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Guilty plea for man accused of importing cocaine hidden in Savannah shipment

SAVANNAH, GA: The second of two men charged in June 2019 after more than 45 pounds of cocaine were seized from a Savannah shipment has admitted guilt to a federal drug trafficking charge. Jimmy Alexander Pujols , a/k/a “El Gallo,” 35, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 5...
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Diamond “Dime-Bag” Floyd sentenced to more than 11 years for multiple counts of armed drug trafficking

Charleston, S.C. --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Diamond Floyd, also known as “Dime-Bag”, 24, of Charleston, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of drug trafficking and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Evidence...
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Methamphetamine trafficker receives 10 years in federal prison

WILMINGTON , N.C. – A Greensboro woman was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or...
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Leader of cocaine trafficking organization admits guilt

BRUNSWICK, GA: A Pooler man who led a drug trafficking organization that transported and distributed significant amounts of cocaine and other drugs into the coastal Georgia area awaits sentencing after admitting guilt. Omar Griffin , 41, of Pooler, Ga., pled guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Five...
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Major South Georgia drug trafficker sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison

BRUNSWICK, GA: A South Georgia man who has alternated much of his past three decades between selling illegal drugs or serving time in prison has been sentenced to spend nearly 20 years in prison for leading a drug trafficking organization centered in Coffee County. Wayne Jordan, 62, of Douglas, Ga...
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Second Largest Border Meth Bust in History on Southern Border

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility Friday seized more than 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills and heroin as part of the second largest methamphetamine bust along the southwest border in the history of the CBP, based on...
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Illinois man sentenced to 57 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and heroin

NEWARK, N.J. – An Illinois man was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for conspiring to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin and 500 grams or more of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Jesus Henoc Castaneda Soberanis, 26, of Chicago, Illinois, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District...
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Dominican Republic official extradited to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Yamil Abreu Navarro was arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on an indictment charging him with international heroin distribution. Abreu Navarro was arrested in the Dominican Republic on an extradition arrest warrant based on an indictment...
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Queens Pharmacy Operator charged with Obstruction of Justice for sending powder cocaine to DEA Investigator's home

NEW YORK - Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), and Dermot Shea, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), announced...
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Another Clan Del Golfo associate extradited to face charges for international cocaine distribution conspiracy

HOUSTON – An alleged associate of one most serious transnational organized criminal organizations has landed in the United States on charges of distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jhony Fidel...

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