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DEA Nashville District Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Nashville District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...
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DEA Columbia District Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Columbia District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...
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DEA Charlotte District Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Charlotte District Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...
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DEA Atlanta Division Office To Hold 14th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

ATLANTA - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Atlanta Division Office is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups, to hold its 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This one-day...
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Seven Charged In Sales Of Fentanyl And Heroin Branded “Pray For Death”

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor; Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark; James P. O’Neill, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD); George P...
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Stillwater Man Sentenced To 27 Months For International Money Laundering And Steroids Distribution

ALBANY, N.Y.) - Sean T. Dubanowich, 43, of Stillwater, New York, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for distributing steroids throughout the country and laundering his drug proceeds overseas for the purpose of acquiring more steroids to sell. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant...
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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Intending To Distribute Crack And Heroin

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Markell Reyes, age 20, of Jersey City, New Jersey, pled guilty today to possessing and intending to distribute crack cocaine and heroin. The announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith; James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the Drug...
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DEA Strike Force Arrests New York Drug Distributor In Undercover Investigation On The Dark Web

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Division of the DEA and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced today the arrest of Cristian Rodriguez, who distributed through the U.S. mail heroin, oxycodone, and other...
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

NEW YORK - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of...
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DEA Kicks-Off 2017 Red Ribbon Campaign

ATLANTA - The National Red Ribbon Campaign has kicked off its 33rd anniversary across the country. The campaign, which is the nation’s farthest reaching drug prevention effort, began after drug traffickers in Mexico kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in March 1985. Officially, Red Ribbon Week...