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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

BOSTON – This weekend, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, April 27, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at over...
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Puerto Rican man sentenced to 76 months in prison for heroin distribution

BOSTON – A Puerto Rican man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Ivan Cruz-Rivera, 50, of Dorado, P.R., was sentenced to 76 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In December 2018, Cruz-Rivera and co-defendant Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown...
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65 people charged in Operation Double Dippin

DENVER - In February of 2017, the HIDTA Southern Colorado Drug Task-Force initiated an investigation titled Operation Double Dippin. The HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Springs Police Department, Teller County Sherriff’s Office...
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Two Lawrence Massachusetts men sentenced for participating in fentanyl conspiracy

CONCORD, NH – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Steven Guerrero, 19, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 69 months in prison, and Julio Saldana, 19, also of Lawrence, was sentenced to 138 months in prison...
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CVS to pay $535,000 for filling invalid prescriptions

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Pharmacy chain CVS Pharmacy, Inc., has agreed to pay $535,000 to resolve the United States’ allegations that several of its Rhode Island stores violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by filling invalid prescriptions, announced DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United...
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Sixteen individuals charged or arrested for drug trafficking crimes as part of joint law enforcement effort

BURLINGTON, Vt. – On April 16, 2019, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced a multiagency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in the area of Brattleboro, Vt. During the three-day operation...
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Loudon man sentenced to 120 months in prison for participating in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Michael Bean, 33, of Loudon, was sentenced to 120 months in prison for conspiring with others to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in...
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Conspirator in fentanyl, cocaine trafficking organization sentenced to 60 months in federal prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Providence man who conspired with the leader of a drug trafficking conspiracy that imported hundreds of kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and distributed them in Rhode Island and Massachusetts has been sentenced to 60 months in federal prison, announced DEA New England...
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Manchester man sentenced to 76 months in prison for cocaine trafficking

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that Chris Minarcin, 34, formerly of Manchester, N.H., was sentenced to serve 76 months in federal prison for distributing cocaine and possessing over 500 grams of cocaine...
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Seventeen individuals charged with drug trafficking crimes as part of joint law enforcement investigation

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray and New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced today that 17 individuals have been charged with drug trafficking crimes as part of a joint investigation. Eleven individuals have been...