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Gateway Strike Force Combats Drugs, Violence in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area

… Council, whose members include both U.S. Attorneys, will oversee the Strike Force. With the addition of the St. Louis … Louis OCDETF Gateway Strike Force started working together over the last several years as a prelude to the formation of … or related offenses.  Agents seized approximately $1.3 million dollars, and more than sixty kilograms of cocaine.  …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

… prison term, Judge Briones ordered that Velasco Gurrola pay over $1 million in restitution to the families of his victims and a … conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and import over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. If you have information …
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Observant bystander travelling through Indiana led DEA Chicago Field Division to historic 225 pound methamphetamine seizure

… in the seizure of 225 pounds of methamphetamine.  This amount of methamphetamine has an estimated street value of over ten million dollars and is the largest single seizure of …
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United States Reaches $34 Million Settlement With Cardinal Health For Civil Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Act

… United States Reaches $34 Million Settlement With Cardinal Health For Civil Penalties … Settlements SEATTLE - Cardinal Health has agreed to pay $34 million in civil penalties to resolve allegations that the …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26

…   Concerns have been raised across the United States over illnesses and death caused by vaping and the high youth … Take Back Day Initiative continues to remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s … and teens. DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

… National Prescription Take Back Day has removed almost 17 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities … the country. DEA’s New Orleans Field Division, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, … at over 450 collection sites throughout the division.  The amounts collected for each state within the division was the …
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Two Charged with Fentanyl Distribution in Fresno County

… “We remain committed to reducing drug-related violence and overdose deaths caused by these deadly pills. Law … in the Central Valley,” said Bob P. Beris. “The substantial amount of fentanyl-laced pills and powder seized in these … minimum of 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $10 million. Any sentence, however, would be determined at the …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths April 15, 2022 Chicago Contact Info Contact … Agent in Charge of the DEA Chicago Division. “The large amounts of unwanted prescription drugs collected on Take … law enforcement, Take Back Day has removed more than 15 million pounds of medication from circulation since its …
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… - (307) 778-1500 DENVER – 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 … in its 10th year, DEA has collected a total of more than 11 million pounds (almost 6,000 tons) of expired, unused and …
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It’s game time - DEA National Prescription Take Back Day this Saturday

… will be accepted SEATTLE – 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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Mexican Cartel Leader Edgar Valdez-Villareal, A/k/a "La Barbie," Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… a great day for the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Government of Mexico and literally hundreds of DEA’s federal, … wiretaps, seizures of over 100 kilograms of cocaine, $4 million of drug proceeds, and witness testimony. Each of the … 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $500,000 or twice the amount of funds that were laundered, a three-year term of …
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Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges Alleging Nexus Of Guns And Drugs In Chicago

… an automobile. Other indictments seek forfeiture of smaller amounts of cash, as well as another vehicle and multiple firearms. “Anyone who has paid attention over the last 25 years knows that these charges are just the … of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison and a $10 million fine on the narcotics charges. Madison, Jenkins, …
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Oakland Money Service Business Owner and Employees Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds

… For example, the defendants allegedly used identification cards and personal information of legitimate customers to … In addition, the defendants allegedly structured large amounts of cash into smaller wire transfers to avoid … the money into multiple transactions of less than $3,000—amounts small enough to avoid being flagged for suspicious …
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Nebraska Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Meth

Nebraska Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury for Possessing with Intent to Distribute Meth January 09, 2026 Louisville Contact Info Contact Us (502) 582-5908 (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 …
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Nine Indicted on Multiple Charges Arising From Armed Burglaries of Marijuana Grow Facilities That Resulted in Death of Oakland Police Officer

Nine Indicted on Multiple Charges Arising From Armed Burglaries of Marijuana Grow Facilities That Resulted in Death of Oakland Police Officer December 11, 2025 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson …
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Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth

Career Offender from West Memphis Sentenced to 12 years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Meth December 17, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 …
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Galveston County man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking cocaine through the Eastern District of Texas

Galveston County man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking cocaine through the Eastern District of Texas December 08, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman …
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South Texas Man Receives 10 Years for Cocaine Trafficking

South Texas Man Receives 10 Years for Cocaine Trafficking December 04, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to …
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Baton Rouge Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Convictions

Baton Rouge Man Sentenced to 180 Months in Federal Prison for Drug and Gun Convictions November 18, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter …
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Mobile Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon

Mobile Man Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon November 13, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications November 03, 2025 Louisville Contact Info Contact Us (502) 582-5908 (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" …
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide September 09, 2025 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San …
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Operation Reload: Jury Convicts Kingpin And Members Of His Family Of Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… United States District Judge Micaela Alavarez, who presided over the more than weeklong trial, has scheduled sentencing … Between 2004 through 2009, evidence showed that almost $2 million in cash drug proceeds were deposited into those … conversations, he is heard discussing having shipped millions of dollars in drug proceeds back to Mexico and the …
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Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed Of Pill Mills In Florida

… (oxycodone hydrochloride) by a practitioner-trafficking amount; workers compensation fraud; and money laundering. … 59 bank accounts were seized totaling approximately $1.1 million, and 13 search warrants have been executed in nine … trafficking organization is responsible for diversion of millions of narcotic medications, including Oxycodone, …
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Law Enforcement Disrupts Active Heroin Packaging Operation

… - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Up to $2 Million in Narcotics Seized nyc060117_fig1.jpg … packaged bags for retail sales.  In addition to seizing millions of dollars-worth of heroin last night, we seized …
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

… pharmacists, have been charged with participating in an $18 million pill mill scheme, announced by the DEA Dallas Field … The recruiters – who paid the clinic based in part on the amount of drugs prescribed – then filled the prescriptions … substances, such as antibiotics and mineral ice. Over a nine-year span, Dr. Capistrano issued prescriptions …
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Felon Pleads Guilty in Connection to Distributing Crack Cocaine, the Illegal Possession of Four Firearms, Ammunition, and a Glock Switch

… they found money that had been used in the controlled buys, four firearms, ammunition, magazines and other firearm … three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million.  The charge of felon in possession provides for a …
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Three Convicted in $500,000 Mexican Cartel Weapon Scheme

… the sale of a ranch in Mexico and they were planning to buy land in Laredo to build a home. Perez-Ortiz later … They each face up to 20 years in prison, a possible $1 million maximum fine and forfeiture of $500,000. They have …
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Heroin Dealer Connected To The Overdose Death Of A Texas Woman Is Arrested On Federal Drug Charge

… at 7:00 p.m., the victim negotiated, in text messages, to buy a “dub” and a “point” from an individual, later … the charged offense is 20 years in federal prison and a $1 million fine. The Farmers Branch Police Department and the …
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Illegal Firearms And Drug Dealer Admits Selling At Least 100 Guns To Criminals In The Camden, NJ Area Guns Originated From Straw And Gun Show Purchases In Ohio And Virginia

… others in the Camden area. Laboo admitted he knew he was buying guns that came illegally from Ohio and Virginia.   At … carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 14, 2014. …