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Agencies Host Community Showing Of Chasing The Dragon: The Life Of An Opiate Addict

February 23, 2017
Federal, State Agencies and HealthCare Providers meet in Great Falls for Community Outreach and Education GREAT FALLS, Mont. - In an effort to combat the growing epidemic of prescription drug and heroin abuse, the FBI and DEA have released Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict, a documentary...
February 23, 2017
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In Charleston To Huntington, West Virginia Tri-County Area

February 15, 2017
(CHARLESTON, W.Va. - DEA announced today that the cities of Charleston and Huntington and the surrounding Tri-County areas will be the next region to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention initiative called the 360 Strategy. This program is designed to help cities and surrounding regions deal with...
February 15, 2017
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McKesson Agrees To Pay Record $150 Million Settlement For Failure To Report Suspicious Orders Of Pharmaceutical Drugs

January 17, 2017
WASHINGTON - McKesson (McKesson), one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, agreed to pay a record $150 million civil penalty for alleged violations of the Controlled Substances (CSA), DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach and Acting U.S. Attorney Bob Troyer announced today. “This agreement demonstrates...
January 17, 2017
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Trio Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

January 17, 2017
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Three defendants were sentenced to federal prison last week for drug trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Santiago (aka Chuco), age 47, of Commerce, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 151...
January 17, 2017
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Indictments, Arrests In Cocaine, Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Organization In Denver, Aurora

December 07, 2016
Dismantles Organization Distributing Drugs in Locations such as Bars, Food Trucks, Street Level Dealers AURORA, Colo. - After more than a year-long investigation 10 alleged members of a drug-dealing ring are in custody. They now face felony charges in Arapahoe District Court ranging from organized crime conspiracy and racketeering to...
December 07, 2016
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Colorado Springs Resident Office Assists GBI, CSPD

August 18, 2016
Georgia Bureau of (GBI) case into theft of 8.9 million dosage units of Hydrocodone results in multiple warrants, illegal pot grows in Colorado Springs and El Paso County COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Agents and Task Force Officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration Colorado Springs Resident Office assisted detectives from Colorado...
August 18, 2016
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Silver Spring Felon Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Acetyl Fentanyl Resulting In Death And Illegal Possession Of A Firearm

July 26, 2016
(GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jeffrey Sean Nazari, 44, of Silver Spring, Maryland, today to 15 years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing a controlled substance analogue, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Nazari admitted that...
July 26, 2016
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Bowie Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 23 Years In Federal Prison For $108 Million Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

July 13, 2016
(GREENBELT, Md. - U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Andracos Marshall, a/k/a “Draco,” 42, of Bowie, Maryland, to 23 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and money laundering conspiracy. Judge Chasanow also entered an...
July 13, 2016
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Intelligence Report Addresses Marijuana Grow Houses In Colorado

June 22, 2016
Amendments 20 and 64 have unintended consequences for many of our neighborhoods DENVER - The Drug Enforcement Administration has released a new Intelligence Report titled “” available on the DEA.gov website. The report was produced by the Intelligence Unit of the Denver Division and addresses some of the unintended pitfalls...
June 22, 2016
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Maryland Woman Found Guilty Of Leading Oxycodone Operation

June 13, 2016
(ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Roxanne Granberry, 35, of Hughesville, Maryland, was convicted today by a federal jury on charges of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and obtaining oxycodone by fraud. Granberry was indicted on February 3, 2016. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Granberry and her husband, William Granberry...
June 13, 2016
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