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PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

February 05, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. - United States District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Ihab "Steve" (42, Lutz) to 17 years in federal prison for illegally distributing Oxycodone. On August 21, 2012, a federal jury found Barsoum guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone outside the usual course of...
February 05, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Inspects Five Family Owned Pharmacies In The Tampa And Lakeland Area

February 04, 2013
TAMPA, Fla. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division served Administrative Inspection (AIW) on five pharmacies located in the Tampa and Lakeland area. The five pharmacies are owned and operated by Victor Obi-Anadiume and his family. Superior Pharmacy LLC: 5416 Town N’ Country Blvd, Tampa, FL Superior Pharmacy LLC...
February 04, 2013
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Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking

February 04, 2013
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Gerard Germaine Jackson, (34 of Houston, TX), entered a guilty plea this morning in United States District Court to...
February 04, 2013
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Vice-President Of Car Dealership Sentenced To 6 Years For Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking For The Gulf Cartel

February 04, 2013
ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. States District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. today sentenced Eladio Marroquin-(31, Apopka) to six years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana and conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Medina was the vice-president of JM2...
February 04, 2013
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Nicaraguan National Sentenced On Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

February 01, 2013
MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), Homeland Security (HSI), Miami Field Division, announce the conviction and...
February 01, 2013
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Two Florida Men Sentenced For Heroin Conspiracy

December 20, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Senior U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp sentenced Jose Manuel (41, Orlando) to life in prison and Julian...
December 20, 2012
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Miami Cocaine Distributor Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison

December 18, 2012
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton, Jr. sentenced Michael Metayer, a/k/a “Big Mike” (40, Miami) to 10 years...
December 18, 2012
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Oxycodone Dealer Gets Statutory Maximum

December 14, 2012
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced Samuel (42, Tampa) to the statutory maximum of 20 years...
December 14, 2012
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Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

December 14, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced five additional individuals for their roles in an international drug trafficking...
December 14, 2012
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Sixteen Miami-Dade Residents Indicted On Drug Conspiracy And Distribution Charges

December 12, 2012
MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S...
December 12, 2012
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