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DEA’s response to COVID-19

… is acting in accordance with applicable Federal and State law. Provided the practitioner satisfies these requirements, …
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San Antonio businessman pleads guilty to money laundering conspiracy

… are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. On …
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Houston High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area along with the DEA announce the establishment of a new HIDTA initiative in Beaumont, Texas

… initiatives, as well as other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, both inside and outside Texas.  …
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South Bay veteran pleads guilty to impersonating a federal officer

… equipped with emergency lights and a siren, similar to a law enforcement equipment. After pulling the vehicle over, …
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Laredo drug smuggler pleads guilty in marijuana conspiracy

… a traffic stop. However, Flores quickly fled the scene. Law enforcement found his abandoned vehicle at a nearby gas …
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Laredoan pleads guilty to role in drug trafficking scheme

… Jose Gonzalo Ojeda was the driver and fled on foot as law enforcement approached the vehicle. Authorities soon …
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Four indicted for marijuana cultivation

… Private land marijuana cultivation resulted in death of a law enforcement officer SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand …
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Trio headed to prison for drug conspiracy

… a young female from Brownsville to carry the drugs. Law enforcement intercepted the woman carrying the …
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Two men admit to selling cocaine in a parking lot

… 37 kilograms of cocaine and a handgun at his residence.   Law enforcement later apprehended Hernandez as he attempted …
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Attorney licensed in New Jersey and New York charged with marijuana offenses

… his private airplane, a Learjet. In May and June 2019, law enforcement in California executed search warrants that …
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Heroin conspiracy sends doctor to federal prison

… a medical doctor who operated a clinic in Reynosa, Mexico. Law enforcement stopped him June 6, 2018, for a traffic …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… nearly 140 collection sites manned by nearly 90 partner law enforcement agencies will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. …
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Former couple sentenced in crystal meth conspiracy

… respective terms of five years of supervised release.   Law enforcement began investigating Green and De Los Rios in …
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Jury convicts former police officer for involvement in drug trafficking scheme

… The meetings culminated in Hernandez agreeing to scout for law enforcement to enable a vehicle he believed contained a …
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Three Arrested in San Antonio and Charged Federally with Meth Trafficking

… are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Methamphetamine On …
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Madera and Fresno residents indicted for methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

… arranged two shipments to Denver that were seized by law enforcement. On Oct. 13, 2018, David and Rosemarie …
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DEA Museum opens new forensic science exhibit

… for learning about the history of drugs and drug law enforcement in the United States. Founded in 1999, the …
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Alameda resident sentenced for selling prescription drugs without a license and related charges

… to the government’s sentencing memorandum, Tokuda came to law enforcement’s attention in the spring of 2017 after he …
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Mexican national residing in Modesto is sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

… 2014 and 2015. Reyes was arrested on March 29, 2015, after law enforcement officers watched one of his employees …
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Hayward resident sentenced to over five years in prison for selling firearms and prescription drugs

… to individuals he knew, or had reason to believe, could not lawfully possess firearms.  On May 16, 2017, federal agents …
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Quitman Drug Dealer Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Federal Prison

… 15, 2018, Senior United States District Comi Judge Hugh Lawson sentenced Burt Denson, age 41, of Quitman, GA, to 185 … message that DEA, along with its local, state and federal law enforcement partners will continue to work tirelessly to …
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Concord, N.C. Man Sentenced To 11 Years On Drug Conspiracy Charges

… records, over the course of the investigation into Allison, law enforcement seized cocaine, heroin, other narcotics, 13 …
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Two-Time Indicted Green Sentenced On Drug Charges

… drugs will ultimately be brought to justice by DEA, its law enforcement partners and the United States Attorney’s …
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Concord, N.C. Man Sentenced To 11 Years On Drug Conspiracy Charges

… records, over the course of the investigation into Allison, law enforcement seized cocaine, heroin, other narcotics, 13 …
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DEA’s 15th Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort -- A Big Success In North Texas And Oklahoma

… this initiative include in North Texas and Oklahoma local law enforcement (police and Sheriff’s offices), military …
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Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced To 240 Months In Federal Prison

… seen Moore driving. Through further investigation, law enforcement learned that Cuellar had previously …
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Amarillo Man Sentenced To 212 Months In Federal Prison On Drug Charge

… calls between the undercover agent and Vargas-Mayorga, law enforcement learned that Vargas-Mayorga obtained the …
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Dallas Man Sentenced To 166 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Methamphetamine

… to the plea agreement factual resume, on March 25, 2017, law enforcement knocked on the door to room at a Hampton Inn …
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New Jersey Residents Add To Record Number Of Unused Pills Collected During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… said SAC Nickerson.  “I applaud the residents and our law enforcement partners who participated in this event. The …
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Doctor Admits To Illegally Distributing Steroids, Marijuana

… doctor with offices in Asbury Park and Brooklyn admitted unlawfully distributing prescriptions for anabolic steroids … and that he had no authority under any federal or state law or regulation to do so. Custis also admitted that he …