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Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

May 29, 2014
… including filtering equipment, respirators, glass vials, a spraying device, and projectile weapons including a crossbow …
May 29, 2014
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International Drug Trafficking Ring Used "Front" Companies To Transport Drugs Across America

August 09, 2016
… narcotics were secreted in containers sealed with foam or spray insulation to avoid detection by law enforcement. …
August 09, 2016
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Violent Newark gang leader sentenced to two life sentences

September 19, 2018
… orders, four gang members then hunted Anderson down and sprayed his car with bullets, nearly killing him and …
September 19, 2018
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Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

February 18, 2025
… the U.S. postal system. Sheets of paper are saturated or sprayed with liquid narcotics, dried, printed with fake …
February 18, 2025
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Long-time leader of Grape Street Crips Gang, two other members convicted of racketeering conspiracy, murders, drug trafficking

July 13, 2018
… and other gang-members then hunted Anderson down and sprayed his car with bullets, nearly killing him and …
July 13, 2018
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Operation Synergy Results In 18 Arrested For Synthetic Cannabinoid Distribution Operations In Austin And San Antonio

June 26, 2013
… products consist of organic plant matter that is sprayed with a mixture of acetone and synthetic cannabinoid …
June 26, 2013
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14 Arrested In DEA-led Investigations Of Los Angeles Area Synthetic Drug Rings

October 15, 2015
… with agents - often acetone - to create a mixture that is sprayed onto plant material - typically marshmallow leaf or …
October 15, 2015
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Nyack Man Arrested For Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoid Resulting In One Known Overdose

October 15, 2015
… solvents, including acetone and/or flavoring additives, and spraying the resulting liquid mixture onto leafy materials, …
October 15, 2015
DRUG FACT SHEET

Spice/ K2, Synthetic Marijuana

January 22, 2025
Spice/K2, Synthetic Marijuana
K2 and Spice are just two of the many trade names or brands for synthetic designer drugs that are intended to mimic THC, the main psychoactive ingredient of marijuana. These designer synthetic drugs are from the synthetic cannabinoid class of drugs that are often marketed and sold under the guise...
January 22, 2025
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Eight-week federal trial results in conviction of Chapo associates in Buffalo, NY

December 20, 2018
… narcotics were secreted in containers sealed with foam or spray insulation to avoid detection by law enforcement. …
December 20, 2018
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Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

March 21, 2017
… furniture in order to appear like a relocating family, to spraying the contents with repellant to ward off police K-9 …
March 21, 2017
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Nineteen Gang Members And Associates Charged In Federal Sweeps Targeting Boston Gangs

August 30, 2024
… the U.S. postal system. Sheets of paper are saturated or sprayed with liquid narcotics, dried, printed with fake …
August 30, 2024
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

September 16, 2015
… including acetone and/or flavoring additives and to spray the resulting liquid mixture onto tea leaves.  Deiban, …
September 16, 2015

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