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Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Kansas Hospital

… Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Kansas Hospital March 13, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info … license forfeited after stealing controlled substances from his employer. According to court documents, in March … Park, Kan., removed vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet at Menorah Medical …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico

… Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico November 18, 2025 San Diego Contact Info Contact … trafficker linked to the Sinaloa Cartel, was extradited from Mexico on October 24th to face drug and firearms … and Smuggling Goods (i.e., firearms and ammunition) from the United States to Mexico. According to court …
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53 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl seized from truckload of Tupperware

… 53 kilograms of cocaine and fentanyl seized from truckload of Tupperware April 10, 2019 New York Contact … officers learned that a narcotics shipment was en route from California to the Northeast via tractor trailer. Group … trailer. The organization had replaced the Tupperware from Tupperware boxes with kilograms of fentanyl and …
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Chester County Shuts Down Drug Pipeline From Mexico

… Chester County Shuts Down Drug Pipeline From Mexico July 10, 2013 Philadelphia Contact Info Contact … local operation was designed to attack the drug pipeline from Mexico that runs through Southern Chester County, …
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

… that on March 7, 2024, Quenton Dodson, 36, originally from Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced by Chief United … conducted a series of controlled purchases of drugs from Dodson and, in January 2022, obtained warrants to … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

… 93 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known as “Operation Shaw-Crank … must do all we can to keep children in our community safe from drugs and other illegal activity. I thank the dedicated … and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … made at today’s plea and other court proceedings: From January 2011, up to and including October 2, 2013, the …
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

… (AFO) moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made hundreds of … the dedicated team of prosecutors and federal agents from the DEA, FBI and IRS for overcoming the extreme … some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of the Organization. In September 2012, the undercover officers bought a gun from a member of the Organization that, based on ballistics …
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New York Man Sentenced to 54 Months in Prison for Selling Counterfeit Xanax on Dark Web

… an anti-anxiety drug, on the darknet and then reselling it from at least October 2019 through May 2021. He also … of counterfeit/misbranded pills.  “Any medication purchased online should be considered suspicious,” DEA St. Louis … should only be filled by a licensed pharmacist, not bought online from unknown and unreliable sources.” Assistant U.S. …
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Alleged Member of Cartel Enforcement Group Extradited from Mexico

… Alleged Member of Cartel Enforcement Group Extradited from Mexico February 21, 2025 San Diego Contact Info Contact … Nueva Generación, commonly known as CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Thursday and made his … producer and chemical importer, using precursors procured from China and India. CJNG is one of the most powerful …
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Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries and the Illegal Sale of Addictive Prescription Medications

… today in the Eastern District of Arkansas, representatives from DEA joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office to announce the …   were arrested on charges of allegedly operating an online telehealth website that distributed Adderall and …
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California Man Sentenced to Prison for Transporting Narcotics Through the Orlando Airport

… investigation revealed that Scarlett had brought narcotics from California to Florida on multiple occasions. He was … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Orlando Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Federal Prison on Cocaine and Ecstasy Charges

… and 2021. Brenes-Colon coordinated shipments of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Florida and delivered cocaine to Georgi … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico

… Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico January 28, 2019 San Francisco Contact Info … After Alvarez-Muniz arranged for the shipment of the drugs from Mexico to Mira Loma, Jennings picked up the drugs and …
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Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital

… Man Indicted for Taking Controlled Substances from Kansas Hospital November 01, 2021 St. Louis Contact … is accused of removing vials of fentanyl and hydromorphone from an automated dispensing cabinet in March 2021 at …
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South Texas Dealer Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

… revealed text messages which showed the victim wanting to buy “pase” from Carlos. “Pase” was code for cocaine. Carlos indicated … how young the victim was, it still didn't stop Jose Carlos from selling deadly fentanyl to the victim" said DEA Special …
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Green Bay Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Possessing a Firearm

… on extended supervision at the time, having been released from state prison for felony cocaine delivery. As part of an … the Brown County Drug Task Force (BCDTF) made controlled buys during which Denruyter sold fentanyl pills to an … case.” “Far too many lives have been lost across Wisconsin from fentanyl poisonings, and the DEA will continue working …
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Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

… federal investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “We … source purchased an additional kilogram of methamphetamine from the defendants for $2,700.  Rangel, Lozano, and Alvarez … price of the methamphetamine if the source were willing to buy larger quantities.  Like De La Cruz, Torres Cruz is …
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Grand Jury Indicts New Defendants And Brings Additional Charges Against L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring That Allegedly Bilked Medicare

… need the powerful painkiller. The OxyContin was obtained from Southland pharmacies, some of which submitted … To deal with the large amounts of cash generated from the illegal OxyContin sales, some of the defendants … at casinos, to purchase automobiles and jewelry, and to buy more OxyContin. The scheme allegedly was orchestrated by …
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the … acknowledged purchasing such fraudulent prescriptions from Johns since 2011.  Johns pleaded guilty to illegally distributing 39,000 30 mg oxycodone pills from January 1, 2014 to May 2015, with the pills having a …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 38 Years in Federal Prison

… users and smaller-scale suppliers who made daily purchases from the residence. The conspiracy included Thomas as the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital

… Former Nurse Indicted for Drug Diversion from Boston Hospital February 27, 2023 New England Contact … grand jury in Boston for allegedly diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. Andrea Falzano, 38, of …
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Missouri Nurse Sentenced for Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital

… Missouri Nurse Sentenced for Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital August 01, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … on Tuesday sentenced a registered nurse who stole fentanyl from the hospital where she worked to three years of …
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Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital

… Missouri Nurse Admits Taking Leftover Fentanyl from Hospital May 05, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … on Thursday admitted illegally obtaining and using fentanyl from the hospital where she worked. Lindsey M. Francis, now …
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Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison

… Man from Zuni, New Mexico sentenced to federal prison April 15, … going to retrieve it after collecting payment of $28,000 from the customer.  However, the customer was actually an …
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Three men from Idaho arrested for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine

… Three men from Idaho arrested for conspiracy to distribute … Attorney Bart M. Davis announced today. The charge stem from a June 16, 2020 indictment filed in U.S. District Court …
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Bronx-to-Suffolk County Heroin Distribution Network Dismantled Ten Suspects Arraigned On Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin Deer Park Man And His Brother Charged As Major Traffickers

… Force, an enforcement team comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the Suffolk District Attorney's Office, the … which established heroin mill operator Maldonado drove from the Bronx to Deer Park on a weekly basis to deliver … pay for their next fix,” said DA Spota.     “Winston Rose buys and sells heroin everyday but he isn’t in desperate …
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Statement from Administrator Cole on the DEA Office in the Dominican Republic

February 13, 2026
… Statement from Administrator Cole on the DEA Office in the Dominican …
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