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DEA, SPD & ATF Seize Cache Of Guns In Magnolia Home

May 12, 2014
SEATTLE - The tenant who rented the basement of a home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, and his heroin supplier, have both been charged with gun and drug crimes after selling heroin and a firearm to a person working with law enforcement. At the time of the arrests last week, law...
May 12, 2014
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Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited From Honduras On Cocaine Distribution Charges

May 09, 2014
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 Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce the extradition of...
May 09, 2014
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Florida Men Indicted For Synthetic Drug Distribution As Part Of A Nationwide Takedown

May 08, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Harmeet (39, Windermere); Cean Al (33, Palm Harbor); and...
May 08, 2014
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DEA's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Meet A Growing Need For Americans

May 08, 2014
MIAMI, Fla. - Americans nationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever this past Saturday. After seven previous Take Back Days spread over almost four years, 780,158 (390 tons) of pills were brought...
May 08, 2014
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DEA’S National Drug Take-Back Day Collected Nearly 16 Tons In The Pacific Northwest

May 08, 2014
SEATTLE - Americansnationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever. After seven previous Take Back Days spread over almost four years, 780,158 - ( 390 - tons) of pills were brought to the...
May 08, 2014
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Seventh Person Pleads Guilty In Marijuana Smuggling Conspiracy

May 06, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce today that Amber (31, St. George, Utah) pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute marijuana. She faces a...
May 06, 2014
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Colombian Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Importation Conspiracy Charge

May 06, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that Vinston Boxton-(48, San Andres Island, Colombia, South America) today pleaded guilty to conspiring with others to distribute five...
May 06, 2014
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Sinaloa Cartel Supervisor Operating In Central Florida Sentenced To More Than 19 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

April 29, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. yesterday sentenced Demis Ulises Mokay-(31, Orlando) to 19 and one-half years in...
April 29, 2014
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Eight More Individuals Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

April 29, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that Chief U.S. District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced eight individuals in a cocaine trafficking investigation, dubbed Operation...
April 29, 2014
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Orlando Felon Sentenced For Possession Of Firearm And Impersonating A DEA Agent

April 28, 2014
ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Senior U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Benjamin William (43, Orlando) to 18 months in federal...
April 28, 2014
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