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Spice/ K2, Synthetic Marijuana

January 22, 2025
Spice/K2, Synthetic Marijuana
K2 and Spice are just two of the many trade names or brands for synthetic designer drugs that are intended to mimic THC, the main psychoactive ingredient of marijuana. These designer synthetic drugs are from the synthetic cannabinoid class of drugs that are often marketed and sold under the guise...
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Three Members of Monument Street Drug Trafficking Organizations in East Baltimore Sentenced to Federal Prison and a Fourth Defendant Will Be Sentenced on Friday

March 11, 2021
… Organizations in East Baltimore Sentenced to Federal Prison and a Fourth Defendant Will Be Sentenced on Friday March 11, … Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … the gun. Solomon, Scruggs, and Walston are all prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition as a result of …
March 11, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA, Arizona Attorney General & Tempe Police Announce 150+ Subjects Charged & Massive Quantities of Narcotics Seized

February 23, 2023
… Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Flagstaff, Lake Havasu, Nogales, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas Tempe Poice-3.jpg Seizure of over 4.5 million … directly to you   by your doctor.  Never take a pill from a friend.  Just one pill can be deadly. More …
February 23, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

15 Indiana Motorcycle Club Members Sentenced to Over 155 Years for Meth Trafficking, Firearms Offenses

February 22, 2023
… case demonstrate our commitment to protecting the public from these dangerous criminals.” “Individuals like Mr. …
February 22, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Operation “Titan Fall” Charges Thirteen in Central Florida Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

August 09, 2022
… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Op Titan Fall photo 1.jpg Op Titan Fall photo 2.jpg ORLANDO , Fla – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal …
August 09, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

40 Alleged Meth Traffickers Charged in Operation Kullvid-20

June 09, 2022
… the defendants conspired to smuggle powered methamphetamine from Mexico into the United States. Distributors then …
June 09, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… in seizures involving counterfeit pills containing fentanyl from 2020 to 2021.  Drug trafficking is also inextricably …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

33 Latin King Members and associates convicted and sentenced to lengthy federal prison terms for racketeering offenses

October 22, 2020
… Uvalde Chapters of the Latin King’s Central Region of Texas from 45 to 288 months in federal prison for their roles in …
October 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Nineteen indicted in cartel-connected drug trafficking conspiracy

July 28, 2020
… 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 … resulted in the removal of massive amounts of narcotics from our community, the disruption of an extremely dangerous …
July 28, 2020
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Michigan Based Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Harvard Drug Group To Pay U.S. $8,000,000 In Settlement

April 18, 2011
… are unusually frequent, or those that substantially deviate from a normal pattern - of controlled substances. In this …
April 18, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Distribution Investigation Uncovers Massive Health Care Fraud

August 02, 2011
… Operation Engage Toledo Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Toledo Joseph O. Dixon Domestic Ohio and Michigan Additional Division Info Community Outreach: … of prescription medicines." "Health care fraud steals funds from programs designed to benefit patients, and we all pay …
August 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Owner And Employees Of Indiana Medical Center Charged With Multiple Felony Counts

April 19, 2013
… the Wagoners signed voluntary agreements prohibiting them from prescribing controlled substances, pending further …
April 19, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Florida Keys Results in 16 Arrests and Seizure of Drugs, Guns, and Cash

November 22, 2022
… 2022, the Atlantic City Police Department, with assistance from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office, DEA Atlantic …
November 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-two defendants sentenced in Fallen Kings drug conspiracy case

April 03, 2019
… Caprock HIDTA Task Force and TAG are comprised of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security …
April 03, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA & The Arizona Financial Crimes Task Force Seizes Over 1,750 Pounds of Methamphetamine and Fentanyl in Major Drug Bust

January 29, 2025
… battle we are fighting against drug traffickers who profit from addiction and suffering. Our department remains …
January 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

National Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Action Results in Charges involving more than $1.4 Billion in Alleged Losses

September 20, 2021
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … Robert Murphy Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community … with the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and agents from HHS-OIG, FBI, and DEA in the investigation and …
September 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Consent Decree Approved Among the U.S. and Cumberland, M.D. based Pharmacy and Pharmacist

July 06, 2023
… Consent Decree Approved Among the U.S. and Cumberland, M.D. based Pharmacy and Pharmacist July 06, 2023 … decree, Beckman and Beckman’s Pharmacy are prohibited from filling certain prescriptions, including when a patient …
July 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth September 27, 2021 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us … Operation Engage Glendale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … have seen a 100% increase in firearm seizures from 2020 to 2021 and this year alone, DEA seized more than …
September 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

97 in Puerto Rico Charged With Drug Trafficking

June 29, 2018
… the rules dictated by the leaders regarding the location from where controlled substances could be sold, and how …
June 29, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

One Convicted And Another Sentenced In 10-Defendant Marijuana Conspiracy

December 10, 2014
… and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine.  Hurtado-Gutierrez, from Delano, Fla., is the last of 10 charged in a …
December 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Colorado, Utah, Wyoming And Montana Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

May 05, 2011
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from the home medicine cabinet. In addition, many Americans …
May 05, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

More Than Thirteen Thousand Marijuana Plants Seized In Southern Utah

July 20, 2011
… 70 law enforcement officers participated in the operation from agencies that included the Washington County Area Task …
July 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Teens Tackling The Opioid Crisis: Discovery Education And The Drug Enforcement Administration Announce Finalists In 1st Annual Operation Prevention Video Challenge

May 08, 2017
… other prize winners will be chosen by a panel of judges from Discovery Education and the DEA, as well as community …
May 08, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

More Than 50 Guns Seized And Four Men Charged In Illegal Firearms Trafficking Operation

March 11, 2015
… of the assault rifles seized by agents were manufactured from unfinished lower receivers. ATF Special Agent in Charge …
March 11, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

High-ranking MS-13 Lieutenant pleads guilty to murder

December 11, 2019
… and prosecuted in order to keep our communities safe from gang violence.” “Today, defendant Victor Lopez, a …
December 11, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Hampton County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl

March 14, 2025
… to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl March 14, 2025 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … those significantly, removing dangerous fentanyl and meth from our streets.” United States District Judge Bruce H. …
March 14, 2025
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Archive Press Releases

January 22, 2025
… 2013 , 2014 , 2015 The archive stories for 2010 - 2002 are from the retired web site for DEA.gov.  NOTE: navigation …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Fifteen Meth Traffickers Sentenced to a Total of Over 175 Years

March 06, 2024
… for between three and ten years following their release from federal prison. U.S. Attorney Myers thanked Assistant …
March 06, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

20 members and associates of Bronx gang charged with racketeering, robbery, narcotics and firearms offenses

June 27, 2018
… today in Manhattan federal court and in other court papers: From 2011 through June 2018, in the Southern District of New …
June 27, 2018
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New England News 2004

July 15, 2021
… Minimum Life in Prison Based on New Charges Arising from his Arrest JUN 7, 2004 P.T. Barnum Drug Dealer …
July 15, 2021

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