PRESS RELEASE

Stockton Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Trafficking

June 13, 2011
… and prices, and a security monitor depicting an image from a camera posted on an engine hoist in the front yard. … chemical used in manufacturing methamphetamine, created from crushed Sudafed and Actifed. Agents also found large …
June 13, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Receives Five Years In Prison For Interstate Marijuana Trafficking

October 21, 2011
… that were posted with medicinal marijuana recommendations from medical doctors. Rather than distributing the marijuana … and the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, California …
October 21, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

15-Year Prison Sentence for Deadly Drug Deal that Killed Two People

June 27, 2025
… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Christopher C. Goumenis Domestic all of Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia Additional Division Info … in investigating, arresting, and confiscating illegal drugs from this individual who was involved in violent …
June 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficking Indictment Charges 18 Defendants with Meth and Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

January 17, 2024
… Toombs County area STATESBORO, GA:   Eighteen defendants from the Laurens and Toombs County, Ga., area are in custody … legal proceedings after their initial court appearances from a 55-count drug trafficking indictment in U.S. District … again demonstrates that small communities are not immune from the disastrous consequences of drug trafficking,” said …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

New Jersey Man Indicted After Joint Investigation Uncovers Interstate Fentanyl Mailing Operation

August 23, 2022
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … In total, approximately 8,000 fake pills were recovered from packages at mailing facilities on Staten Island … save millions of lives.  Each one of the pills recovered from this major drug seizure was destined to reach areas …
August 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

First Arrests in New York of DEA’s Operation Overdrive

February 16, 2022
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … enforcement partners to remove these dangerous criminals from our streets and restore the safety and health of our … a drug trafficking organization that operates principally from a block on 142nd Street between Brook Avenue and St. …
February 16, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

70 kilograms of cocaine worth over $10 million seized in Hunts Point

August 30, 2019
… and officers were familiar with the blue Hyundai Santa Fe from previous surveillance operations, during which the car … location and obtained a search warrant with assistance from the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. At … drug trafficking operation and prevented illegal narcotics from making it into our communities. We will continue this …
August 30, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Last member of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking organization sentenced to prison

May 13, 2019
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … of furanyl fentanyl, acetyl fentantyl and U-47700 from overseas suppliers in China. They ordered the drugs on … to transport 5,330 blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl from Elmira to North Carolina in October 2016. On Oct. 25, …
May 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Members of Eastern European organized crime syndicate convicted of racketeering and other violent crimes

August 28, 2018
… organized crime syndicate convicted of racketeering and other violent crimes August 28, 2018 New York Contact … to work tirelessly to prevent organized crime elements from flourishing in the Eastern District of New York at the … 2017, Gershman and Tsvetkov, together with co-conspirators from states of the former Soviet Union, operated as a …
August 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Pierce County Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs

March 24, 2025
… three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona. Earlier … Administration (DEA) with critical investigative teamwork from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Washington … Department of Corrections and significant local assistance from the Tacoma Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s …
March 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan

September 13, 2024
… New Jersey Man Arrested in Sales of Eight Guns, Cocaine and “Pink Cocaine” in Manhattan September 13, 2024 New York … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … in removing these dangerous individuals, like Mr. Zapata, from our streets .”   April 19, 2024: In a WhatsApp call, …
September 13, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App

August 30, 2024
… June 2024, law enforcement made another undercover purchase from Hunt via Telegram, this time of a Glock-type privately … intercepted multiple packages allegedly being sent to or from Hunt, including one package sent by him that contained … with our law enforcement partners to protect the public from the scourge of illegal drugs and violent crime,” said …
August 30, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

South Carolina Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Guns and Drugs

August 18, 2022
… North Carolina. During that meeting, the agent bought from Cureton a rifle and a pistol with an obliterated serial … of the investigation into Cureton, undercover agents bought from the defendant 10 illegal firearms. Cureton has prior … for drug and gun possession and he is prohibited from possessing firearms. On March 4, 2021, Cureton pleaded …
August 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

11 Sentenced in Nationwide Drug and Money Laundering Conspiracy

January 09, 2024
… business relied on complicated logistics to obtain drugs from suppliers, transport them across the country, and … HSI was assisted in this investigation by agents from IRS-Criminal Investigation, the Federal Bureau of … Explosives, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, troopers from the Vermont State Police Drug Task Force, the …
January 09, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

December 13, 2023
… Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy December 13, 2023 Washington, DC … WASHINGTON, D.C.– A 19-count indictment charges eight men from the metropolitan Washington D.C. area with … conspiracy and the cocaine distribution conspiracy ran from at least July 2021 and August 2022, respectively, until …
December 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 28, 2022
… the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl … is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were … In 2021, a record number of Americans – 107,622 – died from a drug poisoning or overdose. Sixty-six percent of …
September 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Maryland MS-13 program leader pleads guilty

September 07, 2018
… primarily of immigrants or descendants of immigrants from El Salvador, with members operating in the state of … are expected to use any means necessary to force respect from those who show disrespect, including acts of … steal, rape, control.” According to his plea agreement, from at least January 2015 through September 2016, …
September 07, 2018
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Slayings JUL 11, 2006 First Heroin Kingpin Ever Extradicted From Afghanistan Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Heroin Into … Night JUN 2, 2006 DEA Dismantles 150 Mile Drug Pipeline from New York City to Albany, NY MAY 31, 2006 Violent …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Eight arrested in connection with Jake’s fireworks drug trafficking conspiracy

July 15, 2020
… Civil Action enjoins business, seizes assets and property, freezes accounts BEAUMONT, Texas - Drug … Special Agent in Charge Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox announced today that eight … BDO on a walk-in basis.  Customers could also obtain BDO from Jake’s Fireworks through internet orders, and have the …
July 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Appalachian Regional Prescription Opioid Strike Force takedown results in charges against 60 individuals, including 53 medical professionals

April 17, 2019
… over 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and over 32M pills; ARPO Strike Force grows to 10 districts, … since June 2018, it has excluded over 2,000 individuals from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and all other … million pills. These cases were brought with assistance from the FBI, DEA and HHS-OIG, as well as the Ohio Attorney …
April 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two Interrelated Drug Rings in Seattle Area Taken Down in Series of Arrests Following Wiretap Investigation

June 02, 2025
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … trafficking cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from California into the Western District of Washington.  In … these poisons—and the violence that accompanies them—from reaching our communities.” On May 29, 2025, law …
June 02, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Highlights 2021

December 31, 2024
… a year that brought a heightened sense of service, resolve, and dedication to our mission to keep Americans safe and healthy.  We experienced challenges, sought … impersonate DEA agents in an attempt to extort money from Americans.  Providing education and awareness is the …
December 31, 2024
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

September 22, 2025
… National Prescription Drug Take Back Campaign is underway, and we created this digital social media campaign to … the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on October 25th, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., local time. During #TakeBackDay, … throughout the country.  Look out for social media posts from @DEAHQ and our  DEA Field Division X/(formerly Twitter) …
September 22, 2025
DOCUMENT

Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on ONDCP Press Call Addressing the Overdose Epidemic

November 17, 2021
DEA Administrator Remarks
… reached a devastating new height. 265 people die every day from drug overdoses. Countless more [people] overdose and …
November 17, 2021
DOCUMENT

Remarks by DEA Acting Assistant Administrator Timothy McDermott at the National Healthcare Fraud Takedown Press Conference

September 30, 2020
DEA Administrator Remarks
… 30, 2020 Due to the efforts of DEA and our partners, from January 2017 through August 2020, we have seen the …
September 30, 2020
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June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021

Washington DC Community Pop-Up Event

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
Washington , DC
DEA Washington Division agents, analysts, and other specialists are joining with law enforcement, prevention, family specialists, and community partners across Washington D.C. to host “pop up” events in some of the area’s hardest-hit communities. In neighborhoods that have seen increases in crimes from shootings, deadly carjacking, and other drug-related crimes...
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April 24, 2021
April 24, 2021

DEA Washington Division National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

2:00 AM - 6:00 AM (EDT)
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Join the DEA Washington Division and our local law enforcement partners as we host the 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA Washington Division and our partners will host collection sites to collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and...
DOCUMENT

DEA Foreign Review Report

March 24, 2023
Publication
… team was led by Jack Lawn, a former DEA Administrator from 1985 to 1990, and Boyd Johnson, a partner at …
March 24, 2023
DOCUMENT

Complexities and Conveniences in the International Drug Trade

December 14, 2022
Publication
… and their methods. Drug trafficking operations benefit from a number of different actors, such as brokers, cooks, …
December 14, 2022
DOCUMENT

Synthetic Cathinone Sold as Crack Cocaine in Baltimore

April 01, 2018
Publication
… made multiple undercover purchases of crack cocaine from one dealer in Baltimore, MD. In September 2017, …
April 01, 2018