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California Man and Utah Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Idaho

April 01, 2024
… amounts of illegal controlled substances into eastern Idaho from California.  In January 2023, investigators intercepted … will continue to target and remove dangerous drug dealers from our communities.” U.S. Attorney Hurwit commended the …
April 01, 2024
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Federal Judge Sentences Supplier of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring to 17 ½ Years

November 30, 2022
… a supplier with a drug ring that trafficked methamphetamine from Georgia into Western North Carolina. From 2018 to April 2019, while Daniel was incarcerated in …
November 30, 2022
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Georgia Cocaine Trafficker and Money Launderer Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

April 08, 2022
… trafficked approximately 1,000 kilograms of cocaine from California into North Carolina and South Carolina and … and remains a fugitive. Today’s lengthy sentence stems from an investigation led by one of the Western District of …
April 08, 2022
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Fourteen members of methamphetamine trafficking ring charged with drug conspiracy and related charges

July 02, 2020
… g a t i on targeting the trafficking of methamphetamine from Georgia into Western North Carolina.  “Methamphetamine … in the criminal indictment unsealed today in federal court, from 2018 through April 2019, the 14 defendants were …
July 02, 2020
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Affiliates of notorious white supremacist street gang plead guilty to federal charges

February 04, 2019
… Gangsters, a violent criminal street gang largely operated from inside Georgia’s prison system. The multi-agency … and the Bloomingdale Police Department, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service. The case is being prosecuted …
February 04, 2019
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 05, 2023
… Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with … to nearly 193 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities across the United States, which have …
May 05, 2023
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15 People Charged with Trafficking Semi-Truckloads of Marijuana and Laundering Drug Proceeds

May 20, 2022
… products and to launder the bulk cash proceeds from selling the drugs. Adewale Adediran, the alleged leader … defendants remain at large. According to the indictment, from 2016 until this year, Adediran and the drug trafficking …
May 20, 2022
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Drug Trafficking Ringleader, Who Hid Huge Amounts of Drugs and Cash in Arlington, Sentenced to 15 Years

January 31, 2023
… property, along with more than $300,000 cash – proceeds from the harm he spread across the community,” said U.S. … load of methamphetamine that was coming to Washington State from California, disguised in boxes.   All told, in the …
January 31, 2023
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Repeat Offender Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Distributing Drugs for a Transnational Drug Trafficking Ring

December 22, 2022
… and Bremerton Police Department (BPD), with assistance from  Tahoma Narcotics Enforcement (TNET); the Seattle, … Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF) with support from Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas ( …
December 22, 2022
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DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans

September 01, 2022
… said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Jacob D. Galvan from the Seattle Field Division. “It doesn’t matter what … the number of states where DEA has seized rainbow fentanyl from 18 to 26** Fake Pills Synthetic drugs Drug Trafficking …
September 01, 2022
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Multi-agency investigation dismantles major drug trafficking organization in southeastern New Mexico

February 08, 2019
… on Thursday leading to the arrest of five defendants from New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Texas, and the … are committed to dismantling these criminal organizations from the highest levels down.”   “All agencies involved …
February 08, 2019
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President Biden Releases National Drug Control Strategy to Save Lives, Expand Treatment, and Disrupt Trafficking

April 21, 2022
… Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. “From small towns to big cities, I have traveled nationwide … strengthening public safety; divert non-violent individuals from the criminal justice system and juvenile justice …
April 21, 2022
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Mexican Cartel Member Sentenced to Life in Prison for Violating RICO Statute

March 03, 2022
… where thousands of kilograms of cocaine were unloaded from tanker trucks and then reloaded with weapons and money … our commitment to prevent violence and criminal activity from poisoning the communities of El Paso and our sister …
March 03, 2022
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Agents Seize $3.5 Million in U.S. Currency and Massive Quantities of Cocaine, Fentanyl, and .50 Caliber Ammunition in Otay Mesa

November 24, 2020
… complaint filed in federal court. They will be transferred from the San Diego Central Jail to federal custody and will … are further encouraged that we were able to separate them from their dangerous .50 caliber ammunition and over $3 …
November 24, 2020
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Twenty Charged in ‘Operation Shut Down Corner’

January 26, 2022
… – which involved more than 150 agents and officers from the North Texas OCEDTF Strike Force – focused on … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
January 26, 2022
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Two Mexican Cartel Members Found Guilty of Violating RICO Statute

October 26, 2021
… where thousands of kilograms of cocaine were unloaded from tanker trucks and then reloaded with weapons and money … in the death of thousands of people in Ciudad Juarez from 2008 to 2011. Among those, Iglesias was convicted for …
October 26, 2021
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 28, 2021
… 74,000 pills in 2021. This marks a significant increase from the less than 1,500 pills seized just three years ago. … precious and we want to prevent as many people as possible from making a choice that has permanent repercussions.” The …
September 28, 2021
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Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles

May 17, 2019
… organization.    Avelar Gutierrez received bribes from these criminal organizations in exchange for providing … misappropriation of state assets and the receipt of bribes from Mexican drug trafficking organizations, including …
May 17, 2019
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24 defendants charged in joint federal and state investigation of two violent street gangs on the West Side of Chicago

June 26, 2020
… and state law enforcement officers seized the heroin from Harris outside of Turner’s residence, the complaint … April 2020, law enforcement officers seized a firearm from Griffin, who could not lawfully possess a firearm …
June 26, 2020
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Twelve arrested in North Sound drug trafficking organization

August 05, 2020
… of the conspiracies engaged in trafficking activities from Mexico, through California and Oregon, and into the … conversations with the parents of young people who died from fentanyl overdoses linked to counterfeit pills.  We are …
August 05, 2020
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34 In Custody In Connection With Austin-Based Drug Distribution Operation

October 16, 2014
… and protect Texans.” These charges and arrests resulted from an investigation conducted by the Austin High Intensity … The Austin HIDTA Task Force is made up of investigators from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Federal Bureau of …
October 16, 2014
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Verdict Returned Against Two Remaining Defendants In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 01, 2012
… was. On Jan. 7, 2012, former Army officer Corley traveled from his base in Fort Carson, Colo., to Laredo to meet with … to go to nearby ranch and kill a man who had stolen cocaine from him. Corley agreed and contended Walker could be on the …
November 01, 2012
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Milwaukee Area Pharmaceutical Controlled Substance Distribution Rings Targeted

September 29, 2011
… guilty of diverting pharmaceutical controlled substances from legitimate use are no different than a typical drug … the investigations. In addition, DEA received assistance from numerous area police departments including the …
September 29, 2011
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State/Local Law Enforcement Agencies Get More Than $3 Million In Asset Forfeiture

March 01, 2011
… that $3,085,386 dollars in seized assets stemming from an upstate drug prosecution from 2004 through 2006 has been dispersed among several …
March 01, 2011
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14 Arrested In DEA-led Investigations Of Los Angeles Area Synthetic Drug Rings

October 15, 2015
… consumption,” which is an attempt to shield distributors from prosecution.  Abuse of these psychoactive substances … chemicals used to manufacture these substances are shipped from overseas and HSI is committed to working with its law …
October 15, 2015
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10 Linked To Network Of Marijuana Grow Houses In California Arrested On Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

March 20, 2013
… 26 locations - which includes 15 grow houses - stretching from Arcadia to Corona to Fontana.  During this morning’s … electrical bypass system that was used to divert from the meter the electricity used to power the ballasts …
March 20, 2013
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18 Waco Area Aryan Brotherhood Members And Associates Sentenced To Federal Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Distribution Operation

June 10, 2015
… with this investigation. “These sentences resulted from unprecedented collaboration of federal, state, and … commitment to prevent gang violence and criminal activity from poisoning our communities, but it also sends a clear …
June 10, 2015
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Niagara Falls Doctor Among Fourteen Charged In Major Prescription Drug Investigation

January 27, 2011
… This order is effective immediately and prohibits Mehta from possessing, dispensing or prescribing any controlled … or forged. The prescriptions were on forms emanating from Mehta's office. Also charged: James Respress, 53, of …
January 27, 2011
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21 Members Of South Bronx Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

May 11, 2016
… All New Yorkers are entitled to live in neighborhoods free from constant drug-dealing and senseless violence.  That is … in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, New York.  From at least 2010 up to and including May 2016, the …
May 11, 2016
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Surveillance Leads To Seizure Of $8 Million Worth Of Heroin

June 13, 2013
… heroin worth $8 million last night. On June 12, 2013 a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task … New York State Police Investigators--- and investigators from the Special Narcotics Prosecutors Office, conducted …
June 13, 2013