WASHINGTON – For a fifth straight year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will show its support for “Song for Charlie” and our many valued partners in law enforcement, public health, and non-profit agencies in recognizing National Fentanyl Awareness Day on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. DEA’s observation of National Fentanyl Awareness...

Jackson, TN – Nineteen people have been indicted and are facing state and federal charges for their involvement in an organized drug trafficking scheme in West Tennessee. D. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, and Neil Thompson, District Attorney General for the 24th District, announced...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Earlier today, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an Immediate Suspension Orders (ISO) to A + Pharmacy, a retail drug store located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. An ISO is an emergency administrative action that immediately suspends a DEA registrant's authority to handle controlled substances, due to imminent danger...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide. Twice a year, DEA joins forces with local law enforcement and community groups to host DEA’s National...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide. Twice a year, DEA joins forces with local law enforcement and community groups to host DEA’s...

Paducah, Ky. – On February 11, 2026, a federal Grand Jury in Paducah returned an Indictment charging four people with conspiring to distribute controlled substances in McCracken County. U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Jim Scott of the DEA Louisville Field...

WASHINGTON – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of fentanyl...

LONDON, Ky. – A Chicago man, Ranjit Wahi, 78, was sentenced on Tuesday, to 29 months, by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom, for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and methadone. According to his plea agreement, beginning in 2019 and continuing through November 18, 2022, Wahi conspired with others to dispense...

WASHINGTON – Following an increase in the trafficking and abuse of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) throughout the United States, the Drug Enforcement Administration has emergency scheduled bromazolam, a synthetic benzodiazepine used to make counterfeit Xanax tablets. The emergency scheduling of bromazolam places it into Schedule I under the Controlled Substances...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, 34, an alleged cocaine trafficker from Uruguay, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges relating to his alleged role in a money laundering conspiracy. Marset was added to the DEA’s Most Wanted Fugitive List in May 2025. Court documents alleged...