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Ninety-Year Old Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Transporting 1,200 Pounds Of Cocaine Into Michigan

May 7, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A ninety-year old man from Indiana was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for his role as a drug courier for a major cocaine trafficking organization with direct ties to the Joquin Guzman (a/k/a “Chapo” Guzman)...
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11 Defendants Arraigned In The Eastern District Of Oklahoma For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

MUSKOGEE, Okla. - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced that the following individuals were arraigned on April 15, and 16, 2014, on charges of Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute And Distribute Five (500) Grams Or More Of Methamphetamine, in violation of Title...
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Prosecution Of Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization Results In Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences And Significant Cash Seizures

(LUBBOCK, - Texas) The last defendants convicted in an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) operation targeting the Simon Chavez Drug Trafficking (DTO), have been sentenced. That DTO was responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in Lubbock, Texas, and surrounding areas. The operation resulted in significant seizures of methamphetamine...
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Former Kentucky Doctor Pleads Guilty To Illegal Distribution Of 25,000 Controlled Substance Prescription Pills

March 18, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A former doctor in Paintsville, Kentucky, has admitted to his role in a conspiracy that was responsible for illegally distributing more than 25,000 Controlled Substance prescription pills in the eastern half of Kentucky. On Monday, March 17th...
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Owner Of Pain Clinics In Kentucky Receives 20 Year Federal Prison Sentence For Multiple Convictions Related To Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

March 18, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - The former owner of pain clinics in Georgetown, Ky., and Dry Ridge, Ky., that illegally dispensed controlled substance prescription drugs to thousands of patients, was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Karen...
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Detroit Area Doctor And Pharmacist Convicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert Controlled Substances And Health Care Fraud

March 7, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 DETROIT - A doctor, a pharmacist and a marketer were convicted today in federal court in Detroit for distribution of controlled substances and health care fraud, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by...
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Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

WASHINGTON - Five men have been sentenced to federal prison this week for prescription drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today Khuda Balouch Buksh, 47, a Pakistani national living in Duncanville, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2013 to conspiracy to possess...
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Five Defendants Sentenced For On-Line Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs

SHERMAN, Texas - Five men have been sentenced to federal prison this week for prescription drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Khuda Balouch Buksh, 47, a Pakistani national living in Duncanville, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 16, 2013 to conspiracy to...
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Twenty People Indicted For Heroin Conspiracy In Northeast Ohio

January 14, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 CLEVELAND - Twenty people were indicted for their roles in a conspiracy that brought heroin and other drugs to Akron, and an Akron man was charged with providing heroin that resulted in an overdose death, law enforcement officials announced today...
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Kentucky Pharmacy Owner Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Role In Conspiracy To Distribute Controlled Substances

December 18, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LONDON, Ky. - A Manchester pharmacy owner and his wife will forfeit their home, more than a million dollars, and six cars that were proceeds or purchased with proceeds from a drug conspiracy. In that conspiracy, the pharmacy owner filled...

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