United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson announced that New Jersey residents turned in 16,532 pounds or 8 tons of expired, unused, and unwanted medications during DEA’s 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, DEA and 206 police...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a 27-count superseding indictment last Thursday against two brothers and five others, adding charges, including firearms and money laundering to an indictment first filed in May that charged them with a conspiracy to manufacture counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and other controlled substances...

NEWARK, N.J. – In 2018, more than 3,100 people died from suspected drug overdoses across New Jersey. On Saturday, October 26, the 18 th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is an attempt to cut down on those deaths. Residents of New Jersey can clean out their medicine cabinets of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Andre Ramon Washington, 47, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to 10 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distribution, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen announced. According to court records, federal...

SAN JOSE, Calif. – South Bay doctor Venkat Aachi was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for health care fraud and for distributing hydrocodone outside the scope of his professional practice and without a legitimate medical need, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special...

SAN FRANCISCO – With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to misuse, theft or abuse by family members and visitors...

FRESNO, Calif. — A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment today against Israel Chavez Tamayo, 33, of Fresno, charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin, distribution of cocaine, distribution of methamphetamine, and two counts of possessing methamphetamine and heroin...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Newark man today admitted possessing heroin that was seized from him at Newark Penn Station. Jeremy Lorenzo, 30, of...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito, and Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Newark Field Division Charlie J. Patterson, announced seventeen people...

NEWARK, N.J. – The Justice Department today announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement action across seven federal districts in the Northeastern United States, involving more than $800 million in losses and the distribution of over 3.25 million pills of opioids in “pill mill” clinics and doctors’ offices. The takedown...