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Corpus Man Receives 11 Years For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

… to determine the proceeds from drug sales enabled Yanez to buy and renovate these houses and that Yanez believed these …
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Wilson Man Sentenced To 130 Months For Heroin Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… Task Force and Wilson Police Department used informants to buy a total of 800 bags of heroin from Turner during five …
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New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty To Drug And Firearms Charges

… to court records, in June 2015, while DEA agents were buying heroin undercover from an unnamed trafficker, they …
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Heroin Distributor Gets Nearly 33 Years In Federal Prison In Mexican Mafia Case

… was found to be the main distributor of heroin. He would buy the drugs wholesale from Mexico and distribute it …
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Four Ruston, La. Residents Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute And Possess Cocaine

… to July 2014 in the Lincoln Parish area. They were recorded buying cocaine and scheduling to convert cocaine to crack …
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Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

… law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
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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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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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Ibrar A. Mian Named Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division

Ibrar A. Mian Named Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division March 03, 2025 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 to …
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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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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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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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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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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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Leader Of Brighton Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

… DTO. Drayton also participated in a number of controlled buys involving cocaine base during the investigation. …
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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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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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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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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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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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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

… teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of …
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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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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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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

… converters. By December 2019, Marshall had mostly ceased buying junk vehicles and scrapping them out for parts, and …
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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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