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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to Six Years for Methamphetamine Charge

… officer from the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department pulled over a car driven by Moua for a cracked windshield and … the trunk that contained approximately 465 grams, or just over 1 pound of methamphetamine. During post-arrest interviews, Moua and Stelzer admitted buying the methamphetamine together in the Twin Cities. Moua …
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Feds Seize Longest Tunnel On California-Mexico Border

… San Ysidro - (619) 671-4500 Six arrested; unprecedented amount of cocaine confiscated SAN DIEGO - Federal officials … seizures from drug tunnels have been marijuana and small amounts of cocaine. A 2,000 pound cocaine seizure tells DEA … tunnels to try and push through what amounts to a $22 million loss just in cocaine alone. This loss is a …
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Medical Professionals Performed Perfunctory Exams On Longshoremen And Filled Scripts For Narcotics In Elaborate Scheme To Rip Off Insurance Companies

… doctor and a crooked chiropractor who conspired to rip off millions from insurance companies in a complex fraud scam. … by the doctor in this case is a staggering 1,775,703 over four years, enough to cover 7 miles if you placed pill … one sure result of Operation Shore Thing is that dangerous amounts of oxycodone are no longer illegally flowing through …
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Slidell Man and Woman Indicted for Conspiracy, Wire Fraud, False Statements in Loan Applications, Money Laundering, and Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

… or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of carfentanil, a Schedule II controlled substance …
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DEA Target Faces $1 Million Fine And Four Years In Prison

… DEA Target Faces $1 Million Fine And Four Years In Prison May 07, 2018 Phoenix … months in prison and ordered to forfeit an estimated $1.7 million in cash and assets.  Sayegh was the owner and …
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Doctor Receives 30 Years To Life In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … to 30 years to life in state prison for prescribing large amounts of addictive and dangerous drugs to patients with no … died in less than three years, Tseng took in more than $5 million from her clinic and continued dispensing potent and …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes 642,410 Pounds of Unwanted Medications

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes 642,410 Pounds of Unwanted Medications May 13, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes 642,410 Pounds of Unwanted Medications

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes 642,410 Pounds of Unwanted Medications May 13, 2026 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) 965-3600 (571) 387-3545 Emily Murray Recruiter Name Scott Kunkel (571) 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to …
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Man from the Republic of Congo Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Caused an Overdose Death in Idaho

Man from the Republic of Congo Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Caused an Overdose Death in Idaho May 06, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 …
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Sixteen-Time Waterloo Felon Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fatal Dose of Fentanyl

Sixteen-Time Waterloo Felon Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fatal Dose of Fentanyl April 10, 2026 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) 965-3600 (571) 387-3545 Emily Murray Recruiter Name Scott Kunkel (571) 362-7282 …
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Four Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Distributing Methamphetamine in Idaho

Four Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Distributing Methamphetamine in Idaho April 01, 2026 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
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DEA Takes Fentanyl Free America Message to Rapid City

DEA Takes Fentanyl Free America Message to Rapid City April 01, 2026 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) 965-3600 (571) 387-3545 Emily Murray Recruiter Name Scott Kunkel (571) 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 7300 World …
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Alleged Latin Kings Gang Member Arrested on Federal Charges After Stealing Rifle From FBI Vehicle

Alleged Latin Kings Gang Member Arrested on Federal Charges After Stealing Rifle From FBI Vehicle January 16, 2026 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) 965-3600 (571) 387-3545 Emily Murray Recruiter Name Scott Kunkel (571) 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov …
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Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud

… Santa Rosa - (707) 837-2324 Stockton - (571) 387-3956 Over 180 pounds of methamphetamine, 14 pounds of fentanyl, … of leading a conspiracy to defraud taxpayers of over $550 million by falsely claiming COVID-19 Employee Retention …
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DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

… A Lethal Dose to Every American Washington, D.C. - As U.S. overdose deaths reach a devastating new height, claiming a … pills contain at least two milligrams of fentanyl—an amount that is considered to be a lethal dose. Today’s … pills. In 2021, DEA has seized a staggering 20.4 million fake prescription pills. During the recent public …
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DEA Warning: Scammers Impersonating DEA Agents Are Stealing Identities, Money

… for the fictional drug seizure and instructs the person, over the phone, to send money via gift card or wire transfer to pay a “fine” or to assist with the … federal law enforcement officer will demand cash or gift cards from a member of the public.” Employing more …
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Inland Empire Marijuana Operation Dismantled

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … and that those accounts received deposits of more than $3.3 million during an eight-month period in 2011. The IRS … analysis also revealed withdrawals from the accounts in an amount almost equal to the $3.3 million in deposits, which …
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Area Residents Turn In Tons Of Unused Medication During DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … from DEA’s previous six Take-Back events, more than 3.4 million (1,733 tons) of prescription medications have been … results of the last Take-Back Days to include collection amounts by state can be seen at www.dea.gov . On …
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Lubbock Fentanyl Distributors Sentenced

… distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance.  Lanier supplied Holl and Robertson with large amounts of Fentanyl he purchased online on the Darknet from China using Bitcoin, a digital …
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Cousins Sentenced On Federal Charges For PCP Distribution

… 2006 until September 2008, Ware and others received large amounts of PCP from wholesalers in and around her home in the 300 block of 53rd Street NE. She paid large amounts of U.S. currency to her suppliers when she received …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Domestic WASHINGTON – With robust public participation over the course of 17 prior events, the National … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … its tenth year, DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
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Husband and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill

… of the defendants’ criminal activity, approximately 3.2 million pills of oxycodone with a street value of nearly $80 … May 4, 2018, and involved testimony from 17 witnesses and over 350 exhibits. As the evidence showed, prior to … the office and maintained numbered lists of patients and amounts paid per day. Generally, patients who received …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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DEA Billboard in Omaha Looks to Re-Energize Conversations on Fentanyl Dangers

… the crushed pill, with text reminding viewers that, “Trace amounts of fentanyl can be lethal.”  “We’ll take any … of fentanyl. Through November 1, DEA has seized nearly 43 million fentanyl pills nationwide, with investigators in …
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Three individuals indicted for conspiring to traffic over 10,000 fentanyl pills, 10 lbs methamphetamine and possessing firearms in furtherance of their drug trafficking crimes

… Three individuals indicted for conspiring to traffic over 10,000 fentanyl pills, 10 lbs methamphetamine and … for conspiring and possessing with intent to distribute over 10,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl … a maximum statutory penalty of life in prison and a $10 million fine. Any sentence, however, would be determined at …
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Denton Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids

… Denton Physician Sentenced for Over-Prescribing Opioids May 19, 2023 Dallas Contact Info … professionals who disregard their oath to do no harm.” “Over prescribing opioids has wreaked havoc on our country …
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18th Street Gangsters, Associates Arrested on Indictments Alleging Murder, Extortion, Drug Trafficking in L.A.’s MacArthur Park Area

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … message to 18th Street Gang members and their Mexican Mafia overlords that we’re going to continue to work with our law … the Mexican Mafia member who maintained ultimate control over 18th Street is an unindicted co-conspirator – …
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Dark Web Drug Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

… York City. Peck, the leader of the operation, obtained bulk amounts of narcotics, advertised them using the Syntropy … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Perry Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine

… or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …