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Saugus Man Indicted For Role In Conspiracies To Distribute Thousands Of Pills Containing Meth And Fentanyl

Saugus Man Indicted For Role In Conspiracies To Distribute Thousands Of Pills Containing Meth And Fentanyl July 28, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin …
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Four Pensacola Women Charged with Illegal Drug Diversion

Four Pensacola Women Charged with Illegal Drug Diversion June 30, 2025 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 Miami.FD.PIO@dea.gov 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North …
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Wilson Man Sentenced to 10 Years on Fentanyl and Firearm Charges

… Wilson Man Sentenced to 10 Years on Fentanyl and Firearm Charges April 25, 2025 Atlanta Contact Info … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … X Instagram Jae W. Chung Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community …
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Charleston Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine

… Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine April 23, 2025 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … X Instagram Jae W. Chung Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community …
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DEA-Led Investigation Dismantles Albuquerque-Based Drug Trafficking Organization

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … X Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: …
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DEA’s Albuquerque Office Spearheads New Mexico’s Multi-Agency Participation In Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown

DEA’s Albuquerque Office Spearheads New Mexico’s Multi-Agency Participation In Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown May 09, 2014 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) 832-6000 571-324-7093 carlos.a.briano@dea.gov Carlos A. Briano Recruiter Name Elizabeth …
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March 03, 2021
… - DEA websites GSAD, JTT etc (56) Public and Media Affairs - also see Congressional Affairs (52) … (27) Ketamine (23) Amphetamines (21) Morphine (21) Steroids (19) Marijuana Concentrates (15) Xylazine (15) LSD … District of North Carolina. “Protecting our communities from drugs... PRESS RELEASE Fresno County Resident Charged …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… 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 …
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Colombian National Extradited to Houston to face Narco-Terrorism and International Cocaine Distribution Charges

… 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 …
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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … - 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 …
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Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … 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 …
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Leader Of Azusa Street Gang Involved In Drug Trafficking And Hate Crimes Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … 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 …
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Mississippi Man Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking

… a search warrant on Mosley’s residence where they recovered from him over 87 pounds of methamphetamine, 45 pounds of … pill press machines, 13 firearms, and 1 suppressor. From at least October of 2023 until January of 2024, Mosley …
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Alleged Member of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Extradited to El Paso

… arrest in Mexico last week. According to court documents, from January 2016 through August 2019, Hector Adrian Rojero … engaged in a conspiracy to import heroin and fentanyl from Mexico to destinations in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois and … criminal organizations, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
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Terrebonne Parish Man Sentenced for Violating Federal Controlled Substances Act, Federal Gun Control Act, and Money Laundering

… Federal Controlled Substances Act, Federal Gun Control Act, and Money Laundering May 19, 2025 New Orleans Contact Info … Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of firearms and engaging in monetary transactions derived from a specified unlawful activity, VERDIN was sentenced to …
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Lexington Man Sentenced for Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… 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 …
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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

… 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 …
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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

… 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. …
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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

… 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. …
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DEA LA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

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

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … 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 …
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2,669 pounds of methamphetamine, two kilograms of cocaine, one kilogram of tar heroin seized in joint DEA investigation

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

… 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’ …
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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

… 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. …
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30 People Linked To Two Southern California Drug Transportation Networks Indicted On Federal Narcotics Charges

… 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 … into the importation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. The indictment, which …
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DEA And Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center Open Powerful Exhibit In Mobile, Alabama

… 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 …
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Convictions through Guilty Pleas and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions (June 1 through June 5, 2026)

… to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. Arrests/Convictions - Major Drug …
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Role in Southwestern Connecticut Drug Ring

… in Southwestern Connecticut Drug Ring May 20, 2026 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 … Departments.  The DEA HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
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Manchester Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics and Firearm Offenses

… to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison for Narcotics and Firearm Offenses May 20, 2026 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … controlled purchases of narcotics, primarily cocaine, from Ortiz and other members of the conspiracy. During the …
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DEA Caribbean Division Strengthens Strategic Partnership with Dominican Republic in High-Level Counternarcotics Meeting

… region. The meeting brought together senior leadership from the DEA and the Dominican Republic’s "Dirección …