GENERAL INFORMATION

Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Gang April 2, 2009 DEA Task Force Seizes 13 Pounds of Meth from Home in Palm Springs March 25, 2009 Joint DEA Task …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Gang April 2, 2009 DEA Task Force Seizes 13 Pounds of Meth from Home in Palm Springs March 25, 2009 Joint DEA Task …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2004

July 15, 2021
… United States Requests Extradition of Cali Cartelleaders From Colombia on Money Laundering Charges MAR 2, 2004 DEA …
July 15, 2021
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Chicago News 2008

July 15, 2021
… In Minnesota January 28, 2008 High End Vehicles Seized from Alleged Crack Cocaine Organization January 24, 2008 …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes. The April event included 4,425 community …
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DEA Surge In Drug Diversion Investigations Leads To 28 Arrests And 147 Revoked Registrations

… specialists to analyze 80 million transaction reports from DEA-registered manufacturers and distributors, as well …
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DEA Announces Release Of 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment

… DEA intelligence analysts considered quantitative data from various (seizures, investigations, arrests, drug purity …
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

March 31, 2026
… 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 April 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) …
March 31, 2026
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes 642,410 Pounds of Unwanted Medications

… of more than 10,500 tons – of unnecessary medications from homes to help prevent prescription drug misuse and …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

… removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug misuse before it …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to Participate in National Night Out Events Across the Country

… to removing poison, like fentanyl and methamphetamine, from our streets; saving American lives; and protecting the …
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Bruce Williams Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison

… case, on October 24, 2017, law enforcement purchased heroin from Williams in Lake Station, Indiana. Williams was in his …
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South Bend, Indiana man sentenced to 70 months in prison

… both occasions, investigators watched Sims travel from a residence on Bowman Street in South Bend to conduct …
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Placer County Man Sentenced to a Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… to be given medical treatment after using drugs purchased from Hubbert. Hubbert is charged with possession with intent …
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Vallejo Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Offense

… on Jan. 24, 2020, Tomson was stopped driving back from Mexico and found to be in possession of hundreds of …
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DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon’s visit to Beijing

… Acting Administrator Dhillon met with Chinese officials from the General Administration of Customs, the National …
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DEA and partners collect thousands of pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in not only removing potentially dangerous unused drugs from our nation’s medicine cabinets, but also in raising …
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DEA encourages communities nationwide to Go Red for Red Ribbon

… http://g.co/redribbonweek   to see key places and images from where Special Agent Camarena lived and worked.   For …
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Day events continue to remove opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
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Nevada County Man Found In Possession Of 1,283 Pounds Of Marijuana Is Charged In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

… marijuana trafficking operation that distributed marijuana from Nevada County in California to Georgia, Illinois, …
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DEA Large-scale Operation Targets 26 Pharmacies In Three States In Attack Against Illicit Opioid Abuse And Trafficking

… with previous administrative or criminal violations from previous, similar cases. Common indicators include …
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DEA Announces Step To Increase Opioid Addiction Treatment

… Deregulation enables mid-level practitioners to prescribe and dispense buprenorphine to addicts WASHINGTON - The … today in the Federal Register, nurse practitioners and physician assistants can now become DATA-Waived … and dispense the opioid maintenance drug buprenorphine from their offices. Prior to the enactment of the Drug Abuse …
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Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks At Special Agent Graduation Ceremony

Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks At Special Agent Graduation Ceremony January 26, 2018 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us (202) 307-1000 (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick …
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DEA Eases Requirements For FDA-Approved Clinical Trials On Cannabidiol

… seamlessly.  This waiver effectively removes a step from the approval process. Marijuana is a Schedule I …
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Two Indicted For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Heroin And Methamphetamine

… and one and a half pounds of methamphetamine were seized from a vehicle occupied by the defendants after a traffic …
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One Of Two Men Indicted In 11 Kilogram Heroin Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

… Norzagaray-Pereda admitted he was transporting the drugs from Arizona to Washington state. Norzagaray-Pereda is …
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Southern California Man Brings Methamphetamine And Heroin To Fresno For Sale

… methamphetamine and over one kilogram of heroin was seized from the vehicle Ramon arrived in. This case is the product …
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Selma Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… and the Fresno County Sherriff’s Department with assistance from the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kings County …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

… and a co-defendant maintained a stash house in Bakersfield from where law enforcement officers seized seven pounds of …
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield To Memphis Marijuana Trafficking Scheme

… conspirators planned to send large quantities of marijuana from Bakersfield to Memphis, Tennessee.  On August 26, 2013, …