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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

March 16, 2015
… specializing in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology. From August 2011 through October 2012, Heim and others … thousands of doses of prescription painkillers to customers from Heim’s office on Ridge Park Drive in Akron, as reported …
March 16, 2015
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Brooklyn Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of Over 200 Painkiller Prescriptions: Pills Worth $700,000 On Black Market

October 29, 2014
… and New York City’s Human Resource (HRA), with assistance from the New York State Health Department’s Bureau of … for both distributing a very harmful drug and taking funds from a government program that provides medicines to those …
October 29, 2014
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Guilty Pleas For Two Mexican Nationals In Conspiracy To Acquire “Stinger” Missile And Other Military-Grade Weapons

May 02, 2011
… weapons payment. "The guilty pleas and conviction resulting from this investigation were the result of the highly … weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, from falling into the hands of a Mexican drug cartel. I …
May 02, 2011
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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

June 26, 2025
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Conspiracy Drugs Seized During Investigation that Stretched from Seattle to Mexico to Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent. … in prison. Just over a year ago, law enforcement teams from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle …
June 26, 2025
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December 20, 2024
… controlled substances laws of the United States. Today thousands of DEA employees located in hundreds of offices across the country and around the world are dedicated to fulfilling DEA’s … and we work together as one team to keep Americans safe from dangerous drugs and those that traffic in them. On …
December 20, 2024
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Phoenix News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Gangs November 2, 2007 Two Mexican Nationals Extradited from Mexico Found Guilty in Naco, Ariz. Drug Tunnel Case …
July 15, 2021
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DEA Safely Disposes 620,000 Pounds of Unused Medication on 28th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

May 12, 2025
… million pounds of expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes. “We want to thank our state, local, and … communities by helping to remove the threat of medications from falling into the wrong hands. This program would not be …
May 12, 2025
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Operation Engage Spokane: Several Large-Scale Distributors of Counterfeit Pills Charged in Federal Court

April 11, 2022
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … David F. Reames Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community Outreach … Indicted on November 2, 2021 on conspiracy charges stemming from distribution of fentanyl in Spokane, Washington. …
April 11, 2022
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U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction of Chappaqua Man

March 18, 2022
… March 5, 2020, the Firearm, which was loaded, was recovered from inside a wall of Deejay White’s MCC cell.  On or about … the Inspector General New York Field Office, Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of …
March 18, 2022
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Narcotics dealer charged with fentanyl overdose death

November 13, 2019
… with fentanyl, which led to yet another needless death from an overdose.  HSI is committed to working with the … enforcement officers later purchased additional narcotics from both Joiles and Rosario, including fentanyl pills …
November 13, 2019
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Twelve men charged in Syracuse-based heroin/fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

May 17, 2019
… to investigate and prosecute those who profit from the tragedy of addiction.”   In connection with this … Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office and investigators from the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office. This …
May 17, 2019
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Two-week trial leads to conviction of drug trafficker for conspiring to import cocaine in shipment of chili peppers

February 14, 2019
… for their excellent work in preventing illegal narcotics from being distributed in our country.”   “Drug traffickers … importing company as a front to transport cocaine from Baez’s source of supply in the Dominican Republic. Baez …
February 14, 2019
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Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging 14 Defendants with Drug Conspiracy, Racketeering, and Firearms Charges

March 27, 2025
… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
March 27, 2025
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Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation in Washington

October 03, 2024
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … is that a family drug trafficking organization expanded from Seattle beyond Washington state to locations across the … of the fentanyl crisis and the proliferation of guns from drug trafficking organizations,” said Deputy Chief Eric …
October 03, 2024
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Operation Overdrive in Tampa Leads to Dozens of Arrests and Significant Drug Seizures

May 07, 2024
… Department (PD) Chief Lee Bercaw, and representatives from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives … Overdrive Tampa investigations with substantial assistance from ATF Tampa, USPIS Tampa, and FDLE – Tampa Bay ROC.  The …
May 07, 2024
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Ten Defendants Charged in Augusta-Area Drug Trafficking Operation

November 28, 2022
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … investigation that identified a pipeline of illegal drugs from Mexico routed through Atlanta and into the greater … led to multiple searches and evidence seizures from residences, vehicles, and hotel rooms. Those charged in …
November 28, 2022
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Affiliates of notorious white supremacist street gang plead guilty to federal charges

March 20, 2019
… Gangsters, a violent criminal street gang largely operated from inside Georgia’s prison system. The multi-agency … and the Bloomingdale Police Department, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.   The case is being …
March 20, 2019
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Cartel Leader Heads to Prison for Over $2M Drug Seizures

July 01, 2022
… Kilogram of Meth Photo 7 - 200 Kilogram of Methamphetamine and 5 Kilogram of Heroin seized by Mexican Authorities in Reynosa, MX.jpg 200 Kilogram of Methamphetamine and 5 Kilogram of Heroin seized by Mexican Authorities in … were concealed in similar manner. The seizures spanned from July 18, 2017, through Sept. 10, 2019. The wholesale …
July 01, 2022
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Seven Members of Violent Gang Charged with Racketeering and Firearms Offenses

May 06, 2021
… work of our NYPD officers, federal partners and prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern … to hold these subjects accountable and remove this threat from our neighborhoods.” According to the allegations in the …
May 06, 2021
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Texas health care fraud and opioid takedown results in charges against 58

September 18, 2019
… Texas health care fraud and opioid takedown results in charges against 58 September … down pills mills and rooting out corruption in health care. From Lufkin to Laredo and Dallas to Del Rio, one of us will …
September 18, 2019
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Two investigations in Waco net 16 arrests today on federal firearms and narcotic trafficking charges

September 12, 2019
… in Waco net 16 arrests today on federal firearms and narcotic trafficking charges September 12, 2019 Houston … announced the arrests of 16 individuals stemming from two separate investigations into narcotics trafficking … DEA and HSI, resulted in seven (7) arrests today stemming from a single federal grand jury indictment unsealed today …
September 12, 2019
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Man Pleads Guilty In New York To Conspiring With Iranian Military Officials To Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador To The United States

October 17, 2012
… connection with his guilty plea, Arbabsiar admitted that, from the spring of 2011 to the fall of 2011, he conspired … as necessary to do so.   Arbabsiar traveled to and from the United States, Mexico and Iran and was in telephone …
October 17, 2012
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Agency Heads Announce Major Criminal Action Against Cartel

May 19, 2011
… of multi-ton quantities of marijuana and illegal aliens from Mexico into the United States through the San Miguel … weapons in the San Miguel vicinity which were en-route from Phoenix, Arizona to Valencia-Rodriguez in Mexico. The …
May 19, 2011
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Dominican Republic official extradited to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges

October 09, 2020
… warrant based on an indictment and extradition request from the Eastern District of New York. Abreu Navarro was …
October 09, 2020
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Synthetic Opioids

January 25, 2025
Synthetic Opioids
Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids (e.g., morphine and codeine) to produce analgesic (pain relief) effects. In contrast, natural opioids are naturally occurring substances extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of...
January 25, 2025
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January 22, 2025
… will be further evaluated on their relevant training and experience. This includes:written and oral … conferences; researching, collecting and analyzing data from a variety of sources relating to investigations; …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Statement Regarding The Release Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

August 09, 2013
… to release infamous drug trafficker Rafael Caro-Quintero from a Mexican prison.  Caro-Quintero had been serving a 40 …
August 09, 2013
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DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales

March 04, 2015
… serve as yet another warning that no criminal is immune from arrest and prosecution. Omar Trevino Morales …
March 04, 2015
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21 Drug Traffickers and Gang Members Facing Federal Drug and Firearm Charges

May 08, 2025
… prosecutions, which help remove illegal drugs and firearms from our community.  Our community and nation are safer, …  O'Neal is currently in Spokane County Jail stemming from a separate drug trafficking investigation. Gabriella …
May 08, 2025
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Guns, Cocaine and Cash Seized in Bronx Apartment

June 09, 2021
… a cocaine distribution network that operated in part from his residence at 1619 Hone Avenue, Apt. 1. When agents … “High-level drug trafficking extracts a tragic toll from our communities in violence and lives lost to substance …
June 09, 2021