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South Texas Dealer Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl to Teenager Resulting in Death

January 15, 2025
… revealed text messages which showed the victim wanting to buy “pase” from Carlos. “Pase” was code for cocaine. Carlos …
January 15, 2025
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DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

December 16, 2024
… caused serious injury to a university student. Controlled buys, searches, and interviews revealed a large drug …
December 16, 2024
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OCDETF Investigation Results in Convictions of Six Defendants for Nearly 100 Combined Years in Prison for Meth and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

November 19, 2024
… Airport (“DFW”) to Los Angeles International Airport to buy drugs. Agents seized from inside one of their suitcases …
November 19, 2024
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Green Bay Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Dealing Fentanyl Resulting in Death and Possessing a Firearm

April 10, 2024
… the Brown County Drug Task Force (BCDTF) made controlled buys during which Denruyter sold fentanyl pills to an …
April 10, 2024
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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

March 22, 2024
… ammunition. As part of his guilty plea, Johnson admitted to buying a motorcycle worth approximately $17,000, using drug …
March 22, 2024
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

March 12, 2024
… (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
March 12, 2024
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St. Mary’s County Felon Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges for Distribution of Fentanyl and for Illegal Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition

February 16, 2022
… drug transaction.  As detailed in the plea agreement, after buying fentanyl from Keys, the three individuals returned to …
February 16, 2022
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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

May 27, 2021
… teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of …
May 27, 2021
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Melvin Hill Convicted by Jury on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

August 25, 2023
… Burlington narcotics investigators that the source could buy narcotics from Hill. In February and March, this source …
August 25, 2023
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

January 09, 2023
… oversaturated drug market.  Anyone, including our kids, can buy dangerous and deadly drugs at the click of a button. …
January 09, 2023
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Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison

October 12, 2021
… documents, DEA agents used a confidential informant to buy cocaine from several defendants. They also executed …
October 12, 2021
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

January 26, 2023
… to actively take steps to ensure that your children are not buying drugs online. We invite you to review the Fentanyl …
January 26, 2023
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Kennewick WA Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison

April 11, 2022
… two pounds of methamphetamine as part of a controlled buy. This led agents to Zavala-Alvarez’s residence in …
April 11, 2022
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Three Drug Traffickers Convicted of Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracies

August 04, 2021
… at trial revealed that in 2015 and 2016, Woolard began buying fentanyl and furanyl fentanyl powder from China after …
August 04, 2021
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Five Defendants Charged in San Jose Drug Distribution Schemes

February 11, 2021
… price of the methamphetamine if the source were willing to buy larger quantities.  Like De La Cruz, Torres Cruz is …
February 11, 2021
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Prolific Snohomish County fentanyl dealer sentenced to 15 years in prison

March 06, 2020
… cut of the profits.  Many distributors used that profit to buy from Irons to support their own addiction. During this …
March 06, 2020
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San Francisco man sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for crimes related to illegal fentanyl pill manufacturing operation

January 24, 2020
… admitted that his role in the conspiracy included buying a pill press, using it to manufacture pills, and …
January 24, 2020
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Darknet drug vendor sentenced to 10 years prison

April 12, 2019
… the payment in San Francisco and used the money to buy drugs and supplies to fulfill JetSetLife customer …
April 12, 2019
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Western U.P. Crystal Meth Conspiracy Shut Down

December 17, 2015
… purchases of methamphetamine from Hill.  These undercover buys gave the officers the evidence they needed to get a …
December 17, 2015
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Former Governor Of State Of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Indicted In The Southern District Of Texas

December 02, 2013
… of 2004. Portions of those funds were allegedly used to buy a Sabreliner 60 airplane in January 2005. As part of …
December 02, 2013
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Operation Shaw-Crank Redemption Results In 11 Defendants Being Sentenced To A Combined Total Of Over 93 Years For Drug-Trafficking

May 29, 2014
… and Arkansas River Valley area. Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring have …
May 29, 2014
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Physician Admits To Illegally Distributing 39,000 Pills

March 02, 2017
… bring names and dates of birth to Johns with the intent of buying a prescription for oxycodone.  Johns would issue the …
March 02, 2017
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

March 13, 2015
… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … illicit goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … customer service inquiries, and resolving disputes between buyers and vendors.  The forum moderators were responsible …
March 13, 2015
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Leader Of International Money Laundering Organization Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

July 11, 2011
… multi-level marketing scheme, through which customers could buy pre-paid debit cards. DMG sold these pre-paid debit …
July 11, 2011
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Last Of The Arellano-Felix Brothers Sentenced

August 19, 2013
… some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
August 19, 2013
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

December 21, 2012
… two undercover NYPD officers made approximately 25 buys of cocaine and crack cocaine from various members of …
December 21, 2012
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Car Repair Shop Owner And His Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Commercial Burglaries

March 10, 2015
… David Paschall used more than five drug “brokers” to buy drugs almost every day at his shop which he would then …
March 10, 2015
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For more information or to find a …
October 21, 2025
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

April 22, 2025
… morphine are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  In October 2024, DEA and its partners …
April 22, 2025
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DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

April 24, 2019
… were caused by either heroin, fentanyl, or prescription pain killers. Removing those prescriptions from the home or …
April 24, 2019