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2007
 International Arms Dealer  DEA/Coast Guard Record Cocaine Seizure
 Operation Jacket Racket  $207 Million Mexican Cash Seizure
 Indoor Marijuana Grow in California  Operation Imperial Emperor
 Operation Eliminacion  Major Mexican Extradition
2006
 Operation Elmo  Operation Twin Oceans
 Operation Black Gold Rush  Operation Liquid Heroin
 Operation Somalia Express  
2005
 Operation High Step
 Operation Northern Impact  Operation Cyber Chase
 Operation Sweet Tooth  Operation Money Trail
2003
 Operation Trifecta  

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International Arms Dealer - press release

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Operation Jacket Racket - press release

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Indoor Marijuana Grow in California - press release
 

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Operation Eliminacion - press release
 

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DEA/Coast Guard Record Cocaine Seizure - press release
 

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$207 Million Mexican Cash Seizure - press release
$207 Million Cash Seized in Operation $207 Cash and weapons Seized
Cash Hidden in Closet
Table filled with $207 seized drug money
Residence where cash was seized.

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Operation Imperial Emperor - press release
Image - hidden compartment on the back of this flatbed truck Image - traffickers stuffed their marijuana in the backseat of this pick-up truck. Image -Another view of the sand-bag bridge extending across the U.S.-Mexico border
Traffickers attempted to conceal marijuana in this hidden compartment on the back of this flatbed truck.
Opting for a more visible option, traffickers stuffed their marijuana in the backseat of this pick-up truck.
Another view of the sand-bag bridge extending across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Image - sandbag bridge Image - Almost $3.5 million of the more than $45 million in cash seized Image - Snare drums were used to conceal the illegal proceeds of drug trafficking.
Traffickers constructed this sandbag bridge to transport drugs via vehicles across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Almost $3.5 million of the more than $45 million in cash seized as part of Operation Imperial Emperor.
Snare drums were used to conceal the illegal proceeds of drug trafficking.
Image - Marijuana recovered from a secret compartment in the roof of a tractor-trailer. Image - Interior of tractor-trailer where secret compartment (above ladder) was discovered. Image - Operation Imperial Emperor had an impact across the United States.
Cocaine recovered from a secret compartment in the roof of a tractor-trailer.
Interior of tractor-trailer where secret compartment (above ladder) was discovered.
Operation Imperial Emperor had an impact across the United States.

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Major Mexican Extradition - press release - extradition video
Image - Table filled with cocaine. Image - Table filled with cocaine. Image - Table filled with cocaine.
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Operation Elmo - press release
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SAC Sweetin displays a replica of an Elmo doll used to conceal 4 pounds of ICE meth. Behind SAC Sweetin from left to right is Greeley PD Chief Jerry Garner, Weld County Sheriff John Cooke and United States Attorney for the District of Colorado Troy A. Eid. 4.4 pounds of methamphetamine seized at Grand Junction, CO. 5 pounds of methamphetamine seized at Grand Junction, CO.
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Elmo doll which concealed 4 pounds of methamphetamine at Barstow, CA. Elmo doll which concealed 4 pounds of methamphetamine at Barstow, CA. 8 pounds of methamphetamine seized at Grand Junction, CO.
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7 pounds of methamphetamine seized at Greeley, CO, on 10/23/06. Seized methamphetamine seized in suitcase by DEA. $25,590 cash seized at Evan, Colorado, by DEA.

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Operation Black Gold Rush - press release
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Operation Somalia Express- press release
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Operation Twin Oceans - press release | video clip
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These islands, owned by the Rayo-Montano organization, and located off the coast of Panama were seized by the Panama Authorities with the assistance of the DEA. Submersible used by the Rayo-Montano organization. Close-up of the hatch on the submersible.
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U.S. Coast Guard RHIB (right) intercepts a go-fast boat which had 744 kilos of cocaine on it. One of the many assets seized as part of Operation Twin Oceans. 744 kilos of cocaine seized.

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Operation Liquid Heroin - press release
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Liquid heroin. Packets of liquid heroin.  
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The puppies pictured here were implanted with liquid heroin packets. The puppies pictured here were implanted with liquid heroin packets.  

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Operation High Step - press release
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Example of artwork in which traffickers concealed heroin. Shattered painting for heroin retrieval. Heroin packages being removed from painting remains.
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Net profit breakdown of heroin case. Map showing flow of heroin from Colombia to the US.  

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Operation Northern Impact - press release
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Operation Sweet Tooth - press release

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Operation Motor City Mafia - press release
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House owned by Terry Flenory and girlfriend Tonesa Welch located at 14445 Mulholland Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90077-1733. Oracle Motor Sports - luxury vehicle accessory business owned by Terry Flenory and Tonesha Welch. January 2005 seizure of $576,000 from 16221 Elisa Place, Encino, CA.
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January 27, 2005, seizure of $648,538 from van in Detroit, MI, where Stanley Lackey, Jr. and Derrick Peguese, Jr. were passengers. Concealed compartment where money was hidden inside the Lincoln Navigator stretch limo containing the $580,250 in Romulus, MI. January 2005 seizure of $576,000 from 16221 Elisa Place, Encino, CA.
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Lincoln Navigator stretch limo with nine hidden compartments containing the $580,250 in Romulus, MI, where Stanley Lackey, Jr. was a passenger. Concealed compartment where money and a Smith & Wesson handgun were hidden inside the Lincoln Navigator stretch limo containing the $580,250 in Romulus, MI.  

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Operation Cyber Chase - press release
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DEA loading truck.
DEA/FDA moving boxes.
DEA/ICE moving boxes.
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DEA Diversion dumping drugs.
DEA agents make arrest in New York portion of Operation "Cyber Chase."
Evidence boxes.

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Operation Trifecta - press release
Image - Table filled with cocaine. Image - A furious fire burned through a table filled with cocaine. Image - An x-ray of a car.
Cocaine seized aboard The Macel ship in December 2001. The seizure totaled 9,291 kilograms of cocaine.
9,291 kilograms of seized cocaine set ablaze by DEA ensuring the drug never reached the street.
X-Ray photograph of one of the many vehicles containing hidden compartments used to return drug money obtained in the United States to drug suppliers in Mexico. The photo shows the back right panel of the vehicle filled with cash obtained from drug sales.

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