Columbus, OH

Saint Johns County, FL

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Hastings, FL

Jacksonville Today

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Douglas, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

A 27-year-old man from Douglas, Darrion Jeffery, was recently arrested by the Coffee County Drug Unit for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, along with two other felony offenses. Jeffery had been released from prison in 2022 after spending a year incarcerated for a methamphetamine possession conviction.

Douglas man charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute

Georgia State

Florida State

ORLANDO, Fla. — A drug trafficking operation involving multiple states and as many as nine individuals culminated in sentencing of all nine of those defendants on multiple drug charges. U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton sentenced nine people to federal prison for their respective roles in a multi-kilogram cocaine...

Nine sentenced in federal drug ring case

CBS News

Fugitive Bulgarian drug lord Evelin Banev, wanted in several European countries, surrendered to law enforcement authorities early Monday, the interior ministry said.The former wrestler — dubbed Bulgaria's "cocaine king" — had been sought since 2018. Ukrainian authorities caught him in Kyiv in September 2021 but refused to extradite him on the grounds that he had acquired Ukrainian nationality.His whereabouts had been unknown since then."I can confirm that around 7:30 am this morning Evelin Banev 'Brendo', who has been declared internationally wanted, surrendered voluntarily. Police will transfer him to prison authorities," interior ministry spokesman Mitko Dimitrov told AFP.A web video uploaded...

Ex-wrestler known as "cocaine king" surrenders after years on run

San Diego, CA

The Independent

 A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles into the United States from Mexico, giving traffickers a one-hour window to reach his lane at a San Diego border crossing and pocketing at least $13,000 per vehicle, officials said Thursday. Prosecutors say Leonard Darnell George, a Customs and Border Protection officer working for two separate criminal organizations, allowed at least 19 crossings between late 2021 to June 2022. The vehicles contained several hundred pounds of methamphetamine as well as smaller amounts of cocaine, fentanyl and heroin, and also people being brought into the...

Ex-US Customs officer convicted of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico

Mississippi State

Jackson, MS

A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced to a year behind bars followed by a year of supervised release along with fines and assessments for forcing a man who he arrested to lick urine off the holding cell floor.

Former police officer sentenced for making an arrestee lick urine off the holding cell floor

Los Angeles County, CA

Federal authorities announced Monday that they have arrested 22 people who were part of a drug-trafficking ring for conspiring to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl. The U.S. Department of Justice said the drugs were imported into the United States from Mexico. The big picture: Court documents state...

22 arrested for trafficking nearly 13,000 pounds of meth

Colorado State

CBS Denver

A Northern Colorado man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in supplying fentanyl to a teenage boy. Samuel Strait was sentenced Tuesday afternoon by 8th Judicial District Judge Daniel McDonald.Strait, 32, was prosecuted and convicted for his role in the 2022 overdose death of the teenager. CBS News Colorado has agreed not to publish the name of the victim due to his age.Strait sold the 15-year-old fentanyl pills late at night in July of 2022.Investigators with the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force said the boy contacted Strait multiple times seeking access to fentanyl pills. The boy,...

Fentanyl dealer sentenced to 25 years for 15-year-old's fatal overdose

Quando Rondo has secured a plea deal with prosecutors in his federal drug conspiracy case. The controversial rapper was initially facing up to 20 years in prison after being arrested along with 18 other men last June on charges of drug conspiracy and participating in gang activity. Now, United States...

Quando Rondo Reaches Plea Deal In Federal Drug Conspiracy Case

Brooklyn, NY

Law & Crime

Following a 13-week trial — and a sprawling yearslong investigation — a federal jury in New York has finally convicted key leaders of the "Bully Gang," a violent crew based in Brooklyn who frequently stalked and killed their victims, trafficked drugs in and out of the notorious Rikers Island thanks to an effective bribery scheme and committed a series of armed robberies that prosecutors say left a trail of terror in its wake.
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'Bully Gang' now a 'shell of the violent crew' that once carried out murder, RICO and drug crimes: Feds

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

South Carolina State

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Greenville, SC

Greenville Daily Bugle

More than a dozen defendants have pled guilty in South Carolina, including two women who rented Airbnbs in Greenville to help run a drug trafficking organization, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson. The “Las Señoritas” investigation targeted a drug trafficking ring operated by inmates in the South Carolina Department of Corrections and female defendants who fled to Mexico to escape prosecution.

Over a Dozen Facing Extensive Prison Time Following Major Upstate Drug Trafficking Bust

Kristy Tallman

New York, NY -- Juan Orlando Hernandez, Former President of Honduras, Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 400 Tons of Cocaine and Related Firearms Offenses.

Ex-Honduran President Gets 45 Years for Trafficking 400 Tons of Cocaine

Missouri State

Saint Louis, MO

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – An alleged Mexican drug cartel leader who was arrested when he crossed the U.S. border was indicted in St. Louis along with 28 others on drug and money-laundering charges.
                Genaro Rosas-Vargas, 39, was indicted along with the others by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in late May, according to information from the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Missouri. Rosas-Vargas, also known by other names including “Chiliango,” Javier Ramos-Garcia, 50, Jose Coronel-Coss, 28, and Theodore Sigite, 47, were...

Alleged Mexican cartel leader, arrested crossing into U.S., indicted in Missouri

Oregon State

Bend, OR

(The Center Square) - A man from Bend, Oregon, received a federal prison sentence last week for possessing 20 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Isaac Kitashima, 48, got a nine-year federal prison sentence plus five years of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon.

Oregon meth trafficker gets nine years in federal prison

California State

Business Insider

The DOJ alleges that telehealth executives made $100 million by prescribing Adderall and other stimulants to patients who didn't need them.

CEO arrested and accused of running an Adderall drug ring

Homeland Preparedness News

Raids in California this week culminated in charges against 47 alleged members of a Sinaloa Cartel-linked drug trafficking network and the seizure of more than 4 kilograms of fentanyl, 324 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroine and dozens of firearms. More … Read More »
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Law enforcement seizes methamphetamine, fentanyl, and more, charges 47 in alleged drug trafficking ring

North Dakota State

An indictment was unsealed in the District of North Dakota today, charging a federal inmate and eight co-conspirators with international methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl trafficking. According to court documents, since January 2022, Jesus Amurahaby Celestin-Ortega, also known as Flaco, 26, allegedly engaged in drug-related and money laundering conspiracies and a...

Major drug trafficking indictment unveiled in North Dakota

Edgewater, NJ

NJ Spotlight

On Wednesday, jurors heard from the man who sold the infamous gold bars that ended up in the hands of U.S. Sen. Bob Menedez and his wife, and are at the center of the bribery charges against them. Vasken Khorozian, a jeweler in Edgewater, did business with the senator’s wife,...

The source of Menendez’s gold bars takes the stand

Ali Carney, 46, of Newark, received a 65-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Months for Drug Trafficking

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Sheriff’s Office makes arrest, seizes over 3,800 grams of cocaine

Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields announced an arrest following a drug investigation in the Vass area of Moore County. “On July 2, detectives with the Moore...

Sheriff’s Office makes arrest, seizes over 3,800 grams of cocaine

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