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DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

… is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements … with DEA.  By ordering any pharmaceutical medications online or by telephone from unknown entities, members of the …
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Federal Jury Convicts Eagle Pass Brothers For Role In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… cars that they showed at various car shows in Texas and to buy and remodel homes. During recorded phone calls played at …
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Columbus, Ohio Man Pleads Guilty In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

… in another person’s name as his personal credit card, buying air travel, rental vehicles and paying cellular …
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Houston Man Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking Crack Cocaine

… videos selling crack cocaine, during one of the controlled buys Parker could also be heard cooking crack cocaine in the …
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Communities Nationwide Turn In Nearly 630,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Communities Nationwide Turn In Nearly 630,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day November 08, 2024 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office …
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Houston Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Two Men Sentenced In Shreveport For Cocaine And Methamphetamine Charges

… on January 21, 2014. Using surveillance and controlled buys, agents recorded the defendants at various times …
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Richmond, Texas Man Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Ring

… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Two Houston Women Sentenced In East Texas Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Members Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Over 46 Years Combined In Federal Prison

… of the investigation agents made more than ten controlled buys and executed at least five search warrants, which …
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

… Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stevan A. Buys and Jonathan R. Hornok.   # # #   On …
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Houston Man Guilty In Federal Drug Trafficking Ring

… least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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38 Charged In Three Separate Drug Trafficking Conspiracies

… end user. They don’t care if people spend their last penny buying these drugs. They don’t care if these individuals …
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65 people charged in Operation Double Dippin

… investigation was initiated with small street-level buys from narcotics dealers in Pueblo, Colorado. Based on …
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Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… drugs being marketed aggressively to young adults and kids online. At the end of last year, the DEA found that over 2 …
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13 Indicted In Wellsville Meth Roundup

… The defendants engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies to get around …
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Many Resident Sentenced To More Than 6 Years In Prison For Distribution Of Methamphetamine

… guilty plea, law enforcement agents conducted controlled buys of methamphetamine from Johnson on November 4, 7, and …
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Australian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Helping Run The “Silk Road” Website

… 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 …
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Kennewick WA Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison

… two pounds of methamphetamine as part of a controlled buy. This led agents to Zavala-Alvarez’s residence in …
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Six month investigation into Trenton gang yields 18 arrests with guns and drugs seized

… of H-Block, and through informant information, controlled buys, surveillances and intelligence, authorities were able …
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U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA Announce Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Task Force

U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA Announce Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Task Force October 28, 2024 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk …
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Prison Sentence for Final Defendant Wraps up Prosecution of Middle Georgia Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Edmonds was a mid-level drug dealer in the organization, buying “crack” cocaine and “ice”-grade methamphetamine from …
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Two San Gabriel Valley Men Who Participated In ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’ That Moved Money Out Of U.S. Sentenced To Federal Prison

… pesos. The peso broker finds business owners in Mexico who buy goods from vendors in the United States, such as Peace & …
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Seven Charlotte Men Sentenced For Conspiracy To Traffic Narcotics

… 2013, law enforcement made approximately 30 undercover drug buys from the defendants at or near a residence located on …
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Eldon Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Meth Conspiracy, Attempted Jail Escape

… made references to picking up the two after the escape and buying them clothes to wear. On Nov. 13, 2012, Atterberry …
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New Orleans man pleads guilty to various drug trafficking and firearms crimes, resulting in shooting of DEA Task Force Officer Stephen Arnold

… of that investigation, DEA made four separate controlled buys of ¼ and ½ ounce quantities of crack cocaine from Hardy …
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Denver Man Sentenced For Role In Murder-for-Hire And Drug Conspiracy

… to carve a “Z” into the victim’s chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body. On March 24, 2012, …
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

… some of the income to pay AFO members to commit crimes; to buy firearms, ammunition and vehicles; to travel on …
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Pulaski Man Sentenced To 70 Months

… of search warrants. Approximately $2,100 in marked buy money, from a prior cocaine purchase from Gentry, was …