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23 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Counterfeit Prescription Pills

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … and counterfeit pills containing fentanyl), cocaine and marijuana, among others. The Nagle DTO allegedly distributed … fentanyl and other dangerous drugs as prescription medication is especially nefarious for the dangers it poses …
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Final Defendant in Nationwide Meth Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition were seized. An illegal marijuana grow operation with hundreds of marijuana plants was also dismantled. Brian Keleman, 55, of …
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Hartford Woman Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … one kilogram of cocaine, quantities of crack cocaine and marijuana, items used to process and package narcotics for … 1,800 wax folds of fentanyl, distribution quantities of marijuana, drug packaging supplies, a loaded pistol, a …
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Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Connecticut Drug Ring

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … to distribute large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine and marijuana and distributed drugs throughout Connecticut and … 83 grams of crack cocaine, more than 12 pounds of marijuana, two press machines and other items and materials …
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Boston Man Sentenced For Role In Wide-Ranging Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, cocaine base and marijuana throughout southeastern Massachusetts from a base …
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Pittsfield Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison in Multi-Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … or more of fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, oxycodone, and marijuana. In 2018, law enforcement began investigating …
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Hartford Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … cocaine, 700 grams of psilocybin, and five kilograms of marijuana, items used to process and package narcotics, and …
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Firearm Charge

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … of fentanyl, large bags containing bulk quantities of marijuana, thousands of bags of marijuana in pre-packaged sleeves, drug processing and …
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Lynn Man Sentenced For Trafficking More Than 7,000 Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … of fentanyl pills, powder fentanyl, crack cocaine and marijuana for the DTO. Some of these controlled substances …
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Bronx Man Sentenced to Prison for Assisting Cousin’s Drug Trafficking Enterprise

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … more than 500 grams of cocaine, approximately 50 pounds of marijuana, narcotics packing materials, more than $143,000 …
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Dominican man sentenced to 10 years in prison for fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … 90 grams of fentanyl, 20 grams of heroin, and 30 pounds of marijuana.  The $941,994 was forfeited to the United States …
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Hartford Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … eight grams of crack cocaine and a quantity of marijuana, and the discarded shoulder bag contained a loaded …
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Seizures Rise in Iowa

… took an estimated $2.8 million worth of methamphetamine and marijuana off the streets of Iowa in 2020 and reported an … or enough to kill a person. The only prescription medication people should be taking is one that comes …
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Ten Charged After Investigation Into Danbury-Area Home Invasion Drug Robberies

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of marijuana.  The indictment further alleges that Patterson, … consecutive to any other term of imprisonment imposed.  The marijuana distribution charge against Patterson, Spears, …
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Las Vegas Physician And Pharmacist Charged With Unlawful Sales Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Painkillers

… that is more than any other class of illicit drug, even marijuana. Unfortunately, some individuals fuel this problem … prescriptions that are not being issued for a legitimate medical purpose or in the usual course of professional … Wetselaar performed house calls and also maintained a medical practice at 4525 S. Sandhill Road on the east side …
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DEA News: Huge Synthetic Drug Takedown

… herbal blends marketed as being “legal” and providing a marijuana-like high have become increasingly popular, … available and they are more potent and dangerous than marijuana.  These products can take a variety of forms, … by the Food and Drug (FDA) for human consumption or for medical use, and there is no oversight of the manufacturing …
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Doctor Arrested For Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Overdose Victim: Pain Management Clinic Shuttered

… of 40. Li was arrested at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at his clinic, Medical Pain Management, located at 132-59 41st Road in … prescriptions for controlled substances that were not medically necessary. Law enforcement officers observed …
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Waterbury Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … cocaine, 102 grams of methamphetamine, a large quantity of marijuana, a polymer 80 privately made firearm (“ghost …
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Four Windsor Men Charged With Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … referred to as “Xanax”), approximately 25 pounds of marijuana, seven firearms, and thousands of dollars in …
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Two Rhode Island Men Indicted in Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … oxycodone pills suspected to contain fentanyl and multiple marijuana plants. In total, over 10 kilograms of suspected …
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Hartford Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking, Gun Possession Offenses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … 90 grams of crack cocaine, nearly a kilogram of marijuana, drug processing and packaging materials, a loaded …
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Lynn Man Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison For Counterfeit Pill Trafficking Conspiracy

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … and counterfeit pills containing fentanyl), cocaine and marijuana, among others. Lawrence Michael Nagle allegedly …
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Superseding Indictment Charges Hartford Man with Drug Trafficking, Gun Possession Offenses

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … 97 grams of crack cocaine, approximately one kilogram of marijuana, drug processing and packaging materials, a loaded …
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Malden Men Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl And Methamphetamine

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … etilozam, suboxone strips, and substances believed to be marijuana, LSD and mushrooms. Acting United States Attorney …
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

… psychoactive substances remain challenging and the domestic marijuana situation is evolving as state-level medical and recreational legalization continues. In 2017, … as prescription drugs, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and the hundreds of synthetic drugs. New to this …
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Nine Brockton Men Face Narcotics And Weapons Charges

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … Jeffrey Fonseca, 29, charged with distribution of Class D, marijuana; Brendan Fernandes, 24 and Matthew Veiga, 23, were … for dealing crack cocaine, prescription narcotics, marijuana and a concentrated form of the drug Ecstasy known …
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… Felix (AFO), which moved hundreds of tons of cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and Colombia into the U.S. and made … that.”         In his plea agreement, Arellano-Felix - a medical doctor nicknamed “El Doctor” - admitted he was a … money laundering and conspiracy to distribute and import marijuana and cocaine in a subsequent indictment. He was …
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Overdose Investigation Results In 30-Month Sentence For Norwich Man

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … of heroin, prescription narcotics, more than one pound of marijuana, a digital scale and hundreds of empty glassine …
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Butane Hash Oil Lab Operator Sentenced

… Brian O’Keefe 508-509-1844 Brian.OKeefe@dea.gov Diversion/Medical Practitioner: 571-362-9171 Division Contacts … to a butane hash oil manufacturing laboratory, including marijuana plants, multiple cans of butane, glass tubes and a …