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Dallas Man Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Transport, Or Assist In Transporting, A Substance Represented To Be Cocaine

… a substance that was represented to be cocaine on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) was sentenced … enforcement operation.  As part of the conspiracy, that ran from approximately April 18, 2013, through July 14, 2015, … to be cocaine was transported on commercial airlines flying from DFW to destinations in Las Vegas, Nevada; Newark, New …
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Pharmacist Charged In Pill Mill Case Sentenced To 24 Months In Federal Prison

… $41,112 to the United States that constitute proceeds from dispensing oxycodone during the conspiracy.  Frimpong … our country daily, it is crucial that this peril is removed from our communities”, said SAC Shelley.  “Diverted … pain pills first.  Those who divert legitimate drugs from their lawful, therapeutic purposes to illicit, deadly …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Collect Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… covers West Texas and all of New Mexico, bettered its total from Take Back 13 held in April 2017.  Totals from Take Back 14 were 10,975 pounds - 5.5 tons - up from 8,629 - 4.31 tons - collected just six months ago.  …
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Interstate Methamphetamine And Cocaine Trafficking Enterprise Charged In Jefferson County, Colorado

… drug smuggling organizations moving cocaine to Colorado from California and methamphetamine from Arizona to Colorado. In June 2012, investigators seized … Colorado. The drug proceeds are believed have resulted from the sale of methamphetamine in Lakewood by one of the …
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Six Defendants Charged In Controlled Substance Dispensation Conspiracy

… East Health Center, which operated in Garden City, Georgia from February through May of 2011. The indictment alleges … who lived outside the state of Georgia, including over 130 from Kentucky; over 50 from North Carolina; over 30 from South Carolina; and over …
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Owner Of Fashion District Clothing Company Pleads Guilty To Customs, Immigration And Money Laundering Offenses

… guilty late Friday afternoon to federal charges stemming from an investigation into “Black Market Peso Exchange” … bulk cash at his business he had reason to believe was from illegal activity, specifically drug trafficking. He … for a drug trafficking organization use money derived from the sale of narcotics to purchase goods, typically …
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Nine More Drug Traffickers Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida. To date, … Ernesto Avila-Carrillo obtained large quantities of cocaine from various sources of supply, including a network of … cocaine distributors. The cocaine was then redistributed from locations in Marion County to cocaine traffickers in …
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Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

… were members of a drug and money laundering organization from on or about June 2011 through June 2013. They are … in a conspiracy to distribute bulk quantities of marijuana from the Laredo area for distribution in the Dallas area. … As such, large sums of money were allegedly transported from the Dallas area - the organization’s point of drug …
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug 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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Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Federal Prison

… Administration in New Haven received information from the Connecticut State Police that an individual was selling substantial quantities of heroin from a residence at 28 Maltby Place in New Haven.  Following a series of controlled purchases of heroin from that individual, the DEA New Haven Task Force initiated …
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Two More Convicted In Multi-State Heroin Ring In Baton Rouge

… to resemble oxycodone. Once delivered to Baton Rouge from California, the pills were distributed to mid-level … contained heroin and that he intended to sell and profit from the sale of significant amounts of heroin. On May 18, … 500 heroin pills on October 14, 2014, which he had received from Scott and which had been pressed to resemble oxycodone. …
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Tucson Cocaine Distributors Sentenced

… their roles in a cocaine distribution ring that operated from 2008 to 2012 and spanned five states.  Both are from Tucson, Arizona. Between the Spring of 2008 and the … conspired to distribute over 527 kilograms of cocaine from Tucson, Arizona, to co-conspirators in Brooklyn, New …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… - 571-324-7324 Event will take place throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … event is a way for every citizen to help prevent drug abuse from beginning in their own homes and from within their own …
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Busted Behind Bars: Drug Case Leads Feds To Prison Dealer

… he was continuing his drug trafficking operations from within prison walls.  Information provided to federal … while imprisoned for drug trafficking charges stemming from a previous DEA investigation. DEA worked jointly with … go through to continue their illicit activities and profit from victimizing our communities,” said Doug Coleman, …
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Former Philadelphia Police Officer Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy

… a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a … and co-defendant Angel Ortiz hatched a plan to steal heroin from their supplier, Miguel Santiago. The scheme involved a … launderer, but who was actually an undercover Special Agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. In addition to the …
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Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

… phones utilized by Gary Moorefield. The wiretaps, conducted from the end of July 2010 through mid-September 2010, … that Moorefield obtained kilogram quantities of heroin from a supplier in the New York/New Jersey area … New Jersey and/or New York City to obtain the heroin from the supplier. The courier would then drive back to the …
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Oregon Man Sentenced In Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… ordered to forfeit $150,000 in proceeds that he obtained from his drug trafficking activities. He pled guilty to the … to transport marijuana in quantities between 100-250 pounds from Southern California to the Portland, Oregon area, or to … operated throughout the United State, importing drugs from Mexico and Southern California. The drugs were …
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Operation Mercury Targets Large-Scale Agricultural Marijuana Grows In Six Central Valley CountiesMore Than 400,000 Plants Eradicated Since March 2012

… seizure of more than 400,000 marijuana plants, primarily from agricultural lands; more than 100 firearms; and more … and another 60 sites were identified in Madera County. From 500 to several thousand plants were being grown on …
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Worcester man sentenced to 134 months for heroin and cocaine conspiracy

… grams of heroin. Nuzzolilo distributed heroin and cocaine from his apartment in Worcester and from a separate “band room” that he maintained in Worcester. … a result of the investigation, law enforcement seized drugs from various locations, including from Nuzzolilo’s band …
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DEA proposes to reduce the amount of five opioids manufactured in 2020, marijuana quota for research increases by almost a third

… produced for research by almost a third over 2019’s level, from 2,450 kilograms to 3,200 kilograms, which is almost … (THC) has increased by more than 40 percent, from 384 in January 2017 to 542 in January 2019.   “The … takes seriously its obligations to both protect the public from illicit drug trafficking and ensure adequate supplies …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs On April 28

… 431-7160 x2242 CAMDEN, N.J. -  This Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration … almost 4,500 partner law enforcement agencies will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Currently, there are 184 New Jersey … by disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired medications from their homes.  This has the potential of preventing …
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Texas Resident Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On Silk Road, Bitmessage

… 400 oxycodone tablets and more than 900 hydrocodone tablets from Jones. Jones shipped the controlled substances from Texas to Central Florida. In addition to operating on … protocol that is used to send encrypted messages from one person to another or from one person to multiple …
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Leader Of California-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

… attempted to have 12 pounds of methamphetamine smuggled from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Pasco County, Florida. On … co-conspirators working on Cuevas-Navarro’s behalf drove from Pasco County to Jonesboro to retrieve the drugs.  The … in Arkansas, law enforcement agents intercepted the drugs from five of Cuevas-Navarro’s co-conspirators. On April 5, …
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

… jury. Specifically, the jury found that Hernandez-Preciado, from a date unknown to the date of the (September 22, 2011), … organized a series of maritime cocaine smuggling shipments from Ecuador to Guatemala.  One in particular was on May 19, … during that interdiction. Trial evidence included testimony from the USCG, wiretap intercepts conducted by the …
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DEA Caribbean Division Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… Tobago Port-of-Spain - (868) 628-8136 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th PUERTO RICO - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in Puerto Rico and the U.S. … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHICAGO - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DALLAS - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Investigation Unravels Drug Trafficking And Corruption By Honduran Congressman

… Twice Domestic Conspiracy included massive cocaine loads from Colombia and elsewhere for U.S. import, safe passage, … devices. The United States is seeking Najera’s extradition from Honduras and he faces a maximum of life imprisonment if … in Honduras and elsewhere worked together with support from Najera and others to receive multi-hundred kilogram …
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DEA Atlanta Division Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th ATLANTA - Daniel … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Charlotte District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHARLOTTE, N.C. … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …