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PRESS RELEASE

Final Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy that Seized 29 Kilos of Fentanyl

May 30, 2025
… multiple bags of powder and multiple containers containing over 150,000 pills, totaling over 29 kilograms of fentanyl, approximately 1,890 grams of … drugs, agents found several pill press machines, a large amount of cash, and various drug paraphernalia.  United …
May 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 27, 2022
… Community Outreach: (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities … during the period of May 23 through Sept. 8, 2022. The amount of fentanyl taken off the streets during this surge …
September 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Three Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

April 03, 2024
… grams of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, distribution of cocaine, conspiracy to … exported to Mexico. Purdy and Maldonado then turned over the Jeep to a person who had traveled to Carlsbad from … seized the methamphetamine and cocaine from the vehicle overnight. After learning that the drugs were no longer in …
April 03, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Ten Alleged Members Of Sunland Park Heroin Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

July 14, 2016
… aggressively prosecuting these organizations.” “Last year over 44,000 people died in the United States as a result of a drug overdose, many of those as a result of heroin and opioid … in which Rivera and Tovar were traveling and a large amount of cash from Muñoz.  Thereafter the DEA executed a …
July 14, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Craven County Armed Drug Organization Trafficking Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Sentenced to 35 Years

October 11, 2023
… of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Charlotte that covers North and South Carolina. “This sentence sends a … use of confidential sources, surveillance and controlled buys, law enforcement identified several high-level … direction of law enforcement. On September 7, 2022, he sold over 60 grams of fentanyl to a confidential informant, while …
October 11, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Last Defendant in Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison

April 13, 2023
… Haywood, Buncombe, and Jackson Counties as well as Georgia. Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement used controlled buys, seizures, and the execution of search warrants to …
April 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s 13th Drug Take Back Event Yields Huge Results In Georgia

May 09, 2017
… proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount exceeded the last take back event by 1,105 pounds.  … were available across the United States.”  The national amount was the largest amount in the previous 12 Take Back … to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs. The …
May 09, 2017
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15 People Charged with Trafficking Semi-Truckloads of Marijuana and Laundering Drug Proceeds

May 20, 2022
… Madison - (608) 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Over $40 Million in Assets Seized INDIANAPOLIS – Michael J. Gannon, …
May 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Man Indicted for Trafficking Over 220 Pounds of Methamphetamine

February 24, 2022
… Man Indicted for Trafficking Over 220 Pounds of Methamphetamine February 24, 2022 Phoenix … During a traffic stop, the State alleges that police recovered approximately 222 pounds of methamphetamine. The … State further alleges that the estimated value of the recovered methamphetamine is $330,000. The charges are based …
February 24, 2022
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Federal Judge Sentences Florida Man to Over 21 Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Charges

March 30, 2023
… Federal Judge Sentences Florida Man to Over 21 Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Charges March 30, … a traffic stop of Perez’s vehicle in Sylva, North Carolina. Over the course of the stop, law enforcement recovered a …
March 30, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force And NJSP Search Of Quiet Neighborhood Home Uncovers Heroin Mill And $6 Million Of Heroin

December 21, 2012
… Of Quiet Neighborhood Home Uncovers Heroin Mill And $6 Million Of Heroin December 21, 2012 New York Contact Info … street value of the narcotics seized is estimated to be $6 million.  That much heroin could have generated up to …
December 21, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills

September 14, 2023
… Pharmacist Convicted for Conspiring to Unlawfully Dispense Over 100,000 Opioid Pills September 14, 2023 Houston Contact … her role in a pill-mill pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed over 100,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash. According to …
September 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Tonawanda Man Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Cocaine And Marijuana Trafficking

July 02, 2015
… Tonawanda Man Sentenced To Over Ten Years In Prison For Cocaine And Marijuana … NY, who was convicted of conspiring to distribute over 15 kilograms of cocaine and 450 kilograms of marijuana, …
July 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Father and Son for Killing a Niagara Falls Man in Furtherance of a Drug Conspiracy

January 02, 2024
… Turner was shot and killed. Evidence was presented by the Government that Lavon Parks and James Parks were driving … shooting both before and after the murder. Ballistics recovered from the scene of the shooting matched a firearm that … drugs. The investigation included a series of controlled buys and payments involving defendant Lavon Parks. …
January 02, 2024
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Maine Man Sentenced for Role in Northern New England Fentanyl Trafficking Operation

January 09, 2024
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Defendant possessed over three kilograms of fentanyl for distribution in Maine … made three prior drug purchases from Rodriguez Osorio, buying approximately 500 grams of fentanyl each time. Less …
January 09, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Army Soldier Sentenced For Murder-for-Hire And Gun Possession

June 21, 2013
… were members of the Los Zetas Cartel, actually undercover Drug Enforcement (DEA) agents, to purchase marijuana in … co-defendant Calvin Epps, 29, of Hopkins, S.C., told undercover agents about a friend in the military who could provide … to carve a “Z” into the victim’s chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body. Evidence at trial …
June 21, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Denver OCDETF Strike Force Takes Down Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Responsible For Distributing Large Quantities Of Cocaine And Methamphetamine

April 20, 2017
… 20 years and up to life in federal prison, as well as a $2 million fine. According to the indictment, between Feb. 1, … 500 grams or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine. For this count alone, each … Sessions. “This organization is alleged to have moved large amounts of meth and cocaine from Mexico to Colorado, with …
April 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Eight Arrested, Large Quantities Of Narcotics Seized Following Dismantling Of Heroin Mills

November 17, 2014
… of heroin with an estimated street value of more than $3 million have been seized following the dismantling of two … of heroin. The combined total of all the seized narcotics amounted to approximately 5.5 kilograms of heroin. According … the heroin mills not only supplied wholesale-quantity amounts of narcotics to multiple counties throughout New …
November 17, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Trafficking Meth

February 02, 2024
… him 2 kilograms of methamphetamine, but Pineda was pulled over by law enforcement near Sun City Center. Law … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
February 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Convicted and Sentenced in Long-Term Methamphetamine and Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Investigation in Bay County

March 10, 2023
… in Bay County and surrounding areas of north Florida.  Over the course of the two-year investigation, DEA, working … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
March 10, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Hitman for Violent Narcotics Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison for His Role in Three Murders

August 19, 2022
… of their car. Valdez-Garcia then asked to pull the car over and shot the victims four times each. Valdez-Garcia … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
August 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Wichita men indicted in Kansas for meth distribution

December 22, 2020
… 1: Up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $1 million. Counts 4, 7: Not more than 40 years and not less than five years and a fine up to $5 million. Counts 2, 5 and 8: Not less than five years and a … five years and not more than 40 years and a fine up to $5 million on each count. The Drug Enforcement Administration, …
December 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 17, 2024
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 DEA Seattle Field Division Seizes 3.7 Million Fentanyl Pills, More Than 280 Pounds of Fentanyl … is the most fentanyl seized by DEA in a single year. It amounts to more than 386 million deadly doses of …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

New Jersey Doctor, 11 Others Charged In Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

March 24, 2011
… of his family members with “gold” Fraternal Order of Police cards, which typically are reserved for the immediate family … a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine. U.S. Attorney Fishman credited the New Jersey …
March 24, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Former Connecticut Residents Charged with Operating Websites to Illegally Sell Misbranded and Unapproved Drugs

August 25, 2023
… that the drugs they sold were for human use, and through emails and posts on the Pinned Aminos Facebook group, they … indictment alleges that Fields and Mahan unlawfully shipped over 10,000 parcels to customers throughout the country and collected more than $1.4 million from customers.  Fields and Mahan used the proceeds …
August 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Omaha Division Collects Nearly 19,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on Take Back Day

May 23, 2022
… with its law enforcement partners, has collected nearly 16 million pounds of unneeded prescription medications. “The … Control and Prevention estimates that in the United States, over 107,000 people died as the result of a drug overdose last year. This figure means that someone in the …
May 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reminds Americans to Keep Medications Secure

April 30, 2020
… during this time in which families are staying home over concerns of the Coronavirus pandemic. In 2018, 67,367 people died from a drug overdose with nearly 70 percent of these deaths attributed … to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 million people aged 12 or older misused pain relievers in …
April 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Sigourney Elementary School awarded for student’s Red Ribbon Week Photo Contest entry

March 18, 2019
… largest and oldest drug prevention campaign and reaches over 80 million people each year throughout the United States. Be …
March 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

West L.A. Pharmacy Owners Arrested On Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Charges For Diverting Prescription Drugs To Black Market

October 01, 2015
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … of this conclusion, the state investigators noted a lack of over-the-counter drug products ordinarily carried by … reporting requirements.  Records reveal more than $1.5 million in structured cash deposits were made into multiple …
October 01, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over Three Tons Of Prescription Drugs In Third Statewide Take-Back Event

November 04, 2011
… Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over Three Tons Of Prescription Drugs In Third Statewide … in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that over 6,000 pounds of unwanted or expired medications were …
November 04, 2011

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