(CONCORD, N.H.) - Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Alfredo Gonzalez, 50, of Manchester was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his involvement in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. In November of 2017...

(NEW YORK) – DEA and federal prosecutors announced that Pakistani drug kingpin Shahbaz Khan has pled guilty to heroin trafficking in a Manhattan court room. Khan was the leader of a drug trafficking organization based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that produced and distributed massive quantities of heroin around the world...

WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA...

BOSTON - The final tally is in from the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 28th, 2018. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s New England Field (NEFD) and its partners, over the course of four hours, collected 88,182.07 pounds or 44 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Albert Angelucci, John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for Connecticut, and Anthony Campbell, Chief of the New Haven Police Department, today announced the unsealing...

CONCORD, N.H. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Albert Angelucci and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray from the District of New Hampshire today announced that 45 individuals have been charged with participating in a fentanyl trafficking conspiracy. Also participating in the announcement was Mary K. Daly, Director of Opioid...

WASHINGTON - After collecting more than 9 million (4,500 tons) of expired, unused and unwanted prescription medications at 14 previous events over the past 8 years, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on...

BOSTON, Mass - This weekend DEA will once again conduct one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday April 28 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their expired, unused, and unwanted prescription medications at one of 580 collection...

WASHINGTON - Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director David L. Bowdich, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Robert W. Patterson, U.S. Department of State Deputy Assistant Secretary James Walsh, and U.S. Marshals Service Acting Associate Director Derrick Driscoll today announced the addition of fugitive Rafael Caro-Quintero to the FBI’s list of...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration today issued the following statement in response to concerns about potential shortages and drug production capabilities: “In order to prevent any pharmaceutical drug shortage that negatively impacts patients, DEA is working closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, drug manufacturers, wholesale distributors and...