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Madison Man Sentenced For Marijuana Conspiracy

January 05, 2016
… Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Fidel Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division … Riza pleaded guilty to this charge on October 9, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Riza and six other …
January 05, 2016
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Organizer Of Madison Marijuana Conspiracy Sentenced To 2 A½ Years In Federal Prison

February 03, 2016
… Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Fidel Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division … pleaded quilty to this charge on November 17, 2015. From September 2012 to February 2015, Camara and six other …
February 03, 2016
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Last Of 17 Defendants Convicted In Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy Is Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

May 25, 2016
… and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma Additional Division Info Community Outreach & Red Ribbon Activities: Erin J. Fischer … 2013, Ziegler received methamphetamine on consignment from Colin and another convicted defendant, Erica Ayala.  In …
May 25, 2016
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Federal Inmate Sentenced To Eight Years For Conspiring To Import Marijuana While In Federal Prison

March 12, 2015
… Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Fidel Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division … time in federal prison, arranged shipment of marijuana from Mexico to northwest Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. - ― John W. … Fierro-Rascon arranged to smuggle a shipment of marijuana from Mexico to Christopher Johnson in northwest Wisconsin. …
March 12, 2015
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Waterbury Man Sentenced To 51 Months In Prison For Distributing Heroin

April 10, 2017
… Lowell Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … overdose.  Officers made two controlled purchases of heroin from Jones in March 2016.  Based on these sales, on April … conducted additional controlled purchases of heroin from Jones, and then from Alvin Lopes when the investigation …
April 10, 2017
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Jamaican Ecstasy Trafficker In Bridgeport Sentenced

May 12, 2017
… Lowell Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … investigators made two controlled purchases of ecstasy from Fletcher. Fletcher and Stewart were arrested on … his home and seized approximately one kilogram of marijuana from a hallway closet. On February 14, 2017, Fletcher pled …
May 12, 2017
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Bridgeport Man Admits Selling Heroin To Overdose Victim

May 17, 2017
… Lowell Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … text messages revealed that the victim had ordered heroin from Norris earlier that day.  Witness interviews and … analysis revealed that the victim had purchased heroin from Norris for several months prior to the victim’s …
May 17, 2017
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Long Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Charges: Includes Distribution Of Pills Manufactured With Acetyl-fentanyl

August 28, 2017
… California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … charges and admitted importing a powerful synthetic opioid from China that was used to produce homemade pills that were … of acetyl-fentanyl as well as Xanax and ecstasy pills from the drug trafficking organization led by Resnik. The …
August 28, 2017
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

October 24, 2017
… California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … (571) 387-6555 LOS ANGELES - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug … as part of the effort. Locally, law enforcement agencies from Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, …
October 24, 2017
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DEA Reduces Amount Of Opioid Controlled Substances To Be Manufactured In 2017

October 04, 2016
… has decreased according to sales data obtained by DEA from IMS Health, a company that provides insurance companies with data on … quota system was intended to reduce or eliminate diversion from “legitimate channels of trade” by controlling “the …
October 04, 2016
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Methamphetamine Distributor Convicted At Trial

September 12, 2012
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 United States Miami … 12, 2012. According to the evidence presented at trial, from early 2011 until his arrest on October 18, 2011, Coronado sold large quantities of methamphetamine from his home, in Riverview, to lower-lever dealers, who …
September 12, 2012
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3 Laredo Men Convicted Of Drug Trafficking

May 15, 2017
… McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 … pleas for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor … and distribution of kilogram quantities of marijuana from Laredo to the Dallas area. Gutierrez was in charge of …
May 15, 2017
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Final Defendant In San Antonio-based Synthetic Marijuana Distribution Ring Sentenced To Federal Prison

February 08, 2018
… McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 … substance analogues. By pleading guilty, Wesa admitted that from March 2013 to June 2013, he and others comprised the … synthetic cannabinoids. In June 2017, Wesa was extradited from Germany to the Western District of Texas. He since has …
February 08, 2018
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President Obama Announces Intent To Nominate DEA Special Agent Thomas Harrigan As DEA Deputy Administrator

February 17, 2011
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Pending Approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee,Career DEA Special Agent will Serve in DEA's #2 … we continue our work of keeping the American people safe from dangerous drugs and those who traffic in them.” The DEA …
February 17, 2011
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Drug Investigations Lead To Treasury Designation Of New Ansari Money Exchange

February 18, 2011
… Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “Cash is the ultimate commodity for these criminal networks, and these proceeds … As a result of today’s action, U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with … actions to safeguard the U.S. and Afghan financial sectors from abuse.” The individuals designated today include …
February 18, 2011
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

March 08, 2011
… the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity … and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its partners will … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
March 08, 2011
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Over 5,300 Sites Join DEA Nationwide Effort To Take-Back Prescription Drugs On April 30th

April 19, 2011
… for the event last fall. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. Government, community, public health and law enforcement partners at … that abuse prescription drugs often obtained them from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
April 19, 2011
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 06, 2013
… Days. When the results of the seven events to date are combined, the DEA and its state, local, and tribal … have removed over 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of medication from circulation. (A breakdown of the last Take-Back Day’s … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
November 06, 2013
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Ordered To Prison

February 24, 2015
… McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 … serve a 30-month-term. During trial, jurors heard testimony from several co-conspirators who detailed several instances of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking from Mexico to Laredo, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas as …
February 24, 2015
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Norwalk Man Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Selling Drugs, Violating Supervised Release

March 28, 2013
… Lowell Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … and for violating the conditions of his supervised release from a prior narcotics conviction. According to court … release, for distributing crack cocaine.  He was released from federal prison in October 2007 and began serving his …
March 28, 2013
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California Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 18 Years For Distributing Meth In New England

May 29, 2015
… Lowell Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … to launder money, and three counts of money laundering.  From January 2010 through January 2012, Castilleja, who was …
May 29, 2015
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New Hampshire Woman Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 05, 2015
… Lowell Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … regularly ordered significant quantities of oxycodone pills from two members of the conspiracy, Samuel Garcia and … individual. The intercepted telephone calls show that from June 18, 2014 through August 27, 2014, on multiple …
June 05, 2015
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Second Marijuana Grow Robber Sentenced To Long Prison Term

June 06, 2014
… 571-387-3193 seattlespecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Community Outreach Specialist: 571-387- 4035   Featured … SEATTLE - Ferdinand Clay, who was shot while fleeing from the robbery of a marijuana distributor was sentenced on … dealer Jason Loken.  The two men stole guns, and marijuana from Loken who had been restrained but was able to free …
June 06, 2014
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Twin Falls Woman Pleads Guilty To Controlled Substance Delivery

January 14, 2015
… 571-387-3193 seattlespecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Community Outreach Specialist: 571-387- 4035   Featured … substances were prescription medications diverted from the pharmacy where Federer worked.  Sentencing is set … and sold bottles of controlled substance prescriptions from the pharmacy stock to another individual without a …
January 14, 2015
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Former Mexican Mayor Gets 21 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

March 10, 2016
… Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … selling cocaine and laundering the illegal proceeds gained from these crimes,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug … never relent in our mission to protect the American people from the scourge of drug trafficking and abuse, and bring …
March 10, 2016
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Owner Of Several Clean And Sober Residential Facilities Arrested For Drug Trafficking

February 11, 2016
… 571-387-3193 seattlespecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Community Outreach Specialist: 571-387- 4035   Featured … drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana, from Rehberg.  Rehberg is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions as …
February 11, 2016
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Anchorage Woman Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participation In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

November 07, 2016
… 571-387-3193 seattlespecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Community Outreach Specialist: 571-387- 4035   Featured … five years of supervised release following her release from custody.  On June 29, 2016, Rangel pleaded guilty to … southern California. Rangel then enlisted a number of women from Alaska and Florida to retrieve heroin from her source …
November 07, 2016
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Delaware County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine And Firearms Charges

August 04, 2015
… States St. Louis Contacts St. Louis For Inquiries, Contact: Community Outreach: Guy Gomez Email (571) 362-1642 … announced today that a man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to Iowa in order to manufacture methamphetamine … than 12 years in federal prison. Roger Hettinger, age 42, from Manchester, Iowa, received the prison term after …
August 04, 2015
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Thurston County Man Who Shipped Meth And Heroin To Alaska Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

December 03, 2012
… 571-387-3193 seattlespecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Community Outreach Specialist: 571-387- 4035   Featured … on October 14, 2011, when he returned to Washington State from Alaska.  Grimes had attempted to retrieve packages of drugs from the post office in Soldotna, Alaska and then eluded law …
December 03, 2012
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 25, 2016
… Francisco Contacts San Francisco For Inquiries, Contact: Community Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Recruiter: … Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Twice-annual event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SAN FRANCISCO - After … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The removal from …
April 25, 2016