PHOENIX - DEA announced today the expansion of the its Heroin Enforcement Action (HEAT) initiative to Pinal County as part of a collaborative effort by the DEA Phoenix Field Division and the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office to address the opioid epidemic. Nearly 500 people in Arizona have lost their lives...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Adam S. Cohen, FBI Special Agent in Charge and Scott J. Lampert, HHS Inspector General’s New York Office announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 166-count superseding...

TRENTON, N.J. - Valerie A. Nickerson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and William E. Fitzpatrick, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two New Jersey men today admitted their roles in a conspiracy to distribute 140 kilograms of narcotics in...

HOUSTON - Three local men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Marco Zuniga, 25, Frank Flores, 25, Chance Nutt, 40, and...

HOUSTON - More than a dozen alleged members and associates of the Southwest Cholos street gang are set to appear in federal court on a variety of charges to include sex trafficking, drug trafficking, selling firearms, human smuggling and identity theft, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will...

EL PASO - 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...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Acting U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that on Monday, November 6, 2017, Mark Edward Brewster, M.D., of Traverse City, Michigan, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison. The sentence followed Brewster’s pleading guilty to writing fraudulent prescriptions to obtain controlled substances. Brewster will also pay restitution...

WASHINGTON - 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 is...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 14th National Prescription Take-Back Day that was held on Saturday, October 28, 2017. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 41 locations in San Diego County and four locations in Imperial County. Over the course...

WASHINGTON - 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 is...