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111 Arrests Made In Operation "Wild Wild East"

… 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 … a six month period, special agents conducted undercover buys and telephone wire intercepts concentrated in eastern …
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Seven Charged With Oxycodone Conspiracy In Broward County Pill Mill Operation

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, … including drug addicts and traffickers, seeking to buy large quantities of oxycodone and other controlled …
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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

… in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special … Vice Squad and the DEA-led New York Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Strike Force. The investigation began with … Bronx drug supplier Francisco Rivera, who had intended to buy some of the 36 kilos of cocaine seized from Ricardo …
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Two Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Cocaine Offenses

… Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William J. Bratton, … arrests of two subjects who have allegedly been dealing or buying cocaine in the city for years, with little regard for …
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Kansas City Man Sentenced to 12 Years Imprisonment for Distributing Heroin

… Kansas City Man Sentenced to 12 Years Imprisonment for Distributing Heroin April 02, 2021 St. Louis Contact … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get …
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Judge sentences St. Louis man to 9 years on cocaine and marijuana distribution charges

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … marijuana to distribute. Specifically, wiretaps and other enforcement actions revealed Chase sourced cocaine and marijuana to the co-defendants. A search …
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Southern Illinois Woman Receives 140 Month Sentence For Distributing Meth

… Southern Illinois Woman Receives 140 Month Sentence For Distributing Meth March 05, 2018 St. Louis Contact Info … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … her co-conspirators sold crystal meth to confidential sources working with law enforcement, and she was also found …
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Delaware County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine And Firearms Charges

… Delaware County Man Sentenced For Methamphetamine And Firearms Charges August 04, 2015 St. … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … he, along with others, obtained pseudoephedrine from local sources and from Canada to use in manufacturing …
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Meth And Cocaine Dealer From East St. Louis Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal Prison

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Illinois, was sentenced to 189 months in federal prison for his role in distributing methamphetamine and cocaine in …
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Southern Illinois Man Gets Over 168 Months In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… Southern Illinois Man Gets Over 168 Months In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy October 12, 2017 St. Louis … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … been involved in selling methamphetamine to confidential sources working with law enforcement, and was ultimately …
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Southern Illinois Man Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

… Southern Illinois Man Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy November 20, 2017 St. Louis … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get …
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Omaha District Office Dismantles Significant Methamphetamine Organization With Ties To Mexico

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … $35,000 were seized. The investigation targeted a California methamphetamine source of supply that was providing …
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Jackson County Resident Sentenced For Heroin Offense

… Jackson County Resident Sentenced For Heroin Offense February 20, 2015 St. Louis Contact Info … Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get …
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Forestville Dentist Sentenced For Distributing Drugs

… Forestville Dentist Sentenced For Distributing Drugs February 21, 2007 Washington, DC … Curtis sold prescriptions for Percocet to a confidential source. During one of the sales, Curtis offered to obtain … March 5, 2004, Curtis received $300 from the confidential source, traveled to a barbershop and returned to his dental …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to … base.  Specifically, on four occasions, a confidential source met Fields in Oxon Hill, Maryland, and the two …
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East Baltimore Drug Trafficking Organization Member and Associate Sentenced

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … street-level drug trafficking “shops,” with the two most prominent located in the 400 block of North Montford … plea agreements, investigators identified Tony Solomon as a source of supply in the conspiracy and Drummond as Solomon’s …
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DEA Implements Ecommerce Outreach Program to Combat Counterfeit Drug Production

… Counterfeit Oxycodone 2.JPG WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has developed an e-commerce … States.  This DEA-led initiative focuses on educating online retailers about the sale of pill presses and …
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DEA Seizes Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… fake pills and arrests 810 nationwide in two-month effort to dismantle drug distribution networks flooding U.S. … States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary … fentanyl and fentanyl-laced fake pills, using chemicals sourced largely from China, and are distributing these pills …
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Justice Department, DEA propose significant opioid manufacturing reduction in 2019

… WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration have proposed a reduction for … the proposal decreases manufacturing quotas for the six most frequently misused opioids for 2019 by an average ten … aggregate production quota, DEA considers data from many sources, including estimates of the legitimate medical need …
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DEA Washington Division Saw a Surge of Over 250% in Fentanyl Pill Seizures in 2023

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … tractor trailers, and personal or rental vehicles. They most often arrive directly from California and other … New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania also serve as source areas. SAC Forget noted that “we have identified and …
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Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty in Bringing Cocaine to Kansas City from Texas

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … of cocaine. Anthony D. Harris, 41, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to conspiracy to … between 2019 and 2022. Harris, who obtained cocaine from sources throughout the country, admitted that he made dozens …
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Armed Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 20 Years in Federal Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View …
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Leader Of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Fentanyl Conspiracy

… Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Fentanyl Conspiracy June 16, 2025 New England Contact … trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed fentanyl sourced from Latin America. Jonathan Melendez Decatro, a/k/a … operations to disrupt and dismantle the most significant drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, …
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Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

… Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy … drug distribution operation  purporting to be an online pharmacy.  Guzman-Cabrera was arrested on July 3, … coordinated the purchase of pills and tablets from sources overseas, and shipped these drugs to co-conspirators …
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Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization

… Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine … drug-trafficking organization, or Los Montes, one of the most significant drug-trafficking organizations operating in … clandestine maritime and air shipments of cocaine from sources in South America. Individual shipments of cocaine …
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Nigerian man pleads guilty to international heroin trafficking conspiracy

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … to trafficking more than 30 kilograms of heroin intended for importation into the United States.  According to court … sold a kilogram of heroin for $15,000 to a confidential DEA source, with the understanding that the source would smuggle …
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Fentanyl Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Federal Distribution Charge for 30,000 Fake Pills

… Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Federal Distribution Charge for 30,000 Fake Pills March 31, 2022 Washington, DC Contact … 30,000 pills during that time frame, and paid a source in California $20,000 for the most recent package.  Hutton is scheduled to be sentenced on …
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Cartel Money Launderer Sentenced to 96 Months in Federal Prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … considered by the Department of Justice to be one of the most dangerous transnational organizations in the world. … of the senders in order to conceal the nature, location, source, ownership, and control of the funds. In total, …
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Last Defendant in Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison

… conspiracy charges, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to … of the investigation, law enforcement used controlled buys, seizures, and the execution of search warrants to …