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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …
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Law Enforcement Partnership in Nebraska Takes Stance Against Methamphetamine

… from 2018-2019, the most recent data available. “While fentanyl and opioids dominate the headlines, it’s important …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …
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Two South Denver pharmacists plead guilty to felony charges of illegally distributing opioids

… opioids, amphetamines, and benzodiazepines as well as fentanyl patches and vials of injectable meperidine—as …
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DEA Omaha Division announces new office and partnership in Duluth, Minnesota

… border, and ultimately to drug cartels in Mexico and fentanyl suppliers in China.”   For more information on the …
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DEA testifies at Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing

… seen in North Dakota, including methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin, both originating outside of the state …
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… DEC 8, 2005 Several Members of Diablos Motorcycle Gang Arrested DEC 2, 2005 Fitchburg Man Pleads Guilty to … Crack Cocaine DEC 2, 2005 Three Former Logan Ticket Agents Arrested For Currency Smuggling and Laundering NOV 30, 2005 DEA Seizes Heroin-Laced Artwork NOV 30, 2005 Arrests Made in International Heroin Conspiracy NOV 29, 2005 …
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Multi-Agency Enforcement Operation In New Mexico Significant Part Of Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

… nationwide takedown, Project Synergy included 75 arrests, the seizure of nearly $15 million in cash and … County.  During yesterday’s enforcement operation, officers arrested four individuals on federal charges and executed 28 …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of “Silk Road” Website

… and one count of money laundering conspiracy. Ulbricht was arrested in San Francisco, California, on October 1, 2013, … to ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT ROSS WILLIAM ULBRICHT was arrested in San Francisco, California, on October 1, 2013. …
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Four Men Charged with Trafficking Nearly Five Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Furniture

… 10 months. Guzman Martinez and Miranda-Sang were arrested this morning in Puerto Rico and are expected to be … in the District of Puerto Rico later today. Gomez Ortiz was arrested this morning in Florida and is expected to be … State Police Superintendent Kevin P. Bruen said, “These arrests are the result of a sustained investigation into a …
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Six Colombian Nationals and Owner of Consumer Electronic Business Charged for Their Roles in Money Laundering and Unlicensed Money Transmission Business Offenses

… Cespedes, Mogollon, Gonzalez, Rojas, Barrera and Ortiz were arrested in Colombia, and the United States Government will … seeking their extradition to the United States. Agarwal was arrested on Dec. 20, 2019, at Newark International … to United States District Judge J. Paul Oetken. “Today’s arrests serve as notice to those who participate in any …
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Sweeping DEA Operation Targets Pharmacy Burglaries and the Illegal Sale of Addictive Prescription Medications

… country. The culmination of this investigation led to the arrest of an additional 24 members of the DTO last month in … David Brody, the clinical president of DONE Health,   were arrested on charges of allegedly operating an online … exchange for a monthly subscription fee. At the time of the arrests, Administrator Milgram said, “Diversion of Adderall …
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Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to 2019 Burlington Murder

… drug sales to pay Hampton’s bail after Hampton was arrested and then attempted to take over the business of … wound – was found in Hampton’s head. Woodson and Felix were arrested after Felix was taken to UVM Medical Center. … they were later located by police. Pearson and Sanders were arrested the following day during a motor vehicle stop on …
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Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

… El Cos, Doble X and Dos Equis became head of CDG after the arrest of former CDG leader Osiel Cardenas in 2003. Prior to … in Mexico. Costilla-Sanchez lead the cartel until his arrest in September 2012. During the course of the … 2,400 kilograms of cocaine in Colon, Panama. He was arrested in 2012 in Mexico at the request of the United …
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12 People Charged With Heroin Trafficking After Statewide Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

… the agencies that assisted in the investigations and arrests, which included the Drug Enforcement (DEA), the … Farnham, Thomas Newman, Taylor May, and one other not yet arrested, are charged with conspiring to distribute heroin … Carter’s mother, Jacobina Carter, 39, of Brattleboro was arrested for an unrelated heroin distribution she allegedly …
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Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges Alleging Nexus Of Guns And Drugs In Chicago

… a vehicle in the 7400 block of West Waveland Avenue, arrested the driver - an alleged drug courier, Lucio Cuevas … block of North Olcott Avenue, authorities later that day arrested Mendez and his father, Johnny Chaparro, who also … the cocaine that was seized on those dates. Following the arrests of Chaparro, Mendez, and Cuevas on Nov. 30, and four …
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Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties

… agents participated in the execution of today’s search and arrest warrants. Fifteen of the defendants have been charged … The indictment and complaint were unsealed today upon the arrests of 15 defendants and the execution of search … 20 years in prison. Initial appearances of the defendants arrested in Maryland began at 2:00 pm today in U.S. District …
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Man Sentenced to More than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Supplying Heroin to Waterbury Drug Ring

… others. Nieves, Foster, Metz, and several associates were arrested on March 3, 2021.  In association with these arrests, law enforcement executed seven search warrants and …
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“Operation River Fork” Defendant Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking

… Wilkerson, 38, of Woonsocket, one of eighteen individuals arrested in October 2020 as the result of a wide-ranging FBI … and more than a kilo of cocaine.  Detained since his arrest on October 7, 2020, Wilkerson today pleaded guilty to …
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Colombian Man Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison for Obstruction of Justice

… Administration agents in Colombia for Carrillo-Ramirez’s arrest. Lopez Parra enlisted the aid of another individual … United States law enforcement officers in Colombia for his arrest and that Lopez Parra’s contacts could provide additional information to Carrillo-Ramirez to avoid arrest in exchange for payment of 500 million Colombian …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin And Crack

… and Grant and several other members of the conspiracy were arrested on March 3, 2021.  In  association with these arrests, law enforcement executed seven search warrants and …
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Springfield Man Received Delivery of 30 Pounds of Meth

… later walking away from the vehicle, and placed him under arrest. Fernandez had the keys to the vehicle at the time of his arrest. Fernandez admitted to investigators that he agreed … admitted that he knew his contact in California had been arrested in January 2022 with 90 pounds of methamphetamine. …
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Man Admits Methamphetamine Sales, Gun Charge

… City - (573) 635-1331 Springfield - (417) 888-9800 Arrested Wearing Ballistic Vest Labeled "Police" ST. LOUIS - A man arrested at a St. Charles County, Mo., motel with an assault …
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Judge sentences cartel-connected drug dealer to 25 years for trying to establish cocaine pipeline from Mexico to St. Louis

… to others for further distribution. Burris was originally arrested at the Long Beach Airport in California on February … in California, Burris continued to traffic cocaine and was arrested again on March 30, 2016, in Hawaiian Gardens, … intercept the shipment, and Burris was subsequently arrested in California. At the sentencing hearing, Chief …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Thousands of Kilograms of Cocaine

… belonging to the DTO in New Jersey.  Three defendants were arrested in New Jersey along with that seizure. On July 18, 2022, Enriquez-Nunez was arrested in Puerto Rico.  At approximately the same time as …
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Williamsville man convicted by a federal jury of cocaine conspiracy going to prison for 25 years

… seized approximately $33,000. Following Daniels’s arrest, Lucas arrived at the Comfort Suites, driving a 2017 … deputies, he refused to comply with commands, resisted arrest, and then led one of the deputies on a chase through … and federal law enforcement officers. At the time of his arrest, Lucas was in the possession of nearly $70,000 in …
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Jury convicts man of cocaine conspiracy

… seized approximately $33,000. Following Daniels’s arrest, Lucas arrived at the Comfort Suites, driving a 2017 … deputies, he refused to comply with commands, resisted arrest, and then led one of the deputies on a chase through … and federal law enforcement officers. At the time of his arrest, Lucas was in the possession of nearly $70,000 in …