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United States Attorney's Office files suit against San Joaquin County pharmacy for unlawfully dispensing opioids

January 27, 2021
… Lockeford Drug, unlawfully dispensed controlled substances from 2016 through 2019, in violation of the Controlled … penalties and injunctive relief are sought to prevent Howen from committing further violations. “As a pharmacist who …
January 27, 2021
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DEA, DOD, DHS and U.S. Coast Guard announce offload of more than 33,000 pounds of seized drugs in Fort Lauderdale

June 09, 2020
… the nation and around the world.” Numerous U.S. agencies from the Departments of Justice, Defense, and Homeland … combat drug cartels requires unity of effort in all phases from detection, monitoring, and interdictions, to criminal …
June 09, 2020
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DEA proposes process to expand marijuana research in the United States

March 20, 2020
… marijuana, marijuana extracts, and marijuana derivatives – from 377 in January 2017 to 595 in March 2020. At present, … the annual production quota for marijuana by 575 percent – from 472 kilograms in 2017 to 3,200 kilograms in 2020. To …
March 20, 2020
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Mexican National sentenced to 9 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Tehama County

February 13, 2020
… agent purchased over three pounds of methamphetamine from Cervantes during three controlled buys. In addition, … Major Investigations Team (SUMIT), with special assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California …
February 13, 2020
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Sacramento men sentenced to 10 and 15 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

November 20, 2019
… based on reports that Washington was distributing narcotics from his home in Sacramento. In 2017 and 2018, agents with … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
November 20, 2019
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Drug Enforcement Administration announces creation of U.S. Postal Service drug-free stamp

October 31, 2019
… star with lines of red, light blue, and blue radiating from one side of each of the star’s five points, suggesting … cause of injury-related deaths in the U.S., eclipsing those from motor vehicle crashes or firearms. Raising awareness of …
October 31, 2019
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Wasco State Prison correctional officer and a Minnesota resident arrested for conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine

June 25, 2019
… 40 pounds of methamphetamine and two kilograms of cocaine from an individual who defendants believed was a narcotics … in Kern County to purchase the methamphetamine and cocaine from the undercover officer. Andrade was driving a vehicle …
June 25, 2019
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Money laundering charges added in international marijuana conspiracy to grow marijuana in Sacramento and Placer Counties houses

June 21, 2019
… defendants first charged in 2017 in a scheme to use money from China to buy houses to grow marijuana, U.S. Attorney … other and others to wire transfer approximately $870,000 from China to buy six houses for growing marijuana or to pay …
June 21, 2019
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Federal Jury Convicts Two North Texas Men In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

September 01, 2016
… wire intercepts in Spanish, video recordings, and testimony from law enforcement that Pasillas and Ballesteros conspired … purchased large amounts of methamphetamine for distribution from a supplier in southeast Fort Worth.  Each was convicted …
September 01, 2016
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Former Houston Police Officer Indicted

April 23, 2014
… the intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine from mid-2013 through April 2014.  Carrion, a five-year … Houston Police (HPD) veteran, had recently resigned from his position. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 …
April 23, 2014
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Lakeland Cocaine Dealer Sentenced To 10 Years For Cocaine Trafficking

December 17, 2014
…  On multiple occasions in 2013, he received cocaine loads from south Florida and distributed them to other cocaine … of four kilograms delivered by Joly, as well as $68,000 from prior cocaine transactions.  This case was investigated …
December 17, 2014
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Middlesex County, N.J. Man Admits Role In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

October 25, 2016
… to traffic approximately four kilograms of ethylone from China to New Jersey. Ethylone is an illegal synthetic … four kilograms of ethylone, which had been ordered from China and shipped to a location in Teaneck, New Jersey. …
October 25, 2016
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Man Sentenced For Role In New Jersey- Puerto Rico Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

April 06, 2017
… to traffic approximately two kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey. Ramis Esteves, 33, … two kilograms of cocaine which had been sent by mail from Puerto Rico. Esteves admitted that he conspired with …
April 06, 2017
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Lakeland Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking In Methamphetamine

November 07, 2013
… DEA purchased two ounces of methamphetamine, for $3,000, from Muoio, at his Lakeland residence on Creekwood Run.  On … also seized approximately $3,500 cash and a digital scale from the bedroom. This investigation was conducted by the …
November 07, 2013
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Presque Isle Man Sentenced To 73 Months For Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

March 07, 2017
… to distribute it in Aroostook County.  Brewer raised money from other conspirators to place orders large enough to … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. …
March 07, 2017
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Woodland Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

September 16, 2015
… occasions, Brown ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to other … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Office and the U.S. …
September 16, 2015
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Former Canaan Man Sentenced To Over Six Years For Cocaine And Oxycodone Distribution

November 09, 2015
… Curtis, McCray and Waters would obtain the drugs from out of state sources, have them transported to Central … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Waterville Police Department. On …
November 09, 2015
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Presque Isle Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

March 03, 2016
… occasions, Grivois ordered bath salts over the Internet from China for personal use and to sell to other … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and the …
March 03, 2016
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Mars Hill Woman Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

March 07, 2016
… occasions, Giggey ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to other … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency with assistance from the Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department and the U.S. …
March 07, 2016
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Stetson Woman Sentenced To 14 Months For Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Conspiracy

September 23, 2016
… drugs were acquired in Rhode Island and were distributed from her Stetson residence. The case was investigated by the … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, with assistance from the Dexter Police Department and the Penobscot and …
September 23, 2016
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Stetson Man Sentenced To Almost 6 Years For Cocaine And Oxycodone Trafficking Conspiracy

November 08, 2016
… drugs were acquired in Rhode Island and were distributed from his Stetson residence. The case was investigated by the … and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency, with assistance from the Dexter Police Department and the Penobscot and …
November 08, 2016
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

April 16, 2015
… in a compartment of Charre’s vehicle. Charre was travelling from Texas to Tulsa. The drugs had a value of at least … of conspiring with Juan Charre to bring the methamphetamine from Texas to Tulsa. Sentencing for Alejandro Charre is …
April 16, 2015
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Limington Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Distributing Methadone

June 01, 2017
… who consumed some of it and passed away on June 8, 2012 from acute methadone toxicity. This case results from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement …
June 01, 2017
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U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

September 29, 2016
… Administrator Chuck Rosenberg and Director (DG) Hu Minglang from the Narcotics Control (NCB) of the Ministry of Public … over the Internet. They are also sent to the United States from Mexico by cartels that purchase the drugs in bulk and …
September 29, 2016
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DEA Schedules Deadly Synthetic Drug U-47700

November 10, 2016
… fatalities occurred in New York and 10 in North Carolina. From October 2015 to September 2016, DEA received 88 reports from State and local forensic laboratories of U-47700 …
November 10, 2016
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Two Kilos Of Pure Meth Lands Couple In Federal Prison

September 18, 2015
… Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A couple from South Texas was handed significant sentences following … to be designated in the near future. The convictions stem from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration …
September 18, 2015
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Trafficking Nearly 10 Kilos Of Meth Lands Man Hefty Prison Sentence

January 11, 2017
… a service K9 alerted to the presence of contraband coming from the vehicle. After the vehicle was examined, agents … and removed 10 vacuum-sealed bundles of methamphetamine from the door panels. Laboratory analysis determined the …
January 11, 2017
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Young Undocumented Alien Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs

February 07, 2018
… LAREDO, Texas -  A 26 year old undocumented alien from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been ordered to … smuggle 7.5 kilograms of methamphetamine. He was traveling from Mexico on a Turimex commercial passenger bus with the …
February 07, 2018
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DEA Moves To Emergency Control Synthetic Stimulants

September 07, 2011
… Methylone). This action was necessary to protect the public from the imminent hazard posed by these dangerous chemicals. … months, DEA has received an increasing number of reports from poison centers, hospitals and law enforcement regarding …
September 07, 2011
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Chemicals Used In "Bath Salts” Now Under Federal Control And Regulation

October 21, 2011
… months, DEA has received an increasing number of reports from poison control centers, hospitals and law enforcement … demonstrates our commitment to keeping our streets safe from these and other new and emerging drugs that have …
October 21, 2011