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Connecticut Heroin, Crack Dealer “Willi Mexico” Pleads Guilty

May 10, 2017
MAY 10 - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Carlos Alberto Lopez-Zelada, 40, also known as “Willi Mexico” last residing in Willimantic, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District...
May 10, 2017
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Northern California Residents Turn In 16 Tons Of Rx Drugs On Take Back Day

May 09, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since...
May 09, 2017
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13th DEA Take Back Collects Over 9,500 Lbs. Of RX Drugs

May 09, 2017
PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Field Division has finished recording the total amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in Saturday’s National Take Back event. Once again, Arizonans turned out in significant numbers and disposed of 9,576.35 pounds, over four tons, of prescription drugs. The total for this...
May 09, 2017
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DEA Brings In Record Amount Of Unused Prescription Drugs On National Prescription Take Back Day

May 09, 2017
MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons)...
May 09, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Brings In Record Amount Of Unused Prescription Drugs On National Prescription Take Back Day

May 09, 2017
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at...
May 09, 2017
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New Jersey Residents Turn In Almost 16,000 Pounds Of Unused Prescriptions

May 09, 2017
NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that New Jersey residents turned in 15,929 pounds or 7.9 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions during National Prescription Take Back Day on April 29. Nationally, 900,386 pound or...
May 09, 2017
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DEA Brings In Record Amount Of Unused Prescription Drugs On National Prescription Take Back Day

May 09, 2017
LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at...
May 09, 2017
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 11,439 Pounds In Kentucky

May 09, 2017
DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...
May 09, 2017
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: More Than 20,000 Pounds In Michigan

May 09, 2017
DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...
May 09, 2017
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 33,261 Pounds In Ohio

May 09, 2017
DETROIT - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at close...
May 09, 2017
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