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...

OMAHA, NE – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide, including 130 sites across the five state DEA Omaha Field Division, encompassing Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North...

RAPID CITY, S.D., – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Field Division is taking the agency's Fentanyl Free America message to Rapid City, by participating in the Youth and Family Services’ Kids Fair , April 11-12, at The Monument. In addition, eight digital billboards designed to spark conversation and...

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...

Twenty-six-year-old Chicago resident Devon Frazier was sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison after a December 20, 2024, guilty plea to one count of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Information disclosed at the sentencing hearing showed that on Feb. 8...

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...

OMAHA, Neb., – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America, seizing more than 57 million deadly doses of fentanyl nationwide between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10. In 30 days, agents from the five state DEA...

A Mexican national who was in the country illegally has pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, announced U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. According to court documents, Mercado-Chaparro sold a pound of methamphetamine to an undercover police officer. Police followed Mercado-Chaparro after the buy and saw him...

LONDON, Ky. – A Sunnyside, New York, man, Wilson Molina, 33, was sentenced on Monday, January 9, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Rober Wier to 120 months for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to his plea agreement, beginning in February...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Earlier today, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration issued an Immediate Suspension Order (ISO) to Richie Pharmacal, a pharmaceutical distributor in Glasgow, Kentucky. An ISO is an emergency administrative action that immediately suspends a DEA registrant's authority to handle controlled substances, due to imminent danger to public health...