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PRESS RELEASE

Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

July 01, 2024
… Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty to $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The owner … Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more …
July 01, 2024
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… 2020.  As of December 1, 2025, DEA has seized more than 45 million fentanyl pills, and more than 9,320 pounds of fentanyl powder, removing an estimated 347 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from our …
December 03, 2025
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… 2020.  As of December 1, 2025, DEA has seized more than 45 million fentanyl pills, and more than 9,320 pounds of fentanyl powder, removing an estimated 347 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from our …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced for $10 Million Marijuana Growing Operation in Daviess County

July 08, 2021
… Mexican National Sentenced for $10 Million Marijuana Growing Operation in Daviess County July … operation where law enforcement officers seized nearly $10 million worth of plants. Sergio Medina-Perez, 47, of El …
July 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Arrested In Multimillion Dollar Synthetic Drug Ring

June 13, 2014
… Two Men Arrested In Multimillion Dollar Synthetic Drug Ring June 13, 2014 Los Angeles … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … conspiracy to smuggle, manufacture and distribute millions of dollars’ worth of analogue drugs, commonly …
June 13, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Waldorf Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison

December 15, 2014
… Waldorf Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Over 20 Years In Prison December 15, 2014 Washington, DC … oven within the crate were two bricks of cocaine weighing over two kilograms.  The next day, a freight shipping …
December 15, 2014
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Lewiston Man Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

July 14, 2015
… Lewiston Man Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses … cameras facing the front of the building, and EBT cards in the names of five other people.  In total, Robinson …
July 14, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Iraqi National Dealing Fentanyl from Glen Allen Hotel Room Sentenced to Prison

August 15, 2025
Iraqi National Dealing Fentanyl from Glen Allen Hotel Room Sentenced to Prison August 15, 2025 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a …
August 15, 2025
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December 12, 2025
… Home Reward Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction … ‘Los Choneros’ Read Reward Offer Reward Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction …
December 12, 2025
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Final Defendant in Oxycontin Ring Pleads Guilty During Trial

January 19, 2006
… this drug organization also used Medicaid health insurance cards to pay for some of the fraudulent prescriptions at … of 5 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison, a $2 million fine, and a mandatory term of 4 years on supervised …
January 19, 2006
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Riverside County Man Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin

June 24, 2025
… Riverside County Man Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin … According to court documents, Perez was pulled over by law enforcement officers while driving north on …
June 24, 2025
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Two Separate Investigations Result In Significant Sentences For Drug Dealers In Cedar Rapids

May 23, 2018
… of some very bad people. Rest assured; our job is far from over, we will continue to investigate and arrest dealers and … be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, was pulled over for a traffic stop in March 2017. During that stop, a … court authorized wire taps revealing the trios attempts to buy and sell crack cocaine. Additionally, all three men were …
May 23, 2018
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… pose a threat if misused – resulting in a staggering 20 million pounds of unused medications collected to date. DEA …
October 22, 2025
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Weslaco Woman Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme

September 22, 2025
… Equinox in Weslaco and discovered the gift-wrapped cardboard box containing 8.8 kilograms of cocaine.  As part … and up to life in federal prison as well as a possible $10 million fine.  The case is part of an Organized Crime Drug …
September 22, 2025
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Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

September 26, 2011
… The arrested individual subsequently revealed that, over the course of approximately one year, he had regularly … the success of the operation, he provided cash and gift cards to Christopher Allenand JOHN BEST, Transportation … term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of up to $1 million: Christopher Allen - , 45, of Palm Beach Gardens, …
September 26, 2011
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Nine Charged Following Investigation into Manufacturing and Interstate Trafficking of Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

March 29, 2023
… Rhode Island. The investigation resulted in the seizure of over 26,000 pills containing fentanyl;2 kilograms of … street value of the drugs seized is approximately $2.5 million.   Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special … users who think they know the potency of the drugs they are buying. The sellers make a calculated decision to profit off …
March 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Byung “BJay” Pak issues progress report

November 13, 2018
… more than 140 Americans die daily from an opioid overdose, and in 2017, nearly 1,050 Georgians died from an … sentencing. Read more on this case here . Targeting online suppliers, mainly from China and Mexico, who traffic … 2018, the Department of Justice awarded approximately $320 million to combat the opioid crisis in the United States, of …
November 13, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Banamex USA Agrees To Forfeit $97 Million In Connection With Bank Secrecy Act Violations

May 22, 2017
… Banamex USA Agrees To Forfeit $97 Million In Connection With Bank Secrecy Act Violations May … only two scenarios to identify suspicious activity on the millions of remittance transactions it processed. These two …
May 22, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Santa Barbara Methamphetamine Distributor Sentenced to 180 Months in Prison

November 12, 2021
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … Info Community Outreach: Ruth Morales (571) 387-6555 Buy-bust narcotics.jpg Seized narcotics  IMG_0455.JPG Seized … of distribution of methamphetamine, admitting he sold just over 3 kilograms of methamphetamine during a transaction one …
November 12, 2021
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Mexican National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder

June 06, 2025
… National and California Man Charged Following Seizure of Over 45 Kilograms of Fentanyl Pills and Powder June 06, 2025 … charged by criminal complaint for conspiring to distribute over 36 kilograms of fentanyl pills, and over 9 kilograms of …
June 06, 2025
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$7 million worth of “fire” branded heroin/fentanyl seized in Bronx packaging mill: six individuals charged

January 28, 2020
… $7 million worth of “fire” branded heroin/fentanyl seized in … video surveillance at the seven-story residential building. Over the course of the weekend, agents and investigators … arrests of six subjects and the seizure of a significant amount of heroin and fentanyl, which would have ended up on …
January 28, 2020
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13 Arrested In Scheme To Smuggle Narcotics From Puerto Rico To New York Via The U.S. Mail: Over 45 Pounds Of Cocaine And Heroin Seized

February 08, 2017
… Narcotics From Puerto Rico To New York Via The U.S. Mail: Over 45 Pounds Of Cocaine And Heroin Seized February 08, … a narcotics trafficking group charged with smuggling large amounts of narcotics from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail …
February 08, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Over 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria

October 23, 2023
… Over 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, … and oxycodone carrying an estimated street value of $4 million, from a pizzeria in the Bronx last week.  This … local and federal partners for not only intercepting a huge amount of potentially deadly drugs before they reached …
October 23, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 5 ½ Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

June 17, 2025
… supervised release after pleading guilty to distribution of over 400 grams of fentanyl.  According to court documents, … of the box revealed five separate bags containing a large amount of counterfeit “M-30” pills containing fentanyl. The … drugs are pouring into our neighborhoods in staggering amounts, driven by Mexican cartels and enabled by …
June 17, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Authorities Announce 11 Cases Charging Alleged Drug Dealers with Providing Opioids that Led to Fatal Overdoses

May 20, 2021
… Drug Dealers with Providing Opioids that Led to Fatal Overdoses May 20, 2021 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact Us … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … “Drug dealers who market and sell counterfeit pills via online marketplace and social media platforms may think they …
May 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Minnesota Man Sentenced to 5 Years on Methamphetamine Charge

November 23, 2021
… officer from the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department pulled over a car occupied by Stelzer and his co-defendant, Doua … During post-arrest interviews, Stelzer and Moua admitted buying the methamphetamine together in the Twin Cities. … Conley noted that Stelzer’s possession of a “staggering amount” of methamphetamine was troubling. Judge Conley …
November 23, 2021
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Corpus Man Receives 11 Years For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

June 21, 2012
… to determine the proceeds from drug sales enabled Yanez to buy and renovate these houses and that Yanez believed these … transactions enabled him to legitimize his lifestyle. Over the course of approximately two years, Yanez bought and sold 10 houses. The investigation revealed the amount of income Yanez claimed to have made over the years …
June 21, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

34 Individuals From St Johns County Arrested For Methamphetamine Production And Distribution

June 13, 2013
… trafficking organizations in the St. Johns County area. Over the past two days, the DEA and SJSO have arrested 34 … were able to identify over 200 individuals who were buying large amounts of (a key ingredient in the production …
June 13, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacy Owner Convicted of Unlawfully Dispensing 1.5 Million Doses of Controlled Substances

March 08, 2022
… Pharmacy Owner Convicted of Unlawfully Dispensing 1.5 Million Doses of Controlled Substances March 08, 2022 … Curry and their co-conspirators unlawfully distributed over 1.5 million dosage units of controlled substances, …
March 08, 2022
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Revere Man Pleads Guilty To Role In International Money Laundering Organization

June 01, 2025
… based in Central and/or South America and possessing over 17 kilograms of various controlled substances.  Jason … to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million. The charge of distribution and possession with …
June 01, 2025

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