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Prior Felon Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Arrests/Convictions …
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Pensacola Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Firearm Charges

… Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Meth and Firearm Charges February 24, 2026 Miami Contact Info … Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Arrests/Convictions …
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DEA Detroit Field Division Announces 2025 Seizure Statistics

… Operation Engage Detroit Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Division Social Accounts X Joseph O. Dixon Domestic Ohio and Michigan Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … families, disrupting the criminal networks that profit from addiction, and advancing our mission of a fentanyl-free …
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Oxnard Men Charged with Being Prolific Sinaloa-Linked Drug Traffickers in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties

… Being Prolific Sinaloa-Linked Drug Traffickers in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties September 17, 2025 Los Angeles … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … our unwavering dedication to protecting our communities from dangerous drugs and the violence propagated by these …
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Longtime Gang Member Sentenced For Drug Conspiracy

… Member Sentenced For Drug Conspiracy July 28, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New England Quick Links Press Releases Local … a permit during an incident where he fired several rounds from a firearm in H-Block territory. He also has a 2024 …
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Fentanyl Trafficker Receives 19-year Federal Prison Sentence in Death of Riverside County Teen

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … is a reminder that we will not tolerate those who profit from death and addiction.”   Assistant United States …
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Midland-Odessa Area Barrio Azteca Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Drug And Racketeering Charges

… Midland-Odessa Area Barrio Azteca Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Drug And Racketeering … organization on federal drug charges. The charges stem from a year-and-a-half-long investigation into the …
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Arizona Man Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison For His Role In Conspiracies To Distribute Fentanyl And Cocaine And Laundering The Proceeds

… organized multi-kilogram deliveries of fentanyl and cocaine from California to Massachusetts. The kilograms were driven by tractor trailer from the area of Ontario, Calif., to Massachusetts. In … a cooperating witness to pick up $600,00 in drug proceeds from two co-defendants in Tewksbury, Mass. On Feb. 16, 2024, …
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Investigation Leads To Illegal Alien Being Indicted For Running A Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… was indicted and extradited back to the United States from the Dominican Republic to face multiple federal charges stemming from a Homeland Security Task Force investigation for … regularly transported fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine from Massachusetts to Maine, rented residences to store and …
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Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Two Separate Cases Involving the Distribution of Large Quantities of Fentanyl and Cocaine

… Involving the Distribution of Large Quantities of Fentanyl and Cocaine March 31, 2026 New England Contact Info Contact … associate arrived in a car, which law enforcement stopped. From the trunk of the car, a bag containing approximately …
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Lieutenant in Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced to Over Four Years in Federal Prison

… narcotics,” said U.S. Attorney Creegan. “They profited from addiction and suffering. Today’s sentence demonstrates … these criminal networks and protecting our communities from the devastating impact of dangerous drugs.” “Fentanyl … the defendant and seized more than a kilogram of cocaine from the residence.    The Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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Alert - Extortion Scam Targeting DEA Registrants

June 11, 2019
… is aware that registrants are receiving telephone calls and emails by criminals identifying themselves as DEA employees …
June 11, 2019
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Four Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking in Las Vegas

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … of illegal synthetic drugs and firearms. Special Agents from the DEA and investigators assigned to the Tulare County … in California and Las Vegas, NV. On March 22, 2022, agents from the DEA in Las Vegas, along with assistance from …
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DEA National Take Back Day set for April 27

… its 17th annual National Take Back Day, Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at designated sites across the nation … will steal one or two pills, maybe even an entire bottle, from the cabinet of a family member or friend.  Misusing … of medications in a safe alternative way.  Remove medicine from its original container and mix it with an undesirable …
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Long Beach Man Sentenced To Over 26 Years In Prison For Role In Narcotics Conspiracy Involving Powerful Opioid Acetylfentanyl

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … for any use in the United States. The sentencing stems from an investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement … DEA agents seized more than 11 kilograms of acetylfentanyl from the organization, which obtained pill presses from …
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DEA Agents Arrest Four Men On Federal Charges Of Distributing Narcotics, Including Pills Manufactured With A Fentanyl Analogue

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … allegedly imported a powerful synthetic opiate from China and produced their own pills that were then … methamphetamine, Xanax, hydrocodone pills and “ecstasy” - from a man who had just purchased the drugs from members of …
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Two Leaders Of El Monte Street Gang Plead Guilty To Federal Racketeering Offenses

… Engage Orange County Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … El Monte Flores gang, an organization that takes direction from the Mexican Mafia prison gang and controls criminal …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, at over 5,000 sites … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of …
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DEA Brings In Record Amount Of Unused Prescription Drugs On National Prescription Take Back Day

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …   In the Los Angeles area, local law enforcement agencies from Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, … that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine …
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Oahu Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Drug Offense, Identity Theft, And Naval Exchange Theft

… To Six Years In Prison For Drug Offense, Identity Theft, And Naval Exchange Theft January 21, 2014 Los Angeles … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … to steal over $17,000 of high-value electronic items from the Navy Exchange at Pearl (NEX) by using a military …
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California Man Supplying Pure Methamphetamine To Reno, Nevada Area Sentenced To 19a½ Years In Prison

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … and directed an illegal drug distribution operation in Reno from his home in southern California, was sentenced on … in Reno.  On May 12, 2013, officials discovered from additional intercepted telephone calls of Salgado’s …
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DEA Hosts Public Listening Sessions on Telemedicine Regulations

… will host public listening sessions to receive comments from healthcare practitioners, experts, advocates, patients, … Listening Sessions .   For additional questions, email DPW@DEA.gov     Background: On March 1, 2023, DEA, in … six months while considering the more than 38,000 comments from the public on the NPRMs.   # # #   Diversion Division …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Hours for the Faces of Fentanyl Exhibit

… August 21 the DEA Museum will open with extended hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for public viewing of the Faces of … dedicated men and women of the DEA know their job is far from over. DEA will continue to increase outreach and … a photograph of a loved one lost to fentanyl, please email their name, age, and photo to …
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New COVID-19 Vaccine will bring opportunities for Fraud

… itself.  Always be suspicious of unsolicited phone calls, emails, or home visits that ask for payment information in order to receive a vaccine.  No one from a vaccine distribution site will ask for your credit …
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Gardnerville Man Arrested, Indicted For Butane Hash Oil Explosion

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … manufacturing a controlled substance. The charge stems from an investigation conducted by the DEA and the Douglas … gas, to burn parts of marijuana to draw concentrated THC from the plant into a wax-like substance. United States …
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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 … and Joseph Rovero, 21, an Arizona State University student from San Ramon.  Nguyen died March 2, 2009.  Ogle died a … less than three years, Tseng took in more than $5 million from her clinic and continued dispensing potent and …
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Seven Defendants Charged With Conspiring To Aid The Taliban

… an entrenched global criminal network, preventing it from moving ton quantities of cocaine, laundering millions … the Taliban. The communications occurred by telephone, via email, and in a series of audio recorded and videotaped … four defendants agreed to transport the heroin to Ghana, from where they understood portions of the heroin would be …
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Hawaii Man Convicted Of Methamphetamine Trafficking

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … intent to distribute, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine from April to May, 2013 as well as possessing … individuals to distribute methamphetamine that was sent from California, via express mail service, to Honolulu in …
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Second Brother Sentenced To Prison In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … individuals to distribute methamphetamine that was sent from California, via express mail services, to Honolulu … Authorities arrested Lew after he returned to Hawaii from the Marshall Islands. The investigation which resulted …
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Second Man Sentenced To Prison For Distributing Heroin On Dark Web Marketplace AlphaBay

… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … and cocaine on AlphaBay, and then mailed the narcotics from post offices in New York to customers throughout the … agents were also able to determine that the encrypted email address used by “Area51” and “DarkApollo” was …