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Johnston County Trafficker Sentenced For Cocaine Conspiracy

… and Santos Penaloza-Millan. On September 22, 2013 agents arrested Inoue at Raleigh Durham International Airport after … during the cocaine sale. On February 14, 2014, agents arrested Arrollo-Silva and Penaloza-Millan at … used by drug traffickers to protect them from being arrested. Morales-Silva and Penaloza-Millan have pleaded …
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Three East Hartford Residents Involved In Drug Trafficking Ring Are Sentenced

… in California. DeJesus Rivera has been detained since his arrest on September 5, 2013.  On August 21, 2014, he pleaded … distribute 100 grams or more of heroin. Jesus Fernandez was arrested in Ohio on October 11, 2013, and has been detained …
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Distributors Of Synthetic Cannabinoids Plead Guilty To Federal Charges

… years in prison on each charge. Hurley and Costello were arrested on March 28, 2014, after they arranged to deliver … of Hurley and Costello on March 28, 2014. Following the arrests, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant …
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Woonsocket Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Trafficking Cocaine

… of downtown Woonsocket neighborhood drug-house and arrests PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Eddie Carrasquillo, 29, of … the vehicle. The driver, Paul Noriega, 27, of Warwick was arrested. Noriega, who has been detained since his arrest, …
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Eleven Defendants Taken Into Custody Following Early Morning Roundup, A 12th Defendant Still Being Sought By Police

… life and a $10,000,000 fine. Charged in an indictment and arrested this morning were: Cesar Rivera-Figueroa, aka Fat … members of a violent cocaine trafficking network have been arrested. As a result of the investigation, this crew will … our neighborhoods with drugs and associated violence, arrests such as these reaffirm the commitment that the …
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Fifteen Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Operating Marijuana Grow Houses Over Twenty Million Dollars Worth Of Marijuana Seized

… for the Southern District of New York, today announced the arrest of ELSA RODRIGUEZ, MAINOR GOODY-BERNAL, IVAN ENRIQUE … for drug trafficking groups in the New York area. The arrests and seizure were successful due to the concerted …
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Sixteen Members Of Cocaine Trafficking Ring Operating In Yonkers And Bronx, New York, Charged In White Plains Federal Court

… from the streets to the source of supply and successfully arrested those responsible, but we took them out of … federal and local law enforcement officers have been making arrests and conducting searches in connection with the … Point, New York, and the Yonkers Police Department. The arrested defendants are expected to be arraigned this …
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Buffalo Man Charged With Federal Robbery Of A Pharmacy And Illegal Sale Of Oxycodone

… last night that Michael McCallum, 24, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested and charged by criminal Complaint with robbery of a … carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. The arrests were the result of an investigation on the part of …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited To The United States From The Netherlands

… day, the Clerk of the Court issued a sealed warrant for his arrest.  Arechiga-Gamboa was arrested on December 30, 2013, at the Schiphol Airport in …
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DEA: Plea Of Chino Antrax Cripples Violent Arm Of Sinaloa Cartel

… from any more drug related violence.” Arechiga-Gamboa’s arrest and guilty plea come in spite of significant efforts by him to elude capture.  Arechiga-Gamboa was arrested on December 30, 2013, at the Schiphol Airport in …
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Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Possessing 21 Kilos Of Cocaine Seized From His Tractor-Trailer

… Organized Crime Bureau. The drug charge related to Amaya’s arrest on Dec. 5, 2014 by agents and officers of the New … the trailer. The money laundering charge related to a prior arrest on Jan. 23, 2009, when Amaya and Carlos Mario Mejia, 38, of Los Angeles, California, were arrested by the New Jersey State Police after $1.2 million …
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DEA Billboard Offers Reward For Wanted Drug Trafficker $5 Million Reward Leading To The Capture Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

… the Narcotics Reward Program for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Caro-Quintero, who kidnapped, … rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of named narcotics traffickers. The … - for any information leading to Caro-Quintero’s arrest and/or conviction.  Similar billboards are being …
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DEA Takes Down Drug Den Day Care

… seizure of 85 pounds of methamphetamine.  To date, DEA has arrested four subjects, seized over 90 pounds of … including two rifles.  During today’s warrants, agents arrested five subjects, seized an additional five pounds of …
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Correction Officer Convicted Of Drug Possession, Conspiracy, Bribery And Official Misconduct

… York City Department of Correction computer. Whitfield was arrested in the Inwood section of Manhattan at approximately … from an undercover agent posing as the inmate’s cousin. The arrest was the result of a long-term investigation by the …
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Schuyler County Man Convicted Of Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… E. Moynihan, who handled the case, stated that Barton was arrested on May 18, 2011, after members of the New York … two others - Shawn Rickard and Chad Speicher - were also arrested. Rickard pleaded guilty to narcotics conspiracy …
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Two Men Indicted In $7 Million Dollar California To Missouri Marijuana Conspiracy

… marijuana supplied by the defendants and others.  A person arrested by investigators in the aftermath of the seizure of … of approximately two years. Nutt and Glaholt were both arrested on June 13, 2017. During their arrests, Glaholt was found to be in possession of …
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11 Year Prison Sentence For California To Missouri Methamphetamine Distributors

… a minimum of 12 pounds of meth. After Thompson was arrested by law enforcement on September 11, 2015, Ford … of meth, addressed to Ford, at a residence Ford was later arrested at. During Ford’s arrest, he was carrying a Ruger …
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Former Law School Student Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine

… his family in Florida, and Talon was away. Gersen was arrested by the MPD on Dec. 1, 2011. The arrest took place … quantity of crystal methamphetamine. Talon and Hylton were arrested at the hotel. Talon, 30, of Washington, D.C., pled …
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Leader Of Ghanaian Heroin Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 216 Months

… trial in the Eastern District of Virginia after coordinated arrests by the Ghanaian Narcotics Control Board, while other co-conspirators were arrested in New York, Maryland, and Virginia on July 14, 2011.  Still more defendants were charged, arrested, and extradited from Ghana in 2012.  In all, eleven …
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Pharmacist Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Painkillers

… announced that Mario Blount, 51 of Bridgeport, W. Va., was arrested this morning on charges of conspiracy to possess … Bridgeport and the customers at Best Care Pharmacy. These arrests serve as a warning that the illicit distribution of … over 11,000 oxycodone and oxymorphone pills. Today’s arrests are the culmination of a ten month investigation, …
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Leader Of Maritime International Drug Transportation Organization Arraigned In Brooklyn

… international narcotics trafficking. Estupinan- Montano was arrested in Panama on October 14, 2013, on a provisional arrest warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. …
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DEA And LAPD Conduct Massive West Coast OxyContin Sweep

… State custody). Additionally, three subjects were arrested by LAPD pursuant to California State arrest … on this case for the past year culminating in today’s arrests.”  Today’s enforcement action is part of an …
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U.S. Attorney Tackles Drug Dealing Around Schools In Tenderloin

… is paying attention.  You won't know when the next arrests will be, or which schools or street corners we'll … Federal charges against these defendants. We hope these arrests send a clear message that we won't tolerate drug … ten defendants who have been indicted so far have all been arrested and arraigned in federal court in San Francisco, …
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Eight Defendants Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Narcotics Trafficking In The Bronx

… of his drug trafficking crimes.  Seven defendants were arrested today, and one defendant remains at large.  The … one chooses to live next door to drug dealers and today’s arrests have paved ground for a safer neighborhood with less … the names, ages, and residences of the defendants who were arrested today is below. Mr. Bharara praised the outstanding …
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Rockland County Man Indicted For Narcotics Trafficking

… in and around Rockland County, New York.  Draper was arrested on a criminal complaint on October 6, 2016, and has … and sealed in a clear vacuum-sealed bag.  Draper was arrested that same day when he attempted to retrieve the …
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Alleged narcotics trafficker extradited to the United States to face international cocaine distribution charges

… by his brother Roman Narvaez Ansazoy. The defendant was arrested in Colombia pursuant to a request for his … yesterday to the United States. Roman Narvaez Ansazoy was arrested in September 2019 on charges of leading a …
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Over 150 Pounds of Crystal Meth is Seized in Manhattan

… NEW YORK CITY –   Two men from Southern California were arrested in Manhattan over the past week in connection with … County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced the arrests. The short-term investigation was conducted by the …
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Ten members of ‘the 200’ robbery crew charged with racketeering, robbery, narcotics, burglary, and firearms offenses

… New York Drug Enforcement Task Force REDRUM group makes arrests this morning, one defendant is charged with 2014 … have a knack for exposing violent crime; evident in our arrests of MS-13 members, Trinitarios, Sinaloa Cartel … Chardon, Castillo, Citronelle, Martinez, and Calderon were arrested in New York yesterday and today.  They will be …
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Mexican National Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

… on the ground and he complied. After placing Jimenez under arrest, officers conducted an inventory search of the … and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Jimenez was re-arrested in Albuquerque in December 2022. The Court ordered … Louis Mattei and Elaine Y. Ramirez prosecuted the case. ### Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug Trafficking Guns/Weapons …