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DEA’s 11th Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In Georgia & Nationwide

… proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount was the third highest total collected statewide of … that were available across the United States. The local amount collected was the third highest total collected out …
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DEA’s 11th Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In North Carolina & Nationwide

… proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount is the highest total collected statewide of the ten … that were available across the United States. The local amount collected was the third highest total collected out …
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DEA’s 11th Pill Take Back Event Yields Fruitful Results In South Carolina & Nationwide

… proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount is the highest total collected statewide of the 10 … that were available across the United States. The local amount collected was the third highest total collected out …
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Newington Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Role In Coast-To-Coast Cocaine Trafficking Ring

… certain co-conspirators traveled to California with a large amount of cash to finance the purchase of cocaine.  … several branches of the same bank in the Hartford area in amounts of less than $10,000 in order to evade the bank’s …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… was collected at last spring’s event. This brings the total amount of prescription drugs collected by DEA since the fall … in its 8th year, this event continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s …
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Two Women Plead Guilty To Structuring Cash Transactions

… the cash proceeds of the oxycodone and hydrocodone sales in amounts of $10,000 or less. After receiving the cash … Chou and Chim withdrew the cash from those accounts in amounts of $10,000 or less to attempt to prevent Currency …
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Methamphetamine and Gun Trafficker is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

… sale of narcotics and firearms in the Asheville area. Over the course of the investigation, McDaniel sold …
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Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 42 Years For Murder, Racketeering, And Drug Trafficking

… dispute with members of a rival gang based two streets over on Taylor Avenue.  This dispute resulted in multiple …
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Portland Veterinarian Sentenced for Diverting Controlled Substances for Personal Use

Portland Veterinarian Sentenced for Diverting Controlled Substances for Personal Use January 20, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 …
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Dangerous fentanyl masked as counterfeit oxycodone, 20,000 pills seized in the Bronx and Manhattan

… fentanyl and two kilograms of heroin (more than 4.5 pounds) over the past week as a result of two investigations. The … and officers found a second floor storage area and recovered approximately 14,000 small blue tablets stamped “M30” … ingredients and potency are all unknown, and minuscule amounts of fentanyl can cause overdose or death. Consuming a …
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U.S. Attorney Announces 17 Indictments in Fayetteville Area as Part of Ongoing Federal Violent Crime and Drug Strategy

… - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Significant Amounts of Drugs and Guns Seized … the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) . Over the last two months, 17 individuals were indicted by …
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Eight East Bay residents charged with crimes related to drug distribution scheme

… investigations in the region.”   In court documents, the government has alleged that multiple members of the DTO sold … fentanyl, and heroin—to a DEA agent acting in an undercover capacity. The documents describe how members of the DTO … discussed the presence of police in the Tenderloin, the amounts of each type of fentanyl they had available for …
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Community Event
April 25, 2026
April 25, 2026

Prescription Drug Take Back

6:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EDT)
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Too often, unused prescription drugs find their way into the wrong hands. That's dangerous and often tragic. That's why it was great to see thousands of folks from across the country clean out their medicine cabinets and turn in - safely and anonymously - a record amount of prescription drugs.
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Former Guatemalan President Extradited To The U.S. To Face Money Laundering Charges

… of Guatemala, who is charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars he embezzled from the Government of … United States to answer for his alleged misappropriation of millions of dollars intended for the benefit of the people …
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-Media Advisory-

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.facebook.com/p/DEA-Houston-Division-61563801440246/ … J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Division Contacts Delaware Dover - (302) 672-6383 Wilmington - (302) 395-4600 … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Opiate Overdoses and Naloxone Administrations in New Orleans

July 01, 2017
… of naloxone in New Orleans, LA, is one way to determine the amount of heroin being abused in the city. Naloxone, sold …
July 01, 2017
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Fake Rx in Indiana: Carfentanil and Fentanyl found in Purported Oxycodone Pills

August 01, 2017
… including elephants. Both can be fatal in very small amounts.  BUL-167-17 Fake Rx in Indiana - UNCLASS.PDF On …
August 01, 2017
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Federal agents make arrests in San Mateo County meth case

… of supervised release following prison term Maximum $10 million fine Jesus Dario Gutierrez-Ramirez 18-299 SI … of supervised release following prison term Maximum $10 million fine Emmanuel Gonzalez Sanchez 18-278 WHA Conspiracy … of supervised release following prison term Maximum $1 million fine Possession with intent to distribute …
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Pill distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

… City - (571) 362-0443 Wholesaler allegedly distributed 3.7 million hydrocodone pills to pharmacy in town of 400 people … From 2008 until 2015, the company generated more than $173 million in consolidated sales per year. More than 70 percent … and Miami-Luken sought to enrich themselves by distributing millions of painkillers to doctors and pharmacies in rural …
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FL Man Who Allegedly Commandeered E-Prescribing Privileges of Doctors Charged with Criminal Sale

… this elaborate criminal conspiracy operating through online illicit drug sales and interstate trafficking to shut …
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U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA Announce Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Task Force

U.S. Attorney’s Office and DEA Announce Fatal Fentanyl Overdose Task Force October 28, 2024 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk …
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West Baltimore Career Criminal Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Crack Cocaine, Sentenced

West Baltimore Career Criminal Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Crack Cocaine, Sentenced March 02, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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DEA Graduates the Sixth Annual Citizens Academy Class in Richmond, Virginia

DEA Graduates the Sixth Annual Citizens Academy Class in Richmond, Virginia July 29, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to …
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Consent Decree Approved Between the United States and Baltimore-Based Pharmacy and Pharmacist Alleged to Have Illegally Dispensed Controlled Substances

Consent Decree Approved Between the United States and Baltimore-Based Pharmacy and Pharmacist Alleged to Have Illegally Dispensed Controlled Substances May 12, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public …
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Twelve MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted in Racketeering, Narcotics, and Multiple Murder Conspiracies

Twelve MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted in Racketeering, Narcotics, and Multiple Murder Conspiracies January 06, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted in Racketeering, Narcotics, and Multiple Murder Conspiracies

MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted in Racketeering, Narcotics, and Multiple Murder Conspiracies January 06, 2022 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Major Maryland-Washington, D.C. Area Narcotics Distributor Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

Major Maryland-Washington, D.C. Area Narcotics Distributor Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking October 13, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 …
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Narcotics Dealing Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on of a Federal Officer

Narcotics Dealing Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on of a Federal Officer October 06, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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Four Men Charged for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy, Bribing U.S. Mail Carrier

Four Men Charged for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy, Bribing U.S. Mail Carrier August 20, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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U.S. Navy Petty Officer Pleads Guilty to Role in Multi-State Anabolic Steroid Trafficking Network

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Pleads Guilty to Role in Multi-State Anabolic Steroid Trafficking Network June 08, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …