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First Defendant in Drug Trafficking Organization Dealing in Seattle's International District and Homeless Encampments Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

… Jungle” SEATTLE – The first of some 20 defendants charged with trafficking narcotics in Seattle’s homeless encampments … of violence on the calls and worked to intervene without tipping off the targets of the investigation. During … crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent …
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Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

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

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

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

… 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 …
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New York Man Sentenced for Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

… 2024 and continuing through December 2024, Molina conspired with others to distribute controlled substances, including … dextroamphetamine pills (commonly known by the brand name, “Adderall”. On multiple occasions, Molina supplied one of his co-conspirators with controlled substances that they then shipped into the …
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DEA and NFL Alumni Health Team Up on Football’s Biggest Stage to Tackle the Fentanyl Crisis

… DEA’s newest initiative,  Fentanyl Free America ,   with the goal of reducing demand for fentanyl and protecting … medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and Adderall. Fentanyl is also mixed into other substances like … this critical message to the Super Bowl for three years; within that time, there has been a significant decline in …
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Montgomery “pill mill” doctor receives over 12 year sentence for drug distribution, health care fraud, and money laundering offenses

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

Approximately 100,000 Fake Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

… and alprazolam (Xanax®); or stimulants like amphetamines (Adderall®). The only safe medications are ones that come …
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Leader of Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Federal Prison

… 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 …
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Wake County Man Responsible for Trafficking Methamphetamine Sentenced to 10 Years

… 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. …
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Mother And Son Sentenced For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… 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 …
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Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

… 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 …
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Two Men Plead Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
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Dark Web Vendor of Opioids and Counterfeit U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty

… sale, including oxycodone, hydromorphone, hydrocodone, and Adderall, as well as counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. Pagan …
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Lynn Man Who Was Arrested at Logan Airport Transporting Nearly $40,000 In Drug Proceeds Sentenced

… oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, among other …
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Supplier in Juvenile Fentanyl Overdoses Case Charged with Drug Conspiracy

… your child thinks is Percocet, or OxyContin, or Xanax, or Adderall, may actually be fentanyl.  And if it is fentanyl, …
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Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

… Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth December 17, 2025 New Orleans … spend the next 144 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jonathan D. Ross, … to deliver marijuana, two convictions for the sale or delivery of cocaine, and a conviction for the sale or …
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

… 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 …
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Four Men Indicted for Meth Trafficking

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

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

… 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 …
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The Illegal Drug Threat in Wisconsin

March 25, 2025
… in the state. The current threat across the state is the availability, distribution, and abuse of fentanyl, followed by methamphetamine. Heroin and marijuana availability, while high, have remained stable. Some local … distribution of most drugs. The violence associated with many of these groups, particularly in areas in and …
March 25, 2025
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Phoenix News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Dismantled  NOV 15, 2004 Phoenix DEA Audio Actuality Available on Prescription Drug Abuse  OCT 15, 2004 DEA To … Ribbon Campaign  OCT 14, 2004 Phoenix DEA Audio Actuality Available On Red Ribbon Campaign  AUG 31, 2004 DEA And …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Luxury car purveyor extradicted on fraud and money laundering charges

… allegedly recruited straw purchasers – people who would buy luxury cars in their names, but had no intention of …
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DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today

… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more. Over the past three years, smokable herbal …
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Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

… themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
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Community Event
April 12, 2026
April 12, 2026

Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Rapid City, SD
Join DEA at the Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. Members of DEA will host a resource table at the two-day event with drug education and prevention information available for both adults and children. Kids can earn their Junior Special Agent badge...
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Community Event
April 11, 2026
April 11, 2026

Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair

4:30 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
Rapid City, SD
Join DEA at the Youth and Family Services' Kids Fair at The Monument in Rapid City, South Dakota. Members of DEA will host a resource table at the two-day event with drug education and prevention information available for both adults and children. Kids can earn their Junior Special Agent badge...
ALERT

DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

… warning the public about increases in the lethality and availability of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills. The …