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Honduran National Sentenced To Federal Prison For Perjury

TAMPA, 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 Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Jimmy Samir Mendoza-(20, Honduras) to 15 months in federal prison...
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DEA Serves An Order To Show Cause On Walgreen’s Pharmacy In Fort Pierce

FEB 12 - (MIAMI) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) today on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #04391, located at 2501 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity...
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Extradited To Tampa

TAMPA, 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 the extradition from Guatemala of Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala). Extradition to Tampa was sought...
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DEA Serves Another Walgreens Pharmacy An Order To Show Cause

MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) yesterday on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #03836, located at 9332 U.S. Highway 19, Port Richey, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity to show...
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Fourteen Individuals Indicted In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

TAMPA, 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, announces today the unsealing of a federal indictment charging 14 individuals with conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana...
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Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

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

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...
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Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking

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...
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Vice-President Of Car Dealership Sentenced To 6 Years For Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking For The Gulf Cartel

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...
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Nicaraguan National Sentenced On Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

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...

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