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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 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 03, 2025
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Nine Defendants Indicted for Drug and Firearms Conspiracies

March 15, 2022
… firearm that Bermudez used in that shooting was recovered from his Essex County residence, loaded with seven rounds of 9mm ammunition. From April 2021 through May 18, 2021, Brown, a convicted …
March 15, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 23, 2019
… DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … in Charge Brad Byerley. “Last year, more Americans died from opioid overdoses than from all other drugs combined, …
April 23, 2019
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Final Men Sent to Prison for Their roles in International Cocaine and Drug Money Conspiracy

November 04, 2024
… 2021, Acosta and Rojo directed another individual to travel from Laredo to Austin to retrieve five kilograms of cocaine and $9,000 in cash from Barrientos-Cano. He was to deliver the cocaine to their … cocaine to Saldivar, who was also acting on instructions from the two men and reported the bundles had been …
November 04, 2024
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Atlanta Man Sentenced to more than Six Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Using Laundry Detergent Boxes

May 22, 2023
… kilogram quantities of high-purity methamphetamine from Guadalajara, Mexico to Atlanta and Tampa. Galvan drove from the Atlanta area to Tampa to plan for the distribution … with more quantities of the drug to follow via deliveries from his drug courier. A drug courier drove from Atlanta to …
May 22, 2023
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Springfield paramedic charged with conspiring to distribute controlled substances

September 30, 2020
… been charged with illegally obtaining controlled substances from a local pharmacy and using them to drug and rape … as a paramedic, Blake had access to controlled substances from PeaceHealth pharmacy in Springfield, Oregon. Between … 2019, he took approximately 343 vials of the drugs from the pharmacy, but did not enter them into his …
September 30, 2020
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Members of Heroin Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

December 13, 2003
… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … 7 defendants were indicted this week for crimes arising from a heroin trafficking operation. The indictment charges … with participating in a conspiracy to distribute heroin from July to December, 2003: Kofi Mensah, a.k.a. “Na-Na”, …
December 13, 2003
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Drug Investigations Lead To Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Lebanese Bank Tied To Hizballah

February 10, 2011
… Domestic WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Department of the Treasury today announced the … money laundering network. This network moves illegal drugs from South America to Europe and the Middle East via West … “This action seeks to protect the U.S. financial system from the illicit proceeds flowing through LCB and to deprive …
February 10, 2011
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 07, 2018
… this public health event.  There are no cities immune from drug overdoses and this event provided opportunities … own homes.  By removing unused prescription medication from medicine cabinets, households are safeguarding their homes from drug initiation and drug abuse.” “National Prescription …
May 07, 2018
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DEA Brings In Record Number Of Unused Pills During 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 07, 2018
… sites which resulted in 17,018 (8.5 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 37 collection sites which resulted in 4,(2.0 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 60 collection sites which resulted in 14,614 (7.3 tons) removed from circulation. This is a record collection number for …
May 07, 2018
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DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise

May 06, 2013
… DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise May 06, 2013 … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … with DEA and manned 92 collection sites that ranged from parking lots of retail stores to police and fire …
May 06, 2013
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Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths

May 29, 2015
… Four Michigan Men Charged With Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl And Vicodin, That Resulted In Three Overdose Deaths May 29, … Heroin overdose deaths in the United States have tripled from 2010 to 2013. Since January 1st, 2015, more than 60 … number of heroin overdose deaths in Oakland County doubled from 2013 to 2014. The men charged include: - Zachary R. …
May 29, 2015
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Nineteen Ohio Residents Charged In Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

November 09, 2015
… Laroo Wells, Arthur Ezell, Jr., Dymond Williams, all from Ashtabula, Ohio; John Sabo, Jeanie Sabo, Brenda Burdick, and Jacob Moser, from Conneaut; Francis Mitchell, Dawn Perry, and Julius Mitchell from Cleveland; Michael Mlynek, of Powhatan Point; and …
November 09, 2015
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39 People Charged On Heroin Conspiracy Charges In Central Ohio

October 25, 2017
… with intent to distribute heroin. The defendants are all from the Mansfield area unless otherwise noted. They are: … Hayes and Edward Jones obtained large amounts of heroin from Roberto Calderon in Chicago and then sold it in the … cocaine, cocaine and marijuana. The defendants are all from the Mansfield area unless otherwise noted. They are: …
October 25, 2017
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Pharmacist And Others Charged In Pill Mill Case Plead Guilty

September 07, 2016
… Texas, has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge stemming from his involvement in a “pill mill” operation, announced … $41,112 to the United States that constitute proceeds from dispensing oxycodone during the conspiracy.  He faces a … their DEA registration numbers, preventing Dr. Andrews from issuing prescriptions for controlled substances and …
September 07, 2016
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Dallas Man Sentenced For Role In Conspiracy To Transport, Or Assist In Transporting, A Substance Represented To Be Cocaine

November 17, 2016
… a substance that was represented to be cocaine on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) was sentenced … enforcement operation.  As part of the conspiracy, that ran from approximately April 18, 2013, through July 14, 2015, … to be cocaine was transported on commercial airlines flying from DFW to destinations in Las Vegas, Nevada; Newark, New …
November 17, 2016
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Pharmacist Charged In Pill Mill Case Sentenced To 24 Months In Federal Prison

June 09, 2017
… $41,112 to the United States that constitute proceeds from dispensing oxycodone during the conspiracy.  Frimpong … our country daily, it is crucial that this peril is removed from our communities”, said SAC Shelley.  “Diverted … pain pills first.  Those who divert legitimate drugs from their lawful, therapeutic purposes to illicit, deadly …
June 09, 2017
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Interstate Methamphetamine And Cocaine Trafficking Enterprise Charged In Jefferson County, Colorado

December 10, 2012
… drug smuggling organizations moving cocaine to Colorado from California and methamphetamine from Arizona to Colorado. In June 2012, investigators seized … Colorado. The drug proceeds are believed have resulted from the sale of methamphetamine in Lakewood by one of the …
December 10, 2012
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Johnson City Doctor Pleads Guilty: Failure To Keep Drug Records/ Making False Statements To Drug Enforcement Administration

March 24, 2011
… Court in Greeneville, to omitting material information from records required to be kept under the Controlled … to obtain hydrocodone, oxycodone, and (Suboxone) from drug suppliers which he then self-administered. He kept …
March 24, 2011
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Six Defendants Charged In Controlled Substance Dispensation Conspiracy

February 27, 2013
… East Health Center, which operated in Garden City, Georgia from February through May of 2011. The indictment alleges … who lived outside the state of Georgia, including over 130 from Kentucky; over 50 from North Carolina; over 30 from South Carolina; and over …
February 27, 2013
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Nine More Drug Traffickers Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

November 06, 2012
… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida. To date, … Ernesto Avila-Carrillo obtained large quantities of cocaine from various sources of supply, including a network of …
November 06, 2012
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Multiple Arrests In Massive Two-City Enforcement Action

February 18, 2015
… were members of a drug and money laundering organization from on or about June 2011 through June 2013. They are … in a conspiracy to distribute bulk quantities of marijuana from the Laredo area for distribution in the Dallas area. … As such, large sums of money were allegedly transported from the Dallas area - the organization’s point of drug …
February 18, 2015
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DEA’s Ninth And Final Prescription Drug Take Back Day Being Held Saturday September 27

September 23, 2014
… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
September 23, 2014
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Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Federal Prison

April 05, 2013
… Administration in New Haven received information from the Connecticut State Police that an individual was selling substantial quantities of heroin from a residence at 28 Maltby Place in New Haven.  Following a series of controlled purchases of heroin from that individual, the DEA New Haven Task Force initiated …
April 05, 2013
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Two More Convicted In Multi-State Heroin Ring In Baton Rouge

May 20, 2016
… to resemble oxycodone. Once delivered to Baton Rouge from California, the pills were distributed to mid-level … contained heroin and that he intended to sell and profit from the sale of significant amounts of heroin. On May 18, … 500 heroin pills on October 14, 2014, which he had received from Scott and which had been pressed to resemble oxycodone. …
May 20, 2016
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Tucson Cocaine Distributors Sentenced

February 12, 2015
… their roles in a cocaine distribution ring that operated from 2008 to 2012 and spanned five states.  Both are from Tucson, Arizona. Between the Spring of 2008 and the … conspired to distribute over 527 kilograms of cocaine from Tucson, Arizona, to co-conspirators in Brooklyn, New …
February 12, 2015
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… and Yuma areas Event will take place throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … event is a way for every citizen to help prevent drug abuse from beginning in their own homes and from within their own …
July 28, 2015
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Busted Behind Bars: Drug Case Leads Feds To Prison Dealer

September 01, 2016
… he was continuing his drug trafficking operations from within prison walls.  Information provided to federal … while imprisoned for drug trafficking charges stemming from a previous DEA investigation. DEA worked jointly with … go through to continue their illicit activities and profit from victimizing our communities,” said Doug Coleman, …
September 01, 2016
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Former Philadelphia Police Officer Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy

March 04, 2011
… a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a … and co-defendant Angel Ortiz hatched a plan to steal heroin from their supplier, Miguel Santiago. The scheme involved a … launderer, but who was actually an undercover Special Agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. In addition to the …
March 04, 2011
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Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

January 09, 2013
… Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy January 09, 2013 … phones utilized by Gary Moorefield. The wiretaps, conducted from the end of July 2010 through mid-September 2010, … that Moorefield obtained kilogram quantities of heroin from a supplier in the New York/New Jersey area …
January 09, 2013