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PRESS RELEASE

Thirteen Convicted In Montana Drug Trafficking Operation Run From A California Prison

August 06, 2015
Billings Resident Office, Eastern Montana HIDTA concludes long term, multi-jurisdiction, multi-agency investigation BILLINGS, Mont. - The United States Attorney’s Office announced today the completion of a Montana-based operation that convicted 13 defendants for methamphetamine, firearms and money laundering charges, involving an estimated $300,000 worth of meth in Montana. Operation Pale...
August 06, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DENVER - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg has 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...
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
NEWARK, N.J. - - 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. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unused, unwanted...
July 28, 2015
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Heroin Supplier To The Grape Street Crips Street Gang Admits To Conspiring To Sell Heroin In Newark, New Jersey

June 30, 2015
NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a heroin supplier to the Grape Street Crips street gang today admitted conspiring to distribute hundreds of...
June 30, 2015
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Art Contest To Raise Awareness About Heroin Addiction

June 11, 2015
NEWARK, N.J. - - The Drug Enforcement Administration-New Jersey Division and the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) in conjunction with the Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey and the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse are pleased to announce their sponsorship of a statewide Heroin...
June 11, 2015
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Colorado Attorney General Joins Forces With DEA, U.S. Attorney, To Execute Largest Heroin Bust In History Of Rocky Mountain Region

May 20, 2015
Operation Chump Change has netted 273 pounds of brown heroin valued at $40 million over two years (DENVER) - Colorado Attorney General Cynthia H. Coffman, in partnership with the DEA, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office today announced the largest and most complex heroin bust in the history of the Rocky...
May 20, 2015
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Canada Extradites Second Drug Trafficking Defendant To Colorado For Prosecution

May 14, 2015
(DENVER) - Javier Batista Cervantes, age 35, who was until today in Canada, was extradited from Canada to Denver, Colorado so he can face drug trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach announced. Cervantes was indicted, along with six...
May 14, 2015
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New Jersey Leaders Encourage Residents To Spring Clean Their Medicine Cabinet In The First New Jersey Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning Initiative

April 24, 2015
WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - - New Jersey leaders want families across the state to get cleaning this Saturday, and participate in the first ever Prescription Drug Spring Cleaning: Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet event. This public health initiative is designed to raise awareness about the dangers of prescription drug...
April 24, 2015
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South Jersey Convicted Felon Sentenced To 70 Months In Prison For Role In Conspiracy To Traffic Guns From South Carolina To New Jersey

April 24, 2015
CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Lawnside, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for illegally possessing firearms...
April 24, 2015
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Member Of Drug Trafficking Organization Admits Conspiring To Sell Heroin

April 21, 2015
TRENTON, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Toms River, New Jersey, man today admitted distributing heroin and cocaine as part of a large-scale drug...
April 21, 2015
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