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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 … for the fentanyl that is killing Americans today.” Most of the fentanyl trafficked by the Sinaloa and CJNG … mass-produced at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  …
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy

… 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 … multiple pounds of methamphetamine through the mail from a source in California from December 8, 2018, to February 5, …
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Major Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution And Money Laundering

… deliveries.  The truck driver would communicate with the source in California and with Ford-Bey.  After Ford-Bey took …
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Meth Dealer Sentenced to 16 Years

… 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 … Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for possessing more than 1.2 kilograms of methamphetamine to …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … 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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FedEx Indicted For Its Role In Distributing Controlled Substances And Prescription Drugs

… filled orders based solely on the completion of an online questionnaire, without a physical examination, … controlled substances based on a doctor’s review of an on-line questionnaire, Robert Smoley took over the …
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Operation Engage Manchester

March 28, 2025
… or suicide ( Centers for Disease Control, CDC WONDER online database released 1/2023 ) In 2021, there were 292 … a doctor told them to use it ( 2022 Monitoring the Future ) Most prescription opioids used by high school seniors are …
March 28, 2025
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DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Fentanyl Free America … Special Agent in Charge Bell.  “We are laser focused on the most significant drug threats, namely - fentanyl and heroin, … of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources, such as drug investigations and seizures, drug …
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Jury Convicts East St. Louis Man on Federal Meth Charge

… 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 … ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal jury returned a guilty verdict for an East St. Louis man accused of distributing meth in …
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Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

… F. Johnson IV, Superintendent of the Maryland Natural Resources Police. “Garnett Smith was one of the largest … least 2009, Smith acquired large quantities of cocaine from sources of supply in California and shipped the drugs for … Baltimore and Los Angeles Field Offices, Maryland Natural Resources Police, the Baltimore Police Department and the …
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Final Defendant in St. Louis Area Meth Ring Sentenced to 19+ Years in 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 … 35, and his co-defendants Terry James Williams, 37, Clifford Dwight Davis Jr., 43, and Maria D. Flores-Cervantes, …
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DEA Asset Forfeiture

March 28, 2025
… DEA Asset Forfeiture DEA Asset Forfeiture Asset forfeiture is a tool … forfeiture.  A federal judge must forfeit real estate and most property valued over $500,000, with some exceptions. … exceptions);  Publication. DEA must advertise the seizure online for 30 days;  Proof. In all judicial forfeiture …
March 28, 2025
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Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

… "The sentences announced today hold to account two of the most prolific drug traffickers and violent members of an … and Europe. The four-year investigation revealed that most of the marijuana smuggled from Canada and Mexico was … Kilogram quantities of cocaine were obtained from sources in the United States and exported to Albania and …
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Halifax County Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Distributing Narcotics in Halifax County

… Halifax County Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Distributing Narcotics in Halifax County April 25, 2025 … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get …
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Department of Justice and DEA Announce Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills in Public Safety Surge to Protect U.S. Communities

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … 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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DEA and FDA warn website operators illegally offering opioids for sale

… have issued warning letters to four website owners of rogue online pharmacies offering to distribute or dispense … Pharmacy, there are currently tens of thousands of illicit online pharmacies. Given the severity of the opioid … poses significant risks to U.S. consumers. Preventing rogue online pharmacies from further flooding our communities with …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … doses: 10,900 approx.) Washington, DC  – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is intensifying its fight against … the launch of Fentanyl Free America,  a comprehensive enforcement initiative and public awareness campaign aimed at …
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DEA launches WithYouSTL.com website

… 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 … males from opioid use jumped 47 percent compared to 2018. [Source: Sara Dayley , Director of Public Information & …
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Eleven Dominican Republic Citizens Indicted For Impersonating Federal Agents And Wire Fraud

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Investigations observed that "When consumers purchase drugs online from unscrupulous Internet pharmacies, they not only …
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Illegal Aliens and Convicted Felons Sentenced for Transnational Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

… Illegal Aliens and Convicted Felons Sentenced for Transnational Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering May … two convicted felons have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a large international drug trafficking … utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. The …
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Tampa Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years for Possession and Distribution of Meth

… Tampa Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years for Possession and Distribution of Meth June 04, 2024 Miami … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Jury Finds Pair Guilty on Drug Trafficking Charges

… 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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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… Americans abuse prescription drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more … than abuse cocaine, heroin, and hallucinogens combined.  “Most prescription drug abusers get their pills from friends …
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First Defendant in Drug Trafficking Organization Dealing in Seattle's International District and Homeless Encampments Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

… Oregon Bend - (541) 385-8798 Eugene - (541) 465-6861 Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - … organization sold addictive substances to some of the most marginalized members of our community – those living in … in and around our homeless encampments and preyed on the most vulnerable in our community. The DEA, alongside our …
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Meth Trafficker Since 2013 Sentenced to 12 Years in 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 … Carl Junction, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for methamphetamine trafficking and illegally possessing a …
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Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin

… Federal Jury Convicts Mexican National for Trafficking Fentanyl and Heroin June 01, 2022 … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … a/k/a Jose Manuel Flores, age 37, a citizen of Mexico most recently residing in Indianapolis, Indiana, for …
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Duxbury Man Indicted For Distributing Fentanyl And Cocaine In Greater Plymouth Area And Conspiring To Launder The Proceeds

… Duxbury Man Indicted For Distributing Fentanyl And Cocaine In Greater Plymouth … to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … to court records, in December 2024, several cooperating sources told investigators that Tatum sold fentanyl and …
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Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s Death

… Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison For Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in U.S. Marine’s … and arrange sales of these pills, referring to them as the “most trusted” in San Diego, and in text messages as the “most trusted” and “most potent” in the area. Atta referred …
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DEA Washington Division Announces 20th Drug Take Back Day To Help Local Families

… overdose crisis, DEA prepares with local partners for most important collection to-date Washington, D.C. – With …