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Central Oregon Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine

Central Oregon Man Charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine September 25, 2025 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us …
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Career Offender Sentenced to 20 Years for Drug Offense

… than two months after his release from state custody.  “The amount of prison time Shedd received correctly reflects the … to his family and our community through his decisions over the years will never be known.” According to U.S. … digital scales, hypodermic needles, and Shedd’s prison ID card. Officers also seized $3,253 in cash. Shedd had only …
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Drug Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Indicted With 24 Federal Arrests

… - (509) 374-3444 Yakima - (509) 454-4407 More Than 1.9 Million Doses of Fentanyl Seized, More Than 225 Guns and … Brown. Twenty-four of the defendants have been arrested over the last five days in Washington and Arizona. The … prison gang. Bailey is alleged to have trafficked huge amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other drugs in …
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Leader of Clan Del Golfo, The Colombian Drug Cartel and Terrorist Organization, Charged in Superseding Indictment With Expanded Criminal Conduct and Terrorism Offenses

… in our neighborhoods, and the lives lost to addiction and overdose. The DEA, alongside our federal, state, and … and saving lives.” “As alleged, Avila Villadiego presides over a vast narcotics empire that floods the United States … fields thousands of armed members, exerts military control over Colombian territory, and, as alleged in court …
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Owner Of Nine Marijuana Stores In Orange And Los Angeles Counties Sentenced To 262 Months For Drug Trafficking And Tax Evasion

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … nine illegal marijuana stores that generated at least $25 million in profits was sentenced today to 262 months in … felony counts - one count of conspiring to distribute well over a ton of marijuana and maintaining drug-involved …
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

… 2017 through March 2019, Erickson Checo-Almonte accepted over $3.9 million in cash and purchased over 137 cashier’s checks at … of five years in prison and a fine of $250,000 or twice the amount involved in the offense, whichever is greatest. …
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January 19, 2025
… of three special law enforcement record exclusions. Submit Online via DEA's Public Access Link (PAL) PAL is a web … your request via the PAL, DEA will accept your request via e-mail or United States Postal Service (USPS); however, use of e-mail or USPS will result in slower receipt and processing …
January 19, 2025
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Gainesville Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

… digital scale, in Johnson’s backpack. Examination of the discarded pistol revealed a machinegun conversion device, … found dozens of pictures of Johnson posing with guns, large amounts of cash, and advertising marijuana for sale, …
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Illinois man sentenced for bringing cocaine to Madison to sell

… working with law enforcement officers called Gomez to buy cocaine.  During the phone call, Gomez agreed to drive a … because Gomez was involved in selling a significant amount of cocaine. While noting that Gomez had a limited …
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Madison, Wisconsin man sentenced to five years in prison for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute

… working with law enforcement officers called Dickerson to buy cocaine.  During the phone call, Dickerson agreed to … because Dickerson was involved in selling a significant amount of cocaine and was on supervision in Dane County for …
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Houston Man Guilty In Federal Drug Trafficking Ring

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Two Houston Women Sentenced In East Texas Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Richmond, Texas Man Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Ring

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Three Houston Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Houston Men Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine those involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Houston Man Sentenced In Federal Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… effort to determine who was involved in the conspiracy, the amount of drugs being distributed and the source of the … least 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized through undercover buys and during the execution of search warrants and …
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Newark Man Sentenced To More Than 24 Years In Prison For Role In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

… information revealed that Pender was distributing large amounts of heroin in and around New Jersey. Agents overheard Pender agreeing to buy heroin from others and observed Pender meeting with …
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DEA Releases 2015 Drug Threat Assessment: Heroin And Painkiller Abuse Continue To Concern

… the safety and security of our communities. They profit by buying drugs from regional Mexican criminal affiliates and … using heroin within the last 30 days).  Heroin seizure amounts in the U.S. have nearly doubled since 2010, from …
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Twin Brothers/Heroin Dealers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… for years. DINT and the DEA began making controlled buys of heroin from the Jacobson brothers, who lived in … the main residence where Nicholas lived, although a large amount of heroin paraphernalia, $1237 and two pistols were …
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Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced To Life Imprisonment

… Delphine Street, which distributed kilogram and multi-ounce amounts of cocaine and “crack” cocaine. Customers used cash, … and handed the cash he had taken during the armed robbery over to Perry, the latter rewarded Allen, whom he then knew … empire responsible for the distribution of over $10 million worth of cocaine into our community. His culture of …
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Multiple Pharmaceutical Distributor Executives, Sales Representatives and Brokers Charged in Connection with Unlawful Sales of over 70M Opioid Pills

… and Brokers Charged in Connection with Unlawful Sales of over 70M Opioid Pills October 03, 2024 Houston Contact Info … action related to the unlawful distribution of nearly 70 million opioid pills and over 30 million doses of other commonly abused prescription …
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March 28, 2025
… on government spending: http://www.usaspending.gov  Online access to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR): …   Learn more about how to do business with DEA Email your capabilities statement to DEA's Small Business …
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Los Angeles Man Convicted of Mailing Over a Kilo of Meth to Massachusetts

… Los Angeles Man Convicted of Mailing Over a Kilo of Meth to Massachusetts October 13, 2023 New … more than one kilogram of methamphetamine to an undercover federal agent in Massachusetts.  Hagen Dunphy, a/k/a … and up to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of $1 million. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court …
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Communities Across Arizona Turn in Over 3.5 tons of Unneeded Prescription Medications to Prevent Drug Misuse

… Communities Across Arizona Turn in Over 3.5 tons of Unneeded Prescription Medications to … Prescription Take Back Day has removed more than 17 million pounds of unnecessary medications from communities …
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Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… - (540) 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 Distributed over 1,700 kilograms of cocaine and must forfeit $108 million, plus cash, jewelry and luxury automobiles seized … 2011 and January 2012, U.S. Park Police conducted undercover purchases of a total of 308 grams of crack cocaine from …
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Major Heroin Supply Chain From New York City To Upstate Counties, Long Island Dismantled: Five Arrested, $5 Million In Heroin, $115,000 Cash And Two Guns Seized

… Upstate Counties, Long Island Dismantled: Five Arrested, $5 Million In Heroin, $115,000 Cash And Two Guns Seized May 29, … trafficking network and the seizure of 12 kilograms of (over 26 lbs.) worth at least $5 million, plus $115,000 in …
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Missouri, California Men Plead Guilty to Marijuana Trafficking

… THC products, more than 40 Xanax pills, a distribution amount of marijuana, and three firearms – a Remington … near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Davis obtained more than $1 million as the result of his participation in the … engaged in financial transactions of more than $3.5 million designed to conceal the nature, source, ownership, …
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Medical Director of Baltimore County Pain Management Clinic Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute and Dispense Oxycodone

… by the Practice (which indicated the patient was likely buying medications off the street or was doctor-shopping); …
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The Replay: One Pill Can Kill Message Advances a Fentanyl Free America at Super Bowl LX

February 09, 2026
… Fentanyl Free America at Super Bowl LX February 09, 2026 As millions of Americans turned their attention to football’s … fentanyl does not discriminate. Drug poisonings and overdose deaths remain the leading cause of death for … exhibit located at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, VA and online at https://fof.dea.gov , which includes over 7,000 …
February 09, 2026
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… has issued one of the largest narcotics rewards ever – $10 million – for information leading to the arrest of El …