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Narcotics (Opioids)

Opium

January 22, 2025
Opium is a highly addictive non-synthetic narcotic that is extracted from the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. The opium poppy is the key source for many narcotics, including morphine, codeine, and heroin.
January 22, 2025
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Cartel Associate Convicted of Massive Meth Trafficking Operation

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Bio Division Social Accounts X Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … of drug sales to purchase vehicles in order to disguise the source of the funds. The defendants used homes in Dallas and …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Diversion Investigator Careers

January 22, 2025
… series position within the DEA. Diversion Investigators enforce the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and the Chemical … experience that demonstrates the following: Ability to perform investigative work Ability to gather data from multiple sources Ability to research and analyze data Ability to …
January 22, 2025
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Colorado Woman Convicted in Illinois for Meth Trafficking

… Colorado Woman Convicted in Illinois for Meth Trafficking June 21, 2022 Chicago Contact Info … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America … Agents worked up the chain of distribution to identify the source of the methamphetamine as Wright. After the guilty …
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Former Leader of "Clan Del Golfo" Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison for Operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Related Charges

… Former Leader of "Clan Del Golfo" Drug Trafficking … Milgram. “DEA investigated Otoniel – one of the most violent and prolific drug traffickers in the world – for almost 20 years. Under Otoniel’s leadership, the Clan de Golfo …
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Former Leader of the Violent “Clan Del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges

… Former Leader of the Violent “Clan Del Golfo” Drug … pleas. “With today’s guilty plea, the bloody reign of the most violent and significant Colombian narcotics trafficker … Anne Milgram. “DEA investigated Otoniel—one of the most violent and prolific drug traffickers in the world—for …
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Six Albuquerque Residents Indicted On Federal Robbery, Firearms And Prescription Drug Trafficking Crimes Arising Out Of Pharmacy Robberies

… (24 hours) (505) 889-1300. Tips also can be submitted online at https://tips.fbi.gov . On …
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … x2242 NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. … and money laundering scheme designed to hide the illegal source of the cash and transfer it from New Jersey to the …
Fang Chen
FUGITIVE

Fang Chen

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
Jose Juan Torres Mandujano
FUGITIVE

Jose Juan Torres Mandujano

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
David Cortez-Peregrino
FUGITIVE

David Cortez-Peregrino

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE METHAMPHETAMINE, COCAINE AND FENTANYL; POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL; AND DISTRIBUTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE
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16 Defendants Charged In A Commercial Burglary Ring And Drug Conspiracy

16 Defendants Charged In A Commercial Burglary Ring And Drug Conspiracy July 19, 2013 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

… Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in … epidemic in our communities that they will bear the most serious consequences.” According to court documents and … a different customer warning Ortega that his drugs had almost killed someone else.  Specifically, that other customer …
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DEA New York Division and NY Attorney General Announce Takedown of Major Gun Trafficking Operation in Queens

… the indictments of three individuals for their roles in a gun trafficking … from March to July 2024, Deundre Wright was responsible for sourcing firearms in North Carolina and trafficking them to …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 45 Months Imprisonment for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 45 Months Imprisonment for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy March 13, 2023 New … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … who, in turn, imported the fentanyl from an international source of supply.  The defendant was intercepted as part of …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death

… San Diego Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death March 07, 2022 … the distribution chain, against both the dealers and their sources of supply. For those who suffer from addiction, …
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DEA Launches New Initiative to Combat Drug-Related Violence and Overdoses in Communities across America

… Social Accounts X Bob P. Beris Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … its law enforcement resources to where they will have the most impact: the communities where criminal drug networks are causing the most harm. Operation Overdrive, which launched February 1, …
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Members of a Houston-Based Organization Responsible for Breaking Into Pharmacies in Rural Iowa and Nebraska Indicted

… Members of a Houston-Based Organization Responsible for Breaking Into Pharmacies in Rural Iowa and Nebraska … oxycodone, morphine, Adderall ® and Xanax ®, were among the most common drugs stolen. The stolen pharmaceuticals were … have been reported dating back to 2022. Nebraska has the most reported break-ins with 17, while Iowa has 11.  The DEA …
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Seven Defendants Charged With Conspiring To Aid The Taliban

… to provide various forms of support to DEA confidential sources whom they believed to be representatives of the … the Taliban. The communications occurred by telephone, via email, and in a series of audio recorded and videotaped …
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Three traffickers sentenced for smuggling meth, heroin and cocaine for cartel

… Three traffickers sentenced for smuggling meth, heroin and cocaine for cartel October … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … the ringleader of the organization and was connected to a source of supply in Mexico with potential buyers in the …
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Queens Man Convicted of Laundering Bitcoin and Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … drug trafficking. The verdict followed a four-day trial before United States District Judge Pamela K. Chen. When … indicated to the defendant on multiple occasions that the source of the BTC the defendant was exchanging was narcotics …
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Guatemalan National is Extradited on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

… Social Accounts X James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … Sandoval Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Division Contacts California Carlsbad - (760) 268-5700 Imperial County - (760) … law enforcement partners have had targeting foreign drug sources of supply,” said Special Agent in Charge Shelly S. …
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Drug Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of User; Longest Sentence to Date

… Drug Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Selling the Fentanyl that Resulted in Death of User; … the distribution chain, against both the dealers and their sources of supply. “Today’s sentencing of Jahvaris …
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Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App

… Fall River Man Arrested For Selling Drugs And Machine Guns On Telegram App August … to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … our law enforcement partners to identify and dismantle the sources of illegal drugs in our communities,” said James M. …
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Jamestown Woman Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Antasia Babcock, 28, of Jamestown, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. to conspiracy … Martinez arranged to receive the narcotics via mail from a source out of state. In mid-September 2020, Martinez …
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Company Pays $158,760 to Resolve Claims Related to Controlled Substance Thefts From Pharmacies During Inventory

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 RGIS LLC Terminated Employee for Stealing Vicodin – Later Rehired Same Employee Who Stole … was made by Carla B. Freedman, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York and Frank A. Tarentino … are committed to working with our DEA partners to eliminate sources of drug diversion in our communities.”   “Diversion …
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Jacksonville Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years for Leading Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… Jacksonville Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years for Leading Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy June 29, 2021 … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … cocaine via couriers and through the U.S. Mail from various sources of supply in Puerto Rico and Orlando.  His …
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Lowell Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Half a Kilogram of Meth Intended for Distribution

… Guilty to Possessing Half a Kilogram of Meth Intended for Distribution September 12, 2023 New England Contact Info … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Adderall pills containing methamphetamine to a confidential source. Before Chhoy could complete this transaction, law …
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Windsor Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl

… Windsor Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … fentanyl, and other controlled substances, from a source of supply on the west coast of the U.S., and then …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

… Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl September 12, 2023 New … a drug runner in a conspiracy to distribute internationally sourced fentanyl operating out of Lawrence, Massachusetts., …