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34 Suspects Indicted In Drug And Firearms Trafficking Organization

… accused of assisting Mexican drug trafficking organizations with illegally trafficking firearms from the United States … as “straw purchasers” by falsely declaring that they were buying the weapons for themselves. AK-47s are considered the …
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Foreign Divisions

November 17, 2025
Foreign Divisions Foreign Divisions DEA has 87 Foreign Offices in 67 countries. Content on this website is organized by Region. Please click on the map below for information about each Region. For general DEA information, please go to  Contact Us . Select …
November 17, 2025
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Divisions

September 05, 2025
Divisions Domestic Divisions DEA has 241 Domestic Offices in 23 Divisions throughout the U.S.,  and 91 Foreign Offices in 68 countries. Content on this website is organized by Division. Please click on the map below for information about each Division. …
September 05, 2025
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Bitcoin Exchanges Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court In Connection With The Sale Of Approximately $1 Million In Bitcoins For Use On The Silk Road Website

… a black-market website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Faiella never registered his … to exchange cash for Bitcoins anonymously, that is, without providing any personal identifying information, and …
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Federal Jury Convicts Minnesota Man for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused 11 Overdose Deaths

… expecting to receive an amphetamine analogue, similar to Adderall. They were not opiate users and had no tolerance … sent them. After ingesting the fentanyl, believing it was Adderall, 11 of the customers died from a fentanyl overdose, … suppliers in China to request a discount on his next drug delivery. “Aaron Broussard was a black-market drug dealer,” …
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Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Twenty-Three Individuals Charged In A Prescription Drug Distribution Conspiracy March 25, 2015 Dallas … Drug Prevention Get Smart About Drugs Just Think Twice Prescription Drug Abuse PSA Joseph B. Tucker Special Agent In … with offenses related to their participation in a prescription drug distribution conspiracy, announced John …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines. Criminal drug … networks. As a result, these fake pills are widely available. The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to … enforcement effort to address the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fentanyl-laced fake pills. …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines. Criminal drug … networks. As a result, these fake pills are widely available. The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to … enforcement effort to address the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fentanyl-laced fake pills. …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines. Criminal drug … networks. As a result, these fake pills are widely available. The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to … enforcement effort to address the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fentanyl-laced fake pills. …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines. Criminal drug … networks. As a result, these fake pills are widely available. The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to … enforcement effort to address the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fentanyl-laced fake pills. …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines. Criminal drug … networks. As a result, these fake pills are widely available. The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to … enforcement effort to address the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fentanyl-laced fake pills. …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax®, and other medicines. Criminal drug … networks. As a result, these fake pills are widely available. The U.S. Department of Justice will continue to … enforcement effort to address the alarming increase in the availability and lethality of fentanyl-laced fake pills. …
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10 Arrested in McAlester for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… prison guards. Combatting such organizations cannot be done without the cooperation of law enforcement agencies from …
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Final Defendant Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

… left the ice chest in a car parked in El Paso, Texas overnight. The following day, Cerezo-Espidio’s … The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated this case with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the … and Explosives, and the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force, with enforcement assistance from the United States Marshal …
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Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Operating Counterfeit Pill Lab

… pleaded guilty to a six-count Information charging him with manufacturing controlled substances; possession with … to manufacture counterfeit pills marked as OxyContin and Adderall but which actually contained fentanyl and … methamphetamine pills from the defendant during controlled buys in March and April, 2024.  Investigators applied for …
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Tulare County Man Sentenced to over 7 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Deliveries, Co Conspirator Pleads Guilty

… to over 7 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Deliveries, Co Conspirator Pleads Guilty April 29, 2022 San …
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Massive takedown targets East County drug trafficking networks

… various encrypted communication services like Signal and WhatsApp to communicate among themselves. Despite their … Freedom is priceless. Today South County is free to live without a criminal undertone which eroded their daily …
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Drug Policy

March 28, 2025
Drug Policy Drug Policy The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) places all substances which were in some manner regulated under existing federal law into one of five schedules.  This placement is based upon the …
March 28, 2025
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DEA’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea travels to Florida offices

July 15, 2021
DEA’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea travels to Florida offices DEA’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea travels to Florida offices DEA’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea travels to Florida offices Jacksonville, Florida - October 7, 2020 On Wednesday, …
July 15, 2021
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications

… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … DEA’s 21st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day are available at www.DEATakeBack.com . For those who missed …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Americans for profit. These fake, deadly pills are widely available and deadlier than ever. Fake pills are designed to … prescriptions such as Oxycontin®, Percocet®, Vicodin®, Adderall®, Xanax® and other medicines. Criminal drug … are removed. A location finder and partner toolbox are available at www.DEATakeBack.com for easy reference to …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

… TikTok, and Snapchat—and encrypted platforms—including WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Wire, and Wickr—to sell pills …
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eBay to Pay $59 Million to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations Related to Pill Presses Sold Through Its Website

… further found that hundreds of eBay’s pill press buyers also purchased counterfeit molds, stamps, or dies, … Task Force. “The Department is committed to using all available enforcement measures to ensure that companies … to set up pill factories in their homes and to do so without detection,” said United States Attorney for the …
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Forensic Sciences Careers

December 16, 2025
… Forensic Sciences Careers Forensic Sciences Careers Forensic Sciences careers at DEA: …
December 16, 2025
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DEA issues warning over counterfeit pills

… - (606) 862-4500 Madisonville - (270) 821-6899 Counterfeit Adderallwithoutbackground.jpg   LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United … and West Virginia that were made to look exactly like Adderall, a common medication used to treat attention … Evans said.   Counterfeit medicine that U.S. consumers can buy online poses a serious hazard to consumers’ health, …
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Delaware Doctor Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On The Silk Road Drug Marketplace

… online criminal marketplace designed to enable its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services … The website provided a sales platform for vendors and buyers to conduct transactions online. Between June 13, … August 20, 2013, DEA purchased Oxycodone, Diazepam, Xanax, Adderall, Hash Oil, (THC), and Vyvanse from “MDPro,” on the …
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Grand Jury Returns 77-Count Indictment Against Nassau Cardiologist For Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… in December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller was conducted.  During this period of … in Waive to Grand Jury status and no future court date is available. Assistant District Attorney George Smit is …
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Global investigation of Dark Web drug network leads to arrest of 3 German Nationals

… administrators of WSM, a sophisticated online marketplace available in six languages that allowed approximately 5,400 … WSM – advertised and sold drugs such as methamphetamine, Adderall and oxycodone to customers in the United States and … in Germany and Australia.  “Platinum45” also manufactured Adderall tablets and advertised the sale of up to 1 kilogram …
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DEA Omaha Division encourages awareness of prescription medication abuse

March 01, 2019
… medication abuse March 01, 2019 OMAHA, Neb. –   With approximately eight million students participating in … in 2017.   Using medication in a way other than intended or without a prescription results in prescription misuse.  In … medications in high schools across the nation are Vicodin, Adderall and tranquilizers.   “There’s a danger in the …
March 01, 2019
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Student & Entry Level Careers

March 03, 2026
… Level Positions For career opportunities please visit  USAjobs.gov . Employment Requirements To qualify for …
March 03, 2026