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Drug Trafficking Co-conspirators Head To Federal Prison

October 30, 2012
LAREDO, Texas - Two drug and money laundering co-conspirators are headed to federal prison as a result of a long-term Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation dubbed “Operation Havoc,” Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge and Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. One...
October 30, 2012
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California-Hawaii Methamphetamine Ring Busted

October 30, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed today following the arrests of two members of a methamphetamine ring that distributed the drug from the Central Valley to Honolulu, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. On October 11, 2012...
October 30, 2012
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Two Men Indicted For Sanger Marijuana Cultivation Operation Bullet Holes In Thieves’ Truck Lead To Defendants

October 25, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Forest Basye, aka Erik Bayse, 33, of Sanger, and Peo Xayphengsy, 51, of Alto, Ga., were indicted today for their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation in Sanger, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...
October 25, 2012
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced

October 22, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Arellano Iniego, 55, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to eight years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special...
October 22, 2012
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Bakersfield Marijuana Storefront Owner And Employee Indicted

October 18, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Arthur Gentile, 51, the owner of a marijuana storefront in Bakersfield named ANP Collective, and his employee, Gustavo Angel Salinas, 24, both of Bakersfield, were indicted today for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United...
October 18, 2012
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Fresno Man Indicted For Growing Marijuana And Interstate Trafficking

October 12, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment Thursday charging Douk Duke Pen, 33, of Fresno, with cultivating and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According...
October 12, 2012
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Stanislaus County Couple Indicted For Growing Marijuana On Agricultural Land

October 11, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 53, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, of Waterford, were indicted today for growing marijuana near Waterford High School, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court...
October 11, 2012
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day...
October 04, 2012
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More Indictments In Operation Mercury Targeting Marijuana Grown On Agricultural Land

October 04, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Five men were indicted today for growing marijuana on agricultural land in Fresno County, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. Say Taylor, 50, of Los Angeles; Phonepasejth Phaphilom, 26, of Fresno; Rassamee Phothidokmai, 52...
October 04, 2012
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Ten Indicted For Marijuana Growing On Public And Private Lands In Fresno And Tulare Counties

October 04, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. - Nine Tulare County residents and a Parlier man were indicted today for conspiring to grow marijuana and possess marijuana for distribution, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, 32, of...
October 04, 2012
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