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...

SEATTLE - Nationwide Americans did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications at close to 6,000 sites across the country on April 28th, 2018. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA collected and destroyed close to one...

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...

SEATTLE - This weekend DEA and its partners will host one of the most popular DEA community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday April 28th, 2018, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their unused and unwanted prescription medications at one of the...

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...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Misraim Israel Briones Pasos aka Mario Ozuna, 36, of Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico, was sentenced today to 151 months in prison for his role in a vast conspiracy responsible for trafficking hundreds of pounds of black tar heroin from Nayarit, Mexico to the Portland metropolitan area. “Most of...

SEATTLE - A task force led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) today arrested 15 people and continues to search for an additional six defendants charged in connection with a long-term investigation of drug trafficking. Law enforcement served search warrants at eight locations and searched more than a dozen vehicles. At...

SEATTLE - Former Seattle police officer was sentenced on March 22, 2018, to six years in prison, and his co-conspirator in an interstate marijuana distribution scheme were also sentenced to 14 years in prison, in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Former officer Alex Chapackdee, 44, of Seattle pleaded guilty in...

SEATTLE - Three Snohomish County residents were arrested on February 14, 2018, in connection with a two year investigation into a money laundering scheme tied to multiple drug trafficking organizations. Maria Angelica Maldonado, 55 and her husband Ismael Garcia SR, 49, were arrested at their Marysville home. Anthony Bustos, 20...