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Retired nurse sentenced to five years in prison for drug trafficking and money laundering

October 01, 2018
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Christine Miles, 59, of Windsor Locks, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven...
October 01, 2018
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Former Honduran National Police Chief sentenced to 14 years in prison for conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and to possess firearms

September 28, 2018
NEW YORK - Raymond Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Operations Division and Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that Carlos Alberto Valladares Garcia, a former high-ranking member of the Honduran National Police, was sentenced...
September 28, 2018
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Former Colombian councilman sentenced to fourteen years in prison for conspiring to traffic more than a thousand kilograms of cocaine

September 27, 2018
TAMPA, Fla., - Aureliano Cuero-Cuero aka "Chavo," 38, of Mosquera, Nariño, Colombia was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine on board vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Cuero-Cuero pleaded guilty on May 23, 2018. According to court records, Cuero-Cuero was an...
September 27, 2018
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Former Miami-Dade County resident sentenced to more than 8 years in prison for bank fraud and money laundering schemes

September 27, 2018
MIAMI - A former Miami-Dade County resident was sentenced to 97 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $722,000 in restitution for his roles in bank fraud and money laundering schemes. Jose Orlando Sanchez Cristancho, a.k.a. Orlando Sanchez , 57...
September 27, 2018
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FDA-approved drug Epidiolex placed in schedule V of Controlled Substance Act

September 27, 2018
WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Epidiolex, the newly approved medication by the Food & Drug Administration, is being placed in schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act, the least restrictive schedule of the CSA. In June 2018, the FDA announced it approved...
September 27, 2018
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Announcement of Southeast Michigan Regional Strike Force

September 25, 2018
DETROIT - On Sept. 25, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration established the Southeast Michigan Regional Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Strike Force. This is an unprecedented step to co-locate so many federal as well as state and local resources to address the unique challenges in the southeast Michigan region...
September 25, 2018
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Indoor marijuana grow op dismantled and two men arrested

September 25, 2018
OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr., and Otsego County District Attorney John announce the arrest of two Otsego County men after a joint narcotics investigation on Sept. 25, 2018. “DEA works closely...
September 25, 2018
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New York man sentenced to 10 years for conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine

September 24, 2018
BANGOR, Maine – Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminitsration’s New England Division and U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank for the District of Maine announced that Denton Worrell, aka “Lil D,” 21, of Rochester, New York, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by...
September 24, 2018
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Former Bandidos National Vice President sentenced to life in federal prison

September 24, 2018
SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, a federal judge sentenced 59-year-old Bandidos Outlaw Motorcycle Organization National Vice President John Xavier Portillo to two consecutive life sentences, plus 20 years, in federal prison for racketeering and drug trafficking charges. That announcement was made today by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special...
September 24, 2018
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Canadian marijuana dealer sentenced to 135 months for role in international conspiracy

September 24, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. - Colin Stewart, age 41, of Elgin, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced today to 135 months in prison for conspiring to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Grant C. Jaquith...
September 24, 2018
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