STORY

DEA El Paso and Discovery Education Train Albuquerque Schools on DEA Award-Winning Curriculum

April 04, 2024
… Public Schools (APS) health educators and counselors in best practices for using the award-winning curriculum. … and questions about how to use the curriculum. “ One of the best things about [Operation Prevention], is that it's … participate in a lesson exploration using different images from the curriculum. Health educators and counselors …
April 04, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Virginian Native Christopher C. Goumenis Named Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division

September 05, 2025
… Goumenis main priority is to protect the American citizens from drug related harm by taking the fight directly to those … violent criminals that hurt our residents and affect their quality of life." Before joining the DEA, he served with the … Sociology; and a Master of Science in Criminal Justice; all from Radford University. ### Complete Bio:  Christopher C. …
September 05, 2025
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San Diego News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Money Launderer Extradited April 28, 2008 Three Extradited from Colombia to Face Drug Charges April 25, 2008 … Sentenced to Life in Prison JAN 16, 2008 DEA in the NEWS: Steroids Manufacturer Enters Guilty Plea …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Agencies Host Community Showing Of Chasing The Dragon: The Life Of An Opiate Addict

February 23, 2017
… Control and Prevention, 44 people die every day in America from an overdose of prescription painkillers. Since 2014, … killers.  Forums like the one in Great Falls are the first, best step in addressing and correcting the problem.” United …
February 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

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

September 12, 2013
… 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 …
September 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty plea from Ohio man stopped in Kansas with $1 million

October 01, 2020
… Guilty plea from Ohio man stopped in Kansas with $1 million October 01, …
October 01, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Warning: Thousands of Counterfeit M30 Pills Containing Carfentanil Seized in Western Washington

September 24, 2025
… Federal Way Police and Centralia Police seized 50,208 pills from a defendant at a Centralia gas station. A K-9 alerted … and located the pills inside the vehicle.  The driver, from Pacific, Washington, was arrested and and is facing … stronger than fentanyl.  “Carfentanil is like fentanyl on steroids,” said David F. Reames, Special Agent in Charge of …
September 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Man Sentenced for Shipping 85 Pounds of Meth from California

June 14, 2023
… Missouri Man Sentenced for Shipping 85 Pounds of Meth from California June 14, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info Contact … law enforcement intercepted a package that had been shipped from Magallon to Mangold via FedEx. The shipment, sent to …
June 14, 2023
DOCUMENT

LOM 7700 – Examination of Friction Ridge Evidence

November 20, 2023
Publication
… of Friction Ridge Evidence Publication Forensics: Quality Management System Documents November 20, 2023 This … document is an internal Drug Enforcement Administration quality system document.  The document is updated …
November 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Orange County Doctor Arrested On Charges Of Illegally Prescribing Addictive Pain Medications, Often Meeting With 'Patients' At Starbucks

October 26, 2011
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … Orange County, where he wrote prescriptions for drugs best known by brand names that include OxyContin, Vicodin, …
October 26, 2011
DOCUMENT

Standard Operating Procedure for the Analysis of Suspected Methamphetamine

November 20, 2023
Publication
… of Suspected Methamphetamine Publication Forensics: Quality Management System Documents November 20, 2023 This … document is an internal Drug Enforcement Administration quality system document.  The document is updated …
November 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Encourages Routine Conversations on Dangers of Drug Use and Social Media

September 04, 2025
… removed nearly three million deadly doses of fentanyl from across the state. Methamphetamine seizures made by DEA … are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. Nationwide, DEA has seized fentanyl …
September 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Synthetic Drugs Distribution Ring Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

June 22, 2017
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … than marijuana because of its high potency, and because the quality and quantity of chemicals used to make the “spice” … and misbranded labels to smuggle the chemical analogues from China.     As part of the scheme, Libbert incorporated …
June 22, 2017
ALERT

DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies

October 04, 2024
… drugs such as Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax, and other drugs from legitimate pharmacies.  As Americans increasingly turn … discounts to deceive customers into believing they were buying from a reputable business. Often these illegal, …
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Headquarters News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Statement of Administrator Karen P. Tandy on Retirement from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) October 17, … Terrorism Charges September 24, 2007 DEA Announces Largest Steroid Enforcement Action in U.S. History September 18, …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

December 02, 2025
… Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy … drugs, drive drug traffickers and collect drug money from various customers of the DTO on a daily basis.  …
December 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

July 01, 2024
… to participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering from May 23, 2020, to Sept. 20, 2022. Leal-Martinez is the … Leal-Martinez admitted that she accepted drug proceeds from co-conspirators, including Jose Jesus Sanchez-Mendez, … Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more …
July 01, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Law Enforcement Partnership in Nebraska Takes Stance Against Methamphetamine

January 26, 2022
… are engaging in a Drug Forum as a way to exchange ideas and best practices on how to turn the tide against the scourge … nationwide methamphetamine seizures increased 77 percent from 2018-2019, the most recent data available. “While …
January 26, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal drug and firearm possession charges

February 07, 2020
… Man from Albuquerque pleads guilty to federal drug and firearm … and 48 grams of Methamphetamine. Maestas was forbidden from possessing any firearms at the time of these offenses …
February 07, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Thirteen Cibola County Residents Charged With Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

March 07, 2013
… by the DEA and the New Mexico State Police with assistance from the Grants Police Department.  The investigation, … officers obtained approximately a pound of methamphetamine from the defendants charged in the two federal indictments.  … “The New Mexico State Police is committed to addressing quality of life issues in our communities around the state,” …
March 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Iraqi National Dealing Fentanyl from Glen Allen Hotel Room Sentenced to Prison

August 15, 2025
… Iraqi National Dealing Fentanyl from Glen Allen Hotel Room Sentenced to Prison August 15, … Al Sheikh Mohammed, 28, conducted hand-to-hand transactions from a hotel room in Glen Allen rented by his girlfriend, … vehicle, officers recovered 10 tablets containing fentanyl from Lindore’s purse and $164 in drug proceeds. During a …
August 15, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled

May 28, 2014
… Republic target those calling innocent citizens demanding payment in exchange for dropped bogus charges … authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the …
May 28, 2014
GENERAL INFORMATION

Detroit News 2006

July 15, 2021
… JUL 31, 2006 Hoot’s ‘Chalk Talks’ Aim to Educate Youth on Steroids JUL 7, 2006 DEA MET Team Deployment Brings Relief …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Selling Fentanyl That Killed One Woman, Hospitalized Another

January 02, 2025
… to another person who reported that she thought she was buying the painkiller oxycodone. That woman later went to …
January 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Ohio Man Sentenced to 65 Months in Prison for Swapping Fentanyl, Cash for Counterfeit Pills

July 11, 2024
… Fleissig on Thursday sentenced an Ohio man who arranged to buy 200,000 counterfeit pills to five years and five months …
July 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Man Admits Methamphetamine Sales, Gun Charge

March 02, 2023
… room, and a woman who told authorities she was there to buy methamphetamine was arrested inside the room. A …
March 02, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Man from Albuquerque sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for methamphetamine trafficking

February 14, 2020
… Man from Albuquerque sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for … County, New Mexico. The evidence showed investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and …
February 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal Charges

April 30, 2015
… on drug trafficking in Grant County and improve the quality of life for people who live there.  Today’s arrests … tools and resources to keep our smaller communities safe from drug trafficking organizations that think they can go … offenses, and a firearms offense.  Count 1 alleges that from March 2014 through April 2015, all 12 defendants …
April 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Driver from New Mexico sentenced for 40 pounds of meth hidden in fuel tank

October 15, 2020
… Driver from New Mexico sentenced for 40 pounds of meth hidden in … of the Dodge Challenger he was driving. Ramirez had driven from New Mexico with orders to deliver the drugs to Wichita. …
October 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Official Appointed Vice-Chair To Newly Created National Commission On Forensic Science

January 10, 2014
… Twice Domestic WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of … and reliability of the forensic sciences and enhance quality assurance and quality control," said Deputy Attorney … defense attorneys and judges; and other stakeholders from across the country.  This breadth of experience and …
January 10, 2014