentucky Family Members Are First In State To Be Sentenced To Federal Prison For Distribution Of Drugs Known As “Bath Salts”

… importing kilograms of a drug comparable to methamphetamine from overseas and selling it in Eastern Kentucky and West … as 4-Methylmethcathine, commonly referred to as mephedrone, from April of 2010 until January 2011. Mephedrone is a … of the Justices, received shipments of the mephedrone from India and drove the shipments from his residence in …
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Ohio Man Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute 36 Kilos Of Cocaine

… a firearm.  Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers and officers from Akron Police Department executed a traffic stop of … chase. Davis crashed his car into a light pole and then ran from officers. He was arrested after he jumped from a bridge, falling 30 feet to the ground, according to …
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Louisville Man Charged With Distributing Heroin That Resulted In Overdose Death

… to a person whose death and serious bodily injury resulted from the use of that substance.    “This indictment arises … Attorney John Kuhn. “With the assistance of federal funding from the OCDETF program, DEA and LMPD are investigating … substance, to a person known as “G.A.” whose death resulted from the use of such substance; possession and distribution …
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Former Laredo/Dallas Business Owner Heads To Prison In Large Marijuana Case

… others to transport more than 8,500 kilograms of marijuana from Laredo to the Dallas area. The government noted that … and arranged for the delivery of several loads of marijuana from Laredo to Dallas. Marchan would call upon co-defendants …
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

… products in the U.S., such as perfume or electronics, from complicit businesspeople, such as Datta. Those products … these stores, Datta accepted millions of dollars in cash from peso brokers and/or narcotics traffickers in exchange … Datta spoke and met with those agents on numerous occasions from August 2010 through January 2011. During those …
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Twenty-Nine Golden Grove Inmates Indicted For Possessing Illegal Contraband

… a Sony PlayStation. In addition, illegal drugs were seized from 33 separate cells, along with drug packaging material … to weapons or the ability to engage in criminal activity from behind bars.” “The safety of all inmates and employees … order is maintained inside the prison to prevent crimes from happening both in and outside as well,” said DEA …
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Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Significant Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the … be in the range of 30 to 40 kilograms, were sent regularly from El Paso multiple times per year. Welborn then … in East Windsor where they discussed the pick-up of money from Welborn the following day and its delivery to a …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the … be in the range of 30 to 40 kilograms, were sent regularly from El Paso multiple times per year.  In 2014, the Chavez … in East Windsor where they discussed the pick-up of money from Welborn the following day and its delivery to a …
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Hartford Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Five Years In Federal Prison

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso, Texas, and then transported the … be in the range of 30 to 40 kilograms, were sent regularly from El Paso multiple times per year.  Vernon and Welborn … Chavez and his associates. Investigators also recovered from the Jeep a duffel bag containing approximately $284,000 …
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Fairfield Doctor Who Illegally Prescribed Oxycodone Sentenced

… perform 200 hours of community service, and prohibited him from writing prescriptions for controlled substances until … obtained forged prescriptions for opioid medications from Bellofiore’s former medical assistant and, as a result, … for a friend or relative of the couple to pick up from Bellofiore’s office. It was Bellofiore understands that …
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Man Pleads Guilty To Significant Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy Involving Mexican Drug Cartel

… more of cocaine, 100 grams or more of heroin and oxycodone from in or about Summer 2009 through in or about June 2010. … According to documents filed with the Court and testimony from a jury trial that took place starting on September 9, … Garcia also received multi-kilogram shipments of cocaine from two brothers-in-law, Canciano Marquez Mayorga and …
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Glastonbury Man Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin To A Minor

… This epidemic is deeply disturbing and must be addressed from a number of perspectives.  From the law enforcement perspective, together with the DEA …
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Violent Indianapolis Heroin Trafficking Organization Dismantled

… Indianapolis, allegedly ran a drug trafficking organization from his home on the Westside of Indianapolis. The McMichel … (MDTO) moved large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine from suppliers in Arizona to Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and … other locations. The MDTO obtained most of its drug supply from Fernando Vaca-Mata, 32, and Jose Prieto, 33, to be …
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Museum Of Science And Industry To Host DEA Exhibit

… of Science & Industry September 16, 2011 Includes Artifacts from the World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks TAMPA, FL. … 16, 2011. Visitors will have the opportunity to view rubble from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, a drug related car wreck from Ohio, and several re-creations including a …
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U.S. Attorneys And Federal Law Enforcement Leaders Conduct Summit To Target Heroin And Opioid Trafficking And Overdose Epidemic

… Attorneys and leaders of federal law enforcement agencies from across six states met in Detroit on August 26, 2015, to … Heroin overdose deaths in the United States have tripled from 2010 to 2013.  Nationally, the number of deaths from all drug overdoses exceeded 43,000 last year, more …
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Two Sentenced To 6 Years In Federal Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Crystal Methamphetamine

… The delivery of 9 kilos of crystal meth was orchestrated from inside a Massachusetts jail PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Michael … the shipment and delivery of crystal meth to Massachusetts from California while incarcerated in the Bristol County … controlled substances being trafficked into New England from California. During the investigation, agents learned of …