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Suburban Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Leading Chicago-area Cell Of International Drug Trafficking Organization

… crisis in Chicago and all that goes with it, including addiction, crime, and violence.” Jesus Salgado’s …
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Highlands county man sentenced to 18 years in prison for armed drug trafficking

… County.  Methamphetamine is a dangerous and highly addictive controlled substance.  This case was investigated …
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Dallas Attorney Sentenced to Five Years for Laundering Purported Drug Money

… on Sept. 3, 2020 by “Person A,” the leader of a large-scale opioid distribution ring known to deal in illegally diverted …
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Bridgeport Fentanyl Dealer Involved in Overdose Death Sentenced to Federal Prison

… before her overdose death; that he knew she had not used opioids for some time before the sale; that he warned her …
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12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… our commitment to keeping these and other highly addictive drugs from destroying lives.”  The 155-count …
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Ten Members and Associates of ‘UpTop’ Street Gang Charged in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… that is frequently mixed with fentanyl, a potent, synthetic opioid that is approximately 50 times stronger than heroin. …
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United States seeks forfeiture of real estate in Mexico purchased by cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero with proceeds of his drug trafficking organization

… with blood money reaped from the drug trafficking, addiction and violence he sowed in the United States and …
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New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program Receives National Recognition

… and support for expanding access to drug treatment for addicts and over $9 billion for U.S. law enforcement …
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Duo From Massachusetts Arrested In New Jersey And Charged With Drug Distribution And Money Laundering

… night we arrested significant traffickers who fed drug addiction throughout the New York and New Jersey area. By …
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151 Arrested In DEA-Led Investigation Of Synthetic Drug Rings

… 2014. These dangerous drugs have caused significant abuse, addiction, overdoses, and emergency room visits. Those who …
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Two Sentenced For Heroin Offenses

… Leandro, who in turn supplied hundreds of heroin users and addicts. The conspiracy came full-circle when the bulk cash …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… environmental hazards. “Our goal is to reduce the risk of addiction and the 46,000 overdose deaths a year that come …
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Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

… 400 grams of pills containing Protonitazene, a synthetic opioid typically more potent than fentanyl.  The …
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Alleged Colombian drug kingpin extradited to the United States to face charges of operating a continuing criminal enterprise

… who fuel narco-terrorism and seek to flood our streets with addictive and deadly poisons.”    “I commend the members of …
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San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

… at www.getsmartaboutdrugs.gov .” “Every loss of life to opioids is tragic, but the death of a 15-year-old is …
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Former government official in the Dominican Republic charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering offenses

… drug trafficking organizations responsible for fueling drug addiction.”   IRS-CI New York Special Agent in Charge …
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Pharmacist Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Federal Prison

… large doses of oxycodone.  The recipients included drug addicts and members of doctor shopping organizations who …
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Savannah Tire Store Owner Convicted of Selling Methamphetamine

… well-deserved time in prison.” “Meth is deadly and highly addictive, and its corrosive effects are devastating to our …
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Teen who recruited juveniles to smuggle drugs sentenced to 46 months in custody

… endangering our teens and contributing to our country’s addiction crisis,” said U.S. Attorney Robert S. Brewer, Jr. …
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Nine defendants charged in international drug trafficking conspiracy

… while keeping in mind we need to help those suffering from addiction. Our message is simple: We will continue to do our …
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Stockton man sentenced to more than 7 years in prison for fentanyl distribution

… flooded with thousands of doses of this potentially lethal opioid.” “Just a few grains of fentanyl can have deadly …
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Prolific Whatcom and Skagit County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

… Whatcom County,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Gorman. “Feeding addiction in our communities leads to increased deaths. …
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Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal armed robbery of medical products and drug charges

… accomplice, held the employees at gunpoint and demanded opioid painkillers, anxiety pills and money from behind the …
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DEA St. Louis Division welcomes new leadership

… this Midwestern DEA division, methamphetamine, fentanyl and opioids are the primary drug threats. “These brutal drugs …
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Spokane Man Found with Meth and Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… mission. By working together, we can effectively combat the opioid epidemic and make our communities safer and …
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Doctor Charged With Accepting Bribes in Exchange for Fentanyl

… in exchange for prescribing its drug Subsys, a powerful opioid narcotic designed to rapidly enter a patient’s …
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Former Health Care Center Nursing Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Selling Fentanyl And Other Pain Killers

… position as the head of a nursing program to obtain highly addictive drugs, and then distribute them illegally. Let all …
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has highest-ever partner participation

… the house, but also in raising awareness of their link to addiction and overdose deaths. The public has embraced the …
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Rocky Mountain Field Division Removes Almost 900,000 Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from its Communities During Operation Last Mile

… communities with fentanyl and methamphetamine, drive addiction, fuel violence, and kill Americans,” said …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within American Communities

… huge amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine, which drives addiction and violence and kills Americans.  It also shows …