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Members of Mexican Cartel Pipeline Indicted on Charges of Distributing Large Quantities of Fentanyl in Adams County

… networks and their supply chain. This includes everyone from the suppliers of precursor chemicals to the … on this case, to prevent this number of narcotics from reaching the streets of Adams and Broomfield Counties. …
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Nine Lubbock Cocaine Dealers Charged

… federal operation organized by the DEA with assistance from local, state and federal law enforcement partners.  … the DEA and the Lubbock Police Department with assistance from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of …
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

… allegedly used a network of recruiters to enlist “patients” from the community and local homeless shelters.  Recruiters … to $200 cash, to obtain controlled substance prescriptions from Dr. Capistrano and Dr. Noel.  The recruiters – who paid …
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21 Members of Multi-State Fentanyl, Meth and Cocaine Trafficking Ring Arrested

… large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl from Kevin Backstrom, 56, of Los Angeles and another … with intent to distribute. Law enforcement officers from 22 different agencies served search and arrest warrants …
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Richland Physician Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl Patches, Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances

… substances. Text messages recovered by investigators from Arnold’s and Mata’s phones demonstrated that Dr. Arnold … informant, posing as a patient, sought treatment from Dr. Arnold for a headache. The confidential informant’s …
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20 gang members charged for drug trafficking and firearms violations in Puerto Rico

… the success of this operation.” The indictment alleges that from in or about the year 2015, to the date of the return of … detection. Some co-conspirators would collect the profits from the drug trafficking sales and travel within the …
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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

… specializing in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology. From August 2011 through October 2012, Heim and others … thousands of doses of prescription painkillers to customers from Heim’s office on Ridge Park Drive in Akron, as reported …
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Lead Defendant In Massive Gang Case Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Wide-Ranging Drug Trafficking Activities

… to issue orders to other gang members and collect “taxes” from drug dealers. Flores pleaded guilty on March 26, 2010 … are fairly described as several illegal drug ‘supermarkets’ from houses in Hawaiian Gardens that were open 24 hours a …
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DEA Announces Arrests Of Two Former U.S. Soldiers And One Former German Soldier For Conspiracy To Murder A DEA Agent

… were hardened global criminals involved in everything from drug and arms trafficking to contract assassinations. … in today's Indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel. The charges tell a …
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Brooklyn Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of Over 200 Painkiller Prescriptions: Pills Worth $700,000 On Black Market

… and New York City’s Human Resource (HRA), with assistance from the New York State Health Department’s Bureau of … for both distributing a very harmful drug and taking funds from a government program that provides medicines to those …
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Guilty Pleas For Two Mexican Nationals In Conspiracy To Acquire “Stinger” Missile And Other Military-Grade Weapons

… weapons payment. "The guilty pleas and conviction resulting from this investigation were the result of the highly … weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, from falling into the hands of a Mexican drug cartel. I …
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HSTF: Armed Kent, Washington, Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Role in a Family-Led Drug Conspiracy

… here. Three people died in one day on the Lummi reservation from fentanyl that this conspiracy was pumping into that … decision-making authority over his drugs. Intercepted texts from Mitchell’s phone show him plotting with other … committed to removing highly dangerous and addictive drugs from our communities and combatting the violent crime that …
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DEA Caribbean Division, HSTF Partners Seize Over 1,400 Pounds of Cocaine, Arrest Three Venezuelan Nationals in Maritime Interdiction

… helicopter and Coastal Interceptor Vessels launched from Ponce and Fajardo, maintained surveillance and … Force (HSTF) is leading the investigation, with support from the DEA Caribbean Division and U.S. Customs and Border … to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug …
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A-Town Trinitarios Gang Members Charged with Racketeering, Assault, and Firearms Offenses

… Yorkers what they want and deserve: safe neighborhoods free from the terror of gun violence.” “These alleged members of … in various fraudulent schemes, including stealing checks from mailboxes and altering and cashing them.   On or about … a Bronx restaurant over money Victim-1 owed OLIVENCIA from the sale of stolen checks.  As the encounter escalated, …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… nationwide between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10. In 30 days, agents from the five state DEA Omaha Field Division, encompassing … communities safer.  “We may live several hundred miles from the Southern border, but the fentanyl found in our … continue to make memories and communities are protected from the scourge of synthetic opioids. Visit  …
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10 Drug Dealers Handed Lengthy Sentences for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine throughout Indiana

… significant quantities of dangerous drugs and firearms from our streets.” “These sentences send a clear message: if you profit from pumping fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine into our … prison sentences remove both the dealers and their drugs from our streets — and that makes our communities safer. …
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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

… Conspiracy Drugs Seized During Investigation that Stretched from Seattle to Mexico to Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent. … in prison. Just over a year ago, law enforcement teams from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle … Attaché in Bogotá provided critical assistance. The cases from this investigation are being prosecuted by Assistant …
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Authorities Arrest Seven This Morning In Connection With Liquid/Crystal Methamphetamine Distribution Operation In The Odessa Area

… deputies seized approximately 3.5 pounds of methamphetamine from Henry Andrade, Sr. and Monica Berumen Lopez following a … methamphetamine was in the process of being converted from liquid into crystal form; the other pound was in …
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… customer ordered approximately 25 kilograms of 4-ANPP from Yip’s companies.  The parties agreed that the fentanyl …
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Brevard County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearm Offenses

… 3 pounds of methamphetamine and 2 ounces of fentanyl from his residence in Melbourne. Law enforcement then … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. This case was …
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Foreign National Found Guilty of Smuggling Meth

… beer bottles, juice boxes and meat contained in coolers from Mexico. Law enforcement inspected the items and noticed … authorities seized a total of 44.56 kilograms of meth from Larraga-Solano. During trial, the jury heard the total …
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DEA Houston Announces 20th Take Back Day

… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is …
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South Texas siblings plead guilty for their roles in marijuana smuggling venture

… the smuggling of approximately 170 kilograms of marijuana from El Cenizo to Laredo, announced Drug Enforcement … in El Cenizo. The drugs had been previously gathered from the banks of the Rio Grande River. Daniel Chavarria …
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Man who taped six bundles of meth to his thigh sent to prison

… alerted to his vehicle. Authorities then removed Martinez from his vehicle and patted him down, noticing an anomaly on … Administration conducted the investigation with assistance from BP. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joel Dunn prosecuted the …
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Drug delivery man handed 27-year sentence for selling meth

… the sentence, Judge Lake noted that Solorio came to Houston from California to distribute narcotics and that his conduct … conducted an undercover operation to purchase meth from a suspected narcotics distributor. The agent ordered …