PRESS RELEASE

Oregon Man Sentenced In Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

July 13, 2011
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … ordered to forfeit $150,000 in proceeds that he obtained from his drug trafficking activities. He pled guilty to the … to transport marijuana in quantities between 100-250 pounds from Southern California to the Portland, Oregon area, or to …
July 13, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Temple Hills Drug Dealer Sentenced To 27 Years In Prison

April 01, 2013
… Police Department. According to Braxton’s guilty plea, from at least June 2010 through February 2012, Braxton was a … received multi-ounce to quarter-gallon quantities of PCP from his sources of supply and would then add starter fluid …
April 01, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Mercury Targets Large-Scale Agricultural Marijuana Grows In Six Central Valley CountiesMore Than 400,000 Plants Eradicated Since March 2012

September 26, 2012
… seizure of more than 400,000 marijuana plants, primarily from agricultural lands; more than 100 firearms; and more … and another 60 sites were identified in Madera County. From 500 to several thousand plants were being grown on …
September 26, 2012
ALERT

DEA Laboratory Testing Reveals that 6 out of 10 Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills Now Contain a Potentially Lethal Dose of Fentanyl

November 21, 2022
… a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s previous announcement in 2021 that four out of … deadly dose of fentanyl. This marks a dramatic increase – from four out of ten to six out of ten – in the number of … “These pills are being mass-produced by the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Cartel in Mexico. Never take a pill that …
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Community Event
October 05, 2019
October 05, 2019

Austin area Girl Scouts earn DEA's Red Ribbon patch by completing adventure activities this Saturday

5:00 AM - 7:00 AM (EDT)
Liberty Hill , TX
LIBERTY HILL, TX. – On Saturday, October 5, 2019, over 100 Girls Scouts from the Austin metropolitan area, ages 8-17, will earn their Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Red Ribbon Patch by completing stations to include Escape Room, Rock Climbing Wall, Dunk-a-Cop, Drunk Goggles, K-9 demo, Fingerprinting, and Healthy/Unhealthy Match Game...
PRESS RELEASE

Worcester man sentenced to 134 months for heroin and cocaine conspiracy

April 29, 2020
… grams of heroin. Nuzzolilo distributed heroin and cocaine from his apartment in Worcester and from a separate “band room” that he maintained in Worcester. … a result of the investigation, law enforcement seized drugs from various locations, including from Nuzzolilo’s band …
April 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA proposes to reduce the amount of five opioids manufactured in 2020, marijuana quota for research increases by almost a third

September 11, 2019
… produced for research by almost a third over 2019’s level, from 2,450 kilograms to 3,200 kilograms, which is almost … (THC) has increased by more than 40 percent, from 384 in January 2017 to 542 in January 2019.   “The … takes seriously its obligations to both protect the public from illicit drug trafficking and ensure adequate supplies …
September 11, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners To Collect Unwanted Prescription Drugs On April 28

April 25, 2018
… (571) 776-3409 CAMDEN, N.J. -  This Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration … almost 4,500 partner law enforcement agencies will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Currently, there are 184 New Jersey … by disposing of unused, unwanted, or expired medications from their homes.  This has the potential of preventing …
April 25, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

November 27, 2012
… DEA offices nationwide regularly receive telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this … pharmaceuticals over the internet or by telephone) and identify themselves as DEA Special Agents or law …
November 27, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Texas Resident Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On Silk Road, Bitmessage

May 30, 2014
… 400 oxycodone tablets and more than 900 hydrocodone tablets from Jones. Jones shipped the controlled substances from Texas to Central Florida. In addition to operating on … protocol that is used to send encrypted messages from one person to another or from one person to multiple …
May 30, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of California-Based Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

September 26, 2014
… attempted to have 12 pounds of methamphetamine smuggled from Jonesboro, Arkansas to Pasco County, Florida. On … co-conspirators working on Cuevas-Navarro’s behalf drove from Pasco County to Jonesboro to retrieve the drugs.  The … in Arkansas, law enforcement agents intercepted the drugs from five of Cuevas-Navarro’s co-conspirators. On April 5, …
September 26, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Caribbean Division Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 30, 2015
… Tobago Port-of-Spain - (868) 628-8136 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th PUERTO RICO - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in Puerto Rico and the U.S. … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHICAGO - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… (405) 475-7500 Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th DALLAS - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2016 National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary

June 27, 2016
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Problems resulting from abuse of opioid drugs continue to grow WASHINGTON - The … such as fentanyl and its analogues, increased 79 percent from 2013 to 2014. Deaths involving heroin more than tripled … users, treatment admissions, overdose deaths, and seizures from traffickers all increased over those reported in last …
June 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Investigation Unravels Drug Trafficking And Corruption By Honduran Congressman

January 19, 2018
… Twice Domestic Conspiracy included massive cocaine loads from Colombia and elsewhere for U.S. import, safe passage, … devices. The United States is seeking Najera’s extradition from Honduras and he faces a maximum of life imprisonment if … in Honduras and elsewhere worked together with support from Najera and others to receive multi-hundred kilogram …
January 19, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Atlanta Division Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th ATLANTA - Daniel … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Charlotte District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th CHARLOTTE, N.C. … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Columbia District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th COLUMBIA, S.C. - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Nashville District Office Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th NASHVILLE, Tenn. … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Portland Man Sentenced To Over Nine Years For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

March 18, 2015
… laundering.     According to court records and proceedings, from August 2011 through October 2013, Jones obtained hundreds of pounds of marijuana from an out-of-state source and distributed it in Maine.  In … 2013, agents executing search warrants seized $291,981 from a storage unit Jones rented, $92,104 from an …
March 18, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th BOSTON - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Sandoval Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SAN DIEGO - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 29, 2015
… 861-1974 Event will take place in Pennsylvania and Delaware from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 12th PHILADELPHIA - … take place in Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Former Police Officer Sentenced To Almost Five Years For Dealing Oxycodone

September 21, 2011
… DEA agent purchased large quantities of oxycodone from Flores at his smoke shop, The Lil’ Red Smoke Shop in … a lengthy investigation of prescription drug dealing from the Indian Smoke Shop on Puyallup Tribal Trust Land in … selling thousands of pills of (oxycodone) and methadone from their smoke shops.  When agents and officers searched …
September 21, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Danville Resident Charged In Money Laundering Scheme

April 28, 2014
… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … separate occasions, Keslinke accepted a total of $550,000 from the undercover agent. In an attempt to conceal the true … the funds, Keslinke repeatedly deposited the money received from the undercover agent into business bank accounts under …
April 28, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SAN FRANCISCO - … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Resident Sentenced To Four-Year Prison Term For Coastal Marijuana Cultivation Operation

February 25, 2013
… aka Alejandro Basave Uriostegui , 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, today to four years in federal prison … to growing marijuana in the Lompoc area for distribution from his residence in Bakersfield. According to court … detectives seized 600 pounds of processed marijuana from three vehicles they had seen leaving a marijuana grow …
February 25, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Conspiracy In Bakersfield

November 26, 2012
… Salgado Valladares, aka Guerrero, 40, an undocumented alien from Guerrero, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to … marijuana grown in Santa Barbara County for distribution from his residence in Bakersfield, Drug Enforcement … detectives seized 600 pounds of processed marijuana from three vehicles they had seen leaving a marijuana grow …
November 26, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Six Colombian Nationals and Owner of Consumer Electronic Business Charged for Their Roles in Money Laundering and Unlicensed Money Transmission Business Offenses

January 17, 2020
… in the Indictments unse aled in Manhattan federal court: From at least in or about June 2018 through at least in or … Amit Agarwal all participated in schemes to launder funds from locations throughout the United States to recipients …
January 17, 2020