PRESS RELEASE

DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

April 21, 2020
… that the majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from the home medicine cabinet," said DEA Special Agent in … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Once the Centers for Disease …
April 21, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Carlsbad man sentenced to five years on gun and drug charges

October 15, 2020
… Carlsbad man sentenced to five years on gun and drug charges October 15, 2020 El Paso Contact Info … Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of his drug trafficking activities. Upon release from prison, Parker will serve three years of supervised …
October 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty In 100 Pound Meth Conspiracy

April 09, 2018
… that Robert “Bobby” Whitenack, 37, a convicted felon from Westside, Iowa, was convicted on the charges of … involvement in a meth trafficking conspiracy that spanned from January 2014 through May of 2017, distributing at least … of Whitenack’s collecting $10,000 in drug proceeds from customers, to Whitenack’s possession of firearms during …
April 09, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

September 25, 2013
… To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation September 25, 2013 El Paso Contact … Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … crime. By pleading guilty, Pesqueira admitted that from July 2010 to May 2013, he purchased firearms, as well …
September 25, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Pleads Guilty To Federal Murder Charge In El Paso

May 16, 2014
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July …
May 16, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel Bodyguard Sentenced To Federal Prison For Murder

September 03, 2014
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … pleaded guilty to one count of murder resulting from the use or carrying of firearms during and in relation … Western District of Texas and the District of New Mexico from 2002 to 2006; and, while in Albuquerque, NM, in July …
September 03, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian National Guilty In Marijuana Conspiracy

July 29, 2015
… has pleaded guilty in federal court. Jason Boyachek, age 42 from British Columbia, Canada, was convicted of conspiracy … to distribute 1000 kilograms or more of marijuana from 2005 through May of 2007.  At the plea hearing, … smuggling conspiracy, which involved smuggling marijuana from Canada to various locations in the United States and …
July 29, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Sioux City Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Meth Conspiracy

August 28, 2015
… to distribute methamphetamine.               West, 27, from Sioux City, Iowa, received the prison term after a May … distributed more than 50 grams of (pure) methamphetamine from October 2014 through December 2014 in the Sioux City … City, Iowa , which consists of law enforcement personnel from the Drug Enforcement Administration; Sioux City, Iowa, …
August 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Illegal Alien Convicted Of Methamphetamine Distribution In DEA Led Investigation

June 30, 2017
… today that Javier Martinez, 50, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, received a 72 month prison sentence after … distributed at least 1,500 grams of (pure) methamphetamine from 2015 through September 2016 in Minnesota and Iowa.  … of methamphetamine 3 to 4 times per week for about one year from other criminal associates involved in this case for …
June 30, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Dubuque Man Gets Over 20 Years In Prison For Fentanyl Trafficking Resulting In Death And Serious Injuries

September 18, 2017
… knew Lewis by the monikers of “Lucky” or Five Star,” drove from Maquoketa, Iowa, to Dubuque to purchase heroin from Lewis.  Lewis and one of his associates sold these men … outside in their car to use the heroin just purchased from Lewis.  The two men who remained outside and used the …
September 18, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced In Heroin Trafficking Case

February 04, 2011
… and Johnson counties, according to a news release from the office of United States Attorney Barry Grissom. … to distribute heroin. In his plea, Milton admitted that from 2007 to 2009 he was part of a drug trafficking … trial. During the trial prosecutors presented evidence that from 2007 to 2009 Handy led a drug trafficking organization …
February 04, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine Sales Net Eight Years In Prison For Sauk Village Man

May 16, 2011
… established that Flowers was transporting crack cocaine from northern Illinois to Murphysboro. In Murphysboro, … Flowers was distributing most of the crack cocaine from two apartments located at the Valley Ridge Housing … source working for law enforcement. When agents from the Jackson County Project Safe Neighborhoods Task …
May 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  At nearly 4,000 collection sites … the DEA’s National Take Back Day to lessen community risk from drug abuse and keep Americans safe!” “DEA’s National … our shared commitment to protecting the American people from drug-related harm,” said DEA Administrator Terrance …
October 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Vape Trail Cracks Down on Illegal Substances in Vape Shops

September 25, 2025
… aimed at removing dangerous and illegal vaping substances from communities across America. During the operation, DEA … underscores our commitment to protecting Americans from dangerous, deadly, and illegal substances that threaten …
September 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

September 08, 2025
… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … their command, control, and distribution networks.  From August 25 through August 29, 2025, DEA agents across 23 …
September 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty To Role In Organization Responsible For Flying Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine To The U.S. And Laundering Money From Its Sales

December 08, 2014
… Of Kilograms Of Cocaine To The U.S. And Laundering Money From Its Sales December 08, 2014 Houston Contact Info … and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been convicted, announced Drug …
December 08, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Leader of a Drug Trafficking Organization Shipping Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

February 06, 2025
… Organization Shipping Kilogram Quantities of Cocaine from Puerto Rico Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison February … bringing kilogram quantities of cocaine into Raleigh from Puerto Rico.   On March 4, 2024, Arias, age 32, pled … Service to send shipments of kilogram-quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various addresses in Raleigh.  The …
February 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Major Cocaine Supplier For The East Coast Extradited From Puerto Rico To New York City: Six Charged In Long-term Investigation

November 29, 2017
… Major Cocaine Supplier For The East Coast Extradited From Puerto Rico To New York City: Six Charged In Long-term … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County …
November 29, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA St. Louis Division Seizes Record 400+ pounds of Meth

July 13, 2022
… A table laden with methamphetamine seized from a storage unit in St. Louis, totaling about 460 pounds. ST. LOUIS – A man from Wildwood, Missouri, has been caught with at least 400 … the dedicated effort of our agents at stopping this poison from reaching our communities.” Kristiansen was recently …
July 13, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Meth and a Gun Results in 15 Years of Prison

September 01, 2021
… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Mo., from April 7, 2019, to July 25, 2019. Fleming admitted that … officers contacted Fleming after receiving information from a confidential informant that he was going to resupply. Detectives seized a Kel-Tec 9mm firearm from Fleming’s holster and a package that contained …
September 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City Pharmacy Filled Forged Prescriptions

August 20, 2021
… CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri pharmacy is prohibited from continuing its past practice of filling prescriptions … of the consent decree, Spalitto’s is permanently prohibited from dispensing any controlled substance without verifying … for at least a dozen individuals that purported to be from the same physician. The pharmacy filled those …
August 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 13, 2023
… Locally, the El Paso Division collected 4,409 pounds from various sites in El Paso, Midland, Alpine, Las Cruces, … removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary …
November 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

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

September 27, 2022
… Twice Domestic 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September WASHINGTON – The … 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 …
September 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Tony Torrez Charged With Violating Federal Narcotics Trafficking And Firearms Laws

November 02, 2015
… a traffic stop on the Toyota when a woman drove away from the residence in the Toyota.  Shortly thereafter, APD … conducted a traffic stop on a Lexus sedan that drove away from the residence and identified the driver as Torrez.  APD … to be “wax,” a concentrated form of THC oil processed from the marijuana plant.  Thereafter, the DEA obtained a …
November 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Drug Trafficker

January 27, 2017
… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Omar Arellano Domestic New Mexico, El Paso, Alpine, and Midland Texas Additional Division Info Community … revealed that David Lopez had been transporting marijuana from El Paso, Texas to cities in the United States from …
January 27, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

State and federal authorities dismantle major Philadelphia gun trafficking ring that sold guns and methamphetamine in Camden

January 27, 2020
… State and federal authorities dismantle major Philadelphia gun … law enforcement effort that removed over 30 guns from our streets, including several linked to violence in … obtained guns illegally by paying “straw purchasers” to buy guns in Pennsylvania at dealerships and gun shows. …
January 27, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Court Issues Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting Tampa-Area Clinic from Distributing Opioids and Other Prescription Drugs

October 18, 2022
… Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting Tampa-Area Clinic from Distributing Opioids and Other Prescription Drugs … prohibiting a Tampa-area clinic, its operators and a doctor from administering, dispensing or distributing any … professionals who abandon their oath to protect patients from harm and violate the law compromise the health and …
October 18, 2022
GENERAL INFORMATION

Sunshine Week

January 19, 2025
… for any agency records; however, the records may be exempt from release by one of nine FOIA exemptions which protect … FOIA Requester Service Center: (571) 776-2300 Email: DEA.FOIA@dea.gov Checking on the Status of Your FOIA …
January 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Wife of Sinaloa Cartel Kingpin Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

December 08, 2025
… fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana) from South America and Mexico, transported the drugs to … the U.S. The TCO then smuggled the bulk cash proceeds from its drug trafficking activities back to the TCO’s … vests. A considerable number of these items were sourced from within the United States and clandestinely smuggled …
December 08, 2025
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Community Event
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021

Operation Engage Local Stakeholder Meeting

5:00 AM - 7:30 AM (EDT)
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Join the DEA Washington Division as we host a new series of local stakeholder meetings, under Operation Engage (#OpEngageDMV), to facilitate better partnerships in the Washington D.C. and Prince Georges County, Maryland areas. These local stakeholder meetings are open to local public health, law enforcement, public safety, prevention, and other...