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Bakserfield man pleads guilty to conspiring with police officers to sell methamphetamine and marijuana

October 23, 2018
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Noel Carter, 46, of Bakersfield, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring with Bakersfield police officers Damacio Diaz and Patrick Mara to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana that Diaz and Mara seized in the course of their duties as police officers, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration...
October 23, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 23, 2018
NEW YORK – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming fall...
October 23, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday October 27

October 23, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds nationwide (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the...
October 23, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

New London drug trafficker sentenced to five years in prison

October 23, 2018
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Brian D. Boyle, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Anthony Whitley, 35, of Hartford and New London, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey...
October 23, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners hold prescription drug take back day Saturday

October 23, 2018
BOSTON – This weekend the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 27 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at one...
October 23, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 22, 2018
LOS ANGELES – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming...
October 22, 2018
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New Orleans-area defendants plead guilty to fraudulent possession and black market distribution of oxycodone

October 22, 2018
NEW ORLEANS – Eight New Orleans-area defendants have pleaded guilty for their participation in a conspiracy to obtain oxycodone through fraud by using fictitious prescriptions. Six of the eight defendants have also pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to possess with intent to distribute oxycodone on the black...
October 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 22, 2018
NEW ORLEANS – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming...
October 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 22, 2018
WASHINGTON – After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 million pounds collected following the upcoming fall 2018...
October 22, 2018
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Buffalo man sentenced to 17 years in federal prison on gun and drug charges

October 19, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. – DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge James Hunt and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., announced today that Jay Neal, 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., who was convicted of eight counts including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more heroin; possession with...
October 19, 2018
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