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Leader of Multistate Drug Distribution Ring Sentenced to 30 Years Following HSI Norfolk Investigation

NORFOLK, Va. — An investigation conducted by HSI Norfolk, the FBI’s Norfolk field office, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Washington division, the Virginia State Police and the Virginia Beach Police Department landed a Virginia Beach man in federal prison for 30 years for leading a multiyear, multistate methamphetamine distribution conspiracy.

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Brothers Receive Significant Sentences for Manufacturing Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Pain Meds

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Two brothers have been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking organization that manufactured and distributed tens of thousands of fentanyl-laced pills disguised as legitimate pharmaceutical-grade pain medications.

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Nonimmigrant Visa Holder with Ties to Extremist Who Attacked Naval Air Station Sentenced for Federal Firearms Offenses

HOUSTON — A nonimmigrant visa holder with ties to the extremist who attacked Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in May 2020 and who also discussed the possibility of traveling outside the United States to participate in jihad was sentenced Feb. 1 to more than six years in federal prison for firearms offenses.

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HSI Phoenix, Arizona Department of Public Safety seize over $1M in drugs and arrest 6

PHOENIX — On Jan. 18, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents and Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers seized approximately 459 pounds of methamphetamine, 148 pounds of fentanyl pills, and 2.55 pounds of cocaine in three separate traffic stops. Authorities arrested six suspects on felony drug-related charges — all within one hour of activity.

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West Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Charges Following HSI Charleston Investigation

Defendant used St. Albans apartment as workshop to create counterfeit oxycodone pills for distribution.

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Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder of a Federal Officer Following HSI El Paso Investigation

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An El Paso, Texas, man pleaded guilty to attempted murder of an officer of the U.S., aggravated assault of an officer of the U.S. with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and conspiracy to transport undocumented noncitizens.

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Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Naturalization and Passport Fraud

TAMPA, Fla. — A HSI Tampa investigation led to a guilty plea for an India native who falsified his naturalization paperwork.

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Colombian Sentenced for Recruiting Mariners to Traffic 12,000 Kilos of Cocaine to Sinaloa Cartel

TAMPA, Fla. — A Panama Express Strike Force, or PANEX, investigation has led to the sentencing of a Colombian national for conspiracies to recruit people and distribute narcotics.

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HSI San Juan Warns the Public About the Dangers of Human Smuggling

HSI San Juan is warning the public about the dangers of illegal human smuggling activities at sea.

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Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity - Forty-Fort, PA

This is to give notice that the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement  – Homeland Security Investigations, as guided by Executive Order 13690 Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input and Executive Order 11988, Floodplain Management, as amended, has conducted an evaluation to determine the potential affect that its activity in the floodplain will have on the human environment. The proposed project is located at 1989 Wyoming Avenue, Forty-Fort, PA 18704.