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Recent News About U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
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DEA Chicago Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge
Sheila Lyons becomes first woman to lead the DEA’s fifth-largest field division, overseeing federal drug enforcement operations in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
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Man Indicted for Meth, Fentanyl, Illegal Firearm
Arrested with 2,300 Fentanyl Pills in KC, Meth & Firearm
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Dominican Citizen Pleads Guilty to Selling Cocaine while Illegally in the United States
Jose Campusano, 38, a citizen of the Dominican Republic residing in Utica, New York, pled guilty to selling cocaine and illegally reentering the United States.
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Rocky Mountain Diversion Investigator Named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year”
Rocky Mountain Division Diversion Investigator (DI) Aaron St. Peter was recently named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year” at the Montana Narcotic’s Officers Association (MNOA) Conference in Bozeman.
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Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Which Resulted in Fatal Ovedose
U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Ryan A. Bloom, 37, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine, which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of $1,000,000.
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6 Charged with Drug Trafficking Operation, Shipping Meth from California to Chicago
Sheila G. Lyons, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Field Division, and Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual for the Northern District of Illinois announced that a federal grand jury has indicted five Chicago area residents and one California resident with a drug trafficking conspiracy for both shipping methamphetamine through the mail and distributing methamphetamine in and around Chicago.
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Ghost Gun and Narcotics Trafficking Ring Shut Down in NYC
Joint Investigation by OAG, NYPD, NYSP, and DEA Recovered 19 Firearms, including 12 Ghost Guns, High-Capacity Magazines, and More than 560 Grams of Cocaine
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Former Mexican Governor and Presidential Candidate Sentenced for Money Laundering
The former governor of Tamaulipas, Mexico, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for accepting over $3.5 million in illegal bribe money and using it to fraudulently purchase property in the United States, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
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Midland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Meth Distribution and Firearm Charge
A Midland man was sentenced last week to 360 months in prison for possessing approximately 1,000 grams of methamphetamine and possessing a handgun in furtherance to a drug activity.
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Missouri Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm
Currently in State Prison on Unrelated Drug Trafficking, Armed Assault Charges
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California Man Indicted for Meth Trafficking
Smuggled 18 Kilos of Meth Aboard Bus Passing Through KC
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Columbia Man Pleads Guilty to Second Meth Trafficking Indictment
Faces at Least 10 Years in Prison, Currently Serving 17-Year Sentence in an Earlier Case
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Ice Meth Trafficking
Todd C. Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that Keyshawn Q. Banks, 24, of Peoria, was sentenced on March 9, 2023, to 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine (“Ice”).
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Final Defendant Sentenced in Prosecution of Middle Georgia Methamphetamine-Trafficking Conspiracy
The final defendant from a Laurens County methamphetamine trafficking ring has been sentenced to prison, wrapping up an operation that dismantled a major middle Georgia drug conspiracy and took more than 75 illegally possessed firearms off the streets.
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Leader of Waycross-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison
The leader of a south Georgia fentanyl- and heroin-trafficking operation linked to drug overdose deaths has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison.
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Former Nurse Sentenced for Stealing Opioids from Kansas Hospital
A Kansas man was sentenced to 18 months in prison and his nursing license forfeited after stealing controlled substances from his employer.
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St. Louis Man Admits Assaulting Deputy U.S. Marshals, Selling Methamphetamine
A man from St. Louis admitted assaulting two deputy U.S. marshals in 2021 and selling methamphetamine on Monday.
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California Men Admit Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Meth
Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Daniel J. Kafafian and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger announced two California men admitted conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine in New Jersey and elsewhere.
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Two North Shore Men Indicted for Drug Conspiracy Involving Tens of Thousands of Counterfeit Pills
Two men from the North Shore have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a drug conspiracy involving tens of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine and fentanyl.
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Twice Convicted Drug Trafficker Detained in Third Drug Trafficking Investigation
A United Parcel Service employee twice convicted and incarcerated for trafficking kilos of heroin, and, who allegedly used his position at UPS to attempt to locate a package shipped from Columbia that contained multiple kilograms of cocaine, has been ordered detained in federal custody on drug trafficking charges, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.