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TOP STORIES 2008

DEC 31	10 Major Drug Deffendants Extradicted from Mexico to the United States
DEC 30	DEA Case Uncovers Massive Cockfighting Arena in Tennessee
DEC 30	DEA Seizes $3 Million Worth of Cocaine in St. Croix, USVI
DEC 11	U.S. Cocaine Market Disrupted Prices Continue 21-month Surge
DEC 10	22 Michigan Residents Indicted in Huge Marijuana Indoor Grow Investigation
DEC 05	DEA Dedicates Clan Lab Training Facility in Quantico
DEC 02	DEA Nets Largest Meth Seizure Ever In New Jersey
DEC 02	DEA to Dedicate Clan Lab Training Facility in Quantico
NOV 20	International Arms Dealer and Cohort Convicted on Terrorism Offenses
NOV 19	Record Breaking Seizures of Marijuana Throughout California in 2008
NOV 18	"Mickey Woods" Marijuana Trafficking Organization Indicted
NOV 18	Operation Cut Throat Nets Additional Arrests
NOV 14	Father and Son Convicted of Running Illegal Internet Pharmacy
NOV 07	Postal Service Employees Charged With Drug Conspiracy
NOV 04	Edmonds Pharmacy "Manager of the Year" Pleads Guilty
OCT 27	Gun Battle Ends With Arrest Of Eduardo Arellano-Felix
OCT 24	Afghan Drug Kingpin Charged With Financing Taliban Terrorist Insurgency
OCT 22	Five Members of Marijuana Conspiracy Plead Guilty
OCT 14	DEA Kicks-Off Red Ribbon Campaign
OCT 08	DEA Drug Investigation Targets Pasadena Drug Gang
OCT 02	Target America Opens at the California Science Center
OCT 02	DEA Seizes $58 Million Worth of Cocaine on Panamanian Ship
OCT 01	Former Denver Bronco Arrested by DEA
OCT 01	Congress Passes Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act
SEP 30	Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause
SEP 29	Media Preview and Press Conference of the Exhibit at the California Science Center
SEP 26	Meth, Cocaine Ring Dismantled in Washington and Idaho
SEP 25	Former Schenectady Police Chief Greg Kaczmarek Indicted on Felony Drug Distribution Charges
SEP 24	Top Taliban Associate and Former Mujahideen Warlord Found Guilty of Heroin Trafficking
SEP 23	Cocaine Hidden in Kiddie Toys
SEP 23	Four Defendants Sentenced on Federal Murder, Firearms, and Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana Charges
SEP 17	175 Alleged Gulf Cartel Members Arrested in Massive International Law Enforcement Operation
SEP 12	Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years
SEP 11	Operation 'Green Reaper' Sweeps King County
SEP 10	US/Canadian Investigations Dismantle International Marijuana Trafficking Organization
SEP 05	Guilty Verdicts for Nevada to Hawaii Meth Ring
SEP 04	Twin Undercover Narcotics Operations Targets San Diego Gang Members
SEP 04	Leader of Mexican Cocaine Cartel Extradited to The United States From Mexico on Narcotics Trafficking Charges
SEP 02	Dos Rios Public Housing Drug Dealers Sentenced to Prison
AUG 27	Nine Arrested for Violation of Combat Meth Act
AUG 25	Cocaine Cartel Leader to Face Charges in the United States
AUG 22	DEA and Local Law Enforcement Seize over 134 Pounds of "ICE" Meth
AUG 19	Public Service Campaign Marks National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month in New Jersey
AUG 14	Treasure Valley Man Gets 32 Years for Meth Trafficking
AUG 07	California Marijuana Dispensary Owner Convicted
AUG 05	DEA Intelligence Chief to Attend Border Security Conference
AUG 04	DEA "Brand" Used to Market Heroin
JUL 30	Doctor Among 057 Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges in Michigan Raid
JUL 28	Operation Blackjack Dismantles Drug Pipeline from New York City to Central NY
JUL 22	DEA Foils Indoor Marijuana Grow Operation
JUL 16	Law Enforcement Explorers to Hold National Conference
JUL 15	DEA, FBI Lead Rescue of Hostage in Atlanta Area Drug House
JUL 14	DEA Task Force Eradicates $20 Million Marijuana Grow in CA National Forest
JUL 07	26th Annual IDEC to be Held in Turkey
JUL 01	DEA Marks 35th Anniversary
JUN 30	26th - Annual IDEC to be held in Turkey
JUN 30	Modesto Football Coach Indicted for Cocaine Trafficking
JUN 27	DEA Issues Proposed Regulations to Allow Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
JUN 26	DEA Statement for the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
JUN 25	Massive Law Enforcement Operation Targets Violent Street Gang in Northeast Los Angeles
JUN 18	High-Level Drug Traffickers Arrested in Joint US/Canada Case
JUN 17	Leader of Colombian Terrorist Organization AUC Pleads Guilty
JUN 13	DEA Releases Photos of Record-Breaking Seizure In Afghanistan
JUN 13	International Arms Dealer Extradited To United States From Spain On Terrorism Offenses
JUN 06	Compromised DEA Investigation Leads to Sentencing of Former Police Officer
JUN 05	Alaska Man Gets 30 Years For Importing Ton of Canadian Pot
MAY 28	Undercover Investigation Yields Arrest of United States Customs and Border Patrol Supervisor at New York Airport
MAY 27	Marijuana Dispensaries Linked to Fatal Car Crash
MAY 20	Member of Afghan Taliban Convicted in U.S. Court on Narco-Terrorism and Drug Charges
MAY 14	Chattanooga Councilman Among 33 Arrested On Drug Charges
MAY 13	14 Members of Colombian Paramilitary Group Extradited to the United States to Face U.S. Drug Charges
MAY 06	U.S. Announces Indictment of International Arms Dealer for Conspiracy to Kill Americans and Related Terrorism Charges
MAY 06	Undercover Operation Targets SDSU Campus
MAY 02	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	Doctor Indicted on Federal Drug Trafficking Charges for Writing Oxycontin Prescriptions for Cash
APR 23	Owners/Managers and Drivers of Commercial Bus Companies Indicted For Drug Trafficking
APR 23	Seattle DEA Targets Suppliers And Financiers Of Bourgeoning Indoor Marijuana Grows
APR 22	Associate of Colombian Narco-Terrorist Group Extradited to United States on Cocaine Importation Charges
APR 17	Operation Tienda Hielo Nets 052 Arrests, Seizure of More Than 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine Ice
APR 10	Southern California Doctor and Two Others Charged with Anabolic Steroid and Human Growth Hormone Distribution
APR 10	Operation Ghost Rider Rids Rockland County of Violent Drug Traffickers
APR 02	Mexican MAYor Charged with Trafficking Multi-Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine Arrives in New York
MAR 26	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	California Doctor-Lawyer Couple Get Five Years For Growing and Selling Marijuana
MAR 10	Designer Cocaine-Candy Flavored Drug Seized in Undercover Investigation
MAR 06	International Arms Dealer Arrested On Terrorism Charges In Bangkok
MAR 06	New Jersey Physician Sentenced to 11 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Narcotic Painkillers
MAR 03	DEA Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart and ONDCP Director John P. Walters Visit the Dominican Repubic
FEB 27	Over Par and Under Arrest: Golf Co. Execs Busted
FEB 21	52 Arrested On Drug Charges In Buffalo, NY
FEB 20	TSA and Delta Employees Indicted in Drug Smuggling Sting at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
FEB 15	Convicted Black Tar Heroin and Crack Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced to 19 and 20 Years in Federal Prison
FEB 14	California Doctor Arrested On Charges Of Writing Prescriptions For Narcotics Without Examining ‘Patients’
FEB 12	Guatemala Extradites Colombian Heroin Trafficker
FEB 12	Anchorage Man Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges and Marijuana Importation Conspiracy
FEB 08	Drug Kingpin Convicted Of Running Heroin Organization In The Bronx And Queens
FEB 07	Undercover Purchases Of Prescription Medication Leads To 03Arrests
FEB 05	Cocaine Kingpin Sentenced to 30 Years on Narcotics and Money Laundering Charges
FEB 04	Operation Ivory Triangle Results in Heroin Trafficker's Extradition from Thailand
JAN 29	Sigue Corporation to Forfeit $15 Million to Resolve Bank Secrecy Act Violations
JAN 10	Spike TV Takes A First-Hand Look At One Of The Most Dangerous Jobs In The World With The Drug Enforcement Administration