DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Drug Ring Peddling Fentanyl Pills Disguised As Oxycodone, Cocaine And Heroin Dismantled

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II today announced the takedown of a ten-person drug trafficking ring that allegedly trafficked narcotics - including heroin and faux oxycodone pills which...
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Owners Of Miami Export Business Found Guilty Of Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business And International Money Laundering

NEW YORK - Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division announced that Luis Diaz Jr. and Luis Javier Diaz were found guilty yesterday in Manhattan...
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Methamphetamine Producers Targeted In Syracuse, New York

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Sixteen defendants face federal charges related to methamphetamine production, announced James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II. DEA Special Agent in Charge James Hunt stated, “Methamphetamine use...
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Nearly 6 Tons Of RX Drugs Collected In DEA Take Back

PHOENIX - The DEA’s Phoenix Division has finished tallying the amount of drugs collected from those agencies who participated in the October 28th National Take Back event. Once again, Arizonans turned out in huge numbers and disposed of 11,668 pounds, nearly six tons, of prescription drugs. The total for the...
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Buffalo Doctor Charged With Unlawfully Prescribing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Deaths Of Six Patients

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...
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DEA Expands Opioid Initiative To Pinal County

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...
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

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...
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Brooklyn Man Arrested In Albany County With Fentanyl

ALBANY, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Albany County Sheriff Craig D. Apple, Sr. reports the arrest of a Brooklyn man on felony drug possession charges. On Thursday November 2, 2017 Albany County Sheriff’s Investigators...
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Doctor, Office Administrator And Nurse Practitioner Selling Prescriptions For Fentanyl And Oxycodone

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New...
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31 Dealers Arrested In Drug Sweep In Yonkers, NY

NEW YORK - Today, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), City of Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano and Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner announced a series of arrests which took place yesterday throughout the City of Yonkers, targeting street...