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Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

… between ALLEN and FRASIER, photographs and a note retrieved from ALLEN’s cellphone, and Cash App and Venmo records, … of Joshua Skip Zinner on or about March 9, 2023, resulted from the use of cocaine laced with fentanyl that he had purchased from the ALLEN and FRASIER drug conspiracy. At sentencing, …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 23 years in Prison

… in Roswell, New Mexico, and launder the proceeds from their drug trafficking activity. Sanchez admitted to … $10,000 to the dealership. On Aug. 10, 2020, Sanchez fled from law enforcement after hiding a dogfood bag filled with … legally possess firearms or ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Sanchez will be subject to five years of …
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2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

… fentanyl pills into the United States.  The charge arises from a January 29, 2021 seizure by Mexico’s Secretaría de … a tidal wave of fentanyl and methamphetamine being pushed from Mexico into the United States,” said DEA Special Agent … timely and significant arrests, and stopping deadly drugs from flooding our streets.” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

… is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These … federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers from across America who made this possible. By every measure …
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National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

… is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These … federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers from across America who made this possible. By every measure …
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Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… imported large amounts of cocaine, marijuana and heroin from Mexico into the United States.  The indictment alleged … places in the United States, and smuggled drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico.  According to the …
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Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

… in Chicago, Cincinnati and New York who obtained narcotics from the Chicago-based group and others.  Twenty defendants … yesterday at the residences of six defendants stretching from the far south side to the north side of the city. DEA … the Blount-Bridges organization obtained heroin and cocaine from several different sources of supply, including a …
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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

… - A major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was … hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin from Mexico into the United States. The narcotics were … via a network of cartel associates, and the proceeds from the domestic narcotics sales were then funneled back to …
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

… grand jury allege that members of the conspiracy profited from illicit prescriptions that were issued without any … supplied corrupt doctors in exchange for kickbacks derived from proceeds generated when the other sham clinics created … deter the investigation. After a load of Vicodin was seized from one of the conspiracy’s major customers, Matosyan …
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Leader Of Azusa Street Gang Involved In Drug Trafficking And Hate Crimes Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years

… would use violence in order to prevent African-Americans from moving into the City,” according to the indictment. … to aggressively defend those rights, and those residents, from harm.” Rios confirmed in court that members of the … racist incidents alleged in the indictment spanned a period from 1992 until May 2010, when an African-American high …
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L.A. Garment District Money Laundering Cartel Scheme Exposed

… what is estimated to be at least $65 million in cash and from bank accounts around the world. In a BMPE system, a … finds business owners in the foreign country who buy goods from vendors in the United States and who need dollars to … drug trafficking organizations to collect money from their drug sales in the United States without having to …
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Life In Prison For Racketeering Kingpin

… nightclub in upper Manhattan. Rodriguez watched this murder from the safety of a nearby pool hall and later informed a … in the theft of a relatively small amount of marijuana from one of Rodriguez-Perez’s stash houses. In the shooting … return that firearm and, in spite, ensured that Perez died from a shot fired by the same weapon.   Marino Molina, on …
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Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

… at the same designated location and purchased narcotics from him. This occurred on six different dates and resulted … Santos-Garcia, at an address on Brosche Road in Orlando from which the co-defendants were distributing narcotics in … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Orlando Police Department. It is being prosecuted …
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High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Extradited to Atlanta to Face Cocaine Trafficking Charges

… - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA – Following his extradition from Mexico to the United States, Roberto Najera Gutierrez, … responsible for distributing massive amounts of cocaine from South America and through Mexico that were intended to … working with the Sinaloa Cartel to transport cocaine from South America to Mexico for importation into the United …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76 percent of pills tested just two years prior in FY … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5 percent during the same time period. These …
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Lawrence man faces 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … “Brian” and that most of the organization’s customers came from New Hampshire.  Distributors knew to identify customers … to as “the base” and dispatchers staffed “the base” from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Dispatchers took orders …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

… to come.” “Last year, an estimated 59,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, many linked to the misuse of … the fight against heath care fraud to stop those who steal from the government and deceive the American public.” … is a reprehensible crime.  It not only represents a theft from taxpayers who fund these vital programs, but impacts …
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DEA Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Data

January 22, 2025
… 2010 to 2022 (Inclusive) Data Unit: Each Record is Data from a Single Analyzed DEA Laboratory Exhibit Source of … State: State where obtained. The DEA aggregated data from the four states of ND, NE, SD and WY to safely address the risk of privacy disclosure resulting from a low volume of data.   Limitations Please be advised …
January 22, 2025
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Key defendant in Operation Snowplow drug trafficking investigation sentenced to two decades in federal prison

… the highest priority of not only removing dangerous drugs from the street, but also on seizing the ill-gotten gains of … distributing kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California in February and March 2018. The … shipment to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
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DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

… are shocking-approximately 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths.  More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA Collects Record-Setting Amount Of Meds At Latest National Rx Take-Back Day

… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations … poisonings.  “Removing unused and expired medications from your home and disposing of them properly is a simple … the DEA’s National Take Back Day to lessen community risk from drug abuse and keep Americans safe!” “I encourage …
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Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

… and Individual-2 sold the same heroin they had obtained from Byrd to Victim-1. On April 3, 2016, officers from the Warwick, NY Police Department responded to a … of Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson; detectives from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Gangs and …
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

… of the more rural areas of the state. Some recent analysis from the DEA’s Northeast Regional Lab has found some purity … crystal methamphetamine in the southern part of the state. From 2015 to 2017, the DEA Northeast Regional Lab has seen a …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … Karen Flowers. “You will help prevent your medications from being misused and abused by others and DEA will safely … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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Crystal Meth Trafficker Sentenced 5 Years in Federal Prison

… learned that the individual had received the meth from a tractor trailer driver who regularly transported kilogram quantities of meth and other drugs from California to locations in the eastern U.S.  In October … to use the crate to ship them $60,000 in proceeds from the sale of the drugs. On November 11, 2020, law …
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Texas Man Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man from Texas was sentenced to four years and nine months in … significant quantities of cocaine were being transported from Texas, through Illinois, and on to St. Louis. On Dec. … identified the defendant as a passenger. Upon questioning from law enforcement, a positive alert from a trained …
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Las Vegas woman pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana in St. Louis

… to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of marijuana from sources of supply based in California and launder the … couriered between 700 and 1,000 kilograms of bulk marijuana from Las Vegas to various cities including St. Louis. The … of approximately 100 pounds of bulk marijuana obtained from the source of supply and destined for the organization. …
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Utica men found guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy after jury trial

… and the distribution of cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. Additionally, Peralta was … fingerprints on some of the packaging material seized from the stash location. The cocaine base Peralta possessed … of between four years and life following their release from imprisonment. A defendant’s sentence is imposed by a …