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DEA Announces Completion of Foreign Operations Review

March 24, 2023
… to enhance DEA’s effectiveness and integrity overseas. DEA accepts all of these recommendations and will immediately begin the process of implementing them. Over the past year, DEA has already instituted a number of …
March 24, 2023
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Chicago Woman Sentenced to 4 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

December 15, 2022
… road. A search of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of over one kilogram of fentanyl. This case was investigated by …
December 15, 2022
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 168 Months for Meth Trafficking

March 04, 2022
… August 2020, law enforcement searched Fowler’s home and discovered a kilogram of methamphetamine, over 350 grams of heroin, and nearly 150 grams of fentanyl …
March 04, 2022
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Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin

April 26, 2021
… charge on February 2, 2021. In September 2020, an undercover police officer purchased methamphetamine from Savannah … Delton where he was staying. During the search, officers recovered a loaded Smith & Wesson 9mm handgun, a variety of drugs including heroin and crack cocaine, and over $7,000 in cash. In imposing the sentence, Judge …
April 26, 2021
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Boston man sentenced for laundering nearly $500,000 in drug proceeds

July 19, 2019
… transferred almost $500,000 worth of drug proceeds - over $398,000 in April and $90,000 in June.  DEA New England …
July 19, 2019
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking

November 23, 2021
… transported cocaine in interstate commerce in addition to over $100,000 cash from drug distribution activities.  Neal …
November 23, 2021
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Minnesota man sentanced to more than five years for distributing methamphetamine in the Eau Claire area

October 04, 2019
… on February 4, 2019, during his attempted delivery of over 900 grams of methamphetamine to an informant in Eau …
October 04, 2019
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DEA acts against dangerous, deadly designer synthetic drug linked to 151 overdose deaths since 2015

August 31, 2018
… dangerous, deadly designer synthetic drug linked to 151 overdose deaths since 2015 August 31, 2018 Headquarters … a dangerous designer synthetic cathinone linked to 151 overdose deaths in the United States between 2015 and 2018. … and by the same users as these substances. Based on the overdose numbers since 2015, the abuse of N-Ethylpentylone, …
August 31, 2018
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Seattle News 2006

July 15, 2021
… To More Than 11 Years SEP 5, 2006 Three Sentenced To Over Ten Years Each In Drug Distribution Resulting In Death …
July 15, 2021
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DEA announces improvements to medication assisted treatment

February 26, 2020
… limited treatment options. “Thankfully, prescription opioid overdose deaths have declined more than 13 percent, but … use disorders, including opioid use disorder, has increased over the years, especially for services provided by NTPs. In …
February 26, 2020
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Georgia man indicted in Southeast Texas drug trafficking case

September 06, 2018
… Adams consented to a search of the vehicle and officers discovered over 4,000 oxycodone tablets hidden in a seat in his truck.  …
September 06, 2018
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DEA To Hold Its Third Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Month

October 19, 2011
… than 309 tons of pills at more than 5,300 sites manned by over 3,800 federal, state and local law enforcement … said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “Americans overwhelmingly responded to the first two national Take-Back …
October 19, 2011
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Guilty Plea: Intent To Distribute 29+ Kilos Of Methamphetamine

April 10, 2017
… California man today admitted his intent to distribute over 29 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a tractor … searched a tractor trailer driven by Beltran and recovered approximately 29 kilograms of methamphetamine and …
April 10, 2017
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Convicted Felon With Gun Range Membership And Ammunition Sentenced To Almost 10 Years

January 06, 2014
… Futch’s home in Middleburg. During the search, agents discovered over 50 rounds of 9mm ammunition, along with a drug scale … Futch shooting a pistol at a local gun range and later discovered that Futch was, in fact, a member of the gun range. …
January 06, 2014
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Woodland Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

September 16, 2015
… salts.  On multiple occasions, Brown ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to …
September 16, 2015
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

December 02, 2015
… 24, 2015, Nieves was arrested while attempting to deliver over two kilograms of the narcotic controlled drug fentanyl …
December 02, 2015
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Presque Isle Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

March 03, 2016
… salts.  On multiple occasions, Grivois ordered bath salts over the Internet from China for personal use and to sell to …
March 03, 2016
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Mars Hill Woman Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

March 07, 2016
… salts.  On multiple occasions, Giggey ordered bath salts over the internet from China for personal use and to sell to …
March 07, 2016
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Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine

April 16, 2015
… to serve 84 months in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, … on October 18, 2014, Tulsa Police Department officers discovered approximately four pounds of methamphetamine …
April 16, 2015
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Operation “Dixie Crystal” Nets 30 Methamphetamine Traffickers In Ashe And Surrounding Counties

July 16, 2013
… with a street value of more than $4,000,000. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement seized …
July 16, 2013
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Elizabeth City Man Sentenced For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

August 29, 2013
… Whitewas, conservatively, held accountable for distributing over 6 kilograms of cocaine (crack). Investigation of this … United States Attorney, Rudy E. Renfer, represented the government. The DEA encourages parents, along with their …
August 29, 2013
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U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

September 29, 2016
… into the United States by traffickers who order them over the Internet. They are also sent to the United States … forms, including powder, blotter paper, tablets, and spray. Overdoses in the U.S. due to these drugs have increased …
September 29, 2016
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Houston Man Sentenced For Beaumont Drug Trafficking Violations

November 02, 2017
… presented in court, on Dec. 28, 2015, Drawhorn was pulled over for a traffic violation in Beaumont, Texas with three … to search the vehicle and during the search they discovered approximately 6.5 ounces of methamphetamine packaged …
November 02, 2017
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Copperas Cove Business Owner Pleads Guilty To Selling Synthetic Marijuana

May 07, 2015
… a controlled substance. Subsequent to multiple undercover purchases of synthetic marijuana, authorities executed … 3, 2014. During the search warrant, authorities seized over 150 packets of pre-packaged synthetic cannabinoids …
May 07, 2015
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Former Watertown Police Officer Sentenced For Passing False Prescriptions Using Another's Identity

November 15, 2013
… Using various doctors' information, Deignan forged over 100 prescriptions for controlled substances and used …
November 15, 2013
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More Than 13 Tons Prescription Drugs Turned In By Northern California And Central Valley Residents

May 06, 2016
… of the value of this service.  Last weekend the DEA and over 4,200 of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement … the opioid painkillers that accounted for 20,808 drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the …
May 06, 2016
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

July 18, 2016
… with the intent to distribute cocaine on numerous occasions over his approximately two years of participation in the …
July 18, 2016
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10 Years For South Bay Drug Trafficker

April 04, 2017
… and found approximately 1,745 grams of methamphetamine and over 1000 grams of heroin.  On July 7, 2016, a federal grand …
April 04, 2017
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Placerville Man Sentenced To 42 Months For Interstate Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

May 06, 2013
… marijuana and packaging materials.  Mr. Mulready also had over $155,000 in cash at his house, including numerous …
May 06, 2013
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Arizona Drug Traffickers Indicted; Nine Pounds Of Heroin Seized On I-5 Near Redding

April 14, 2011
… March 31, 2011, Lopez-Camacho and Soto-Gonzalez were pulled over for speeding on I-5 near Redding. Soto-Gonzalez, the … driver’s license. Officers using a drug detection K-9 discovered more than nine pounds of heroin in a secret …
April 14, 2011