LOS ANGELES - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds-456 tons-of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than 5,300 collection sites. That...

LOS ANGELES - A resident of downtown Los Angeles was found guilty this afternoon of federal drug trafficking charges for participating in a conspiracy that imported acetyl fentanyl, a drug very similar to fentanyl, which is a powerful and highly addictive opioid. The guilty verdict is the result of an...

LOS ANGELES - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and its local law enforcement, community and tribal partners will give the public its 14th opportunity in seven years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of...

RIVERSIDE, Calif - A Mexican national who was previously designated as an important target because of his links to international drug trafficking was indicted today by a federal grand jury on narcotics charges related to a meth lab in Hesperia where multiple pounds of methamphetamine were seized. The indictment is...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A federal jury has convicted a physician assistant who worked at a Fountain Valley medical clinic on federal drug trafficking charges for writing prescriptions for dangerous and addictive narcotics without a medical purpose. The case is the result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration...

LOS ANGELES - The leader of a narcotics-distribution ring pled guilty this morning to federal drug trafficking charges and admitted importing a powerful synthetic opioid from China that was used to produce homemade pills that were distributed in bulk across the nation. Gary Resnik, 32, of Long Beach, led a...

LOS ANGELES - The operators of seven sham medical clinics were among 12 defendants taken into custody this morning on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they diverted at least 2 million prescription pills - including oxycodone and other addictive and dangerous narcotics - to the black market. Two indictments...

RENO, N.V. - Local physician Dr. Robert Rand pleaded guilty today to involuntary manslaughter of a patient and unlawful distribution of oxycodone to another patient, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Steven W. Myhre for the District of Nevada. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 23, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Miranda Du...

LOS ANGELES - In the largest-ever health care fraud enforcement action by federal authorities, 14 defendants - including doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals - have been charged in the Central District of California for allegedly participating in health care fraud and drug diversion schemes that caused approximately $147...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Newport Beach man who orchestrated a wide-reaching conspiracy that smuggled, manufactured and distributed millions of dollars worth of analogue drugs which were used to manufacture synthetic cannabinoids has been sentenced to 120 months in federal prison. Sean Libbert, 41, was sentenced late last night by...