DEA Archived Press Releases

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Bakersfield Methamphetamine Trafficking Defendant Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Riviera-Felix, aka Felipe Garcia, 27, of Mexico, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to 10 years and 11 months in prison for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Rivera-Felix was a leader of a large scale drug organization in Bakersfield...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

SEATTLE - -This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...
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10 Defendants Indicted On Steroid Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Ten men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and engage in international money laundering, announced Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A...
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18 Operation Trena Sin Trono Defendants Plead Guilty

LAREDO, Texas - A total of 18 defendants have entered guilty pleas in recent weeks to various charges to include conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and conspiracy to launder drug proceeds, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M...
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Will Take Place From 10 A.m. -2 P.m. On Saturday, September 26th

HOUSTON - Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. local time. As with the previous nine National Prescription Drug Take-Back events, collection locations will be set up throughout communities nationwide...
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Cedar Rapids Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin And Fentanyl Conspiracy Resulting In Four Injuries, Two Deaths In 2015

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - -DEA Special Agent in Charge James Shroba announced today that DeShaun Anderson, age 43, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Cedar Rapids for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl that led to several overdoses and deaths. At the plea hearing, Anderson...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

NEW ORLEANS - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug...