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Cleveland Area Residents Indicted In Poly-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… led group that trafficked heroin, cocaine and marijuana from Chicago to Cleveland; also faces money laundering and … that is accused of bringing cocaine, heroin and marijuana from Chicago and selling it in Cleveland, said Steven M. … 2012, according to the indictment. The defendants are from Cleveland unless otherwise noted.  The indictment …
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West Michigan Pharmacy Owner And Eight Additional Employees Indicted For Conspiracy To Misbrand Controlled Substance Pharmaceutical Drugs

… named employees arranged for unused drugs to be picked up from adult foster care and nursing homes and that these … of the defendants took actions to conceal this conduct from employees and the homes by undertaking the sorting of … sentenced three semi-retired pharmacists to fines ranging from $15,000 to $30,000 on charges of felony misbranding of …
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Northern Ohio Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegally Prescribing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Opiate Painkillers And Other Pills

… purpose, even after he learned some customers had died from overdose-related deaths, law enforcement officials … Oxycontin, Percocet, Roxicet, Opana, and others-from Adolph Harper’s medical offices in Akron between 2009 … a drug dealer who happened to wear a white coat and worked from a medical office instead of a street corner,” said …
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Leader Of Large Poly-Drug Trafficking Organization With Direct Ties To Mexican Cartel Receives Sentence Of 29 Years In Federal Prison

… jury trial.  The evidence at trial established that, from October 2012, through May 16, 2014, Lara-Chavez led a … at trial also established that the group shipped marijuana, from Texas and California, to locations in Ohio and … marijuana field in Sardinia, Ohio; and brought heroin, from Columbus, Ohio, to northern Kentucky for distribution. …
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Six Indicted In Large Ohio Drug Conspiracy

… of 17 kilograms of cocaine and over half a million dollars from this group indicates that they were part of a large, … they were serious drug traffickers, but law enforcement from across Northeast Ohio was able to work together to stop … the combined efforts, hard work and dedication of agents from the Medina County Drug Task Force, Ohio Bureau of …
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Mallinckrodt Agrees To Pay $35 Million Record Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs And For Recordkeeping Violations

… are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2011, the U.S. alleged, Mallinckrodt … at the next level in the supply chain, typically sales from distributors to independent and small chain pharmacy …
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Federal Grand Jury Charges Owner Of Several North Texas Pill Mills With Drug Distribution Conspiracy And Firearm Charges

… Awareness Week, in which it seeks to prevent new victims from succumbing to addiction and highlight its ongoing … drug distribution conspiracy and firearm charges stemming from his operation of several “pill mills” in north Texas, …
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Three Sentenced In Opioid "Pill Mill" Case, Including Dallas Doctor

… pain pills first. Those who divert legitimate drugs from their lawful, therapeutic purposes to illicit, deadly … accordingly.”    According to documents filed in the case, from approximately January 2013 through July 2014, Andrews, … by a superseding indictment.  The indictment alleged that from at least May 2013 through July 2014, the defendants …
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Convictions For 2 In “Pill Mill”

… drug distribution conspiracy. That indictment alleged that from at least January 2013 through July 2014, the defendants … been sentenced.  The defendants received sentences ranging from time served to 140 months imprisonment.   According to … or as otherwise authorized by law but instead received them from co-conspirators. This Organized Crime Drug Enforcement …
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La Familia Michoacan Drug Cartel Leader Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Charges

… Michoacán.”  “The cartel leadership in Mexico is not immune from our reach,” said U.S. Attorney Parker.  “It may take … The act also prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with Rueda-Medina, … States on January 27, 2017. According to plea documents, from September 2007 through October 21, 2009, Rueda-Medina …
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16 Charged In Alleged Large Scale Marijuana Trafficking Organization

… for distribution of marijuana and other illicit drugs from McAllen to Houston and the transportation of bulk cash from Houston to south Texas.” The joint DEA/HSI - led … bet the ranch on being able to traffic tons of marijuana from the border up through our cities are now feeling the …
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El Paso Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 293 Months In Federal Prison

… forfeit to the Government proceeds and property derived from his drug transportation business including $2.4 million … revealed that David Lopez had been transporting marijuana from El Paso, Texas to cities in the United States from August 2001 until August 2015.  Lopez utilized …
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

… in cocaine and heroin throughout the El Paso area from April 2014 through July 2015 announced United States … smuggled large quantities of heroin and cocaine from Juarez into El Paso, Texas, and distributed the drugs … to be scheduled. These federal and state charges resulted from an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) …
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Last Of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered To Prison

… revealed the organization shipped multiple loads of cocaine from Mexico to major distribution centers in the United … a total of approximately $21 million was seized from various tractor trailer drivers, other couriers and … for the Organization and coordinated the cash deliveries from the Chicago area to Laredo totaling approximately $6 …
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Wheat Ridge Doctor, Previous Staff Member, And Two Others Indicted For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… recovered in total $287,675 in cash and $7,226.38 from miscellaneous bank accounts. The indictment alleges … Lincoln Continental, with such property having been derived from proceeds of a specified unlawful activity, that is the … to the investigation of those who profit substantially from this criminal enterprise.” “This is a great example of …
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A Martin County Resident Was Arrested For Running A Butane Hash Oil Laboratory And Weapons Charges

… received a call, regarding an explosion originating from an apartment in Stuart, Florida.  In the apartment, … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter by passing liquid … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
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Martin County Resident Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Hash Oil In His Apartment Laboratory And To Weapons Charges

… received a call, regarding an explosion originating from an apartment in Stuart, Florida.  In the apartment, the … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter through a chemical … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
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Martin County Resident Sentenced For Manufacturing Hash Oil In His Apartment Laboratory And Possessing A Firearm

… furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.  Upon his release from incarceration, Vranich will be placed on supervised … resins containing (THC), the active psychoactive compound, from marijuana buds and plant matter through a chemical … amounts are required in the process of extracting the resin from the raw marijuana, explosions and fires from accidents …
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Palm Beach County Resident Convicted Of Narcotics Trafficking And Unlawful Gun Possession

… of Florida, made the announcement.  This case stemmed from an investigation into the importation of Alpha-(“α-PVP”), aka “Flakka,” from China into the United States.  In March of 2015, as a … County.  DEA agents in London, England received information from the British authorities regarding multiple packages …
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Miami-Dade, Fla. Police Officer Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… a narcotics trafficking organization - distributing cocaine from the Dominican Republic in New Jersey and elsewhere - by … and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity - specifically, drug … Republic, which he transported on two separate trips from Miami to the Dominican Republic between Oct.5, 2012 and …
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Former Immigration Officer, Postal Worker Charged In Takedown Of 14-Member Interstate Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

… court.   Among the 14 people charged today are defendants from Las Vegas, Nev., Los Angeles, Calif., and Phoenix, … City, NJ. The DTO coordinated shipments of methamphetamine from suppliers in Arizona, California, and Nevada through … of the methamphetamine, ordering several pounds per month from various interstate suppliers. Freehauf negotiated the …
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation.  (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently …
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Members Of Puerto Rico-based Cocaine Trafficking Operation Charged

… used the U.S. Mail to ship kilogram quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the Atlanta metropolitan area and then … U.S. Attorney John Horn.  “However, instead of learning from their mistakes, they again chose to poison our … other information presented in court:  The charges arose from an investigation into money laundering activities in …
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15 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… the conspiracy was to obtain kilogram quantities of cocaine from sources in Puerto Rico for further distribution in the … States Postal Service; the defendants would also travel from Puerto Rico to the continental United States using … If convicted, the defendants could face sentencings from 10 years up to life in prison.  “Drug trafficking …
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Michigan Man Sentenced To 12.5 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… defendant trafficked cocaine and cocaine base into Vermont from New York, Michigan, and Arizona, and distributed … his bank account, and trafficked his drugs into Vermont from New York and Michigan. One of the government’s … urged the Court to consider that the defendant absconded from Michigan and remained a fugitive for a period of months …
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Two Charged With Distributing Heroin Involved In Overdose Deaths

… DEA Special Agent in Charge Ferguson.  “Those suffering from the disease of heroin addiction need access to … Miles, on November 19, 2015, a 22-year-old male died from an apparent heroin overdose at a residence in … the victim and two other individuals purchased heroin from Miles in Waterbury.  According to the State of …
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Three Brockton Men Charged With Distributing Fentanyl

… April 15, 2016.             As alleged in the complaint, from December 2015 to March 2016, the defendants sold … and several times the drug was seized by law enforcement from the defendants’ associates.  In addition, on Feb. 11, … seized a loaded Smith and Wesson .40 caliber handgun from an associate of Gomes’s during a vehicle stop.  …
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Nine Men Charged With Distributing Drugs In Bristol County

… heroin and cocaine in the Bristol County area.   Six men from southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island were … later this afternoon.  Three defendants remain fugitives from justice. According to court documents, Luis Lopez was … organization that imported large quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Bedford and Fall River. Another …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… a cocaine trafficking operation that smuggled cocaine from Mexico into El Paso and then transported the drug to … the conspiracy typically involved transporting the cocaine from locations in El Paso to a warehouse where it was … Chavez and his associates.  Investigators also recovered from the Jeep a duffel bag containing approximately $284,000 …
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DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic

… last 13 months has reported 188 cases. In June 2015, agents from DEA Indianapolis launched a joint investigation with … Mack, both of Scottsburg. They obtained their drug supply from sources in Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis and … Carter. “But for those who are trafficking and profiting from those suffering the misery of addiction, we will work …