WASHINGTON – On April 25, 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration joined 4,306 law enforcement agencies across the country for the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The bi-annual event collected 642,410 pounds of unneeded and expired medications at 4,417 collection sites nationwide. Since its inception in 2010, National...

The United States continues to face an unprecedented and evolving drug threat driven by illicit fentanyl, which is increasingly mixed with a dangerous array of synthetic substances emerging in the illicit market. These combinations are making an already deadly drug supply even more unpredictable and lethal. Law enforcement and public...

SANTA ANA, California – An Orange County man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl, which resulted in the overdose deaths of two people during the spring of 2023, announced the Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Field Division. Michel Joseph Abdallah, 21, a.k.a. “Mike,” of...

WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced charges against more than 25 individuals as part of a nationwide crackdown targeting the foreign terrorist organization (FTO), Tren de Aragua (TdA). Many of the defendants charged in this Homeland Security Task Force operation are illegal aliens from Venezuela, Colombia, and Honduras. TdA...

HONOLULU – United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii Ken Sorenson announced that ten people were charged in an indictment that was unsealed on May 6, 2026, on charges including conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, and possession of a firearm. The...

LOS ANGELES – Eighteen defendants, including two people law enforcement believes are the main sources of fentanyl and methamphetamine in Los Angeles’s gang- and drug-infested MacArthur Park, have been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with a federal drug trafficking offense, the Justice Department announced today. The complaint...

WASHINGTON D.C. - A federal jury in the Southern District of Texas convicted a Texas physician yesterday for unlawfully distributing more than a million pills of opioids and other dangerous controlled substances. “Medical physicians who exploit their prescribing authority for profit over patient care break an inherent trust with their...

DALLAS – A collaboration between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Viking Motorsports will enter the Texas Motor Speedway this weekend as part of the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series. This is a first-of-its-kind event for the Fentanyl Free America initiative, which focuses on protecting communities, preventing fentanyl overdoses and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Terrance C. Cole, announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging RUBEN ROCHA MOYA, ENRIQUE INZUNZA CAZAREZ, ENRIQUE DIAZ VEGA, DAMASO CASTRO ZAAVEDRA, MARCO ANTONIO ALMANZA...

LAS VEGAS – The Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force held a panel discussion Monday on criminal charging and asset forfeiture involving cryptocurrency, as well as how digital currency continues to evolve. According to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada, the panel brought together federal and...