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Lexington Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

June 03, 2025
… to launder drug proceeds.  According to his plea agreement, from November 2023 until September 2024, Gomez agreed with … not a cash-based entity and the source of the cash stemmed from his involvement in drug distribution offenses. Gomez …
June 03, 2025
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Three Members of a Prolific Chinese Money Laundering Organization Plead Guilty to Laundering Tens of Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds

May 01, 2025
… over $92 million in illicit funds, including proceeds from the importation and distribution of illegal drugs into … the United States to collect drug trafficking proceeds from U.S.-based drug traffickers and deposit those illicit … criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
May 01, 2025
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

September 30, 2021
… Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly … law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across … too often result, is a problem that cuts across America from small towns to big cities and everything in between. …
September 30, 2021
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

September 30, 2021
… Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly … law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across … too often result, is a problem that cuts across America from small towns to big cities and everything in between. …
September 30, 2021
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DEA LA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 19, 2022
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the …
August 19, 2022
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DEA Los Angeles Field Division Makes Historic Seizure of Approximately 1 Million Fentanyl Pills

July 14, 2022
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … is a major transshipment hub where illegal drugs coming from the southwest border are stored in local warehouses, … Prevention, more than 107,000 people have died as a result from a drug overdose or poisoning in the U.S. Criminal drug …
July 14, 2022
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2,669 pounds of methamphetamine, two kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of tar heroin seized in joint DEA investigation

February 28, 2020
… Southern California 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   Brian M. Clark … In total, 1,200 pounds of methamphetamine was seized from the second storage unit. The next day on Friday, …
February 28, 2020
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Mexican National Sentenced to 18 Months for Transporting Heroin in 2019

January 12, 2024
… that she was paid $3,000 to enter the United States from Mexico, meet an individual in California, receive drugs from that individual, and transport the heroin by concealing … In 2020, on the eve of Cepeda-Chico’s trial, Munoz-Mora emailed representatives of the United States Attorneys’ …
January 12, 2024
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

September 30, 2021
… Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly … law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across … too often result, is a problem that cuts across America from small towns to big cities and everything in between. …
September 30, 2021
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30 People Linked To Two Southern California Drug Transportation Networks Indicted On Federal Narcotics Charges

August 21, 2013
… Southern California 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   Brian M. Clark … into the importation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. The indictment, which …
August 21, 2013
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DEA And Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center Open Powerful Exhibit In Mobile, Alabama

January 25, 2017
… DEA And Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center Open Powerful … organization will take the time to visit and learn from this exhibition, which could be a truly life-changing … please contact Monica Dunklin at 1-251-208-6880 or via email at mdunklin@exploreum.com. Reimbursement for school …
January 25, 2017
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Georgia Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison

June 04, 2025
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … Robert Murphy Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Wanda Wiggins 571-776-0364 Division Contacts Georgia Augusta …
June 04, 2025
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DEA News: Designer Synthetic Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

December 19, 2013
DEA News: Designer Synthetic Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison December 19, 2013 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us 571-362-5600 (571) 387-3289 Jodie Underwood 571-362-0582 PhoenixSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find …
December 19, 2013
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 05, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 05, 2025
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Colombian National Extradited to Houston to face Narco-Terrorism and International Cocaine Distribution Charges

April 24, 2025
… National Extradited to Houston to face Narco-Terrorism and International Cocaine Distribution Charges April 24, … and distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … (Ejército de Liberación Nacional aka ELN), was extradited from Colombia and is now in Houston. He will make his …
April 24, 2025
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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

June 08, 2017
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … - A major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was … hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin from Mexico into the United States. The narcotics were …
June 08, 2017
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

August 03, 2017
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … grand jury allege that members of the conspiracy profited from illicit prescriptions that were issued without any … supplied corrupt doctors in exchange for kickbacks derived from proceeds generated when the other sham clinics created …
August 03, 2017
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Leader Of Azusa Street Gang Involved In Drug Trafficking And Hate Crimes Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years

January 15, 2013
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … would use violence in order to prevent African-Americans from moving into the City,” according to the indictment. … to aggressively defend those rights, and those residents, from harm.” Rios confirmed in court that members of the …
January 15, 2013
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Federal Jury Convicts Minnesota Man for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused 11 Overdose Deaths

April 01, 2022
… of 4-FA, a controlled substance analogue, which was shipped from China. The package actually contained 100 grams of 99 … analogues. According to the evidence presented at trial, from 2014 through December 6, 2016, Broussard obtained controlled substances, including fentanyl, from China-based drug suppliers. Broussard conspired with …
April 01, 2022
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Operator Of Venetian Resort In Las Vegas Agrees To Return Over $47 Million After Receiving Money Under Suspicious Circumstances

August 27, 2013
… Southern California 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   Brian M. Clark … for failing to properly report suspicious funds received from a gambler. This is also the first time a casino has …
August 27, 2013
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Authorities Arrest 5 Linked To LA "Pill Mill"

January 13, 2015
… Southern California 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   Brian M. Clark … including a January 2013 seizure of nearly 10,000 pills from the residence of ringleader Jagehauel Gillespie, and a …
January 13, 2015
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Galveston County man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking cocaine through the Eastern District of Texas

December 08, 2025
… inside the vehicle, and receiving conflicting stories from Brown and his  passenger , law enforcement conducted a … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. This case was …
December 08, 2025
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Court Sentences Mobile County Man to 14 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking

December 02, 2025
… the bucket and approximately 1,275 grams of methamphetamine from the roadway. The same day, law enforcement also … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. A copy of this press …
December 02, 2025
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Texas Woman Arrested After 20 Pounds of Cocaine Seized at New Mexico Checkpoint

June 26, 2025
… Border Patrol agents seized more than 20 pounds of cocaine from her vehicle during a checkpoint inspection south of … Administration investigated this case with assistance from the U.S. Border Patrol. Assistant U.S. Attorney Devon …
June 26, 2025
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Nearly 2 Dozen Charged in Large Drug and Money Laundering Operation Spanning Multiple Jurisdictions

June 18, 2025
… Nearly 2 Dozen Charged in Large Drug and Money Laundering Operation Spanning Multiple … criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the  Department’s OCDETF and  Project Safe Neighborhood …
June 18, 2025
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Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Meth

June 13, 2025
… of 5 years of supervised release following their release from prison. The charges against these defendants were the … that there was a package with an odor of marijuana emitting from it. A search warrant was obtained for the package, and …
June 13, 2025
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Texas and Lafourche Parish Residents Guilty of Federal Controlled Substances Act Violations

May 07, 2025
… to four (4) years of supervised release after release from prison, as well as a mandatory $100 special assessment … of Louisiana.  The conspiracy involved obtaining narcotics from Houston, Texas and transporting them to Thibodaux, …
May 07, 2025
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Oktibbeha County Man Sentenced in OCDETF Illegal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Case

June 04, 2025
… Oktibbeha County Man Sentenced in OCDETF Illegal Firearm and Drug Trafficking Case June 04, 2025 New Orleans Contact … to three years supervised release following his release from prison. “Drug dealers and guns are a lethal … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
June 04, 2025
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DEA Safely Disposes of 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medications on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 08, 2025
… million pounds of expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes. “We want to thank our state, local, and … communities by helping to remove the threat of medications from falling into the wrong hands. This program would not be …
May 08, 2025
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Franklin, Kentucky Pharmacist and Spouse Sentenced to Federal Prison

May 06, 2025
… defendants conspired to divert oxycodone and hydrocodone from the pharmacy from May 2, 2020, to January 17, 2023, with Jenifer Huff …
May 06, 2025