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Key Atlanta Drug Distributors Sentenced

July 23, 2013
ATLANTA - Glenn A. Cook has been sentenced to serve over ten years in federal prison on charges of conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, money laundering, and possession of a firearm during a drug offense. “This organization’s cocaine trafficking activities clearly fed many illicit drug users. Because of the...
July 23, 2013
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Trio Of Used Car Salesmen Plead Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy, Forfeit Almost $12 Million

July 17, 2013
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Three used car salesmen have entered guilty pleas for their roles in selling cars to drug traffickers in an effort to launder drug proceeds, announced United States Attorney Edward L. Stanton III. Wayne David McAlpin, Jr., 50, of Memphis, TN pleaded guilty to one count of money...
July 17, 2013
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Operation “Dixie Crystal” Nets 30 Methamphetamine Traffickers In Ashe And Surrounding Counties

July 16, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Thirty men and women have been charged to date with methamphetamine trafficking and firearms offenses as a result of Operation “Dixie Crystal,” announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. To date, 17 defendants have pleaded guilty to the charges. Operation “Dixie...
July 16, 2013
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Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Trafficker Enters Guilty Plea

July 02, 2013
MACON, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announces that Bertin Rivera, age 43, of Lumber City, Georgia, entered a plea of guilty today to conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute 382 kilograms of cocaine. The plea was entered in the...
July 02, 2013
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Joint Local, State And Federal Synthetic Drug Round-Up Leads To The Arrest Of 30 Defendants Charged With Selling “Spice” And “Bath Salts”

July 01, 2013
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - -Three separate criminal indictments and a criminal complaint charging 30 men and women with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute synthetic drugs and related charges have been unsealed in U.S. District Court, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of...
July 01, 2013
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Seven Drug Traffickers Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Ring

June 19, 2013
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - - A criminal indictment charging seven defendants with drug trafficking conspiracy and related charges was unsealed today in U.S. District court, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The federal indictment was returned by a grand jury sitting in Asheville on...
June 19, 2013
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Four Men Indicted In 75-Liter Methamphetamine Seizure

June 06, 2013
ATLANTA - - Gabriel Jimenez Antunez, Pablo Saucedo Aparicio, Martin Ascencio, and Javier Munoz Ruiz have been indicted on federal drug and money laundering charges for their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to a residence in Austell, Ga. “Methamphetamine continues to ravage many communities in our nation,” said...
June 06, 2013
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Nineteen Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Face Drug Charges

June 06, 2013
BRYSON CITY, N.C. - - Nineteen members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Thirteen of those charged were arrested on Wednesday, May 29, 2013; during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement, announced Anne...
June 06, 2013
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Twenty-Four Defendants Indicted On Federal Drug Charges

June 03, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - A single count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee last week was unsealed today, charging 24 defendants with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distributing diverted prescription pills, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee...
June 03, 2013
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Last Of The Arellano Felix Brothers Enters Guilty Plea In San Diego

May 24, 2013
(SAN DIEGO) - - Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 56, the last of four brothers to be targeted by U.S. prosecutors for leading one of the world’s most notorious multi-national drug trafficking organizations, pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Diego to money laundering and conspiracy charges. The plea marks the conclusion...
May 24, 2013
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