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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to coordinate logistics … platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr. “The Sinaloa …
May 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to coordinate logistics … platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr. DEA St. Louis …
May 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 05, 2023
… TikTok, and Snapchat—as well as encrypted platforms—like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to coordinate logistics … platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr. “The Sinaloa …
May 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

AlphaBay, The Largest Online ‘dark Market,’ Shut Down

July 20, 2017
… AlphaBay, The Largest Online ‘dark Market,’ Shut Down July 20, 2017 Headquarters … Deaths, and Used By Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the …
July 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 08, 2023
… TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to coordinate logistics … platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr. “The Sinaloa …
May 08, 2023
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Senior Citizens

December 23, 2024
… by drug traffickers to trick unsuspecting Americans into buying and using counterfeit pills that look identical to … Story Prescription Opioids DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration …
December 23, 2024
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WANTED: REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION

January 22, 2025
… please contact the DEA at +1-972-591-1326 via text/WhatsApp/Telegram/ Signal, or by email at …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

AlphaBay, The Largest Online “Dark Market,” Shut Down

July 20, 2017
… AlphaBay, The Largest Online “Dark Market,” Shut Down July 20, 2017 San Francisco … Deaths, and Used by Hundreds of Thousands of People to Buy and Sell Illegal Goods and Services Anonymously over the …
July 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

January 09, 2023
… January 09, 2023 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov … fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
January 09, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Guilty Plea Of U.S. Congressman On Cocaine Charges

November 20, 2013
… area of Washington, D.C. At this time, Radel agreed to buy about 3.5 grams of cocaine from the undercover officer.  … limits and our neighborhoods and communities often pay the price,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Karl Colder.  “DEA … that a sitting Member of Congress was routinely using and buying cocaine.  Once this information was confirmed, law …
November 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Former Olympian Wanted for Running Transnational Drug Enterprise and Ordering Several Murders Added to FBI’s List of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

March 07, 2025
… in the fight against transnational criminals,” said Liam Price, Director General, Royal Canadian Mounted Police … as to Wedding’s whereabouts to contact the FBI via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram at +1-424 495-0614. These are neither …
March 07, 2025
DRUG FACT SHEET

Barbiturates

January 21, 2025
Depressants
Depressant drug used to help sleep, relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, and prevent seizures. Prescribed names: Fiorina®, Pentothal®, Seconal®, or Nembutal®.
January 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Flagler Beach man sentenced to nearly 11 years in federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online

May 14, 2019
… federal prison for selling benzoyl fentanyl and other drugs online May 14, 2019 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) … Jodoin. Also in May 2018, during the time the undercover buy was being conducted, Jodoin posted an advertisement on …
May 14, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

June 05, 2015
… Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money … age 40, of Mitchellville, Maryland, late yesterday to 33 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised … and other drug paraphernalia, as well as approximately 350 grams of cocaine. Latent fingerprints recovered from the …
June 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Houstonian Sent to Prison for Trafficking Meth and Heroin

November 21, 2023
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 1433 West Loop South Suite 600 Houston , TX 77027-9506 United … area. Law enforcement set up numerous controlled drug buys. Delgado-Santacruz would negotiate the sale price of the substances and then directed others to deliver …
November 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Senior advisor of the “Silk Road” website pleads guilty in Manhattan Federal Court

January 30, 2020
… senior adviser to the owner and operator of the “Silk Road” online illicit black market. During its operation from 2011 … and other illicit goods and services to more than 100,000 buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … when a Silk Road staff member was suspected of stealing $350,000 in Bitcoin from the site, Clark suggested to …
January 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Catonsville Dentist Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Selling 140,000 Hydrocodone Pills

January 25, 2011
… Judge Bennett also entered an order of forfeiture of $157,350, the amount of proceeds from Riley’s drug dealing, and … from Riley for $1 a pill. In 2007, the drug dealer began buying an average of 500 pills a week for $1.30 a pill. The …
January 25, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

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

June 17, 2015
… June 17, 2015 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. … second degree, Kenny Gonzales, 24, of North Bay Shore, for $3.50 per bag. Investigators learned that Rose sold, on … pay for their next fix,” said DA Spota.     “Winston Rose buys and sells heroin everyday but he isn’t in desperate …
June 17, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

February 05, 2015
… Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … a clear message to anyone else attempting to operate an online criminal enterprise.  The supposed anonymity of the …
February 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Boyztown Results in Rare Life Sentence for Methamphetamine Distributor

May 05, 2020
… drug offenders.  Twenty-five years ago, if you wanted to buy wholesale quantities of drugs at wholesale prices, you had to go to states along the Mexico border to … so infiltrated with Mexican cartel operatives, that you can buy pretty much any drug in any state in the country at …
May 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Woman Admits Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death

July 23, 2021
… the death of a Monmouth county woman. Tarashanna Blake, 33, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty … referred to in court as Victim-1, texted Blake seeking to buy heroin. Blake and Victim-1 discussed the “stamp” or “brand” of heroin Blake was selling and the purchase price. They agreed to meet at a location around Englishtown …
July 23, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Former Police Officer & Tech Worker Sentenced In Illegal Online Pharmacy Scheme

May 17, 2016
… Former Police Officer & Tech Worker Sentenced In Illegal Online Pharmacy Scheme May 17, 2016 Seattle Contact Info … The pharmacy charged as much as 10 times the usual price for the medications. The conspirators laundered the …
May 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Three Admit Selling Anabolic Steroids

December 05, 2024
… 39, pleaded guilty to that charge Monday. Jeffrey Swanson, 33, of Edwardsville, Ill., pleaded guilty in April to two … sell anabolic steroids through a Facebook page called “SP Online,” also known as “SP Pharma.” Moore and Swanson … purchases of anabolic steroids from Moore. During one buy, Moore told the undercover officer he purchased …
December 05, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Law School Student Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

February 08, 2013
… student at Georgetown Law School, traveled to California to buy the methamphetamine, which he then would ship to … ranging from an ounce to half a pound. The wholesale price of a pound of methamphetamine is approximately …
February 08, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Ross Ulbricht, A/k/a “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life In Prison

May 29, 2015
… the “silk road" website, used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and …     Ulbricht deliberately operated Silk Road as an online criminal marketplace intended to enable its users to …
May 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Letter to E-Commerce Companies on the Sale of Pill Presses Used to Make Fentanyl Pills

February 26, 2024
… over 79 million fake pills containing fentanyl—a more than 33% increase from the year before.  DEA laboratory testing … This means that they must collect information on the buyer and seller and provide notice to the DEA of any sale, … and domain registrars about the sale of pill presses online and related regulatory requirements.  In response to …
February 26, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided

August 25, 2015
… Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided August 25, 2015 New York … the sexual services they are willing to perform and the price charged. Subscribers can also include their physical …
August 25, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Wisconsin woman receives federal prison sentence for conspiracy to deal methamphetamine in multi-agency investigation

December 03, 2019
… 2018, the undercover officer conducted seven controlled buys of methamphetamine from Moore and one from Peterson, … totaled more than 60 grams. During the course of these buys, Moore stated that Peterson set the prices and weighed and packaged the methamphetamine for …
December 03, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor, Pharmacist And Call-Center Manager Found Guilty In Massive Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 16, 2012
… usmedsovernight.com, verybestmeds.com and mydoctorconsultonline.com, to solicit customers to buy hydrocodone and other pills without valid prescriptions, … drug trafficking organization charged its customers a price that was multiple times higher than the retail cost of …
November 16, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Naugatuck Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin

May 12, 2022
… Naugatuck Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin May 12, … by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 33 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of … and seized approximately 40,000 bags of suspected heroin, 350 grams of cocaine and 50 grams of crack cocaine, and nine …
May 12, 2022

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