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Loudon man sentenced to 50 months for methamphetamine trafficking

May 01, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Mark T. Moore, 38, of Loudon, N.H., was sentenced in federal court to 50 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute, and possess with...
May 01, 2019
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Several charged in federal drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies

April 30, 2019
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A total of six men are now in custody following the return of a 41-count indictment alleging a cocaine and marijuana trafficking conspiracy, conspiracy to commit money laundering and 39 substantive drug and money laundering violations announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R...
April 30, 2019
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California man sentenced to 140 months in prison for supplying methamphetamine to Boston-based drug ring

April 30, 2019
BOSTON – A California man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine from California to Massachusetts. Christopher Halfond, 37, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole, Jr., to 140 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. In April 2018...
April 30, 2019
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Dominican man sentenced to 240 months in prison for heroin trafficking

April 30, 2019
CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Santos Guerrero Morillo, 39, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Documents filed...
April 30, 2019
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Former medical doctor sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for unlawful distribution of opioids and causing the overdose death of a patient

April 30, 2019
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Martin Tesher, a former family medical doctor, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 20 years’ imprisonment for nine counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without a legitimate medical purpose and one count of unlawful distribution of oxycodone and fentanyl that resulted...
April 30, 2019
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DEA and partners hold 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 29, 2019
PHILADELPHIA – With robust public participation over the course of 16 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors, including...
April 29, 2019
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New Britain man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for trafficking cocaine

April 29, 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham announced that Luis Cirino, also known as “Gordo” and “G,” 42, of New Britain, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Vanessa...
April 29, 2019
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Munster doctor sentenced

April 29, 2019
HAMMOND, Ind. – Jay Joshi, 34, of Woodridge, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 15 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, a $7,500 fine, and a $100 special assessment after pleading guilty to the felony offense of dispensing hydrocodone, an opioid...
April 29, 2019
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Extradition of Pakistani man for attempted heroin importation

April 29, 2019
NEW YORK – DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher T. Tersigni and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today the extradition of Muhammad Khalid Khan for attempting to import heroin into the United States and laundering what he believed to...
April 29, 2019
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 27, 2019
EL PASO, Texas – With robust public participation over the course of 16 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and...
April 27, 2019
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