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Operation Mountain High Concluded With Federal Charges

… these areas in their quest to make money. DEA/NTF and our law enforcement partners hit this organization at every … Task Force, consisting of approximately 100 sworn law enforcement agents and officers for 18 different local, …
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Drug Trafficking Ring Taken Down

… quantities of drugs and powerful weapons off our streets. Law enforcement is at its best when we combine our assets, … Dennis Burke. “Because of a strong cooperative effort by law enforcement, this ring has been broken and their …
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Prescription Drugs - Now The Most Commonly Abused Drugs Among Young Teens

… It's impressive to see our Federal, state and local law enforcement and community partners working together to … of prescription drug abuse a priority. “The wide variety of law enforcement agencies and others who join us in working …
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DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force And NJSP Search Of Quiet Neighborhood Home Uncovers Heroin Mill And $6 Million Of Heroin

… of bags of heroin destined for the Tri-State area.  Due to law enforcement’s efforts, nearly $6 million worth of heroin … are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On …
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Alleged Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 10 Years To Life

… attempts to dissuade a co-conspirator from cooperating with law enforcement by, among other things, informing the … a loaded semiautomatic handgun that had been stolen from a law enforcement officer. During the search of Venizelos’s …
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Two Organized Crime Members Sentenced To 180 Months And 168 Months, Respectively, For Conspiring To Distribute Cocaine

… of an individual who he believed was cooperating with law enforcement against him. He was sentenced to 10 years’ … and we will pursue them with all available resources and law enforcement methods -- particularly in the case of …
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Former Police Officer & Tech Worker Sentenced In Illegal Online Pharmacy Scheme

… into thinking the online pharmacy operated within the law.  Greer was also involved in overseas online pharmacies … database to a server overseas in an effort to frustrate the law enforcement investigation.  In addition to the 30 month …
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Upper Marlboro Felon Exiled To 10 Years In Prison For Gun And Drug Offenses

… seat and Holland in the passenger seat of the vehicle.  Law enforcement recovered from the car a digital scale with … a search of Holland after she became irate and screamed at law enforcement officers during the search of the vehicle.  …
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19 Kansas City Metro Defendants Plead Guilty To 4.3 Million Meth Conspiracy

… a wide spread, community impact investigation where local law enforcement partnered with their federal counterparts to … commitment to working with our local, county, and state law enforcement partners to combat drug traffickers no …
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Leader Of Mexican Drug Organization Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison

… highlights the hard work our agents and our partners in law enforcement do every day to stop them. As an agency, we … delivered. On November 18, 2008, at the direction of DEA, law enforcement in San Bernadino, California, seized 50 …
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DEA Philadelphia And Its Delaware Partners Join Forces To Announce The April 30 National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… DEA Philadelphia And Its Delaware Partners Join Forces To Announce The April 30 … @DEAPhiladelphia Thomas Hodnett Domestic Pennsylvania and Delaware Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Division Contacts Delaware Dover - (302) 672-6383 Wilmington - (302) 395-4600 …
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Drug Charges Filed Against Philadelphia Police Detective, Two Officers And 12 Others

… @DEAPhiladelphia Thomas Hodnett Domestic Pennsylvania and Delaware Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Division Contacts Delaware Dover - (302) 672-6383 Wilmington - (302) 395-4600 … own customers. “Police officers swear an oath to uphold the law,” said Memeger. “When an officer breaks the law, no …
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Former U.S. Army Captain Pleads Guilty To Importing Heroin From Afghanistan Into The United States

… @DEAPhiladelphia Thomas Hodnett Domestic Pennsylvania and Delaware Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Division Contacts Delaware Dover - (302) 672-6383 Wilmington - (302) 395-4600 … M. Oberly III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Saleem Sharif, age 36 of Johns …
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Key Leader Of South American Drug Cartel Sentenced To Thirty-Four Years In Prison

… the vessel’s cargo tanks, and not readily accessible to law enforcement that may attempt to inspect the vessel’s … drug trafficking organization, which is known by Mexican law enforcement to distribute ton quantities of cocaine into …
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

… bribes to Colombian official to steal confidential U.S. law enforcement information, then sold information to … position or title, if they engage in violations of U.S. laws.” According to the Indictment and Portillo’s guilty …
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Long Island Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distribution Of Oxycodone

… State Police, and numerous other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. He has been held in custody since … state, and local level, but also the targeted use of civil law enforcement, regulatory action, and community outreach. …
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Members Of A Large Alaska Drug Conspiracy Indicted

… are seeking information as to their whereabouts. The law provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in … to the indictment. They were assisted by federal and local law enforcement in Atlanta, Rochester, and Oakland. The case …
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Canadian Trucker Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana

… ten years in prison. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized more than $2 million and 136 … On April 28, 2011, the day search warrants were executed, law enforcement seized more than 1,000 kilograms of …
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Costco Wholesale To Pay $11.75 Million To Settle Allegations Of Lax Pharmacy Controls

… are the gatekeepers responsible for ensuring the lawful use of powerful drugs that have a legitimate medical … that should not have been sold to consumers because of its flawed system for validating DEA registration numbers.” U.S. …
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Riverhead Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

… the cash profits from the resulting drug sales. DEA and our law enforcement partners will continue to identify the … his grateful appreciation to each of the participating law enforcement agencies for their assistance in this case. …
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NYDETF Seizes $2 Million Worth Of Cocaine Concealed In Candy

… the traffickers met their match yesterday when our law enforcement partners in the New York Drug Enforcement … Our continued collaboration with our federal and local law enforcement partners is a critical part of disrupting …
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The Controlled Substances Act

March 28, 2025
… which were in some manner regulated under existing federal law into one of five schedules.  This placement is based …
March 28, 2025
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Miami News 2003

July 15, 2021
… Miami News 2003  DEC 17, 2003 Mobile Federal Law Enforcement Analysis Training  OCT 22, 2003 DEA Miami …
July 15, 2021
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Miami News 2003

July 15, 2021
… Miami News 2003  DEC 17, 2003 Mobile Federal Law Enforcement Analysis Training  OCT 22, 2003 DEA Miami …
July 15, 2021
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Pain management doctor pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and health care fraud

… difference. I commend the DEA Buffalo Resident Office, our law enforcement partners, and the Western District of New … helped to enhance communication and cooperation between the law enforcement and the medical communities. Together, we … look forward to continue working with our State and Federal law enforcement partners in fighting this epidemic and …
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DEA New York Division and NY Attorney General Announce Takedown of Major Gun Trafficking Operation in Queens

… our DEA Strikeforce, New York’s Attorney General, and our law enforcement partners, when targeting those who pose a … are illegally trafficked from other states with lax gun laws along the Iron Pipeline and are fueling deadly gun …
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Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

… of an individual due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   … Inspection Service’s partnership with state and federal law enforcement agencies and the support of the U.S. … until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. If convicted of all charges, Sangha would face a …
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Aviation Division

January 16, 2025
… to operational and intelligence elements within DEA and the law enforcement community to detect, locate, identify, and …
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Pensacola Pharmacist and Conspirator Charged with Illegal Drug Diversion Conspiracy

… have been charged in federal court with conspiracy to unlawfully dispense and distribute controlled substances and … Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and the Gulf Coast High Intensity Drug …
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Port Arthur Man Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth

… According to information presented in court, in 2024, local law enforcement received information that Bennette was … On July 30, 2024, Bennette was observed speeding by local law enforcement and a traffic stop was initiated.  Bennette …