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Federal Grand Jury Criminal Indictments Announced

TULSA, Okla. - The results of the October 2015 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return...
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DEA’S 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Continues To Be Popular In Our Local Communities

EL PASO - Hundreds from West Texas and New Mexico discarded 9,857 pounds of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. The West Texas area, covering El Paso, Midland, Odessa, Alpine and Fort Stockton, collected...
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Federal Court In New Mexico Dismisses Drug Addict’s Lawsuit Against United States And DEA Agents

ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued orders today dismissing a lawsuit filed by a drug addict against the United States and five DEA agents and supervisors. Plaintiff Aaron Romero filed his lawsuit on July14, 2014, in which he alleged that undercover DEA agents...
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DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

DALLAS - The final tally is in from the 10th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 26, 2015. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 127 locations throughout North Texas and Oklahoma. The NTBI was an all-day event. A total of 27,477 pounds or 12.4 tons...
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DEA And Texas DPS Arrest 13 In Operation Tangled Web

EL PASO, Texas - Today, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Texas Department of Public (DPS) conducted a round up, dubbed Operation Tangled Web. A total of 13 defendants were arrested for Texas state drug and other crimes with one additional defendant already in custody. Operation Tangled Web consists of 10...
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DEA Holds Its 10TH Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

EL PASO, Texas - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be over 50 collection sites throughout the El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico area to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement...
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Forty-One Facing Drug Trafficking Charges As A Result Of Multi-Agency Investigation In Chaves County

ALBUQUERQUE - Forty-one individuals are facing drug trafficking charges as a result of an eight-month multi-agency investigation led by the FBI, the DEA, Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force, Roswell Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, the New Mexico State Police. Twenty-one of the defendants charged are facing federal charges...
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Defendants Sentenced To Lengthy Federal Prison Terms For Roles In Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy

DALLAS - Eight North Texas residents who were convicted for their respective roles in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in North Texas and elsewhere have been sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. On September 18, 2015, Irineo Ramos...
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Federal Jury Finds Former Owner Of Albuquerque Smoke Shop Guilty On Synthetic Drug Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - This afternoon a federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., found Firas Abuzuhrieh, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., guilty on federal synthetic drug trafficking charges after a four-day trial. The guilty verdict was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy...
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

EL PASO - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted...

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