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Alleged Drug Cartel Leader Charged

… is alleged to be a Sinaloa Cartel plaza boss who traffics fentanyl and other drugs and operates at the direction of … demonstrate that the Department of Justice, along with its law enforcement partners, will continue to target Sinaloa …
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Puerto Rico Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine to Connecticut

… Malbin Rubiera-Herrera, also known as “Chaca,” acquired fentanyl, heroin and cocaine from sources in Connecticut and … that involved the trafficking of kilogram-quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into Connecticut. In March … in a car in New Jersey.  Investigators alerted New Jersey law enforcement authorities who stopped and searched the car …
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Kissimmee Felon Sentenced to More Than 15 Years for Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition

… Kissimmee Felon Sentenced to More Than 15 Years for Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition September 18, … executed on a hotel room occupied by Chappell after he sold fentanyl to an undercover agent. Inside the hotel room, …
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Bennington Man Convicted of Federal Gun and Drug Charges

… From a search of the bags Moffitt was carrying that day, law enforcement recovered over 3,500 individual bags containing fentanyl, additional bags of cocaine and cocaine base, as …
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Manager in Major Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

… Ringgold’s plea agreement, from October 2018 to April 2019, law enforcement investigated a DTO operating in the … area that sold heroin, cocaine base (crack cocaine), and fentanyl to drug users and drug redistributors from …
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FedEx Package Containing Meth Results in Federal Prison Sentence for Louisiana Man

… notified authorities of the suspicious package and notified law enforcement. The package was secured and opened and … to distribute controlled substances. On September 8, 2022, law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at a … a brown substance which was later determined to be fentanyl, as well as a clear bag containing an off-white …
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Spokane Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Trafficked Fentanyl, Meth, and Cocaine SPOKANE, Wash. - Vanessa R. … Attorney Waldref. “Mr. Leblanc attempted to run from the law, but our dedicated law enforcement team put an end to …
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Federal Jury Finds Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Guilty

… with the intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Seven co-conspirators pleaded guilty prior to the … from the house. On September 9, 2020, Thomas was stopped by law enforcement on I-75 in Gainesville. After smelling the … the vehicle by law enforcement yielded nearly a kilogram of fentanyl hidden within the vehicle’s side paneling. The …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our law enforcement partners, DEA is committed to safeguarding … communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals …
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2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

… Winchester - (540) 662-5879 Multi-agency nationwide law enforcement action that resulted in criminal charges … separate dates tampered with a Pyxis machine that contained fentanyl and Versed, by drawing syringes of fentanyl and …
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Sumter County Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 fentanyl Powder.jpg Meth crystals2.jpg methamphetamine … Tucker over a three-week period. During this same time, law enforcement was able to identify two locations in Sumter …
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Operation Engage Kansas City

March 28, 2025
… City Kansas City Kansas City Learn more about illicit fentanyl and fake pills below. The One Pill Can Kill website … wanting to learn more about the dangers of fake pills and fentanyl.  One Pill Can Kill Fake Pill Factsheet Local … to you as a possible violation of controlled substances laws and regulations.  Tips submitted to the feedback form …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… Drug Enforcement Administration launched a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention support initiative aimed at … St. Louis. “Working alongside our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, as well as specialists in … The vast majority of deaths involve illicitly manufactured fentanyl, including fentanyl analogs. There has also been an …
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DEA’s New York Division welcomes Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan

… in New York and around the globe.  Mr. Donovan began his law enforcement career in October 1995, as a U.S. Border … original managers of the Special Operations Division Heroin/Fentanyl Working Group, which devoted resources to develop …
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DEA Launches New Initiative to Combat Drug-Related Violence and Overdoses in Communities across America

… overdose deaths across the country, in order to devote its law enforcement resources to where they will have the most … A majority of identified criminal drug networks sell fentanyl or methamphetamine. And almost all of the …
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DEA 360 Degree Strategy Partnerships Target Violent Drug Traffickers And Gang Members In Wisconsin

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … (DEA) in partnership with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies targeted violent drug traffickers …
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California Man Sentenced to 19 Years for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … Drug Trafficking Area and our federal, state and local law enforcement partners, we dismantled a multi-state …
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Sumter Man Sentenced for Drug Conspiracy in Sumter, Richland Counties

… 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and a quantity of cocaine and crack cocaine. … Tucker over a three-week period. During this same time, law enforcement was able to identify two locations in Sumter …
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Fourteen Members of a Jefferson County Drug Trafficking Organization Charged with Federal Drug and Gun Crimes

… 14 defendants in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin … Birmingham, with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine base or “crack” cocaine, cocaine, heroin, … an immense amount of collaboration and dedication from our law enforcement partners and underscores the impact of the …
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H Block Gang Member Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy

… over 500 grams of cocaine, cocaine base (crack cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper … of H Block have a history of violent confrontation with law enforcement, including an incident in 2015 when a member …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… the distribution of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl throughout the entire state.  In addition, its … vigilant in our efforts to combat it by working with our law enforcement partners, both nationally and …
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Virginia Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charges

… to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a … crime. According to court documents, on Oct. 9, 2024, law enforcement intercepted a parcel containing …
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U.S. Attorney's Office Prosecuted 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners

… crimes,” stated U.S. Attorney Waldref. “Our collaborative law enforcement partnerships at the federal, state, local … Prison After Shooting A Person and Conspiring To Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills in Tri-Cities Jonathan Scott Ard was …
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Waterbury Drug Distributor Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison

… the FBI’s Waterbury Safe Streets Gang Task Force and other law enforcement agencies investigated two drug trafficking … that the two organizations distributed cocaine, crack, and fentanyl through a network of sellers.  The organizations …
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Passaic County man admits participating in heroin conspiracy

… to distribute heroin and to distributing a quantity of fentanyl. Cequan Wharton, 26, of Paterson, New Jersey, … heroin and knowingly and intentionally distributing fentanyl. Wharton and his conspirators are members and … and the analysis of telephone call detail records, law enforcement determined that from at least September 2018 …
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Third Ward Narcotics Dealer Heads to Prison

… court considered the fact that Jerry admitted to dealing fentanyl and meth out of a drug house in Houston’s Third … the court noted the seriousness of the quantity of fentanyl. A joint law enforcement operation revealed Jerry was selling …
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Charleston area man given lengthy sentence on federal drug charges

… approximately four months prior to his arrest, Lee sold fentanyl to Lisa Cohen, who was previously sentenced in a … South Carolina Highway Patrol, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, …
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Manchester Man Arrested on Drug Distribution Charges

… N.H. – A Manchester man was arrested for distributing fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Thomas … until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Drug Trafficking Fentanyl On On Press Release Image …
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Arizona Man Sentenced To 15 Years For Drug and Firearm Offenses

… Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America Campus Drug Prevention Just Think … and an apparent drug ledger. In Arguelles’s storage unit, law enforcement recovered approximately six kilograms of …
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Member of Narcotics Conspiracy Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison

… to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.  Salvi had pleaded guilty on January 21, 2021. In … that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.   More …