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Local Doctor And Pharmacist Arrested In Pill Mill Investigation

… were arrested yesterday morning on federal charges stemming from their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute … their registration numbers prevents Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and pharmacist Kigham from dispensing controlled substances.  Faridi and Banks …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug And Money-Laundering Charges Defendant’s Organization Allegedly Trucked Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Across The Texas-Mexico Border

… drug kingpin Esteban Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Friday, March 11, 2011, … was arrested in Mexico on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York, and also faces … to drug traffickers that you can run, but you cannot hide from global law enforcement who share a goal of putting you …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Take-Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
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Father And Son Charged With Running Prescription Drug Trafficking And Forgery Ring

… York State Health Department’s Bureau of Narcotic (BNE). From September 2010 to September 2014, the Quezadas … then bundled for sale on the black market, where the pills from a single prescription could be resold for thousands of …
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Major Takedown Of Western New York Narcotics Pipeline Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 25 Individuals In Erie County Court; Seizures Of Over Half A Million Dollars In Heroin And Cocaine

… traveled to New York to obtain heroin and obtained cocaine from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail BUFFALO - ) - James … part in a drug distribution network that funneled heroin from New York City and Philadelphia to Buffalo and Western … all sources of supply in order to reclaim our neighborhoods from drug addiction and drug related violence." "Today my …
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39 Kilos Of Heroin Worth Over $20 Million Seized In Richmond Hill, Queens

… Dominican Republic. The large stash of heroin, recovered from the ground floor apartment on Wednesday evening, is … studio apartment, while another 11 packages were recovered from inside a duffel bag. A makeshift assembly line had been … Brown sugar used as a cutting agent was also recovered from the apartment. Agents and detectives with the DEA’sNew …
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DEA St. Louis Collects 27 Tons Of Unwanted, Expired Medications In Final Takeback

… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
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$2 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized In NYC’s Diamond District

… - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Drugs Sent from Fictitious Jewelry Business in California … O’Neill announced the seizure of 55 kilograms of (121 lbs.) from a fictitious jewelry business operating in the Diamond … of Group T-42 identified three suspicious packages en route from Sapphire in Los Angeles to 21 Divine in Manhattan.  The …
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Verbal Opening Statement Matthew Allen, Special Agent in Charge DEA Los Angeles Field Division

June 30, 2025
… regions in the country—protecting the American people from those who profit in death.   Watch hearing in its …
June 30, 2025
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FOIA Exemptions

March 28, 2025
… that those records (or portions thereof) are protected from disclosure. Congress established nine exemptions from disclosure for certain categories of information to … of an agency.   (b)(3):  Information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law.   (b)(4): Trade …
March 28, 2025
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Largest Fentanyl Bust in DEA History: Authorities Seize Over 400 Kilograms of Fentanyl in Record-Shattering Operation

… blow against the Sinaloa Cartel that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens from the scourge of fentanyl,” said Attorney General Pamela … in U.S. history, we have removed millions of lethal doses from our streets and sent a clear message: those who profit …
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Chinese National Charged in International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Alaska, to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S. and then to other countries, … illegally in 2017 and was subject to an order of removal from September 2024. Court documents further allege that, … He allegedly stole personally identifiable information from a California resident to open an account at the Wasilla …
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Thirteen People Charged in Takedown of a Major Drug Trafficking Network

… (NYSP).  On June 12, law enforcement officers, including from the NYSP, DEA and FBI, conducted searches at 24 … to break up a drug trafficking network that shipped drugs from California to New York City and then Upstate New York.  … network’s criminal enterprise, the DEA’s mission is far from over. The DEA remains steadfast in our commitment to …
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Georgia Man Arrested For Allegedly Selling Guns and Cocaine to Undercover Officer

… November 12, 2021. Before each sale, Torres-Rincon traveled from Georgia to New York City. On multiple occasions, he … Agents and officers recovered the cash for the purchase from Torres-Rincon. Special Narcotics Prosecutor Bridget G. … women officers work relentlessly to prevent illegal guns from getting into criminals’ hands because every shooting …
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DEA and law enforcement partners announce significant progress in making communities safer through Project Safe Neighborhoods and Project Eject

… launched Project EJECT with approximately 70 leaders from law enforcement, faith-based groups, nonprofits, … for various federal crimes in and around Jackson, ranging from carjacking to illegally possessing firearms to robbing … trial o Sentencings for these criminals have ranged from 13 to 320 months, with the average sentence being 75 …
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DEA Multi-Location Arrest Warrant Operation

… and 1 handgun. Jose Angel Sanchez III, 40-years-old, from Banning, California (Riverside County) Luz Maria Sanchez, 43-years-old- from Banning, California (Riverside County) Anselmo Salvador Aguilar, 31-years-old, from Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County) Jose …
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21 defendants charged, additional charges added to heroin/fentanyl conspiracy

… of the two cases related to overdose deaths that resulted from fentanyl trafficking. Sheron Loggins, also known as … grams or more of fentanyl in Christian and Greene counties from Sept. 23, 2018, to Nov. 14, 2019. In addition to the … 14, 2019. Hill is also charged with attempting to escape from the custody of a DEA agent after being arrested. USA v. …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA announce charges against Rochester Drug Co-operative and two executives for unlawfully distributing controlled substances

… and that includes executives who illegally distribute drugs from their boardrooms.”      According to the documents … court :   Violations of the Federal Narcotics Laws   From 2012 through March 2017, as alleged, RDC knowingly and …
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Twenty Charged In Chicago With Various Drug Trafficking Offenses, Including Five Allegedly Tied To The Mexican “Zetas” Cartel

… Chicago area and in Laredo, Tex., of defendants stemming from the multi-jurisdiction investigation of … to hitting alleged drug trafficking organizations from all angles is especially evident when you consider the … directed a money transportation network for the Zetas from Nuevo Laredo, and that this network coordinated the …
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DEA Executes Operation Profit Over Patients to Dismantle Health Care Fraud Networks

July 03, 2025
… and around the world to save lives by protecting the public from dangerous deadly drug threats and from those who look to profit off of others’ pain.    As … Over Patients, an operation aimed at protecting patients from the harms of reckless doctors, nurse practitioners, …
July 03, 2025
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DEA to host Youth Drug Summit for Kensington & Fairhill Elementary School children

… Wilson announced today that the DEA and Jennifer Lewis-Hall from PHL 17 will be hosting a Youth Drug Summit at Temple … 2018, as part of the DEA’s 360 Strategy.  Over 350 students from the Alexander K. McClure Elementary School, the Isaac … Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School and student mentors from Temple University will be in attendance at the summit, …
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. “Every day, the men and women of the DEA work to protect Americans from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
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Colombian veterinarian pleads guilty in Brooklyn federal court to heroin importation conspiracy

… United States using various methods to conceal narcotics from law enforcement, including the surgical implantation of … of puppies. When the puppies arrived in the United States from Colombia, the heroin was surgically removed from their bodies. Between Sept. 8, 2004 and Jan. 1, 2005, …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nine Years Imprisonment

… Seized $2 Million in Drug Proceeds and Two Firearms from the Defendant’s Basement, and Nearly Four Kilograms of Cocaine from His Storage Unit CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. District Judge … to court documents and today’s sentencing hearing, from at least 2013 to 2018, Benton was the leader of a drug …
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Guadalajara Man Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine

… distribute methamphetamine.  According to court documents, from January 2011 to April 2015, the defendant conspired … others to smuggle methamphetamine into the Eagle Pass area from Mexico and distribute it to San Antonio, Austin and … to launder monetary instruments that was transferred from the Northern District of Texas.  By pleading guilty to …
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Leader of San Antonio based heroin trafficking operation sentenced to 15 years in federal prison

… and forfeit $2,961.00 in U.S. Currency that was proceeds from his criminal enterprise. On July 24, 2019, Sanchez … more of heroin. By pleading guilty, Sanchez admitted that from May 2018 to March 2019, he was the leader of an … to the street-level user. The organization operated daily from approximately 8 a.m. until 2 a.m., with the …
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DEA proposes to control three precursor chemicals used to illicitly manufacture deadly fentanyl

… norfentanyl as an immediate precursor (i.e., a substance from which another is formed) for fentanyl and to make it a … deaths in the United States. Provisional data available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2018 suggest that overdose deaths from synthetic opioids like fentanyl and its related …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… collect increasing amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they may be vulnerable to … of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications from Northern California and Central Valley residents … agencies will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time from Bakersfield to the Northern California border. The …
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Local man handed major sentence in drug and money laundering conspiracy

… that an undercover officer had begun purchasing heroin from the organization in April 2016. Members of the … that led to authorities discovering the trail of cocaine from Hinojosa to a Kentucky distributor. From further phone …
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Bakserfield man pleads guilty to conspiring with police officers to sell methamphetamine and marijuana

… Chris Nielsen announced. According to court documents, from April 2012 to Aug. 2015, Carter conspired with Diaz and … intent to distribute, methamphetamine. Both were removed from active duty with the Bakersfield Police Department and … of the office. Carter admitted to embezzling money from the company and depositing the money into his personal …