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Thirteen Members of a Prison-Based Meth Distribution Ring Sentenced

… - (706) 724-9021 Columbus - (706) 649-7850 Macon - (478) 330-7750 Rome - (706) 232-5104 Savannah - (912) 447-1035 … - (864) 234-0237 North Carolina Asheville - (828) 350-3440 Charlotte - (704) 770-2050 Greensboro - (336) 632-4297 Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) …
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“Operation Spring Cleaning”

… combatting violent crime,” said U.S. Attorney R. Matthew Price.  U.S. Attorney Price thanked the partner agencies in this coordinated … Department ●    United States Marshals Service (USMS) Price continued, “Operation Spring Cleaning serves as a …
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Multiple Pharmaceutical Distributor Executives, Sales Representatives and Brokers Charged in Connection with Unlawful Sales of over 70M Opioid Pills

… defendant called a “blueprint” for avoiding detection: high prices, low purchasing limits for the controlled drugs and … and addictive drugs to pill-mill pharmacies at above-market prices, knowing that the drugs would end up on the black …
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Yonkers Pharmacy Store Manager Arrested And Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

… dispenser for those who were willing to pay his inflated prices. The number of people who die from prescription pill … tell CI-1 when the oxycodone would be ready and what the price would be. Lee typically charged $1,075 for 180 …
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Chicago News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Sentenced for Distributing Meth April 23, 2008 4 Arrested, $350K Seized During Indiana Drug Raid April 23, 2008 …
July 15, 2021
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Gang Member Sentenced to 40 years for Role in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation

… Southern District of Texas will make sure that you pay the price.” “Monzon, who is part of a violent prison gang, was … various weapons as well as ledgers listing methamphetamine prices and weights. Authorities later executed a search …
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Eleven area residents indicted for $1.7 million meth, heroin conspiracy, numerous illegal firearms

… kilograms of methamphetamine (based on an average street price of $250 per ounce) and more than 10 kilograms of heroin (based on an average street price of $1,200 per ounce). The charges contained in this …
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Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

… resale on the street) before purchasing the pills at high prices from Ofume and Iriele’s pharmacy.  Employees at the … special treatment, including free office visits and reduced prices for pills dispensed at the pharmacy.  Ofume lied to …
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15-Year Prison Sentence for Deadly Drug Deal that Killed Two People

… xylazine, and caffeine. WASHINGTON – Jevaughn Mark, 33, of Washington D.C., was sentenced today in U.S. District …
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Matriarch of Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

… convicted by a jury in December 2018 and was sentenced to 33 years of imprisonment in May 2019. Jose del Trancito …
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Four Charged In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… age 63, of Hanover, Maryland; Enixae Hernandez-Barba, age 33, of Linthicum Heights, Maryland; Hector L. …
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Partner Toolbox

January 30, 2026
… Release DEA Public Alert DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are …
January 30, 2026
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Three Indicted for Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Almost $8 Million in Prescription Diet Drugs

… their credit card information and completing a brief on-line questionnaire. Customers were also allowed to order … medical entities such as Waterview Pharmacy, Drugs Discount Online Inc. and LEXA Medical Supplies Inc. All the …
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DEA Implements E-commerce Outreach Program to Combat Counterfeit Drug Production

… States.  This DEA-led initiative focuses on educating online retailers about the sale of pill presses and … in the production of illicit and deadly counterfeit pills. Online retailers frequently offer items commonly used in the …
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Athletes and Opioids Poster

February 19, 2019
… around misusing pain pills. Athletes and Opioids Poster (Online) (508).pdf Narcotics (Opioids) On …
February 19, 2019
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39 Defendants Indicted in $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

… 335.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, with an average street price of $300 per ounce, and more than 22.1 kilograms of heroin, with an average street price of $1,500 per ounce. The forfeiture allegations would …
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Two Charged And Two Sentenced In Scheme To Sell Narcotics On Dark Web

… of a criminal investigation into drug dealers operating on online through "Dark Web" criminal marketplaces designed to … occasions, Drug Enforcement (DEA) agents made undercover online purchases of controlled substances from “OwlCity” and … MDMA. On several occasions, DEA agents made undercover online purchases of MDMA from “Polira” and received the MDMA …
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DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids for sale

… have issued warning letters to four website owners of rogue online pharmacies offering to distribute or dispense … Pharmacy, there are currently tens of thousands of illicit online pharmacies. Given the severity of the opioid … poses significant risks to U.S. consumers. Preventing rogue online pharmacies from further flooding our communities with …
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“Trash Can” Drug Threat in Mid-Atlantic

August 13, 2021
“Trash Can” Drug Threat in Mid-Atlantic August 13, 2021 Baltimore-area Drug Trend Spreading: What you need to know Law enforcement has seen them in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore metro areas since 2019, and they are becoming an increasing trend. What …
August 13, 2021
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DEA New Orleans Division Delivers Major Blow to CJNG; Arkansas Leads Division with 25 Arrests in Four-State Sweep

… - (571) 362-4351 Mobile - (251) 441-5831 Montgomery - (334) 273-7300 Louisiana Baton Rouge - (225) 389-0254 Lafayette - (337) 706-3940 Monroe - (318) 651-7117 Shreveport - (318) … crime. The public is encouraged to submit tips to the DEA online at dea.gov/submit-tip  or by calling 1-877-792-2873. …
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25th Operation High Tide Defendant Sentenced for Drug and Gun Crimes

… to Distribute Cocaine, Heroin, Fentanyl, and Marijuana 33 months Portia L. Carrington-Green, 46, Chesapeake … a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug-Trafficking Crime 336 months Johnnie Ross, 29 Portsmouth Distribution of …
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U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak issues progress report

… - (706) 724-9021 Columbus - (706) 649-7850 Macon - (478) 330-7750 Rome - (706) 232-5104 Savannah - (912) 447-1035 … - (828) 350-3440 Charlotte - (704) 770-2050 Greensboro - (336) 632-4297 Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) … sentencing. Read more on this case here . Targeting online suppliers, mainly from China and Mexico, who traffic …
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DEA 2020 Year in Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic

… under this initiative accounted for the seizure of nearly $33 million in assets, approximately 3,140 firearms, almost … with fentanyl. This DEA-led initiative focuses on educating online retailers about the sale of pill presses and …
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Three Business Owners Charged with Wiring Drug Trafficking Money to Mexico

… 335.5 kilograms of methamphetamine, with an average street price of $300 per ounce, and more than 22.1 kilograms of heroin, with an average street price of $1,500 per ounce. The forfeiture allegations would …
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Global investigation of Dark Web drug network leads to arrest of 3 German Nationals

… vendors and their customers.  Annibale, who used the online monikers “MED3LIN,” also acted as a public relations … in Germany, were the administrators of WSM, a sophisticated online marketplace available in six languages that allowed … outlines how the defendants operated a sophisticated online marketplace that offered encrypted communications …
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DEA to host Youth Drug Summit for Kensington & Fairhill Elementary School children

… on Nov. 27, 2018, as part of the DEA’s 360 Strategy.  Over 350 students from the Alexander K. McClure Elementary …
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Bergen County man sentenced to 63 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine

… of methamphetamine to an individual for approximately $350 in cash. Law enforcement agents observed DelaCruz leave …
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Three men admit roles in Passaic County cocaine trafficking conspiracy

… dashboard. Law enforcement officers also discovered $297,350 in cash in Perez’s residence. A search of Pimentel’s …
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DEA Celebrates 50 Years

January 16, 2025
DEA Celebrates 50 Years Creation of the DEA (July 1, 1973) Creation of the DEA (July 1, 1973) In 1973, President Richard Nixon declared “an all-out global war on the drug menace” and sent Reorganization Plan No. 2 to Congress. “Right now,” he pointed out, …
January 16, 2025
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Turner man sentenced to six years in prison for cultivating marijuana and other offenses

… 104 sheets of marijuana concentrate and more than 350 marijuana plants. In his residence, agents seized …