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Four Meth Traffickers Sentenced to a Total of 50 Years in Federal Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … obtaining large amounts of methamphetamine from his source of supply, Kirkland. Kirkland shipped the meth from …
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DEA Targets CJNG Operations, Seizing a Million Counterfeit Pills and 77,000 Kilograms of their Drugs in Five Days

… the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most violent and prolific drug trafficking organizations in … Cervantes, also known as El Mencho. He remains one of DEA’s most wanted fugitives and the subject of a  reward of up to …
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Federal Grand Jury Indicts 10 Defendants in Large Drug Trafficking Ring in Alaska

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … money to promote drug trafficking and concealing the source of the funds. Court documents identify 37 separate …
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Colombian Drug Kingpin Charged With Smuggling 35 Pounds Of Heroin Destined For New York In Freight Containers

… traffickers ran their business on principals similar to an online commerce company; one - place an order, two- fill the …
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Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation in Washington

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … national impact of today’s operations by disrupting this source of supply.” The drug ring was led by Marquis Jackson, …
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Charges Unsealed Against Specially Designated Global Terrorist Mohammad Bazzi and Talal Chahine

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Conspired and Attempted to Avoid Sanctions Imposed on Bazzi for Providing Financial Support to Hizballah. Bazzi Was … OFAC and law enforcement officials that Bazzi was both the source and destination of the proceeds of the sale and to …
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Sioux Falls Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death

… Sioux Falls Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death October 08, … to the Federal Crime Victims Fund. Lehr was indicted for Distribution of a Controlled Substance Resulting in … unresponsive in his apartment and attempted live-saving efforts but were ultimately unsuccessful and Cowles died. A …
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Former Angels Communications Director Eric Kay Sentenced to 22 Years in Tyler Skaggs Overdose Case

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … prosecutors introduced into evidence jailhouse calls and emails demonstrating the nature of Mr. Kay’s crime and his …
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Final Defendant in Southeastern Massachusetts Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

… to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … 2021, Dominguez-Ortiz delivered fentanyl to a cooperating source. Each of the fentanyl deliveries were in amounts …
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Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

… to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … approximately 34 similar packages mailed from the same source in Michigan, and also received approximately 46 …
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Colchester Man Found Guilty by Jury of Drug, Gun, and Robbery Offenses

… to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … presented at trial, by at least July of 2021 Troupe was a source of cocaine base (also known as “crack cocaine”) to …
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Former Passaic County Man Admits Laundering Drug Proceeds

… Former Passaic County Man Admits Laundering Drug Proceeds … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … checks, Martinez and his conspirators tried to hide the source of the illegal cash and avoid scrutiny by law …
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DEA Proposes Reduction To Amount Of Controlled Substances To Be Manufactured In 2018

… Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the … annually. In setting the APQ, DEA considers data from many sources, including estimates of the legitimate medical need …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth While on Probation

… Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth While on Probation August 25, 2022 … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America … to him and was the amount he normally obtained from his source of supply. Theisz has a serious criminal history that …
STORY

DEA Adds Precursor Chemicals Used to Make Illicit Fentanyl to the Special Surveillance List

October 30, 2023
… and our national security, and it is the cause of the most devastating drug crisis in United States’ history.  The … The list typically includes items identified by DEA to be most frequently used in clandestine production.  The SSL is …
October 30, 2023
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Former Honduran National Police Officer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States

… preceded Juan Orlando Hernández, and two DEA confidential sources purporting to be members of the Sinaloa Cartel.  …
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute 5 Kilograms of Fentanyl

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … at the Jersey Gardens Mall to meet with a confidential source (CS). In the parking lot of the mall, Lemus assured …
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El Cajon Resident Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Counterfeit Pills with Fentanyl that Caused 19-Year-Old’s Death

… El Cajon Resident Sentenced to 15 Years for Selling Counterfeit Pills with Fentanyl that Caused … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … into S.J.G.’s death and quickly identified Aktinonde as the source of the fatal pills. According to the sentencing …
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San Diego Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Overdose Death

… San Diego Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Overdose Death November 19, 2021 San Diego … up the distribution chain, against the dealers and their sources of supply. “Overdose deaths continue to rise in San …
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DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

… field division. The assessment factors in data from many sources, including drug seizures, drug purity, laboratory …
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… and Traverse City - (571) 362-0443 DETROIT – The Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with nearly 4,000 … hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.    If …
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Kanawha County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Crime

… Kanawha County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Crime June 27, 2024 Louisville Contact Info … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … further admitted that he acquired fentanyl powder from a source outside the United States, the “M30” punch and die …
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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
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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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

… an individual due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   David S. Olesky … hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For …
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Sacramento Man Is 11th Defendant Sentenced in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… Social Accounts X Bob P. Beris Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, … is to identify, investigate, disrupt, and dismantle the most significant drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) and …
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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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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Conspiracy

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … - (914) 682-6256 BUFFALO, NY - United States Attorney for the Western District of New York Trini E. Ross announced … investigators did not believe CC-1’s false story accusing a source of supply named “Freddy.” Gonzelez told CC-1 to …
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24 Federally Indicted in San Antonio for Alleged Drug and Firearm Trafficking

… 24 Federally Indicted in San Antonio for Alleged Drug and Firearm Trafficking June 20, 2024 … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … HPL’s drug trafficking activities that have been their main source of income,” said Special Agent in Charge Daniel …
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Six Members of Evansville Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking Ring Indicted

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … McGuire obtained the methamphetamine from an unknown source of supply and stored it in homes belonging to Carter …