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Four Anchorage residents charged with attempting to smuggle drugs into prison for distribution

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - Four Anchorage residents have been charged for attempting to smuggle drugs into the State of Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) Anchorage Correctional Complex (“ACC”). Steven Cao, 32, a federal inmate at the time of the offense, Brandon Beltz, 26, Jennifer Delossantos, 33, and Allyson Moore, 20, all...
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Raids On Multiple Marijuana Grow Houses In Investigation Of International Money Laundering And Interstate Marijuana Trafficking

SEATTLE - Over the last few days investigators executed search warrants at 17 different Puget Sound area locations, and a commercial property in New Jersey, in connection with an internationally funded drug trafficking organization sending thousands of pounds of marijuana grown in Washington to the New York City area. One...
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DEA New England Field Division Collects 44 Tons Of Prescription Drugs During The 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28th, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field (NEFD) and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 88,182.07 pounds or 44 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at...
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

SEATTLE - Nationwide Americans did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications at close to 6,000 sites across the country on April 28th, 2018. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA collected and destroyed close to one...
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Indictment Charges 19 Individuals With Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Offenses

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Albert Angelucci, John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Connecticut, and Anthony Campbell, Chief of the New Haven Police Department, today announced the unsealing...
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45 Individuals Indicted For Participating In Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

CONCORD, N.H. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Albert Angelucci and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray from the District of New Hampshire today announced that 45 individuals have been charged with participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Also participating in the announcement was Mary K. Daly, Director of Opioid...
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DEA Aims For Record Removal Of Unused Pills Through Its 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative

SEATTLE - This weekend DEA and its partners will host one of the most popular DEA community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday April 28th, 2018, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their unused and unwanted prescription medications at one of the...
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DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

BOSTON, Mass - This weekend DEA will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday April 28 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at one of 580 collection...
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Final Defendant Sentenced In Nayarit, Mexico Based Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

PORTLAND, Ore. - Misraim Israel Briones Pasos aka Mario Ozuna, 36, of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for his role in a vast conspiracy responsible for trafficking hundreds of pounds of black tar heroin from Nayarit, Mexico to the Portland metropolitan area. “Most of...
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Twenty Charged In Drug Conspiracy Distributing Heroin & Meth Throughout King, Pierce, Snohomish And Thurston Counties

SEATTLE - A task force led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) today arrested 15 people and continues to search for an additional six defendants charged in connection with a long-term investigation of drug trafficking. Law enforcement served search warrants at eight locations and searched more than a dozen vehicles. At...

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