fentanyl busts; Hong Kong and Taiwan

5-12-19   Hong Kong and Taiwan businesses are planning to pull some of their production from China after the U.S. administration announced that roughly $200 billion worth of Chinese-manufactured goods would receive a tariff increase to 25 percent from 10 percent….Thousands of Chinese products will be taxed at 25 percent, including furniture, telecom equipment, plastics, seafood, and auto parts.  https://www.theepochtimes.com/after-us-tariff-hike-hong-kong-and-taiwanese-firms-plan-to-move-production-away-from-china_2920732.html

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-fentanyl pills

3-5-19  Two men were charged this week after the seizure of more than 20 kilograms of fentanyl (enough to kill NJ) that they tried to transport into New Jersey….Luis Aponte, 48, of Hesperia, Calif. (in Mojave Desert) drove the truck trailer, meeting Denny Diaz, 29, of Philadelphia.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/warren/nj-rest-area-fentanyl-bust-enough-drugs-kill-10-million

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5-1-19  Throughout the course of the investigation, the Special Investigations Unit, in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, seized 75 firearms, over $80,000 worth of meth and over 500,000 lethal doses of fentanyl -- enough “kill every single resident of Brevard County,” the sheriff’s office said.  https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-drug-bust-nets-enough-fentanyl-to-kill-everyone-in-brevard-county-100-people-arrested

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 https://www.newbedfordguide.com/thirty-two-kilos-of-fentanyl-worth-28-8-million-seized-and-two-dominican-nationals-arrested-for-trafficking/2018/10/24

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4-30-19   Orlando Badillo, 40, was targeted by investigators as the alleged leader of the fentanyl trafficking organization and Robert Peguero, 48, was targeted as an alleged supplier.  https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/se-mass/police-arrest-11-people-accused-of-operating-a-fentanyl-trafficking-ring/1967578731

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In this Nov. 2018 file booking photo provided by the Pima County Sheriff's Office, shows Jocelyn Lopez-Sanchez, 21, of Tucson, Ariz.  

5-11-19   A Tucson woman accused of supplying the powerful fentanyl pills that caused three people to overdose at a Halloween party last year, including a 19-year-old man who died, has been indicted on federal charges, the DEA said Friday.  https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/fentanyl-overdoses-prompt-federal-charges-against-tucson-woman/article_e90c9c5a-735f-11e9-bd93-cb3abcb22f2b.html

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5-6-19  48-year-old Pablo Alberto Arias Herrera, 31-year-old Omar Medina-Santiago, and 26-year-old Julio Missael Ramirez Peguero 48-year-old were arrested with 3 kilos of fentanyl in Boston.  https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/05/05/pablo-alberto-arias-herrera-omar-medina-santiago-julio-missael-ramirez-peguero-arrested-boston-police-drug-charges-3-kilograms-fentanyl/

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5-4-19   Three German men, ages 31, 22 and 29, were arrested after the raids in three southern states on allegations they operated the so-called “Wall Street Market” darknet platform, which hosted about 5,400 sellers and more than 1 million customer accounts, Frankfurt prosecutor Georg Ungefuk told reporters in Wiesbaden on Friday….The three Germans, identified in U.S. court documents as Tibo Lousee, Jonathan Kalla and Klaus-Martin Frost, face drug charges in Germany on allegations they administrated the platform where cocaine, heroin and other drugs, as well as forged documents and other illegal material, were sold….

“The charges filed in Germany and the United States will significantly disrupt the illegal sale of drugs on the darknet,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan White told reporters in Germany. “We believe that Wall Street Market recently became the world’s largest darknet marketplace for contraband including narcotics, hacking tools, illegal services and stolen financial data.  https://www.apnews.com/85942717e8fa40c09da1f2f3d637e29f

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12-`13-18 

MEXICO CITY:  A laboratory in Mexico City suspected of producing the powerful opioid fentanyl was raided on Wednesday, officials said, in a rare case of a bust involving a drug that is increasingly blamed for fuelling the opioid crisis in the United States.

More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/mexican-officials-bust-fentanyl-lab-in-mexico-city-11028262

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