DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

CHICAGO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl seizures across the United States. As part of the One Pill Can Kill initiative, the DEA and its law enforcement partners seized more than 10.2...
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15 People Charged with Trafficking Semi-Truckloads of Marijuana and Laundering Drug Proceeds

INDIANAPOLIS – Michael J. Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced that a federal grand jury has indicted 15 people on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Specifically, the indictment charges the defendants...
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Suburban Chicago Man Arrested After Pill Press and Fentanyl Seized from Residence

CHICAGO — Robert Bell, Special Agent in Charge of Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Division, and U.S. Attorney John Lausch, Jr., of the Northern District of Illinois announced the arrest of a man on a federal drug charge after law enforcement seized fentanyl and a “pill press” in his suburban Chicago residence...