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Federal And Local Law Enforcement Round Up Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Distribution Rings

March 24, 2011
… with intent to manufacture methamphetamine. It alleges that from October 2, 2006, to August 30, 2010, the three conspired to purchase pseudoephedrine products from various local pharmacies and use it to produce … with the intent to manufacture methamphetamine from September 10, 2005, to March 14, 2010. Defendant …
March 24, 2011
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Three Major Amarillo Methamphetamine Traffickers Arrested

June 09, 2017
… have been charged by a federal criminal complaint stemming from their role in selling large quantities of … on them.  The residence was used as a conversion lab from liquid to crystal methamphetamine. The investigation … Administration investigated the case with assistance from the Randall County Sheriff’s Office, the Potter County …
June 09, 2017
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Local Residents Arrested In Drug Trafficking And Money Remitting Conspiracy

September 13, 2012
… aka Chaparro, 34, and Juan Gonzalez aka Popo, 38, all from Brownsville, Texas, as well as Emmanuel Leal Mancha, … also seeks a money judgment in the amount of $1 million from several defendants as well as the forfeiture of certain … with intent to distribute more 100 kilograms of marijuana from approximately January 2009 until May 2012. All but Leal …
September 13, 2012
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Two Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Following Additional Marijuana Raids In Western Colorado

November 25, 2015
… Investigations continue into criminal organizations from out-of-state conducting illegal grows and cultivation … defendants, and a second on September 30, 2015, four miles from the first location, where six people were arrested.  … have charged a total of 12 individuals, many here illegally from Mexico, for tending to these marijuana grows.” “The …
November 25, 2015
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Sentenced To 360 Months In Prison

August 07, 2014
… and distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from 1993 until February 2011, knowing that the cocaine … airplanes and semi-submersibles to ship the cocaine north from South America to points in Central America and Mexico - … international drug kingpin who for years profited from the shipment and sale of illegal drugs,” said Ken Sena, …
August 07, 2014
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Eighteen Charged In Steroid Trafficking Ring

June 17, 2015
… and the steroids were processed and sent to customers from central Florida via US mail. The indictment further … the use of Money Gram and Western Union to pick up money from the drugs sales at numerous locations throughout … Office, US Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from the US Marshals Service. It will be prosecuted by the …
June 17, 2015
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Four Tampa Residents Plead Guilty In Conspiracy To Import XLR-11, A Synthetic Cannabinoid, A/k/a "Spice"

August 21, 2015
… a/k/a “Spice,” and paraphernalia to the United (U.S.) from China, before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Frank J. … Ahmed Yehia Khalifa, 28, and Ahmed Maher Elhelw, 25, both from Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a … District of Florida.  Each of the parcels was shipped from China and allegedly contained three kilogram packages …
August 21, 2015
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New Jersey And New York Doctors, 20 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

May 11, 2011
… wrote the prescriptions in exchange for cash payments from Erwin and others, knowing that the pills were to be … with a portion of the oxycodone tablets that were obtained from the pharmacies, then sold the remaining tablets at a … commitment to the citizens of New Jersey is to protect them from legal controlled substances which help people daily but …
May 11, 2011
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Prescription Drug Take-Back To Be Held Saturday, April 26, 2014

April 24, 2014
… nofdoutreach@dea.gov MONTGOMERY, Ala. -  On April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local law enforcement and the Drug … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, Americans are …
April 24, 2014
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Springdale Man Sentenced To Over Eight Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

March 13, 2015
… in the conspiracy.  Specifically, agents learned from a confidential source that on at least one occasion, … received methamphetamine after texting and requesting it from Torres-Rivas.  Homeland Security Agents were able to … corroborate this information by reviewing telephone records from Torres-Rivas’ phone, the confidential source’s phone, …
March 13, 2015
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New Jersey Doctor Convicted By Federal Jury For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

May 22, 2013
… here.” Durante was also captured on tape accepting $300 from Domando in exchange for prescriptions, as well as $100 … to Domando, Abato and others. Typically, Durante would omit from the progress notes for those patients many of the … FBI and IRS special agents; and law enforcement officers from the Essex County Sheriff’s Department and the …
May 22, 2013
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New Jersey Doctor Sentenced To More Than 11 Years For Writing Illegal Oxycodone Prescriptions In Drug Distribution Conspiracy Also Ordered To Pay Approximately $630,000 In Fines And Forfeiture

December 17, 2013
… here."   Durante was also captured on tape accepting $300 from Domando in exchange for prescriptions, as well as $100 … of Durante's purported exam. Durante repeatedly omitted from the progress notes for patients many of the additional … Investigation special agents; and law enforcement officers from the Essex County Sheriff's Department and the …
December 17, 2013
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McKesson Pays Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Pharmaceutical Drug Orders Including Opioids

January 17, 2017
… requires McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from distribution centers in Colorado, Ohio, Michigan and … are unusual in their frequency, size, or other patterns. From 2008 until 2013, McKesson supplied various U.S. …
January 17, 2017
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 27, 2012
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Four days after DEA’s first … DEA recognizes the solution involves a proactive response from all affected parties including parents, children and …
September 27, 2012
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Joint Methamphetamine Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 21 Individuals

November 15, 2012
… Office Group 62, which is composed of special agents from DEA and Drug Task (DTF) Officers from state and local agencies, opened an Organized Crime … Dallas, Texas to obtain large quantities of methamphetamine from a source of supply named Johnny Ybarra. Bouhamidi would …
November 15, 2012
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Alleged Colombian Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Drug Charges

August 29, 2013
… since his capture in Venezuela in June 2012, was extradited from Colombia on Wednesday, August 28, 2013.  He made his … and distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from 1993 until February 2011, knowing that the cocaine … supplying and shipping numerous multi-ton loads of cocaine from South America to Central America and Mexico with an …
August 29, 2013
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Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Pleads Guilty To Decades-Long Drug Trafficking Charges

January 24, 2014
… imported into the United States. Perez Henao was extradited from Colombia in August 2013 and has been in custody since … Judge Patricia A. Seitz, Perez Henao acknowledged that from 1994 until the January 2008 killing of his primary … Rastrojo, was one of the largest Kingpins to be extradited from Colombia," said DEA Special Agent in Charge Mark R. …
January 24, 2014
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Triad Residents Sentenced On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges

December 01, 2016
… Service to ship pounds of marijuana in overnight packages from Fresno, California, to co-conspirators in the Middle … Wake Counties. Now that these criminals have been removed from the streets, the dangerous drugs that they would have … Investigation is committed with taking the profit away from the drug traffickers and putting those individuals in …
December 01, 2016
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Boston Attorney Charged In Money Laundering Conspiracy

March 23, 2011
… and money laundering. The complaint affidavit alleges that, from early 2009 to 2011, GEORGE - and a co-conspirator … - and his co-conspirator, that he had large amounts of cash from drug trafficking. It is alleged that, on two separate … him clients. GEORGE - allegedly then took $25,000 in cash from an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer client and …
March 23, 2011
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

October 12, 2011
… his role in a narcotics trafficking ring. This matter stems from “Operation Hammertime,” a four-month DEA Task Force … McNichol regularly purchased cocaine in 20-gram packages from co-defendant Gavin Hammett, and then redistributed the … times with Hammett and other members of the conspiracy from Connecticut to the Bronx, N.Y. to deliver thousands of …
October 12, 2011
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Puerto Rican Drug Lord And His Brother Convicted Of Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Controlled Substances

April 26, 2011
… of narcotics to Puerto Rico; the transshipment of narcotics from Puerto Rico to several eastern seaboard states, … of Puerto Rico, as long as the narcotics had been purchased from him. Luis X. Cruz-Vázquez, Ayala-Vázquez’ brother, was …
April 26, 2011
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Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In The San Juan Seaport Indicted For Conspiracy To Import Controlled Substances

October 25, 2013
… the purchase of kilogram quantities of cocaine and heroin from sources in Colombia and Dominican Republic. The drugs … result of a long term investigation led by special agents from Homeland Security (HSI) assigned to the Border … by Assistant United States Attorney Carlos R. Cardona from the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) …
October 25, 2013
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Successful 2013 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In Puerto Rico And The U.S. Virgin Islands

November 06, 2013
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take-Back Days are presently … water supplies, and medications were being retrieved from the trash by those who would abuse or sell them.  To …
November 06, 2013
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 87 Months For Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Cocaine Involved In Spate Of Overdoses

November 29, 2016
… the day before the overdoses occurred, Pina was discharged from the hospital after having overdosed on the same drugs … said Special Agent in Charge Ferguson.  “Those suffering from the disease of fentanyl and heroin addiction need … Department.  The Tactical Diversion Squad includes members from the New Haven, Hamden, Greenwich, Shelton, Bristol, …
November 29, 2016
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Largest Settlement In DEA History: McKesson Pays $150 Million

January 17, 2017
… D. Weinreb announced today. The government alleges that, from 2009 forward, McKesson failed to maintain effective … an effective system to detect and report suspicious orders from independent and small chain pharmacy customers - i.e., … more than 10 times the average size of a pharmacy order from May 2008 through April 2013, but McKesson never …
January 17, 2017
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 54 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Ring

August 26, 2015
… his role in a narcotics trafficking ring. This matter stems from a joint law enforcement investigation headed by the … formerly of East Hartford, sent kilogram parcels of cocaine from California to Luther Nance, Jermaine Jenkins and their … with narcotics conspiracy and related offenses stemming from the sale of crack cocaine and heroin in several …
August 26, 2015
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

September 22, 2015
… to tackle the heroin and prescription drug epidemic from all angles, including getting these lethal drugs off of … drug organizations around the state.” In June, authorities from the State Police TDU began an investigation into an … Enterprise and Major Crimes Division, with assistance from State Police assigned to the AG’s Office, the …
September 22, 2015
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Woonsocket Resident Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges

October 28, 2015
… and local law enforcement upon his return to New England from Texas and Florida with three kilos of cocaine and a … to distribute. In late April, detectives and officers from the Providence and Woonsocket Police Departments … law enforcement vehicles were posted along Route 95 N from the Connecticut border and northward. Law enforcement …
October 28, 2015
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Jury Finds Hartford Man Guilty Of Murder

August 05, 2016
… plagues our most vulnerable citizens.” This matter stems from a long-term investigation being conducted by the FBI’s … 15 Thomaston Street.  Parker was unconscious and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.  Parker was transported by … were both armed with 9mm handguns, opened fire on Parker from opposite sides of the vehicle in which he was seated.  …
August 05, 2016
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Three Cape Cod Men Plead Guilty To Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

September 20, 2016
… on Cape Cod.  Pratt purchased large quantities of heroin from Chisholm and sold it to other distributors.  During a … heroin and a firearm.  Roderick regularly purchased heroin from Wilkins for distribution and personal use.  On March 7, … officers recovered approximately 400 grams of heroin from Serriello that he stowed in his motorcycle.  Earlier …
September 20, 2016