ALERT

DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

March 20, 2023
… warning the public about increases in the lethality and availability of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills. The …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases New Rules That Create Convenient But Safe And Secure Prescription Drug Disposal Options

September 08, 2014
… Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010,was made available online for preview by the Federal Register at … Now everyone can easily play a part in reducing the availability of these potentially dangerous drugs.” Prior to … DEA’s goal in implementing the Act is to expand the options available to safely and securely dispose of potentially …
September 08, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Spike

November 05, 2015
… The heroin threat is serious and increasing.  Heroin is available in larger quantities, used by more people, and … based DTOs.  Methamphetamine continues to be readily available and is being smuggled into the United States in … quantities.  As the United States has restricted the availability of methamphetamine precursor chemicals over the …
November 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

February 24, 2021
… Education and Prevention Program (YEPP) Mentor Foundation USA  Los Angeles County Office of Education- Friday Night …
February 24, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

June 02, 2011
… today that 24 defendants were charged in federal court with various drug-trafficking and illegal gambling offenses. The defendants are charged with, among other things, conspiracy to possess with the … Wisconsin and Northern Illinois that generated tens of thousands of dollars weekly. To date, over 35 individuals have …
June 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

August 23, 2018
… out illegitimate prescriptions for amphetamines, including Adderall, and benzodiazepines, including Xanax.  To ensure …
August 23, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Approximately 100,000 Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

July 19, 2022
… and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). The only safe medications are ones that come …
July 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison

January 16, 2025
… on Thursday. A federal grand jury indicted Brown, along with 41 other defendants who were indicted in a superseding … Brown was initially indicted on November 8, 2022, along with 17 co-conspirators. On September 4, 2024, Brown pleaded … II controlled substances—including oxycodone, hydrocodone, Adderall, and others—were stolen were stolen from pharmacies …
January 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Wake County Man Responsible for Trafficking Methamphetamine Sentenced to 10 Years

December 20, 2024
… trafficking. We are grateful for the collaboration with the United States Attorney’s Office, the DEA, the North … review by the court, in August and September 2022, officers with the Fuquay-Varina Police Department (FVPD) received … baggies, methamphetamine, Suboxone, hydrocodone and Adderall pills, cocaine, and a locked box containing U.S. …
December 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Mother And Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

October 08, 2024
… to one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl and one count of possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of a mixture or … oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
October 08, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

May 07, 2024
… Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills May 07, 2024 New England … ERIK PETERSEN, also known as “Peach,” 43, of New Britain, with conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to … residence revealed more than a kilogram of counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, counterfeit …
May 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 19, 2024
… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
March 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Dark Web Vendor of Opioids and Counterfeit U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty

May 12, 2021
… sale, including oxycodone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, and Adderall, as well as counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. Pagan …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Lynn Man Who Was Arrested at Logan Airport Transporting Nearly $40,000 In Drug Proceeds Sentenced

January 25, 2024
… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
January 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy

February 15, 2023
… your child thinks is Percocet, or OxyContin, or Xanax, or Adderall, may actually be fentanyl.  And if it is fentanyl, …
February 15, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

May 08, 2025
… substantial amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine with no regard for the grave public safety risk,” said … across borders, chemically altered, and distributed without regard for the devastating impact on public health … www.dea.gov/onepill .  The materials on this website are available for public use. Follow DEA Atlanta on X and …
May 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Three MS-13 Members Convicted of Racketeering, Murder, Extortion, and Federal Drug Charges after Three Week Trial

October 03, 2022
… and impede law abiding citizens and their right to live without fear and intimidation,” said DEA Special Agent in … U.S. Attorney’s Office, its priorities, and resources available to help the community, please visit …
October 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown results in charges against 345 defendants responsible for more than $6 billion in alleged fraud losses

September 30, 2020
… results in charges against 345 defendants responsible for more than $6 billion in alleged fraud losses September … and other diagnostic testing, and pain medications, either without any patient interaction or with only a brief … The following documents related to today’s announcement are available on the Criminal Division, Fraud Section’s Health …
September 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

June 06, 2025
… delivered the initial batch of pills, as well as a second delivery of over 90,000 pills later that same day, which was … complaint is simply a method by which a person is charged with criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. An … The DEA is conducting the investigation in this case, with the assistance of Homeland Security Investigations, the …
June 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Four Men Indicted for Meth Trafficking

February 07, 2024
… the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a controlled delivery later the same day. Dontrell and Dreshawn Powell … the residence and found, in addition to the controlled delivery from the Dodge Magnum, an AM-15 pistol, .223 …
February 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Nine Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Trafficking Kilograms Of Cocaine Through The U.S. Mail System

July 26, 2016
… scheme to turn the U.S. Postal Service into their own drug delivery service.  The defendants, which includes an … York City through the USPS, retrieving cocaine from various delivery locations, transporting cocaine to residences and a …
July 26, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Feds Share $8.9 Million With Local Law Enforcement Agencies Forfeited Assets From 2009 DEA Investigation Distributed To 33 Law Enforcement Agencies

September 08, 2014
… to upstate New York for distribution.  Through a controlled delivery executed with the Albany DEA Office, the delivery was completed, resulting in the arrest of three …
September 08, 2014
STORY

DEA Continues to Prioritize Efforts to Expand Access to Marijuana for Research in the United States

May 14, 2021
… final approval, DEA has determined, based on currently available information, that a number of manufacturers’ … granted DEA registrations, that information will be made available on DEA’s Diversion Control website . DEA will …
May 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-led Investigation Results In 10 Defendants Pleading Guilty In Million Dollar Meth Conspiracy

August 16, 2017
… a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison without parole. Lake, Sands and Brown are each subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison without parole, up to a sentence of life in federal prison …
August 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids for sale

September 30, 2019
… these warning letters is not only an effort to deter the availability of dangerous illegal opioids, but it is also a … Given the severity of the opioid epidemic, the easy availability of opioids via the internet poses significant … warning letters with them. We remain committed to using all available regulatory and enforcement tools to stop the …
September 30, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Proposes Reduction To Amount Of Controlled Substances To Be Manufactured In 2018

August 04, 2017
… published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2017 and available for public inspection today. The DEA has proposed … have a high potential for abuse, while limiting the amounts available to prevent diversion. DEA must balance the … or product recalls.  The Federal Register notice is available here : On …
August 04, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Luxury car purveyor extradicted on fraud and money laundering charges

October 14, 2020
… allegedly recruited straw purchasers – people who would buy luxury cars in their names, but had no intention of …
October 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

May 16, 2013
… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
May 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

November 15, 2013
… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
November 15, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 08, 2024
… organization.  While based in Dubai, Curry partnered with other conspirators, to launder drug proceeds and … included a co-conspirator in Colombia, to coordinate the delivery of the pesos in Bogota, Colombia. Between July 10 … the cocaine, Curry was going to send a courier in Australia with the cash payment. Curry set up a group chat that …
August 08, 2024