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Two More Guilty Pleas Entered In Vallejo-Based Drug Trafficking Indictments

September 11, 2014
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … transporting large quantities of drugs outside of California to realize a larger profit. A number of the … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
September 11, 2014
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Visalia Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone

September 29, 2014
… Visalia Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Dispensing Oxycodone September 29, 2014 San … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
September 29, 2014
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Fresno-Based Investigation Results In Nationwide Arrests For Drug Distribution And Cash Structuring Conspiracy

October 28, 2014
… Fresno-Based Investigation Results In Nationwide Arrests For Drug Distribution And Cash Structuring Conspiracy … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
October 28, 2014
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Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Plead Guilty To Bribery Conspiracy

February 25, 2015
… Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
February 25, 2015
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Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison For Bribery Conspiracy

May 04, 2015
… Former Fresno Police Department Detective And Fresno Marijuana Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison For Bribery Conspiracy May 04, 2015 San Francisco Contact … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
May 04, 2015
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Methamphetamine Traffickers Sentenced To 23 Years And 17 Years In Prison

May 20, 2015
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … were sentenced to 23 and 17 years in prison, respectively, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
May 20, 2015
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Central Valley Drug Trafficking Group Indicted

July 10, 2015
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … distributors. On June 24-26, 2015, in a coordinated law enforcement operation, search warrants for 11 residences were … OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering …
July 10, 2015
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Long Beach Man Sentenced To 6 Years & 4 Months In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone And Hydrocodone

September 29, 2015
… Long Beach Man Sentenced To 6 Years & 4 Months In Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone And Hydrocodone September 29, 2015 … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … task force investigating and prosecuting the most significant drug trafficking organizations throughout …
September 29, 2015
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Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is This Saturday

April 24, 2013
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … unwanted prescription medications from Northern California and Central Valley residents during the first five … partnered with the DEA to take in over 2 million pounds-almost 1,018 tons-of expired prescription drugs since …
April 24, 2013
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United States Attorneys Announce Final Statistics On Operation Mountain Sweep, Targeting Illegal Marijuana Cultivation On Public Lands

September 05, 2012
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … Info Community Outreach: Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Enforcement Operation Spans Seven States; Marijuana worth more … litter abandoned sites for years to come. Some of the most pristine public land in the West is being scarred in …
September 05, 2012
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DEA Holds Its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day September 29 As Public Participation Continues To Rise

September 26, 2012
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community … Take-Back Days turned in nearly 1.6 million pounds-almost 774 tons-of prescription drugs, most recently at almost …
September 26, 2012
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

October 02, 2012
… Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution October 02, 2012 San Francisco … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … names actually corresponded. Hydrocodone is one of the most commonly abused prescription drugs, often with deadly …
October 02, 2012
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Local, State, And Federal Agents Shut Down Two Commercial Marijuana Grow Operations

June 30, 2011
… View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. … in Sutter County. That indictment charges Yan Ebyam, 34, most recently from Sacramento; Thomas Wesley Jopson, 62, of …
June 30, 2011
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Powerful Stories and Connections During DEA Washington Division’s 3rd Family Summit on Fentanyl

June 24, 2024
… Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Anne Milgram Wahington Division Family Summit. SAC Jarod Forget during session:  National and Local Overview of the … Original Image Wahington Division Family Summit. SAC Jarod Forget during session:  National and Local Overview of the …
June 24, 2024
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FAST KCO Memorial Unveiled In Honor of Fallen DEA Special Agents and Military Personnel Ahead of 24th Anniversary of September 11

September 05, 2025
… WASHINGTON – On September 4, 2025, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unveiled and dedicated a new memorial in honor of 10 Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Team (FAST) members – … labs, effectively depriving revenue from the Taliban. The most notable FAST missions were: Operation Albatross in the …
September 05, 2025
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Texoma HIDTA’s Caprock Initiative Honored at National HIDTA Awards Ceremony

April 03, 2025
… Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … District Attorney’s Office, the initiative has become the most requested fentanyl awareness program in the South …
April 03, 2025
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

February 24, 2021
… on top drug threats   PHILADELPHIA- Today the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched a new comprehensive … flooding American communities with illegal drugs. To be most effective, a multi-prong strategy of law enforcement, …
February 24, 2021
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 28, 2022
… Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 PHILADELPHIA – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 22nd National … in the 12-month period ending November 2021, marking the most drug-related deaths ever recorded, with opioid-related …
April 28, 2022
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… 861-1974 NEWS RELEASE                                  For Immediate Release   DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard Operation intensifies DEA’s efforts to combat drug-related violent crime   WASHINGTON – … States:   Disrupting, dismantling, and destroying the most significant violent drug trafficking organizations …
October 20, 2020
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Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics distribution and fraud

December 04, 2019
… Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics … distribution and fraud charges have been filed accusing a former physician of illegally prescribing thousands of … equates to more than 15 per day. Starkman would perform, at most, cursory examinations on patients before prescribing …
December 04, 2019
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

April 28, 2022
… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … in the 12-month period ending November 2021, marking the most drug-related deaths ever recorded, with opioid-related …
April 28, 2022
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Operation intensifies DEA’s efforts to combat drug-related violent crime WASHINGTON – Drug … United States: Disrupting, dismantling, and destroying the most significant violent drug trafficking organizations …
October 20, 2020
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Cocaine laced with fentanyl leads to multiple deaths, overdoses

September 14, 2018
… @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … after beach community fatalities SAN DIEGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration joined the San Diego County … As little as two milligrams of fentanyl is a fatal dose for most people. Fentanyl can be up to 50 times more potent than …
September 14, 2018
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Union County Man Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering

May 12, 2021
… Township, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference before United States District Judge Stanley R. Chesler to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
May 12, 2021
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DEA Participates in Joint Press Conference with U.S. Attorney’s Office and Law Enforcement Partners to Address Violent Crime

February 16, 2022
… Press Conference with U.S. Attorney’s Office and Law Enforcement Partners to Address Violent Crime February 16, … plan include: Investigative resources focused on the most violent offenders/gangs and the use of federal …
February 16, 2022
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

April 23, 2019
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … including children and teens. In continuation of this effort, DEA and its national, tribal and community partners … hallucinogens.  Unfortunately, these prescription drugs are most often obtained from friends and family, who leave them …
April 23, 2019
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Dangerous synthetic marijuana in northern Alabama

April 23, 2019
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … nofdoutreach@dea.gov BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In our continued efforts to stop the supply of illegal drugs, make our … in Charge Clay Morris. “Often, drug dealers target the most innocent – our children – and attempt to get them to …
April 23, 2019
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Texas men plead guilty to trafficking 10 kilograms of fentanyl

September 13, 2018
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … kilograms of fentanyl through Louisiana, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. … be paid for the delivery. “Fentanyl is the greatest and the most significant synthetic opioid threat to the United …
September 13, 2018
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

October 22, 2018
… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … previous events over the past eight years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration expects to reach a total of 10 … in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. "Unfortunately, these drugs are most often obtained from friends and family, who leave them …
October 22, 2018
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Pill mill doctor sentenced to 13 years for conspiracy to distribute narcotics

May 13, 2019
… Pill mill doctor sentenced to 13 years for conspiracy to distribute narcotics May 13, 2019 Dallas … Division X Account @DEADallasDiv Joseph B. Tucker Domestic Fort Worth, Lubbock, and Tyler, Texas, and Oklahoma … said. Medical files seized from the clinics showed that most exams were conducted without any medical testing and …
May 13, 2019