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PRESS RELEASE

DEA Charlotte District Office To Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 23, 2015
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 10th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...
September 23, 2015
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DEA Nashville District Office To Hold 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 23, 2015
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 10th state-wide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, September 26, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. This...
September 23, 2015
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6s Are Wild – And Under Arrest

September 17, 2015
NEW YORK - Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the unsealing of a 97-count indictment against 27 alleged members of “6 Wild,” a subset of the Bloods gang, who are accused of committing murders, attempted murders, drug sales, and other crimes during a five year period ending August 20, 2015...
September 17, 2015
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

September 16, 2015
NEW YORK - DEA, NYPD and a host of other state, local and federal agencies today announced a massive takedown that targeted the local sale of dangerous designer synthetic drugs manufactured in China. The scheme, which operated in all five boroughs of New York City, allegedly involved the unlawful importation...
September 16, 2015
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Three Members Of International Organization Of Money Launderers For The Largest Drug Cartels Arrested

September 10, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York (DEA), Kelly T. Currie, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Thomas E. Bishop, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, New York Field (IRS), announced today the unsealing...
September 10, 2015
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Seventeen Members And Associates Of Two Rival Bronx Street Gangs Charged In Federal Court With Racketeering And Narcotics Offenses, Including Two Murders

September 09, 2015
NEW YORK) - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Glenn Sorge, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of U.S. Immigration and...
September 09, 2015
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Five Arrested In Marijuana And Money Laundering Conspiracy

September 09, 2015
BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced yesterday that Damarcus Hennings, 24, Shaquata Hennings, 28, Arthur Clark, 27, Shahana Beaver, 23, and Janice Humphrey, 26, all of Buffalo, NY...
September 09, 2015
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Doctor Charged In Illegal Sales Of Prescriptions For Controlled Substances: Medical Practices At JFK International Airport And On Long Island

September 03, 2015
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker announced today the indictment and...
September 03, 2015
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Multi-Defendant Indictment Returned For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

September 02, 2015
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Knoxville returned a 32-count indictment on July 21, 2015, against 36 individuals involved in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, a conspiracy to launder money, and numerous firearms offenses. Those indicted include: Martin Kenneth Wheeler, Jr., 50, of Tucker, Ga.; Abigail B. Thompson...
September 02, 2015
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Meth Lab Results In Apartment Evacuation

September 01, 2015
ATLANTA - On August 31, 2015, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Atlanta Field Division and the Sandy Springs Police Department Special Investigations Unit served a search warrant on suspected methamphetamine traffickers at 6900 Roswell Rd, Apartment Q9, Sandy Springs. Upon entry, special agents and officers found an extremely dangerous environment...
September 01, 2015
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