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Selma Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… and the Fresno County Sherriff’s Department with assistance from the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kings County …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

… and a co-defendant maintained a stash house in Bakersfield from where law enforcement officers seized seven pounds of …
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield To Memphis Marijuana Trafficking Scheme

… conspirators planned to send large quantities of marijuana from Bakersfield to Memphis, Tennessee.  On August 26, 2013, …
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Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… Methamphetamine Task Force, which is made up of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration …
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Two Bakersfield Drug Trafficking Cases Sentenced On Monday

… facility to aid racketeering. According to court documents, from June 1, 2012, to November 30, 2012, Barragan conspired …
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Drug Transporter Arrested In Kern County Sentenced

… officer asked for and received verbal and written consent from Reynosa to search the vehicle. During the search, the …
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Madera County Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced

… of approximately 663,898 marijuana plants primarily from public lands in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and …
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Bakersfield Residents Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… undercover purchases of crystal methamphetamine were made from Aguilar and Iniego. This case is the product of an …
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Marijuana Cultivator Convicted

… 13,849 marijuana plants and marijuana plant root balls from 20 of the homes. The homes in Sacramento and Elk Grove …
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DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

March 31, 2026
… the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on April 25th, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., local time. During #TakeBackDay, … throughout the country.  Look out for social media posts from @DEAHQ and our  DEA Field Division X/(formerly Twitter) … medications safely and anonymously. On Saturday, April 25, from 10am-2pm bring those old and unneeded medications to a …
March 31, 2026
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25th

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at nearly 4,200 locations … removed more than 20 million pounds of unwanted medications from communities across the United States. Opioids, such as …
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DEA Takes Fentanyl Free America Message to Rapid City

… America is DEA’s commitment to protecting the United States from synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, by disrupting … removed approximately 140,000 deadly doses of fentanyl from communities in South Dakota, enough to kill the entire …
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Motorcycle Gang Associate Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

… of methamphetamine we conducted with Adams, as well as from his co-conspirators James Snow of Tewksbury, Danielle … and four firearms were seized throughout the investigation from controlled purchases, motor vehicle stops and search …
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Massachusetts Men Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl in New Hampshire

… 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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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

… 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 …
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute 167 Pounds of Meth

… to records, Anaya-Valencia has twelve prior removals from the United States and nine previous criminal …
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Two Rock Hill Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Drug Conspiracy

… fentanyl-laced pills during the time of the conspiracy from the leader.  These pills were then sold to other … marijuana, and methamphetamine. These drugs were purchased from other members of the conspiracy and sold to other …
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U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, DEA, and EPA Announce Indictment in Massive Navajo Nation Marijuana Cultivation Scheme

… of marijuana and approximately 260,000 marijuana plants from the twenty-five marijuana farms allegedly operated and … of the ancestral lands and waters of our Tribal partners from those who would exploit them for profit,” said U.S. …
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

… two Cincinnati businesses were used to launder proceeds from the narcotics conspiracy: Tri-State Jeweler on Race … allegedly concealed and packaged to be transported to and from the Cincinnati region. According to the 15-count …
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Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills

… of Massachusetts as well as the DEA and task force officers from greater Houston police departments and the FBI.   The … substances to the streets, with some pills trafficked from Houston to Boston.   “This type of criminal activity …
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Fifteen Suspects Entangled In Operation Synthetic Web

… 11 undercover purchases of synthetic cannabinoid products from several convenience stores in Broward County.  One of … by Donvelles Cornelius Stone and Charlisa Nicole Franklin from Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers throughout Florida.  …
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

… brutal violence, but today we took that control away from them. Not only did we arrest the highest-level Mara … United States and his associate who conducted business from a Mississippi prison. Approximately four kilograms of …
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DEA Emergency Schedules Bromazolam

… the tools they need to respond. Protecting our communities from emerging drugs is a top priority, and we will continue …
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Union County woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine

… approximately two pounds of crystal methamphetamine from the unit. Marquez was arrested the same day. In …
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Father and Son Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… 951-2900 Defendants conspired to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico to Springfield area OCDETF/Task Force Drug …
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DEA Announces Completion of Foreign Operations Review

… , which was led by Jack Lawn, a former DEA Administrator from 1985 to 1990, and Boyd Johnson, a partner at …
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Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin

… an undercover police officer purchased methamphetamine from Savannah on two separate occasions in Lake Delton, …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking

… in interstate commerce in addition to over $100,000 cash from drug distribution activities.  Neal has two prior …
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Sumter County man indicted for distributing methamphetamine

… by the undercover officer showed McCray selling the drugs from a rental vehicle. On at least one occasion, McCray had …
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Chicago resident sentenced to 84 months for possessing heroin with intent to distribute

… enforcement determined that McGee transported the heroin from Chicago so he could sell it in Minneapolis, Minnesota. …