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News Releases - 2008

 DEC 31, 2008 10 Major Drug Deffendants Extradicted from Mexico to the United States
 DEC 30, 2008 DEA Case Uncovers Massive Cockfighting Arena in Tennessee
 DEC 30, 2008 DEA Seizes $3 Million Worth of Cocaine in St. Croix, USVI
 DEC 11, 2008 U.S. Cocaine Market Disrupted Prices Continue 21-month Surge
 DEC 10, 2008 22 Michigan Residents Indicted in Huge Marijuana Indoor Grow Investigation
 DEC 05, 2008 DEA Dedicates Clan Lab Training Facility in Quantico
 DEC 02, 2008 DEA Nets Largest Meth Seizure Ever In New Jersey
 DEC 02, 2008 DEA to Dedicate Clan Lab Training Facility in Quantico
 NOV 20, 2008 International Arms Dealer and Cohort Convicted on Terrorism Offenses
 NOV 19, 2008 Record Breaking Seizures of Marijuana Throughout California in 2008
 NOV 18, 2008 "Mickey Woods" Marijuana Trafficking Organization Indicted
 NOV 18, 2008 Operation Cut Throat Nets Additional Arrests
 NOV 14, 2008 Father and Son Convicted of Running Illegal Internet Pharmacy
 NOV 07, 2008 Postal Service Employees Charged With Drug Conspiracy
 NOV 04, 2008 Edmonds Pharmacy "Manager of the Year" Pleads Guilty
 OCT 27, 2008 Gun Battle Ends With Arrest Of Eduardo Arellano-Felix
 OCT 24, 2008 Afghan Drug Kingpin Charged With Financing Taliban Terrorist Insurgency
 OCT 22, 2008 Five Members of Marijuana Conspiracy Plead Guilty
 OCT 14, 2008 DEA Kicks-Off Red Ribbon Campaign 
 OCT 08, 2008 DEA Drug Investigation Targets Pasadena Drug Gang
 OCT 03, 2008 Target America Opens at the California Science Center
 OCT 02, 2008 DEA Seizes $58 Million Worth of Cocaine on Panamanian Ship
 OCT 01, 2008 Former Denver Bronco Arrested by DEA
 OCT 01, 2008 Congress Passes Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act
 SEP30, 2008 Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause
 SEP 29, 2008 Media Preview and Press Conference of the Exhibit at the California Science Center
 SEP 26, 2008 Meth, Cocaine Ring Dismantled in Washington and Idaho
 SEP 25, 2008 Former Schenectady Police Chief Greg Kaczmarek Indicted on Felony Drug Distribution Charges
 SEP 24, 2008 Top Taliban Associate and Former Mujahideen Warlord Found Guilty of Heroin Trafficking
 SEP 23, 2008 Cocaine Hidden in Kiddie Toys
 SEP 23, 2008 Four Defendants Sentenced on Federal Murder, Firearms, and Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana Charges
 SEP 17, 2008 175 Alleged Gulf Cartel Members Arrested in Massive International Law Enforcement Operation
 SEP 12, 2008 Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years
 SEP 11, 2008 Operation 'Green Reaper' Sweeps King County
 SEP 10, 2008 US/Canadian Investigations Dismantle International Marijuana Trafficking Organization
 SEP 5, 2008 Guilty Verdicts for Nevada to Hawaii Meth Ring
 SEP 4, 2008 Twin Undercover Narcotics Operations Targets San Diego Gang Members
 SEP 4, 2008 Leader of Mexican Cocaine Cartel Extradited to The United States From Mexico on Narcotics Trafficking Charges
 SEP 2, 2008 Dos Rios Public Housing Drug Dealers Sentenced to Prison
 AUG 27, 2008 Nine Arrested for Violation of Combat Meth Act
 AUG 25, 2008 Cocaine Cartel Leader to Face Charges in the United States
 AUG 22, 2008 DEA and Local Law Enforcement Seize over 134 Pounds of "ICE" Meth
 AUG 19, 2008 Public Service Campaign Marks National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month in New Jersey
 AUG 14, 2008 Treasure Valley Man Gets 32 Years for Meth Trafficking
 AUG 7, 2008 California Marijuana Dispensary Owner Convicted
 AUG 5, 2008 DEA Intelligence Chief to Attend Border Security Conference
 AUG 4, 2008 DEA "Brand" Used to Market Heroin
 JUL 30, 2008 Doctor Among 57 Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges in Michigan Raid
 JUL 28, 2008 Operation Blackjack Dismantles Drug Pipeline from New York City to Central NY
 JUL 22, 2008 DEA Foils Indoor Marijuana Grow Operation
 JUL 16, 2008 Law Enforcement Explorers to Hold National Conference
 JUL 15, 2008 DEA, FBI Lead Rescue of Hostage in Atlanta Area Drug House
 JUL 14, 2008 DEA Task Force Eradicates $20 Million Marijuana Grow in CA National Forest 
 JUL 07, 2008 26th Annual IDEC to be Held in Turkey
 JUL 01, 2008 DEA Marks 35th Anniversary
 JUN 30, 2008 26th - Annual IDEC to be held in Turkey
 JUN 30, 2008 Modesto Football Coach Indicted for Cocaine Trafficking
 JUN 27, 2008 DEA Issues Proposed Regulations to Allow Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
 JUN 26, 2008 DEA Statement for the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
 JUN 25, 2008 Massive Law Enforcement Operation Targets Violent Street Gang in Northeast Los Angeles
 JUN 18, 2008 High-Level Drug Traffickers Arrested in Joint US/Canada Case
 JUN 17, 2008 Leader of Colombian Terrorist Organization AUC Pleads Guilty
 JUN 13, 2008 DEA Releases Photos of Record-Breaking Seizure In Afghanistan
 JUN 13, 2008 International Arms Dealer Extradited To United States From Spain On Terrorism Offenses
 JUN 6, 2008 Compromised DEA Investigation Leads to Sentencing of Former Police Officer
 JUN 5, 2008 Alaska Man Gets 30 Years For Importing Ton of Canadian Pot
 MAY 28, 2008 Undercover Investigation Yields Arrest of United States Customs and Border Patrol Supervisor at New York Airport
 MAY 27, 2008 Marijuana Dispensaries Linked to Fatal Car Crash
 MAY 20, 2008 Member of Afghan Taliban Convicted in U.S. Court on Narco-Terrorism and Drug Charges
 MAY 14, 2008 Chattanooga Councilman Among 33 Arrested On Drug Charges
 MAY 13, 2008 14 Members of Colombian Paramilitary Group Extradited to the United States to Face U.S. Drug Charges
 MAY 6, 2008 U.S. Announces Indictment of International Arms Dealer for Conspiracy to Kill Americans and Related Terrorism Charges
 MAY 6, 2008 Undercover Operation Targets SDSU Campus
 MAY 2, 2008 DEA News: McKesson Corporation Agrees To Pay More Than $13 Million To Settle Claims That It Failed To Report Suspicious Sales of Prescription Medications
 APR 30, 2008 Doctor Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges for Writing Oxycontin Prescriptions for Cash
 APR 23, 2008 Owners/Managers and Drivers of Commercial Bus Companies Indicted For Drug Trafficking
 APR 23, 2008 Seattle DEA Targets Suppliers And Financiers Of Bourgeoning Indoor Marijuana Grows
 APR 22, 2008 Associate of Colombian Narco-Terrorist Group Extradited to United States on Cocaine Importation Charges
 APR 17, 2008 Operation Tienda Hielo Nets 52 Arrests, Seizure of More Than 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine Ice
 APR 10, 2008 Southern California Doctor and Two Others Charged with Anabolic Steroid and Human Growth Hormone Distribution
 APR 10, 2008 Operation Ghost Rider Rids Rockland County of Violent Drug Traffickers
 APR 2, 2008 Mexican Mayor Charged with Trafficking Multi-Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine Arrives in New York
 MAR 26, 2008 Attorney General Mukasey Announces Charges Against Los Angeles Gang Members and The Formation Of An Additional Safe Streets Task Force To Combat Gang Violence
 MAR 20, 2008 California Doctor-Lawyer Couple Get Five Years For Growing and Selling Marijuana
 MAR 10, 2008 Designer Cocaine-Candy Flavored Drug Seized in Undercover Investigation
 MAR 6, 2008 International Arms Dealer Arrested On Terrorism Charges In Bangkok
 MAR 6, 2008 New Jersey Physician Sentenced to 11 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotic Painkillers
 MAR 3, 2008 DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart and ONDCP Director John P. Walters Visit the Dominican Repubic
 FEB 27, 2008 Over Par and Under Arrest: Golf Co. Execs Busted
 FEB 21, 2008 52 Arrested On Drug Charges In Buffalo, NY
 FEB 20, 2008 TSA and Delta Employees Indicted in Drug Smuggling Sting at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
 FEB 15, 2008 Convicted Black Tar Heroin and Crack Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced to 19 and 20 Years in Federal Prison
 FEB 14, 2008 California Doctor Arrested On Charges Of Writing Prescriptions For Narcotics Without Examining ‘Patients’
 FEB 12, 2008 Guatemala Extradites Colombian Heroin Trafficker
 FEB 12, 2008 Anchorage Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges and Marijuana Importation Conspiracy
 FEB 8, 2008 Drug Kingpin Convicted Of Running Heroin Organization In The Bronx And Queens
 FEB 7, 2008 Undercover Purchases Of Prescription Medication Leads To 3 Arrests
 FEB 5, 2008 Cocaine Kingpin Sentenced to 30 Years on Narcotics and Money Laundering Charges
 FEB 4, 2008 Operation Ivory Triangle Results in Heroin Trafficker's Extradition from Thailand
 JAN 8, 2008 Sigue Corporation to Forfeit $15 Million to Resolve Bank Secrecy Act Violations
 JAN 8, 2008 Spike TV Takes A First-Hand Look At One Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In The World With The Drug Enforcement Administration

 

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