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Two North Sound men indicted for trafficking fentanyl

September 14, 2018
SEATTLE - Two men were charged today in a multi-count indictment for their scheme to traffic fentanyl disguised as fake oxycodone pills in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties. Bradley Woolard, 39, of Arlington is charged in all five counts of the indictment alleging drug distribution and illegal firearms possession. Griffin...
September 14, 2018
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Cocaine laced with fentanyl leads to multiple deaths, overdoses

September 14, 2018
SAN DIEGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration joined the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, San Diego Police Department, San Diego County Health and Human Services and the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office today to warn the public about a spate of deaths in beach communities connected to cocaine...
September 14, 2018
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Two Lockport men sentenced on cocoaine conspiracy

September 13, 2018
BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Darius Dix, 27, and Kurtis Washington, 27, both of Lockport, N.Y., who were convicted of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, were sentenced to serve 72 months...
September 13, 2018
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Texas men plead guilty to trafficking 10 kilograms of fentanyl

September 13, 2018
SHREVEPORT, La. – Two Texas men pleaded guilty to trafficking more than 10 kilograms of fentanyl through Louisiana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney David C. Joseph. Felipe Rodriguez, 22, of McAllen, Texas, and Brandon Montoya, 24, of Kaufman, Texas, pleaded...
September 13, 2018
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Convicted felon found guilty of conspiring to sell three kilograms of heroin and possession of a loaded firearm

September 13, 2018
BROOKLYN, NY - Earlier today, following a three day trial, a federal jury in Brooklyn returned a guilty verdict against Clyde Miller on charges of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute heroin, possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime and being a felon in possession of...
September 13, 2018
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20 defendants charged in drug and gun investigations

September 13, 2018
CHICAGO — Twenty individuals are facing criminal charges as part of joint federal and state investigations into drug and gun trafficking in Chicago. The dual investigations centered on drug sales in the city’s Little Village neighborhood and resulted in the seizures of 445 grams of heroin, 230 grams of cocaine...
September 13, 2018
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“Operation Forefathers” results in 27 arrests and drug seizures in Cape May and Cumberland Counties

September 12, 2018
Cape May Court House, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Valerie A. Nickerson, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner, and Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae are announcing the conclusion of "Operation Forefathers," a large scale...
September 12, 2018
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Ten members of ‘the 200’ robbery crew charged with racketeering, robbery, narcotics, burglary, and firearms offenses

September 12, 2018
NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York...
September 12, 2018
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Norwood man sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for heroin trafficking

September 12, 2018
BOSTON – A Norwood man was sentenced today in federal court for distributing heroin in the Taunton area. Oristel Soto-Peguero, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rya W. Zobel to 22 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018, Soto-Peguero was convicted by a...
September 12, 2018
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

September 12, 2018
CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a California man to 35 years in prison for overseeing an international drug-trafficking organization that used Amtrak trains to ship heroin and cocaine to Chicago from Los Angeles. Edgar Roque, 32, of Paramount, Calif., was the leader of an extensive network of drug...
September 12, 2018
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