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Final Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy that Seized 29 Kilos of Fentanyl

… Final Two Men Sentenced for Conspiracy that Seized 29 Kilos of Fentanyl May 30, 2025 … sold approximately 5,000 pills to a confidential informant. Following the purchase and further investigation, … and Perry and two codefendants inside the trailer. Law enforcement immediately determined the trailer was being used …
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Career Offender is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

… Career Offender is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine May 29, 2025 Atlanta … in prison followed by four years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine, announced Russ Ferguson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.  Jae W. Chung, …
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Fourteen Members of a Jefferson County Drug Trafficking Organization Charged with Federal Drug and Gun Crimes

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … Gulfport - (228) 863-2992 Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – An indictment …
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DEA New York and Law Enforcement Partners Issue Statement on the Resolution of Charges Against Narcotics Trafficker and Longtime Fugitive for Drug-Related Kidnappings and Assaults

… DEA New York and Law Enforcement Partners Issue Statement on the Resolution of … Charges Against Narcotics Trafficker and Longtime Fugitive for Drug-Related Kidnappings and Assaults April 16, 2025 New … - (315) 426-5300 Westchester - (914) 682-6256 U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division Special …
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Seven individuals arrested for allegedly operating an advance fee loan scheme

… Seven individuals arrested for allegedly operating an advance fee loan scheme June 12, … Office, Federal Bureau of Investigations, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Treasury Inspector General … the District Attorney’s Office at 631-853-5602 or via email at InfoDA@suffolkcountyny.gov.   This case is being …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges May 29, 2014 Houston Contact Info … charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers, extortion, and wire fraud.  Beginning … Republic.  In a single call or series of calls and emails, the Extorter detailed the purported criminal charges …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges May 29, 2014 Miami Contact Info … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … Republic.  In a single call or series of calls and emails, the Extorter detailed the purported criminal charges …
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Los Angeles Street Gang Targeted In Federal Racketeering Indictment

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Southern California Do you know someone who has been affected by the loss … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 49,000 Pounds On 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … Gulfport - (228) 863-2992 Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) …
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Veterans Affairs Employees Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … Gulfport - (228) 863-2992 Jackson - (601) 965-4400 Oxford - (662) 234-8542 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) …
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Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 42 Years For Murder, Racketeering, And Drug Trafficking

… Bronx Gang Member Sentenced To 42 Years For Murder, Racketeering, And Drug Trafficking June 03, 2017 … Capers, aka “Mitch,” was sentenced to 42 years in prison for the murder of Allen McQueen and participating in … in December 2016. James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges May 28, 2014 New York Contact Info … charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers, extortion, and wire fraud.  Beginning … Republic.  In a single call or series of calls and emails, the Extorter detailed the purported criminal charges …
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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

… 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 …
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Texoma HIDTA’s Caprock Initiative Honored at National HIDTA Awards Ceremony

… 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 …
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DEA Rolls Out Operation Engage

… 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, …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Scranton - (570) 496-1020 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 …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… 496-1020 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 …
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Former Bordentown physician charged with narcotics distribution and fraud

… 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 …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

… @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 …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… @DEASanDiegoDiv 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) … United States: Disrupting, dismantling, and destroying the most significant violent drug trafficking organizations …
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Cocaine laced with fentanyl leads to multiple deaths, overdoses

… @DEASanDiegoDiv 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) … As little as two milligrams of fentanyl is a fatal dose for most people. Fentanyl can be up to 50 times more potent than …
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Union County Man Admits Role in Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering

… 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, …
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DEA Participates in Joint Press Conference with U.S. Attorney’s Office and Law Enforcement Partners to Address Violent Crime

… 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 …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … hallucinogens.  Unfortunately, these prescription drugs are most often obtained from friends and family, who leave them …
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Dangerous synthetic marijuana in northern Alabama

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … in Charge Clay Morris. “Often, drug dealers target the most innocent – our children – and attempt to get them to …
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Texas men plead guilty to trafficking 10 kilograms of fentanyl

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … be paid for the delivery. “Fentanyl is the greatest and the most significant synthetic opioid threat to the United …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … - (318) 676-4080 Arkansas Fayetteville - (479) 442-2618 Fort Smith - (479) 783-6300 Little Rock - (501) 217-6500 … in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. "Unfortunately, these drugs are most often obtained from friends and family, who leave them …
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Pill mill doctor sentenced to 13 years for conspiracy to distribute narcotics

… 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 …
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Brian S. Besser Named Special Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division

… Agent in Charge of the Denver Field Division. Besser most recently served as the Interim Assistant Administrator … Diversion Investigators, Intelligence Analysts, Task Force Officers, professional staff, and contractors, located …