PRESS RELEASE

Heroin Packaging Operation Dismantled In Inwood: Over $5 Million In Heroin Seized, 10 Arrests

… Unit and Heroin Interdiction (HIT), with assistance from the New York City Police Department’(NYPD) 50th … Force. The Task Force is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Linked To Los Zetas Drug Cartel

… announced the extradition of Horst Walther Overdick-Mejia from Guatemala.  Overdick-Mejia was charged in January 2012 … began to purchase and oversee the transportation of cocaine from Guatemala to Los Zetas in Mexico. During this …
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Sentencing Of Three Iowa Heroin And Fentanyl Dealers Causing An Overdose Death

… 2016, a female heroin customer called Brown to order heroin from him.  Following the call to Brown, Matthews left the … Drug Task Force which consists of law enforcement officers from the DEA; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; the Linn …
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-five Members And Associates Of The ‘Hooly Gang’ In The Bronx Charged With Narcotics Trafficking

… the Longwood section of the Bronx. Their products - ranging from crack, heroin, marijuana, and oxycodone - invited gang … publicly filed documents: The Superseding Indictment arises from a joint investigation, beginning in 2017, by the NYPD, …
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19 Charged In Prescription Drug Trafficking Conspiracies

… South Park, Pennsylvania. According to the indictment, from February 26, 2009 to June 21, 2010, the defendants … Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to the indictment, from Feb. 26, 2009 to June 21, 2010, the defendants …
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Death Charge Added To Indictment Against Pill Mill Doc

… no legitimate medical purpose and N. B.’s death resulted from the use of that substance. According to the third … Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the Philadelphia Police Department, the North Coventry …
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Sinaloa Cartel Leader Surrenders To US Law Enforcement

… date. “At a time when more Americans than ever are dying from drug overdoses, the Department of Justice has made it a … cartel leaders in order to dismantle their organizations from top to bottom, and today’s announcement should send …
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Seventeen Defendants Targeted In A Criminal Complaint Alleging Broad-Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… distribution operation by, among other things, taking calls from customers and dispatching couriers to deliver drugs to … dealer who is alleged to have frequently purchased heroin from him, Robert Erickson, are charged with distributing …
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10 People Arrested In Two Separate Cases For Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Affecting Multiple Western New York Communities

… since approximately 2014, the organization acquired heroin from the New York City area for distribution in Buffalo. The … conducted today removed major sources of illegal narcotics from flowing into our area. The dangers of both heroin and …
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Federal Indictment Of Five Defendants In One Of The Nation’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures

… law enforcement tracked $13,000,000 in cash flowing from an area bank to California. According to information … Gillon and Williams received large quantities of narcotics from Herman Aguirre’s “seafood” warehouse in Montebello, …
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May 09, 2023
May 09, 2023

Lunch & Learn: Facts About Fentanyl

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EDT)
Overland Park, KS
Learn about the changing drug landscape and how illicit fentanyl in fake prescription pills is the driving force behind hardships and loss among the Kansas City community. Obtain the latest facts about fentanyl, how to identify an opioid overdose, and what you can do for a loved one at risk...
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DEA Adds Precursor Chemicals Used to Make Illicit Fentanyl to the Special Surveillance List

October 30, 2023
… items.  A person or business that sells a product from the SSL with “reckless disregard” of its illegal uses …
October 30, 2023
GENERAL INFORMATION

Caribbean News 2009

July 15, 2021
… in Puerto Rico May 7, 2009 2,210 Pounds of Cocaine Seized from Port of San Juan April 2, 2009 42 Members of a Drug …
July 15, 2021
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Homeland Security Task Force: Waterbury Man Charged with Drug Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

… to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF New Haven comprises agents and officers from the FBI, DEA, HSI, ATF, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, … Office (NHDO) Task Force, which is composed of participants from the DEA, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Connecticut …
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DEA-led multi-agency investigation dismantles major New Mexico poly-drug trafficking drug trafficking organization

… organizations by tracing and seizing the monies they earn from trafficking drugs,” stated IRS Special Agent in Charge … with the investigation and apprehension of the defendants from several federal law enforcement partners, including the … and Las Cruces offices of DEA.  DEA task force officers from the Albuquerque Police Department, Pueblo of Laguna …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Dallas News 2008

July 15, 2021
… 5 Years for Cocaine Possession January 28, 2008 A 2nd Man from Ft. Smith, AR, Sentenced to 5 Years Imprisonment for …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… redistribution, and made controlled purchases of the drug from Parra. Arce was arrested on May 14, 2024.  Related … Departments.  The DEA HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
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Marianna Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

… to use the full force of the law to protect our communities from drug traffickers like this defendant.”  According to … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime, human and drug …
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Dominican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl

… coordinated with Rodriguez and others to obtain the drugs from a supplier. After Rodriguez obtained the fentanyl, … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.   Drug Trafficking …
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Panama City Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Threatening Federal Informant

… partners will not stop protecting our communities from traffickers pushing poisons into our neighborhoods and … by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office and the Bay County …
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High-Speed Ditching of Bulk Methamphetamine Leads to 135-month Sentence for Convicted Felon

… to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF Houston comprises agents and officers from DEA, FBI, HSI and ATF with the U.S. Attorney’s Office …
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Madison Man Sentenced for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

… is the second most common substance found in people who die from a drug poisoning,” said Drug Enforcement Administration … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.  Drug Trafficking …
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Maine Man Charged with Trafficking Multiple Kilos of Cocaine Delivered in Rhode Island

… criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Fentanyl Distributor Connected to 2 Overdose Deaths Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison

… controlled purchases of fentanyl mixed with xylazine from Graham. Graham was arrested on February 26, 2025, in … Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
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Somersworth Man Arrested on State Assault Offense Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Distribution Charge

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
PRESS RELEASE

Prichard, AL Drug Dealer Sentenced in Federal Court

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
PRESS RELEASE

High-Ranking Member of Violent Mexican Drug Cartel Sentenced on Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charge

… criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s OCDETF and Project Safe Neighborhoods. …
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Mexican National Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison For Conspiring to Traffic Cocaine and Money Laundering

… individuals to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico, through California, to Massachusetts and into … of heroin (which was later determined to be pure fentanyl) from sources in Mexico. Palafox also admitted to conspiring …
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Armed Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty

… car crashed a short time later and Purvis and others ran from the scene.  A search of the car revealed quantities of … Police Department.  The Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …