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Twelve Arrested In Major Meth & Heroin Trafficking Organization

November 05, 2015
SEATTLE - - A two year investigation of a major drug trafficking ring in King and Snohomish counties culminated in 12 arrests today following the unsealing of a grand jury indictment and filing of criminal complaints against two dozen defendants. Over the two years of the Drug Enforcement Administration led...

New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 49,000 Pounds On 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

October 02, 2015
NEW ORLEANS - On the tenth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day held on September 26, 2015, the New Orleans Field (NOFD) and its community law enforcement partners collected 49,581* - pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs at 343 collection sites throughout the division. Nationally, 702,365 pounds of prescription...

The Pacific Northwest Responds To Prescription Drug “Take-Back” With Record Collection

September 30, 2015
SEATTLE - -Residents of the Pacific (PNW) responded overwhelmingly to the most recent DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On September 26th, 2015, in a four hour period, residents of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska combined, turned in a record breaking 33,919 (17 tons) of unwanted or expired medications...

Four Suspects Charged In Marijuana Grow Operation Concealed Within Boise County’s Forest Land

September 29, 2015
BOISE, Idaho - - Carlos Avalos-Cervantes, 30, and Martin Diaz-Lara, 26, both Mexican nationals currently living in Walla Walla, Washington, were arrested in the remote mountain area early in the morning on September 23, 2015, on charges of conspiracy and manufacturing with intent to distribute marijuana, possession of firearms in...

Ketchikan Residents Sentenced To Prison For Trafficking Methamphetamine And Heroin

September 29, 2015
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - - Robert Duane Moriarty, 36, and Sara Skan, 35, of Ketchikan, Alaska, were sentenced today in Juneau by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy M. Burgess. Moriarity received a sentence of 60 months of imprisonment followed by a five year term of supervised release, and Skan received 18...

DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 24, 2015
SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 24, 2015
SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 24, 2015
SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 24, 2015
SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

Long-Time Drug Trafficker And Money Launderer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Supplying Drugs To Alaska And Missouri

September 15, 2015
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - - On September 14, 2015, Steven Nicholas Taylor, aka “Nicky”, aka “Louie V”, 44, was sentenced in Alaska U.S. District Court for his convictions in two separate federal cases. In the Alaska case, Taylor was sentenced on his pleas of guilty for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances...
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