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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

August 01, 2017
… putting their lives in drug dealers’ hands every time they buy a bag. A fatal dose of fentanyl is only two to three …
August 01, 2017
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Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

April 24, 2019
… Online drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death … California, admitted in his plea agreement that he posted online advertisements for the illegal sale of prescription …
April 24, 2019
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online

January 19, 2011
… Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online January 19, 2011 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … indictment, customers usually began by filling out an online “medical history questionnaire” and submitting …
January 19, 2011
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Authorities Announce Federal, State and City Partnership to Attack Drug-Trafficking and Violent Crime in Petersburg, VA

October 17, 2007
… arrest, and prosecute those persons who are selling or buying illicit narcotics in the City of Petersburg. Some of …
October 17, 2007
STORY

New, Dangerous Synthetic Opioid in D.C., Emerging in Tri-State Area

June 01, 2022
… after a lab test, so people don't realize they're buying them until it's too late. “We want to get this info … being mixed together, you never know what you’re actually buying," says DEA Intelligence Analyst Maura Gaffney. Only …
June 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services

March 29, 2013
… UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services March 29, 2013 San … taken to stop the use of its shipping services by illegal on-line pharmacies.  Good corporate citizens like UPS play …
March 29, 2013
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Money laundering charges added in international marijuana conspiracy to grow marijuana in Sacramento and Placer Counties houses

June 21, 2019
… charged in 2017 in a scheme to use money from China to buy houses to grow marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. … to wire transfer approximately $870,000 from China to buy six houses for growing marijuana or to pay off the …
June 21, 2019
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Trucker Arrested With 33 Kilograms Of Cocaine Pleads Guilty

August 03, 2017
… Trucker Arrested With 33 Kilograms Of Cocaine Pleads Guilty August 03, 2017 … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 1433 West Loop South Suite 600 Houston , TX 77027-9506 United … Morales was driving. At that time, more than 33 kilograms of cocaine was found hidden inside tarps …
August 03, 2017
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Owner Of McLean MedSpa Sentenced For Illegally Importing Non-FDA-Approved Drugs And Using On Patients

July 18, 2014
… in Arlington, Virginia, in exchange for a deeply discounted price on non-FDA-approved cosmetic drugs and devices.  Over … Aphrodite and were sold by Gallant Pharma for more than $10.33 million. Ten co-defendants previously pleaded guilty and … by FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations, DEA’s Group 33 Diversion Task Force, ICE-HSI and the U.S. Postal …
July 18, 2014
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DEA And Chicago Heights Police Department Make Arrests, Seize Weapons And Drugs

January 23, 2013
… rifle, a Desert Eagle .50 caliber pistol and a 2004, Nissan 350 Z convertible, with a sophisticated electronically … individual identified as Juan Serrano, Jr. and others.  A price of $35,500 per kilogram or a total of $106,500 for all … search warrant for Serrano’s vehicle, a grey, 2004, Nissan 350Z convertible.  The vehicle was found to contain a …
January 23, 2013
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

February 14, 2022
… in the case, between June and July 2021, four controlled buys of cocaine and fentanyl were made from Rutherford. Based on the buys, a search warrant was obtained and executed on July 15, …
February 14, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced 20 Years For Meth Trafficking

January 05, 2022
… and March 2021, law enforcement conducted controlled buys of over 380 grams of methamphetamine from Mitchell. During one of the buys, Mitchell boasted about having fentanyl available that …
January 05, 2022
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San Francisco Man Sentenced To 151 Months For LSD And Ecstasy Trafficking Offenses

April 26, 2013
… ecstasy that was delivered to an undercover DEA agent in a buy-bust operation, and that Mr. Cook was arrested on the day of the buy-bust operation, wearing a backpack containing 630 grams …
April 26, 2013
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Methamphetamine Wholesaler is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison

March 30, 2023
… Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us (404) 893-7000 (571) 362-3433 DEA.Atlanta.Media@dea.gov SA Crystal Harper 571-362-2922 … - (706) 724-9021 Columbus - (706) 649-7850 Macon - (478) 330-7750 Rome - (706) 232-5104 Savannah - (912) 447-1035 … Haywood County, after he had travelled to Georgia to buy methamphetamine. Law enforcement stopped Douville’s …
March 30, 2023
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Tenderloin Drug Dealer Sentenced to 46 Months for Fentanyl Sales

June 09, 2022
… Judge Maxine M. Chesney handed down the sentence. Melendez, 33, of South San Francisco, pleaded guilty on March 18, … with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as a drug buyer.  Melendez arranged through the messages to sell … of fentanyl supply and said that he would drive to meet and buy fentanyl from Melendez in the San Francisco Bay Area and …
June 09, 2022
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Loudon man sentenced to 120 months in prison for participating in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

April 16, 2019
… Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Michael Bean, 33, of Loudon, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for … in Pembroke and distributed the drugs to New Hampshire buyers. Bean and Waters would then wire the proceeds of … a total of more than $28,000 to Espejo in Las Vegas to buy methamphetamine. On May 2, 2018, postal inspectors …
April 16, 2019
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Two Separate Investigations Result In Significant Sentences For Drug Dealers In Cedar Rapids

May 23, 2018
… Jenkins, 26, Gary Krueger, 71, and Naiqondia Spates, 33 all of Waterloo, Iowa, after being convicted of … court authorized wire taps revealing the trios attempts to buy and sell crack cocaine. Additionally, all three men were …
May 23, 2018
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Illegal Firearms And Drug Dealer Admits Selling At Least 100 Guns To Criminals In The Camden, NJ Area Guns Originated From Straw And Gun Show Purchases In Ohio And Virginia

September 12, 2013
… the weapons from Joshua Jackson, aka “Apple,” aka “Trent,” 33, of Willingboro, N.J., and Columbus, Ohio. Jackson … others in the Camden area. Laboo admitted he knew he was buying guns that came illegally from Ohio and Virginia.   At …
September 12, 2013
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OCDETF Operation CAMO Results In Guilty Plea Involving The Distribution Of More Than 6.6 Million Dollars Of Synthetic Cannabinoids

June 08, 2017
… 31, Joshua Adam Sheets, 31, and Brandon Derek Rader, 33, all of Fulton, and Michael James Butler, 40, of … store.” Inscentives Resale was represented to be a “buy, sell, and trade business.” Inscentives Auto held a …
June 08, 2017
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Arden, N.C. Fentanyl and Meth Trafficker is Sentenced to 11+ Years in Prison

May 22, 2025
… - (864) 234-0237 North Carolina Asheville - (828) 350-3440 Charlotte - (704) 770-2050 Greensboro - (336) … an individual cooperating with law enforcement arranged to buy from Fair $4,400 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl. …
May 22, 2025
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Albuquerque Man Convicted of Federal Firearm Offenses

June 06, 2024
… Albuquerque. On June 28, 2022, DEA agents planned a larger buy from Tomasaour at the motel and then executed a search warrant on the motel room. Agents planned to buy five pounds of methamphetamine and approximately 2,000 fentanyl pills. Prior to the buy, agents set up surveillance on the motel. While waiting …
June 06, 2024
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34 Suspects Indicted In Drug And Firearms Trafficking Organization

January 25, 2011
… as “straw purchasers” by falsely declaring that they were buying the weapons for themselves. AK-47s are considered the … is illegal for a purchaser to falsely declare they are buying firearms for themselves when in fact they are …
January 25, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Dark web fentanyl trafficker sentenced to 13 years in federal prison

February 11, 2020
… on “Dream Market,” a dark web marketplace where users buy and sell illegal substances and services, and used that … extent of the law.” “Illicit opioid distribution, whether online or through conventional drug distribution methods, …
February 11, 2020
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Winchester Man Sentenced to Prison Time for Eutylone & "Ecstasy" Distribution

June 27, 2022
… Drug and Gang Task Force conducted multiple controlled drug buys from Parson and his uncle, Gregory McKinley Frye.  On …
June 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

D.C. man pleads guilty to heroin and fentanyl trafficking and firearms charges

January 14, 2020
… organization. Law enforcement conducted multiple controlled buys of drugs from Mace. In September 2019, an undercover …
January 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Encourages Back to School Drug Awareness and Education Among Family and Friends

August 09, 2023
… emphasize this. A lot of people aren’t aware what they’re buying online and ingesting is actually fentanyl disguised …
August 09, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Career Criminal Sentenced for Distributing Cocaine

October 18, 2022
… in Portsmouth and been the subject of three controlled buys of cocaine coordinated by law enforcement. …
October 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Worldwide Drug Trafficker Sentenced

February 20, 2014
… Internet represents a major safety threat for consumers who buy medications online. HSI will continue to work closely with its law …
February 20, 2014
DRUG FACT SHEET

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January 21, 2025
Depressants
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January 21, 2025
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Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone

March 13, 2019
… Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone … District of Wisconsin for operating numerous illegal online pharmacies and conspiring to import and distribute … determined to keep the American public safe from illegal on-line ‘pharmacies,’” said Inspector in Charge Craig …
March 13, 2019