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Operation Sudden Fall	Operation Albatross
Major Gang Round-up in Los Angeles	Project Reckoning
Project Reckoning - press release Back to top Major Gang Round-Up in Los Angeles - press release     Back to top   Operation Albatross - press release Seized hashish outside of drug bunker. Afghan and DEA Special Agents destroying hashish bunkers. Hashish being burned. Hashish located in underground bunkers. More hashish in underground bunkers. Hashish bunkers being destroyed. Back to top Operation Sudden Fall - press release
Operation Funk 49	DEA/Coast Guard Record Cocaine Seizure
Operation Raw Deal	$207 Million Mexican Cash Seizure
Nogales Tunnel Seizures	Operation Imperial Emperor
Indoor Marijuana Grow in California	Major Mexican Extradition
Operation Eliminacion
Operation Funk 49 - press release   Back to top Operation Raw Deal - press release Back to top Nogales Tunnel Seizures - press release Back to top Indoor Marijuana Grow in California - press release   Back to top $205 Million Mexican Cash Seizure - press release Back to top Operation Eliminacion - press release   Back to top Operation Imperial Emperor - press release 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. 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. 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. Back to top DEA/Coast Guard Record Cocaine Seizure - press release   Back to top Major Mexican Extradition - press release - extradition video Back to top
Operation Elmo	Operation Twin Oceans
Operation Black Gold Rush	Operation Liquid Heroin
Operation Somalia Express
Operation Elmo - press release 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. 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. 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. Back to top Operation Twin Oceans - press release | video clip 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. 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. Back to top Operation Black Gold Rush - press release Back to top Operation Liquid Heroin - press release Liquid heroin. Packets of liquid heroin.     The puppies pictured here were implanted with liquid heroin packets. The puppies pictured here were implanted with liquid heroin packets.   Back to top Operation Somalia Express- press release Back to top
Operation High Step	Operation Motor City Mafia
Operation Northern Impact	Operation Cyber Chase
Operation Sweet Tooth	Operation Money Trail
Operation High Step - press release Example of artwork in which traffickers concealed heroin. Shattered painting for heroin retrieval. Heroin packages being removed from painting remains.   Net profit breakdown of heroin case. Map showing flow of heroin from Colombia to the US.   Back to top Operation Motor City Mafia - press release 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. 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.   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.   Back to top Operation Northern Impact - press release Back to top Operation Cyber Chase - press release DEA loading truck. DEA/FDA moving boxes. DEA/ICE moving boxes. DEA Diversion dumping drugs. DEA agents make arrest in New York portion of Operation "Cyber Chase." Evidence boxes. Back to top Operation Sweet Tooth - press release Back to top

Operation Trifecta - press release
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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