PRESS RELEASE

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

January 14, 2020
… Law enforcement conducted multiple controlled buys of drugs from Mace. In September 2019, an undercover detective met … Mace noticed an undercover police vehicle and fled from the scene. He was arrested shortly afterwards and …
January 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

High-level Baltimore fentanyl distributor convicted in federal court

October 02, 2019
… According to the evidence presented at his five-day trial, from April 2018 through January 2019, Paul Alexander … to kill 5 million people—and more than $4 million in cash from Alexander’s car and apartments Jan. 2, 2019. The …
October 02, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Bank Insider Charged with Accepting Brides to Facilitate Millions of Dollars of Money Laundering

November 01, 2023
… to work diligently to pursue and dismantle all elements from Drug Trafficking Organizations,” Special Agent in … the money laundering efforts by giving those who bribed him online access to the accounts, along with dozens of debit … for the accounts that were later used to withdraw cash from ATMs in Colombia. Nunez received thousands of dollars …
November 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

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

August 09, 2023
… these conversations, but the consequences that can come from not communicating and educating one another on the … potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This marks an increase from 2021, when four out of 10 pills tested contained a … this. A lot of people aren’t aware what they’re buying online and ingesting is actually fentanyl disguised as a …
August 09, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Seven indicted for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Eastern Oklahoma

June 23, 2020
… June 16, 2020. A copy of the full indictment can be found online . Defendants indicted are Heath Lloyd Taylor, age 41, … Leon King, age 36, of Muldrow, Oklahoma. The charges arose from a joint investigation led by DEA, Homeland Security … played important roles, including HSI task force members from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, the Tulsa …
June 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Cross-Country Meth Dealer Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

November 29, 2022
… trafficking operation in Washington County, Virginia from January 2021 through April 2022 and conspired with … the Virginia State Police, and task force officers from both the Lebanon Police Department and Smyth County …
November 29, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Darknet Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

March 07, 2022
… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Admits making 400+ online sales of fentanyl, meth, and other drugs while … covertly ordered heroin, methamphetamine, and other drugs from Partlow through the darknet. In November 2020, law … Postal Service Office of Inspector General, with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Drug …
March 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

State of Maryland locations collect a record breaking amount of medications on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.

November 06, 2019
… WASHINGTON – The results from DEA’s 18 th National Prescription Take Back Day are in … and Virginia – slightly more than the amount collected from the last Drug Take Back Day in April 2019. “The opioid …
November 06, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Robber Exiled to 35 Years In Federal Prison

September 11, 2008
… victim. Later that day, the CS received a text message from Holmes that he was on his way to the hotel.  Shortly … near a child’s playhouse.  Officers recovered two firearms from the yard.  One gun was found leaning on a fence near …
September 11, 2008
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Fowl Play

June 12, 2007
… used to secretly store drugs” according to ASAC Kotowski. "From the information we learned from individuals in this investigation, we believe we …
June 12, 2007
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11 Defendants Indicted in Multi-State Drug Conspiracy

November 07, 2006
… Virginia and southern Pennsylvania could only have resulted from the outstanding cooperative efforts of state, local and … is continuing.” The single-count indictment charges that from 2001 to September 2006, the following defendants …
November 07, 2006
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Honolulu statement regarding practitioner scam

March 25, 2019
… practitioners to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA agents or other law enforcement … reported to the DEA.   Anyone receiving a telephone call from a person purporting to be a DEA special agent or other … should refuse the demand and report the threat using DEA’s online form or by calling 877-792-2873. Reporting scam calls …
March 25, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Warning Over Counterfeit Pills

May 21, 2021
… morphine.  DEA lab analysis has identified pills ranging from .02 milligrams to 5.1 milligrams of fentanyl per … be as little as 2 milligrams.  Counterfeit pills purchased online or through social media websites pose a serious … DEA urges the public to obtain prescription drugs only from state-licensed pharmacies that are located in the …
May 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Local Pain Doctor Named In A 114 Count Indictment; Accused Of Illegally Issuing Hundreds Of Thousands Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances

April 26, 2016
… the controlled substances in return for payments from patients and insurance companies. The indictment … Control training, by directing office staff to complete online courses for him; signing blank prescriptions and … persons to obtain controlled substances prescriptions from individuals not medically trained or certified to do …
April 26, 2016
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11 Alleged Members Of A Drug Trafficking Organization Charged In Federal Court

May 26, 2016
… Brought cocaine and heroin into Montgomery County area from New Jersey (GREENBELT - , Md. - A federal grand jury … to the indictment and evidence presented to the court, from at least March 2014 to May 2016, the defendants …
May 26, 2016
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BGF Commander And Gang Member Sentenced To Prison For Participating In A Racketeering Conspiracy

January 20, 2011
… facilities. According to their plea agreements, from 2006 through June 2010, Duncan and McFadden were … was overheard directing a BGF “commander” to collect $25 from each BGF member under the “commander’s” control, which …
January 20, 2011
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Cocaine Dealer In St. Mary’s County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

July 15, 2014
… D.C. Field Office.    According to his plea agreement, from October 2012 to April 2013, Holt acquired kilograms of … the delivery of cocaine to himself and other conspirators from St. Mary’s County.  The conspirators would meet in Glen …
July 15, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Large-Scale Distributor Of Unapproved Foreign Prescription Drugs Indicted

August 08, 2014
… as a trans-shipper, Quinn received non-FDA-approved drugs from countries such as India and the United Arab Emirates, … and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with assistance from the Arlington County Police Department.  Assistant U.S. …
August 08, 2014
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Hanover Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs

March 01, 2022
… Law Enforcement Also Seized 15 Firearms from Conspirators, including Six from Pitts, and more than $1.5 Million Cash in Drug Proceeds … cocaine, and other drugs, shipped through the U.S. Mail from California to Maryland.  Pitts admitted that during his …
March 01, 2022
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Detection of Phenethylamine, Amphetamine, and Tryptamine Imine By-Products from an Acetone Extraction (Microgram Journal 2011;8(1):29-35)

January 01, 2011
Microgram
… Amphetamine, and Tryptamine Imine By-Products from an Acetone Extraction (Microgram Journal … Amphetamine, and Tryptamine Imine By-Products from an Acetone Extraction (Microgram Journal …
January 01, 2011
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Baltimore Drug Dealer Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl, Cocaine, Heroin & Gun Possession

March 18, 2022
… phone activity and noted that the victim purchased heroin from a contact labeled “T” on at least seven occasions.  The last date the victim purchased heroin from “T” was on October 14, 2017, three days before the … On November 9, 2017, investigators watched Shaheed depart from his Baltimore, Maryland residence and travel to a gas …
March 18, 2022
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Baltimore Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl and Other Narcotics to Customers Across Four States

July 20, 2022
… heroin, and other controlled substances in Baltimore.  From January 2017 to December 2020, scores of customers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia …
July 20, 2022
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Member of Gregory Butler Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for His Role in the Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 15, 2021
… and Fentanyl sales to Drug Users and Redistributors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania … Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from October 2018 to April 2019, FBI investigators … and fentanyl sales to drug users and redistributors from Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. …
November 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Ringleader of Extensive Sinaloa Cartel Network Sentenced

July 12, 2021
… According to court documents, Ramiro Ramirez-Barreto, 44, from the Mexican State of Morelos, operated a continuing … Ramirez-Barreto supplied him with 60 kilograms of heroin from early 2018 to mid-2019. Another one of … Cookout In August 2019, over 120 law enforcement officers from 30 law enforcement agencies in Virginia, North …
July 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Parcel Interdiction Leads to Guilty Plea

June 15, 2021
… to his guilty plea, on February 19, 2020 an officer from the Maryland State Police Parcel Interdiction … with “sham” cocaine, leaving one ounce of real cocaine from one of the original bricks.  An undercover officer … name.  Avalos answered the door and accepted the parcel from the undercover officer. Avalos took possession of the …
June 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Baltimore Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for His Participation in a Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

March 16, 2021
… Baltimore Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least May 2020 through August 2020, Crosby … several of these meetings and obtained video surveillance from the gas station. On August 9, 2020, law enforcement … vehicle, investigators recovered over 100 grams of fentanyl from a bag inside the center console of the vehicle.  After …
March 16, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Fourteen people indicted, $1 million worth of drugs and 65 firearms seized in massive takedown

September 13, 2019
… one, to safely remove violent criminals, guns and drugs from our neighborhoods.” The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, … High Tide is the latest highly-coordinated effort from federal, state, and local law enforcement to tackle … known and felt in Hampton Roads, as we apprehend and remove from the streets those individuals who have allegedly …
September 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Baltimore Man Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm in a School Zone and for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Other Drugs

November 15, 2022
… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from October 2020 through March 1, 2021, Watkins was engaged … taking possession of approximately one kilogram of fentanyl from an associate who had brought the drugs from the Pikesville stash house.  Watkins took the fentanyl …
November 15, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… announced the results of a public safety surge that lasted from September 29, 2021 through December 14, 2021. The surge … fake prescription pills, using chemicals sourced largely from China. These fake prescription pills are designed to … in your community, please submit your anonymous tip online through the DEA Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov . …
December 17, 2021
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Pharmacy Owners Convicted of Illegally Selling 10 Million Hydrocodone Pills Over The Internet, Laundering $20 Million in Proceeds and Failing to Pay Taxes

August 01, 2008
… D.C., and that there was no doctor patient relationship. From January 1, 2005 through October 10, 2006, NewCare … in monetary transactions with criminally derived proceeds from the illegal sale of hydrocodone, depositing their …
August 01, 2008