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Habitual Heroin and Fentanyl Dealer Arrested

September 22, 2021
AMARILLO,TX - After a multiple month joint investigation with the Hutchinson County Sheriff Office, Borger Police Department, and the Amarillo DEA, Jeff Daniel was arrested today on multiple Federal Drug Trafficking charges. DEA will continue to work together to clean up our community and will not tolerate Heroin and Methamphetamine...
September 22, 2021
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Oklahoma Files First Degree Murder on Drug Dealer

January 14, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed first degree murder and drug distribution charges on an alleged drug dealer and is continuing an investigation into the supply chain. According to court documents, Jerry Leflore, 32, is accused of selling fake Oxycodone pills that contained Fentanyl to two individuals...
January 14, 2021
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DEA Dallas Seizes 1,447 Pounds of Drugs, 49 Firearms, and Over $6.6M in Drug-Related Assets

November 04, 2020
DALLAS – The DEA Dallas Field Division today announced the results of two Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operations targeting international drug and firearm trafficking between Mexico and Texas. Operations Trap Mansion and Two Birds and One Stone were a sustained state-wide effort of numerous federal, state, and...
November 04, 2020
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Dallas Doctor Pleads Guilty to Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme on Elderly

June 19, 2020
DALLAS - A Dallas doctor has pleaded guilty to a felony for prescription drug diversion crimes perpetrated on elderly victims, announced Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division and U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox. Dr. Edward Agura, 63, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge...
June 19, 2020
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New Boston Man Sentenced for East Texas Drug Trafficking Crimes

June 05, 2020
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 48-year-old New Boston, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Armando Moya was found guilty on Oct...
June 05, 2020
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Former Mexican Police Officer Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million

July 26, 2019
A federal grand jury in Amarillo, Texas has indicted a former Mexican municipal police officer for fentanyl trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. In a superseding indictment filed Thursday evening, Assmir Contreras-Martinez, 30, of Tucson, Arizona, was charged with conspiracy and possession with...
July 26, 2019
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Mexican citizen sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison

December 07, 2018
DALLAS - A 26-year-old citizen of Mexico was sentenced today to 135 months in federal prison after authorities caught him transporting fentanyl, a powerful narcotic 50 times more potent than heroin, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney for the...
December 07, 2018
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More than four pounds of fentanyl lead to prison for two men

November 07, 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jose Avigail Grijalva, 26, of Tucson, Arizona, and Raymend Lee Scott, Jr., 39, of Roswell, Georgia, have been sentenced to ten and seven years respectively for trafficking in fentanyl and cocaine, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Robert...
November 07, 2018
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Grayson County physician guilty of federal drug charges

October 09, 2018
SHERMAN, Texas – A 57-year-old Sherman, Texas doctor has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution and fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Joseph...
October 09, 2018
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