DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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International Narcotics Distributor Sentenced To 20 Years’ Imprisonment For Trafficking Narcotics And Laundering Millions Of Dollars

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn New York, Salvador Jimenez Uribe, also known as “Salvador Uribe Jimenez,” an international narcotics distributor and money launderer, was sentenced by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie to 20 years’ imprisonment for narcotics and money laundering charges, including...
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China Announces Scheduling Controls On Two Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals

WASHINGTON - China’s Ministry of Public Security last week announced scheduling controls on two fentanyl precursor chemicals - NPP and 4ANPP, substances that can be used to make illicit drugs. The scheduling controls will take effect on February 1, 2018 and is the result of the ongoing collaboration between the...
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Heroin And Fentanyl Dealer Who Caused Near-death Overdose Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison

OMAHA, Neb. - Matt Barden, Associate Special Agent in Charge of the Omaha District Office, today announced that fentanyl and heroin dealer Cordero R. Seals, 29, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for distributing heroin laced with fentanyl causing a near-death overdose. Seals received...