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DEA Issues Letter to E-Commerce Companies on the Sale of Pill Presses Used to Make Fentanyl Pills

February 26, 2024
… This means that they must collect information on the buyer and seller and provide notice to the DEA of any sale, … This is possible because drug traffickers are able to buy the tools they need, like pill presses and stamps, …
February 26, 2024
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Tenderloin Dealer who Sold Fentanyl that Killed One and Injured Another Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

June 06, 2023
… District.  On May 18, 2020, Doblado-Canaca sold drugs to a buyer that he had sold to before.  He later learned that the buyer then provided the drugs to two other individuals in … in the Tenderloin.  Specifically, on May 20, 2020, the same buyer Doblado-Canaca sold to on May 18 called him to set up …
June 06, 2023
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Dealer of Fake Oxycodone Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Death

June 01, 2023
… undercover officer made four separate Oxycodone controlled-buys from Meama-Kajue between February and April 2021. …
June 01, 2023
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San Jose Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Interstate Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

March 27, 2023
… from drug trafficking. At his place of business, FIND-BUY-ITEMS, agents found 70 pounds of marijuana and indoor …
March 27, 2023
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8 Defendants in McKinney guilty of trafficking methamphetamines

February 03, 2021
… Depetris’s source of supply. They immediately conducted a “buy-bust” operation on Reyes at Helton’s residence, where …
February 03, 2021
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

January 25, 2023
… with the DEA communicated with Goodwin and arranged to buy one pound of methamphetamine. Goodwin arrived at the …
January 25, 2023
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Keene woman sentenced to 18 months in prison for role in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

February 01, 2019
… had been asked to drive another person to Massachusetts to buy drugs and that they had agreed to do so. Bowers …
February 01, 2019
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Manchester man sentenced to 30 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

December 11, 2018
… asked him and his girlfriend to drive to Massachusetts to buy drugs and that they had agreed to do so.  The defendant …
December 11, 2018
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Indictments target north sound drug trafficking ring distributing 2 kilos of heroin a week

July 20, 2018
… people working with law enforcement some of whom made drug buys from members of the organization.  The charges …
July 20, 2018
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Juries Return Guilty Verdicts Against Couple for Murdering Government Witness

December 09, 2021
… cooperate with law enforcement and conducted a controlled buy of $40 worth of methamphetamine on January 19, 2016. …
December 09, 2021
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Multi-Agency Operation Nets more than 70 arrests in Highlands County

October 02, 2020
… conducted long-term surveillances, made undercover buys, and utilized innovative investigative techniques to …
October 02, 2020
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Law enforcement agencies collaborate to take down major methamphetamine suppliers

June 20, 2018
… an investigation. Detectives learned that Stuard would buy one kilogram (2.2 lbs.) of methamphetamine at a time and …
June 20, 2018
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Annapolis Man Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Prison in Drug Conspiracy

August 10, 2006
… others. On May 21, 2003 Warren Young contacted  Thorpe to buy crack cocaine. Thorpe advised that he only had powder …
August 10, 2006
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North Highlands Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution

July 13, 2021
… contain. This sentence should be a message to anyone buying or selling illicitly obtained pills—not knowing that …
July 13, 2021
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Sacramento real estate broker and three others indicted for international money laundering conspiracy

December 20, 2018
… Johnson 571-387-5018 Money wired from China to be used to buy homes for indoor marijuana grows SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A …
December 20, 2018
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Columbus, Ohio Man Pleads Guilty In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

August 31, 2015
… in another person’s name as his personal credit card, buying air travel, rental vehicles and paying cellular …
August 31, 2015
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Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Kidnap Man After Failed Cocaine Deal

October 20, 2017
… individual told Casillas that an associate of his wanted to buy one kilogram of cocaine. Casillas and Hernandez agreed …
October 20, 2017
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Five Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

May 25, 2011
… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
May 25, 2011
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Winnie Man, Vidor Woman Among Those Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

May 26, 2011
… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
May 26, 2011
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Four Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

August 25, 2011
… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
August 25, 2011
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Alleged Newark Drug Dealer And Associates Indicted In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

June 30, 2011
… During the calls, agents overheard Pender agreeing to buy heroin from Bassett. They also observed Pender meet with …
June 30, 2011
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Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Over 46 Years Combined In Federal Prison

June 19, 2015
… of the investigation agents made more than ten controlled buys and executed at least five search warrants, which …
June 19, 2015
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Two Men Sentenced In Shreveport For Cocaine And Methamphetamine Charges

July 09, 2015
… on January 21, 2014. Using surveillance and controlled buys, agents recorded the defendants at various times …
July 09, 2015
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Millions Of Prescription Pills On The Internet

September 06, 2017
… bottles that were received as a result of the undercover buys did not bear the name of any doctor who had prescribed …
September 06, 2017
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Four Defendants Receive A Combined 61 Years For Distribution Of Methamphetamine

November 19, 2012
… August and November of 2011, multiple undercover controlled buys of methamphetamine were made from each suspect. At …
November 19, 2012
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DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

May 16, 2013
… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
May 16, 2013
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Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

February 19, 2014
… and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stevan Buys. On …
February 19, 2014
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Seven Charlotte Men Sentenced For Conspiracy To Traffic Narcotics

April 15, 2014
… 2013, law enforcement made approximately 30 undercover drug buys from the defendants at or near a residence located on …
April 15, 2014
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Federal Jury Convicts Eagle Pass Brothers For Role In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

October 26, 2015
… cars that they showed at various car shows in Texas and to buy and remodel homes. During recorded phone calls played at …
October 26, 2015
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Jury Convicts Conroe Man Of Trafficking Cocaine And Conspiring To Launder Drug Money

November 03, 2016
… had already been speaking to Benitez about trying to buy large amounts of cocaine from him and his drug supplier. …
November 03, 2016