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Texas Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Oxycodone Conspiracy and Structuring Cash Transactions

… Conspiracy and Structuring Cash Transactions April 05, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) … followed by three years of supervised release. In January 2025, Campbell was sentenced to four years in prison, to be …
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Three Convicted for Fraudulently Billing Over $8 Million to Medicare and Medicaid Through Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky

… Opioid Addiction Treatment Clinics in Kentucky March 24, 2025 Louisville Contact Info Contact Us (502) 582-5908 (571) …  The verdict was handed down on Thursday, March 20, 2025. According to court documents and evidence presented at …
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Armed Drug Cartel Member Sentenced to Over 20 Years in Prison for Trafficking Hundreds of Kilos of Cocaine and Methamphetamine

… of Kilos of Cocaine and Methamphetamine February 21, 2025 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact Us (213) 621-6700 … be found at  www.justice.gov/OCDETF . Updated February 21, 2025 Drug Trafficking On On Press Release Image Layout …
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Member Of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty To Racketeering And Drug Trafficking

… Guilty To Racketeering And Drug Trafficking February 08, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) … Judge William G. Young scheduled sentencing for Jan. 30, 2025. Rodrigues was identified as a member Cameron Street, a …
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Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Oxycodone Conspiracy And Structuring Cash Transactions

… Judge Denise J. Casper scheduled sentencing for Feb. 5, 2025. Russell was indicted by a federal grand jury  in … September 2024 and is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 15, 2025. The charge of conspiracy to distribute controlled …
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Illinois Dentist Charged with Tampering with Drugs Administered to Patients and Other Crimes

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … false statements related to health care matters. Jensen was arrested Feb. 7, 2022, and appeared in front of Magistrate …
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Multiple Austin area drug trafficking arrests in March 2018 result in lengthy federal prison terms

… Multiple Austin area drug trafficking arrests in March 2018 result in lengthy federal prison terms … in U.S. currency.   “The sheer number of defendants arrested in this case, across so many states and …
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L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy, two other men arrested on federal charges for stealing 600 pounds of marijuana and $100,000 during bogus search

… L.A. Sheriff’s Deputy, two other men arrested on federal charges for stealing 600 pounds of … first court appearances this afternoon after they were arrested Thursday on federal drug distribution charges that … the integrity of the criminal justice system.”       “These arrests send a clear message that law enforcement will not …
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Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

… substances, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, the fentanyl analogue p-fluoroisobutyryl fentanyl, and the … purporting to be an online pharmacy.  Guzman-Cabrera was arrested on July 3, 2020, in the Dominican Republic, and was …
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Bloomfield Man Guilty of Multiple Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

… that Wiley conspired with Harry and others to distribute fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana throughout Connecticut. Harry was arrested on June 9, 2021.  In association with his arrest, …
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Drug Trafficker Who Created Fortified Compound at Bellingham Homeless Encampment Pleads Guilty

… Kennewick - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Arrested Returning from Drug Run with More Than 65,000 Fentanyl Pills – Search Uncovered Guns and More Drugs …
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… possession with intent to distribute 40 grams and more of fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug … Kerr arrive at the location. Agents approached Kerr and arrested him. When they searched the vehicle that he was … Attorney Joseph M. Spindle prosecuted the case. # # # Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Guns/Weapons …
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Bloomfield Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

… that Wiley conspired with Harry and others to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana throughout Connecticut. Harry was arrested on June 9, 2021.  In association with his arrest, …
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Four Men Charged After DEA & Phoenix Police Seize Large Quantities of Fake Pills & Methamphetamine

… Tucson - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 375,000 Fake M30 Fentanyl Pills, 190 Pounds of Meth, Heroin, Cocaine & 7 … View Precinct Neighborhood Enforcement Team (NET) have arrested four subjects who were involved in the distribution …
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Two Indicted In Investigation Involving Smuggling Heroin Into Attica Correctional Facility; Two Others Facing Heroin Charges

… intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing Fentanyl and prohibited person in possession of a firearm. … levels have investigated these deaths which resulted in the arrests of Andres Martinez, Elizabeth Camue-Martinez, Davon …
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National Drug Threat Assessment 2024

May 24, 2024
National Drug Threat Assessment 2024 Publication Intelligence May 24, 2024 The 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA) is a comprehensive strategic assessment of illicit drug threats endangering the United States. DEA’s goal in publishing the NDTA is …
May 24, 2024
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West L.A. Pharmacy Owners Arrested On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges For Diverting Prescription Drugs To Black Market

… West L.A. Pharmacy Owners Arrested On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges … Hagatna - (671) 472-7384 LOS ANGELES - Two brothers were arrested today on federal drug trafficking and money …
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Opioid dealer that caused deaths of two people going to prison for more than 21 years

… (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Sold heroin and fentanyl that was branded “Fire”   BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New … to him.   On Nov. 30, 2016, law enforcement officers arrested McDuffie leaving his residence in Buffalo. The …
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Federal jury convicts Buffalo man of drug distribution resulting in overdose death

… to possess with intent to distribute heroin, butyryl fentanyl, fentanyl, cocaine, and crack cocaine; possession … both Buffalo, N.Y., and Bradford, Pa.              Wise was arrested along with co-defendants Lemario Jones and Jerell …
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DEA Announces 360 Strategy to address substance use disorder, Fentanyl, Heroin, Presciption Misuse, and Violent Crime in Maine

… Announces 360 Strategy to address substance use disorder, Fentanyl, Heroin, Presciption Misuse, and Violent Crime in … new and innovative ways to address the growing misuse of fentanyl, heroin and prescription drugs, and the violence …
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Ten “OED” Gang Members Charged with Narcotics Conspiracy

… conspiracy. Pena, Mendez, Colon, Gutierrez, and Marte were arrested yesterday in New York, New York and the Bronx, New … frequently carried firearms while dealing drugs.  Today’s arrests are part of our continued commitment, along with our … in or about 2019 and in or about 2022, the defendants sold fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, oxycodone, and …
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Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

… Rohlman.  I applaud the prosecutors and investigators who arrested the defendants.  These arrests are a message to dealers alike that behind every … the heroin distributed by Sica and Rohlman was laced with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is significantly stronger …
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Meth

… Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Meth June 13, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 … by Assistant United States Attorney LaDonte A. Murphy. Arrests/Convictions - Major On On Press Release Image Layout …
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Oktibbeha County Man Sentenced in OCDETF Illegal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Case

… OCDETF Illegal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Case June 04, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 … enforcement priorities, and measuring the results. Arrests/Convictions - Major On On Press Release Image Layout …
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Mexican National Indicted for Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin into the U.S.

… for Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin into the U.S. April 29, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 … against Albing Pablo Rivera-Leal.  In custody since his arrest on a criminal complaint originally filed in the case, …
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Stimulants

Cocaine

January 21, 2025
White, crystalline powder derived from coca leaves. Cocaine base (crack) looks like small, irregularly shaped white rocks. Cocaine is an intense, euphoria-producing stimulant drug with strong addictive potential.
January 21, 2025
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for One Fatal, Two Nonfatal Drug Overdoses

… pay $8,544 for his victim’s funeral. Craig first supplied fentanyl to a man in the bathroom of the Ameristar Casino in … day in a transaction that was recorded on video. After his arrest, Craig admitted selling fentanyl to R.P. and …
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Man Indicted on Suspicion of Trafficking Illicit Drugs

… Yuma - 571-324-7324 140,000 Fake pills Containing Fentanyl, 11+ Pounds of Fentanyl Powder, 2+ Pounds of … Involving Weapons.    On May 11, 2022,  Montoya Miranda was arrested on suspicion of trafficking illicit drugs where …
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Head of the Gulf Cartel Jose Alfredo Cardenas-Martinez Indicted

… or CDG since 2015. He became CDG’s leader following the arrest and later conviction of Jorge Eduardo … aka El Cos. Costilla-Sanchez was CDG’s leader following the arrest and conviction of Cardenas-Martinez’s uncle - Oziel … to possess with intent to distribute meth, cocaine and fentanyl. The indictment also alleges he possessed with …
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Waterbury man sentenced to 66 months in prison for trafficking narcotics

… various offenses related to the distribution of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine. Several of Santos’ codefendants were arrested on March 20, 2019.  In association with the arrests, investigators seized approximately 3,000 bags of …