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Houston Man Guilty In Federal Drug Trafficking Ring

March 07, 2011
BEAUMONT, TX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special in Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced today that a 45-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to being involved in a major drug conspiracy in the Houston area. Lester Edwen McCoy pleaded guilty to conspiracy to...
March 07, 2011
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Leaders Of Cocaine And Money Laundering Organization Sentenced To Prison

March 01, 2011
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - Two men charged separately in related cases have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and launder the drug proceeds, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent In Charge Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney José Angel Moreno announced today. Senior...
March 01, 2011
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Operation Fallen Hero – Operation Bombardier

February 24, 2011
HOUSTON, TX - - As part of Operation Fallen Hero-Operation Bombardier, Houston area federal, state, and local law enforcement officials have joined forces in a series of coordinated strikes against Mexican drug cartels and their associates who operate across the United States as well as in Central America, Colombia, and...
February 24, 2011
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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally Obtained On 29 Trips To Florida

February 24, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Rio Grande, N.J., man admitted today to traveling to Florida to...
February 24, 2011
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15 Indicted And Arrested In Cocaine Trafficking Ring

February 23, 2011
BEAUMONT, TX - A federal investigation into a wide-spread cocaine distribution ring has resulted in the arrest and indictment of 15 individuals in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney John M. Bales today. The...
February 23, 2011
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Rio Grande Valley Defendants Sentenced To Lengthy Prison Terms For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

February 03, 2011
LAREDO, TX - Eight members of a large scale drug trafficking and money laundering organization operating out of the McAllen, Texas, area from approximately 2004 through 2009 were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 180 to 360 months, without parole, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas...
February 03, 2011
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Trenton Man Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison For Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

February 03, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a leader of a heroin distribution organization operating in Trenton, N.J., was sentenced...
February 03, 2011
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Five Men Face Federal Charges Following Raid Of Heroin Mill

February 03, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced five men arrested in a police raid last week on a heroin...
February 03, 2011
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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

January 18, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced charges today against Vikram Datta, the owner of multiple retail perfume stores...
January 18, 2011
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