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JUN              7,              2004Major          Cartel Lieutenants Arrested in MexicoFEB              20, 2004Operations                El Barrio and Crescent Moon Yield Over Three Dozen ArrestsJAN              28, 2004Calabrian                Mafia Dismantled in Operation "Decollo" (Take-Off)JAN              22, 2004Routine                Drug Investigation Uncovers Three Grenades and Launcher**JAN              15, 2004DEA                Disrupts Colombian Drug RingJAN              12, 2004Cash                  Smuggling Case at O'Hare AirportNOV              25, 2003Major                LSD Criminals Sentenced, Pickard and Apperson were linked to                the Largest LSD Lab Seizure in DEA HistoryOCT              21, 2003Elizabeth                Willis, Chief, Drug Operations, DEA Office of Diversion Control,                Records Comments About On-Line Pharmacies             SEP 4, 2003Operation             Running Waters Leads to Major PCP Arrests              AUG 29, 2003Statement             from DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy on Operation Double Trouble             AUG 27, 2003Colombian             Drug Lord Sentenced to 30 Years in U.S.             AUG 27, 2003Operation             Crackdown Leads to 17 Arrests in Colorado             AUG 14, 2003DEA             Detroit Takes Down Major Suburban Drug Ring With Ties to Mexico             JUL 31, 2003Mexican             Drug Lord Indicted; Over 240 Arrests in Operation Trifecta             JUL 25, 2003DEA             - New York Investigation Results in the Extradition of Four Argentine             Heroin-Traffickers to the United States Following Landmark Ruling             by Argentine Supreme Court             JUN 11, 2003Traffickers             and Mafia Caught in Cocaine Smuggling Operation             JUN 4, 2003Over             100 Kilograms of Coke Seized in Rome Airport              JUN 3, 2003Twenty-Six             Arrested in Maine             MAY 30, 2003Fabio             Ochoa Convicted on U. S. Drug Charges             MAY 20, 2003Major             Heroin Organization Dismantled from the Source in Columbia from the             Streets of Philadelphia             MAY 16, 2003Massive             Heroin-Smuggling Organization Dismantled             MAY 9, 2003Six             Arrested On Ecstasy Charges              MAY 9, 2003Arrests             Reveal Increased Colombian Presence in Mexico's Drug Industry             APR 30, 2003DEA             Issues Statement on THC in Cannabis Food Products in Light of Ongoing             Litigation              APR 15, 2003Over             65 Arrested in International Methamphetamine Investigation             APR 3, 2003U.S.             Arrests 9 Afghani Natives on Charges of Importing Heroin from Pakistan             and Afghanistan             MAR 31, 2003Largest             LSD Lab Seizure in DEA History             MAR 27, 2003Operation             Archangel Nets Indictments of 36 in Boston Investigation Targeted             Violent Gangs that Sold Crack Near Elementary Schools             MAR 21, 2003DEA             Issues Final Rules on "Cannabis" Products             MAR 21, 2003Captured:             Mexican Cartel Boss Osiel Cardenas-Guillen Violent Criminal had Threatened             Federal Agents             MAR 20, 2003Arrest             Leads to Unexpected Marijuana Seizure in Clark County, Kentucky             MAR 10, 2003DEA             Official Testifies About Arizona/Mexican Border             MAR 6, 2003Thousands             Of Pounds Of Marijuana Seized In Grosse Point Park, Michigan             FEB 26, 2003Drug             Defendant Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison in Connection with Largest             Ever Cocaine Seizure in Massachusetts History              FEB 24, 2003Operations             Pipe Dreams And Headhunter Put Illegal Drug Paraphernalia Sellers             Out Of Business             FEB 14, 2003Operation             Deja Vu Dismantles Violent Heroin/ Cocaine Trafficking Groups
 

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