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Four Men Indicted for Meth Trafficking

… of methamphetamine hidden in a vehicle being transported from California, as well as several firearms found at a … residence and found, in addition to the controlled delivery from the Dodge Magnum, an AM-15 pistol, .223 ammunition, … to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine from Jan. 15 to Jan. 18, 2024. In addition to the …
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Man Found Guilty of St. Louis Murder, Drug Conspiracy Charges

… Cocaine, 3 Kilos of Fentanyl, 10 Kilos Heroin Ex123A items from May 2021 search.jpg Photo of drug transaction March 10 … drug sales, Mantovani said. The organization brought drugs from Houston and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to the St. Louis …
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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

… DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United … Engage St. Louis Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with …
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Everton Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

… that he participated in a drug-trafficking conspiracy from Nov. 22, 2016, to Sept. 26, 2018, and in a money-laundering conspiracy from June 20, 2017, to Dec. 6, 2017. Conn transported … 10 pounds of methamphetamine per week by vehicle from California to the Springfield area. He then distributed …
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Operation Legend results in over 500 arrests, including 37 murder suspects

… City, and those efforts will continue.” During the 10 weeks from the announcement of Operation LeGend on July 8 through … and local community leaders. None of those dire predictions from our critics came to pass.” “I’ve also said, from the start of Operation LeGend, that law enforcement …
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Springfield man pleads guilty to meth conspiracy

… to distribute methamphetamine in Greene County, Missouri, from March 30 to Oct. 18, 2017. By pleading guilty today, … enforcement officers seized 6.8 pounds of methamphetamine from Stone, who admitted he had just delivered $30,000 to a … Missouri. Two days after Stone’s arrest, Wacker drove from Kansas City to Oklahoma City, where he purchased five …
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Federal Jury Convicts Syndicato De Nuevo Mexico Associate of Murdering Federal Witness, Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… at trial and other publicly available court records, from about Sept. 17, 2018, to Sept. 10, 2019, Padilla … P.G. in an attempt to influence, delay and prevent P.G. from communicating to law enforcement information relating … Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the DEA’s Albuquerque District Office, New Mexico State …
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DEA El Paso Division Announces the Seizure of Over 9 Million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to seize these nearly 10 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across West Texas and New Mexico,” said … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a Public Safety Alert on …
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Thirteen Facing Federal Charges For Trafficking Heroin

… Duran, Jr., and other Albuquerque teens reportedly died from overdoses after they transitioned from OxyContin to heroin, and statistics from the New Mexico Department of Health reflect that heroin …
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El Paso Man Sentenced To Life In Prison In Connection With Murder-For-Hire Plot

… associates located in El Paso extorted ransom payment from the victims’ families. In addition to the prison term, … and indecency with a child. Evidence further revealed that from September 2008 until November 2008, Samuel Gurrola … to kill Sagredo while in Mexico in order to prevent her from testifying in that case. Testimony revealed that with …
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Training
March 16, 2020 - March 17, 2020
March 16, 2020 - March 17, 2020

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17, 2020. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Sheraton Baltimore North, 903 Dulaney...
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Community Event
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019
October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
New Orleans , LA
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional, one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, October 21, and Tuesday, October 22, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New...
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Community Event
September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019

Clandestine Laboratory Recertification Course

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Clandestine Laboratory Recertification Course Description: This class is intended as an annual refresher for law enforcement personnel who have already been certified through a class that meets the requirements of OSHA 1910.120 (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response). Just as it is important to stay proficient in police tactics and...
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Community Event
September 25, 2019
September 25, 2019

Clandestine Laboratory Recertification

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Clandestine Laboratory Recertification Course Description: This class is intended as an annual refresher for law enforcement personnel who have already been certified through a class that meets the requirements of OSHA 1910.120 (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response). Just as it is important to stay proficient in police tactics and...
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Community Event
October 08, 2019 - October 09, 2019
October 08, 2019 - October 09, 2019

Clandestine Laboratory Recertification (2-Day)

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Clandestine Laboratory Recertification Course Description: This class is intended as an annual refresher for law enforcement personnel who have already been certified through a class that meets the requirements of OSHA 1910.120 (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response). Just as it is important to stay proficient in police tactics and...
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Two Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

… Engage Albuquerque Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States. Purdy, 42, of Carlsbad, will remain …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two In Marijuana Trafficking Investigation

… (432) 837-6000 Midland - (432) 686-4085 Investigation stems from abandoned marijuana load discovered on Van Horn school … school, namely Presidio High School.  The indictment stems from an investigation resulting from a marijuana seizure on November 19, 2012, at a …
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Members Of Taos County-Based Heroin Trafficking And Money Laundering Ring Enter Guilty Pleas

… and six other defendants with conspiring to distribute from at least June 2012 through Dec. 2015.  It also charged … assets and property derived, either directly or indirectly, from proceeds obtained from the criminal activities charged. During a change of …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… in more than 57 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities in just thirty-days.  Eliminating the … save American lives. By removing millions of deadly doses from our communities and holding these criminal networks … nearly 9 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl from reaching the American public. An enforcement operation …
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Family Summit
June 20, 2024
June 20, 2024

New Jersey Field Division to Host Family Summit

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
New Brunswick, NJ
The DEA New Jersey Field Division will host its Family Summit on Thursday, June 20th, 2024, at Rutgers University - Center for Prevention Science, Cook Student Center, from 9am - 3pm. This free event is open to families who have been impacted by the opioid crisis and those who may...
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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Training
March 10, 2020 - March 12, 2020
March 10, 2020 - March 12, 2020

Operation Jetway Training Course

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Sykesville, MD
Course Description: This is the basic course of instruction covering the fundamental principles, methods, and techniques involved in criminal interdiction for transportation interdiction officers. Course Length: 24 hours Topics Covered: Interdiction at commercial and small airports, bus and train stations, hotels and motels, and parcel facilities Airport ramp check and...
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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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Sixteen-Time Waterloo Felon Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fatal Dose of Fentanyl

… in federal prison. Bridgette Marie Washington, age 47, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a …
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Four Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Distributing Methamphetamine in Idaho

… Leticia Cuevas, 39, of Nyssa, Oregon obtained payment from Newman for the drugs. Selena N. Medrano, 30, of …
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Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

… Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to Take Back America from the drug traffickers who are flooding our streets with … shipment of fentanyl and multiple pounds of methamphetamine from Arizona to individuals in Florida to whom she was … In 2023, Tanner was arrested on outstanding warrants from Citrus County, Florida. In dismantling this conspiracy, …
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Cuban National Sentenced to Over 38 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

… Chihuahua, Mexico. Porvenir is across the Rio Grande River from the defendant’s ranch. During sentencing, the judge … indicated Morales had smuggled undocumented non-citizens from as early as November 2019. Later that same day federal … to investigate a multitude of serious crimes that result from crimes such as these, and we will continue to work with …
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Colombian Drug Kingpin And Cohort Extradited In New York Heroin Trafficking Scheme Millions Of Dollars In Heroin Smuggled In Freight Containers

… Andres, who was arrested on April 9, was transported from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he had lived as a … Andres run the drug trafficking operation, was extradited from Bogota, Colombia on December 12. Fernando pleaded not … The investigation utilized wiretaps on cellphones and email accounts in both the United States and Colombia. …
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Poplar Bluff Man Sentenced to 8+ Years in Prison for Selling Meth

… of the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force purchased meth from the conspirators on six occasions between June and …
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Shipment of Meth and Cocaine Leads to Prison for St. Louis Man

… felon and told police that he knew he was prohibited from possessing firearms, his plea agreement says. There was …