GENERAL INFORMATION

Responding to America's Overdose Crisis

January 23, 2025
… of controlled pharmaceuticals and listed chemicals from legitimate sources, while ensuring an adequate and … between the ages of 18 to 45, and it kills Americans from all walks of life, in every state and community in this … financial network to pocket billions of dollars in revenue from those sales.   Read Full Testimony No No Show Title No …
January 23, 2025
STORY

Educational Program Launched at San Diego High Schools to Educate Teenagers about Drug Smuggling

January 28, 2019
… Mexican cartels are increasingly recruiting juveniles from high schools in southern San Diego County to smuggle … dangers of juvenile drug smuggling; and to prevent youth from being pressured and used by drug cartels to smuggle … to provide dramatic examples of the consequences that flow from juvenile and young adult smuggling. Content includes: …
January 28, 2019
STORY

Houston Prepares to Embark on its 6th Annual Citizens Academy

March 12, 2019
… 2014 Citizens Academy and moreover the positive feedback from class participants, DEA Houston Division senior … of this program, an estimated 109 community members from the Houston metropolitan area have successfully graduated from the program.  In 2015, a group of graduates …
March 12, 2019
STORY

Carfentanil: A Synthetic Opioid Unlike Any Other

May 14, 2025
… involving carfentanil increased approximately sevenfold – from 29 deaths from January to June 2023, to 238 deaths from January to June 2024. Carfentanil has now been detected …
May 14, 2025
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Community Event
March 06, 2019
March 06, 2019

New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness

4:30 AM - 7:30 AM (EST)
Rio Rancho, NM
More than 3,000 Students to Participate in the New Mexico Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness The Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in partnership with the DEA 360 Campaign to hold educational event promoting healthy choices and a drug-free lifestyle for students What: Public health officials refer to the opioid drug epidemic...
PRESS RELEASE

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 … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
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Americans Flock To National Drug Take Back Day

… than 3,500 tons) of prescription drugs have been removed from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and nightstands by … prescription painkillers, say they obtained those drugs from friends and family, including from a home medicine cabinet, according to the National …
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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm local time, at over 5,000 sites around … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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FAST and KCO Memorial Dedication

September 16, 2025
… FAST and KCO Memorial Dedication In Honor of Those Who Made the … KCO Memorial Unveiled In Honor of Fallen DEA Special Agents and Military Personnel Ahead of 24th Anniversary of … U.S. military helicopter he was in crashed while returning from a joint counter-narcotics mission in western …
September 16, 2025
STORY

13-Year-Old D.J. Daniel Sworn In As Honorary DEA Special Agent

April 22, 2025
… past several months, 13-year-old Devarjaye “D.J.” Daniel and his father, Theodis, have traveled the United States … Academy at Quantico. D.J.’s day began with a welcome from Basic Agent Class (BAT) 254 and Special Agent in Charge …
April 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

New York Drug Enforcement Task Force and NY Attorney General Take Down Ghost Gun Trafficking Ring

… a 438-count indictment, charging three individuals from a gun trafficking operation that illegally sold 47 … ghost guns which were shipped to New York and Pennsylvania from various online retailers before being assembled. The … we have removed dozens of illegal, dangerous firearms from our streets and taken out a criminal enterprise that …
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Nassau Doctor Sentenced to Up to 15 Years in Prison for Overprescription of Opioids that Led to Five Deaths

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … His actions ultimately led to the deaths of five patients from drug overdose,” said DA Donnelly. “We entrust doctors … in his car, prescribing medications with no examination from the parking lots of the Rockville Centre hotel where he …
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Alleged major trafficker among three indicted in connection with over 25 pounds of cocaine and $125,000 cash seized in the Bronx

… - (914) 682-6256 Cocaine bearing dragon symbol recovered from secret compartment in bathroom 1.jpg 4.jpg Cocaine … Group D-43, and the New York State Police, with assistance from the New York City Police Department’s 46th Precinct. … a brick shaped package that appeared to be the same package from earlier in the day. New York State Police investigators …
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Large scale narcotics pill manufacturing operation dismantled in a residential building in the Bronx

… - (914) 682-6256 Three pill press machines recovered from basement drug lab that also contained a coop of dozens … in basement.jpg crystal meth seized.jpg Product seized from basement.jpg NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement … pill press machines, used to form counterfeit pills from illicit drugs. Also seized during the search were …
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Over 85 Pounds of Cocaine and Fentanyl, 8 Guns and $420,000 Cash Seized in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Man Charged as Major Trafficker

… eight loaded firearms, and approximately $420,000 cash from the defendant’s car, which was parked outside of a … Enforcement Task Force (NYDETF) Group T-11, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit.  NYDETF Group T-11 is comprised of agents and officers from DEA New York Division, the New York City Police …
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Seven Charged after Federal Investigation Disrupts Massive Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing Operation

… Pill Manufacturing Operation September 24, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … - (802) 951-2900 Synthetic opioid pills trafficked from Connecticut throughout U.S. through dark web EAST HAVEN … documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation led by the DEA New Haven’s Tactical …
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DEA 2020 Year in Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic

… Review: Combatting Serious Drug-Related Threats During the Pandemic January 14, 2021 Headquarters Contact Info Contact … prescriptions at the scene of a domestic warrant service and arrest.jpg A DEA Forensic Chemist measuring a lethal … significant operations to protect neighborhoods from the rise in violence, the scourge of methamphetamine, …
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates in Operation Legend to include charges against 26 defendants alleged to operate a violent drug trafficking organization

… Social Accounts X Todd C. Smith Domestic Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … DEA Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division, and Matthew D. Krueger, United States Attorney for the … obtained multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana from California for distribution in the Milwaukee area. As …
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Major Gang Arrests In Greater Little Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative

… Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative February 22, 2018 … task force. Early Thursday morning hundreds of officers from multiple agencies executed arrest warrants for the … place to live.” “A team of over 250 agents and officers from law enforcement agencies across our state came together …
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … who illegally obtained numerous prescriptions for oxycodone from Gibbs. Vaughan filled prescriptions under his own name …
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… substance. Court documents explain that Facey was suspended from practicing law on Feb. 24, 2025, following numerous bar … Office for the District of Alaska has been recused from this case with the exception of certain personnel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven D. Clymer from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth September 27, 2021 San Diego Contact Info Contact … last year compared to 2019, sadly, overdose deaths from these drugs significantly increased from 2019 to 2020.  Although the DEA remains committed to …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
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Four Arrested After DEA-Led Investigation into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring

… of narcotics, revealed that Fisher received heroin/fentanyl from Collins, and fentanyl/heroin and cocaine from other suppliers.  He then distributed the narcotics to … the arrests of the four defendants, agents and officers from the DEA, FBI, Connecticut State Police, and Waterbury, …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted

… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … continues to claim lives and inflict havoc on families from all walks of life.  Drug dealers don’t label their …
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

… of Craven County’s most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their pain and addiction,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … and its partners are committed to holding those who profit from this destruction accountable. This is a warning to …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy August 08, 2024 Miami … – On July 29, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to … in a conspiracy to launder money and import cocaine from South America through the United States to Australia.  …
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Leader Of Nationwide Meth Ring Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearm and Money Laundering Charges

… 2021, 12 controlled purchases of methamphetamine were made from the drug trafficking organization—two of which were directly from Alkayisi and one that was negotiated with Alkayisi and … of approximately 100 pounds of 100% pure methamphetamine from Keleman that he allegedly picked up on behalf of …
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Large Scale Fentanyl and Cocaine Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison

… Administration investigation, it was determined that from March 2019 to July 2020, Norwood acted as a large-scale … with others to have large quantities of cocaine transported from California to Maryland, where Norwood would further … For example, on November 24, 2019, Co-conspirator 1 flew from San Francisco to Baltimore.  Upon arrival, …
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Two Harford County Cocaine Dealers Convicted by Federal Jury

… investigation revealed that co-defendant Jack Anderson from Tucson, Arizona was the sender of the package.  On January 22, 2020, law enforcement learned from U.S. Postal Inspectors that Durbin sent a parcel from Havre de Grace, Maryland, addressed to Anderson in …