PRESS RELEASE

Observant bystander travelling through Indiana led DEA Chicago Field Division to historic 225 pound methamphetamine seizure

September 23, 2020
… and our state, local, and federal partners are using all available resources to prevent them from peddling poison …
September 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield trucker sentenced for shipping drugs sourced from Mexico

January 28, 2019
… States Attorney General's drug strategy to reduce the availability of drugs by disrupting and dismantling major …
January 28, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Dallas DEA/Texoma HIDTA Launches Heroin Task Force Initiative

December 04, 2013
… which produces the same effects and is often more readily available and cheaper to obtain.   To combat this issue, the …
December 04, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Schedules Deadly Synthetic Drug U-47700

November 10, 2016
… Roulette” scenario for any user. DEA's Final Order is available for public viewing today in the Federal Register …
November 10, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

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

November 07, 2017
… Complete results for DEA’s fall Take Back Day are available at www.deatakeback.com. DEA’s next Prescription …
November 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects 188.5 Tons

November 03, 2011
… and proper disposal at the 5,327 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states and U.S. territories. When the … opportunities until the proper regulations are in place. “With the continued support and hard work of our more than …
November 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Publishes Proposed Regulations For Disposing Of Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

December 26, 2012
… The proposed regulations seek to expand the options available to collect these medications from ultimate users …
December 26, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Taft Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

October 30, 2017
… States Attorney General's drug strategy to reduce the availability of drugs by disrupting and dismantling major …
October 30, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Trafficker Extradited from Mexico

November 18, 2025
… Southern District of California in July 2020. He is charged with Conspiracy to Import Methamphetamine; Conspiracy to … Methamphetamine; Attempted Export of Defense Articles Without a License; and Smuggling Goods (i.e., firearms and …
November 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Ed Buck Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison

April 14, 2022
… sometimes personally injecting the victims with or without their consent. Buck also injected victims with more … vulnerable victims – men who were drug-dependent and often without homes – to feed an obsession that led to death and …
April 14, 2022
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Richland Physician Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl Patches, Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances

April 28, 2022
… opioid pain medications and other controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the usual … prescribed oxycodone pills to a DEA confidential informant without a legitimate medical reason and outside the usual …
April 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Distribution Investigation Uncovers Massive Health Care Fraud

August 02, 2011
… Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 Twelve Pharmacists, four doctors, an accountant, and a psychologist among those charged … insurers for services supposedly provided to the patients, without regard to the medical necessity of those … would then dispense the controlled drugs to patients without medical necessity. The distribution of controlled …
August 02, 2011
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Orlando Pharmacist Convicted Of Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

March 21, 2016
… outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose and 10 counts of … outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.   Okonkwo faces a …
March 21, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

August 03, 2017
… profited from illicit prescriptions that were issued without any legitimate medical purpose through a series of … began selling fraudulent prescriptions for oxycodone without the doctor’s knowledge or consent.  The conspirators …
August 03, 2017
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

January 13, 2015
… act outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose,” and Southfork … doctor who wrote prescriptions at Southfork, allegedly without any medical necessity, before the Medical Board of …
January 13, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Traffickers Used Staten Island Barber Shop To Sell Drugs And Oversee Gun Sales

October 17, 2013
… 4 Dierauf Street, SI NY Arraigned 10/16/13, Remanded without bail If convicted of all charges, he faces a maximum … 5/10/84 35 Knox Street, SI NY Arraigned 10/16/13, Remanded without bail If convicted of all charges, he faces a maximum …
October 17, 2013
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Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida To Maryland

September 15, 2014
… Pain Clinic Owners And Medical Directors Indicted For Alleged “Pill Mill” Relocated From Florida … “Medical professionals who distribute oxycodone without valid medical need place users in grave danger,” … can be just as harmful as illegal drugs when they are used without proper oversight.” According to the indictment, from …
September 15, 2014
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Central Oregon Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

September 25, 2025
… Central Oregon Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine September 25, 2025 … of a firearm case and has multiple prior convictions for delivery of a controlled substance. The case is being …
September 25, 2025
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Approximately 32,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at JFK Airport Hotel: Two Men from California Arrested

November 23, 2022
… Barajas-Valencia allegedly orchestrated the shipment and delivery of the approximately 32,000 fentanyl pills. Both …
November 23, 2022
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Eleven area residents indicted for $1.7 million meth, heroin conspiracy, numerous illegal firearms

January 13, 2020
… pounds of marijuana. Investigators conducted a controlled delivery of the parcel, the affidavit says, which Ruiz …
January 13, 2020
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12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

September 09, 2021
… ordered quantities of cocaine and made arrangements for the delivery of the narcotics for resale. Calderon, Martinez, …
September 09, 2021
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Peruvian citizen pleads guilty to role in transnational drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

October 19, 2020
… and money laundering conspiracy October 19, 2020 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 … M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 NewYorkSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … $472,000 in drug proceeds, and arranging for the delivery of approximately 140 kilograms of cocaine to …
October 19, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Ghostface Gangster Members, Associate Plead Guilty to Meth Trafficking Conspiracy from Georgia Prisons

November 13, 2024
… pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Nov. 13. … pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine on Aug. 15 and … before her arrest. Wallace admitted she had performed 10-15 deliveries of 250 grams or less of methamphetamine at …
November 13, 2024
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China-Based Chemical Manufacturing Companies and Employees Indicted for Alleged Fentanyl Manufacturing and Distribution

October 24, 2024
… have been charged in the Middle District of Florida with federal crimes including attempted distribution of … of fentanyl. Five of the indictments also charge defendants with money laundering. “Today, the Justice Department … in the United States. The defendants offered special delivery procedures such as mislabeling the contents of …
October 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Sarasota Meth Trafficker Pleads Guilty

January 25, 2024
… Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a controlled delivery of a portion of the methamphetamine to the …
January 25, 2024
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 23 years in Prison

October 14, 2022
… Sanchez sometimes used telephones to arrange sales or delivery of methamphetamine, in violation of federal law. …
October 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

30 Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Members Arrested, Charged

December 03, 2021
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 S. Dearborn Street Ste. 1200 Chicago , IL 60604-1745 United States … Arroyo Jr. (872) 222-0430 Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … were federal prisoners at the time – to orchestrate the delivery and distribution of methamphetamine to Indianapolis …
December 03, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

October 29, 2020
… and prepared for distribution in large pound quantities for delivery to local distributors in Eugene, Springfield, and …
October 29, 2020
STORY

DEA Executes Operation Profit Over Patients to Dismantle Health Care Fraud Networks

July 03, 2025
… Profit Over Patients to Dismantle Health Care Fraud Networks July 03, 2025 Every day, the women and men of the U.S. … a controlled substance, and conducting transactions with the proceeds of their drug crimes.   In Florida, an … Administrator – remarks as prepared.  More information is available on these and all cases   that make up Operation …
July 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

April 24, 2019
… than 6,000 collection sites across the country will be available. The public can find a nearby collection site at …
April 24, 2019