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DEA Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

… Take Back Day October 2020.jpg OMAHA, Neb. –  The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Field Division in … hydrocodone, codeine, and morphine, are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For …
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11 Defendants Sentenced for Their Role in a Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl from the Mexico Border to Idaho

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … worked quickly to investigate Lee and identify the source of these drugs. Investigators conducted multiple … Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug …
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Anchorage Woman Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participation In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … to information presented to the court, Rangel developed a source of supply for heroin in southern California. Rangel … women from Alaska and Florida to retrieve heroin from her source of supply and carry it to Anchorage via commercial …
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Career Special Agent Derek S. Maltz Appointed to Lead U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

… Special Agent Derek S. Maltz Appointed to Lead U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration January 21, 2025 Headquarters … Force, the country’s oldest and largest drug task force. Most recently Maltz worked in the private sector. Maltz is …
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Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Across Virginia

… Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Across Virginia … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … methamphetamine to other members of the conspiracy for redistribution. Co-conspirators Bendi Annette Davis, 49 …
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Two Whatcom County men charged in fentanyl drug distribution scheme

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … filed in the case, law enforcement used confidential sources and undercover officers to purchase the fentanyl …
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Armed Baldwin County Methamphetamine Dealers Sentenced to Prison

… 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 … utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF …
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Hampton County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl

… Hampton County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl March 14, … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … and approximately 5 grams of fentanyl to a cooperating source and undercover officer. During a search of Anderson’s …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Federal Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … trafficking organization’s stash house and was responsible for delivering the cocaine to customers. Nevarez-Meneses was … to be counted, repackaged, and transported to the cocaine source of supply. Nevarez-Meneses was arrested on November …
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Groveton woman sentenced to 87 months for participating in interstate fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … learned that Fysh regularly obtained fentanyl from a source in Lawrence, Mass. and then sold that fentanyl in New … overdoses after using the fentanyl purchased from the source in Lawrence. The defendant was arrested on March 18, …
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Six Men Facing Federal Drug Charges

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … criminal complaint was unsealed today charging six men for a drug trafficking conspiracy which allegedly … at 12:30 p.m., in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt before U.S. Magistrate Judge Gina L. Simms. The criminal …
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2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

October 01, 2017
… tribal law enforcement reporting; public health data; open source reporting; and intelligence from other government …
October 01, 2017
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 15 Years

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … and Arizona. Cupeto was identified as a methamphetamine source of supply capable of transporting 20-40 pound … District of Pennsylvania including Cupeto and the Arizona source of supply. Additionally, approximately 20 individuals …
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MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted in Racketeering, Narcotics, and Multiple Murder Conspiracies

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … which has operated in Northern Virginia and elsewhere for at least the past several years. The indictment alleges … regularly traveled to and from Long Island, New York, for the purpose of obtaining cocaine and transporting it to …
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Twelve MS-13 Members and Associates Indicted in Racketeering, Narcotics, and Multiple Murder Conspiracies

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … which has operated in Northern Virginia and elsewhere for at least the past several years. The indictment alleges … regularly travelled to and from Long Island, New York, for the purpose of obtaining cocaine and transporting it to …
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Dark Web Vendor Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

… proffer, beginning in or around November 2013 a criminal online marketplace known as Dream Market began operating on …
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Texas Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Federal Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … sentenced to life in federal prison) was looking for a source of cocaine supply and was introduced to Jaimes via … were arrested. The ensuing investigation revealed that the source of the cocaine was Amadeo Hernandez Jaimes. This case …
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Colombian National sentenced to 60 months for maritime cocaine trafficking

… were involved in the maritime shipment of cocaine that was sourced in Colombia and shipped via Venezuela to Spain, … transactions followed a typical pattern: the cocaine was sourced in the area of Catatumbo, Colombia, transported to … wiretaps, the seizure of 1,688 kilograms of cocaine, e-mail messages, and photographs, investigators determined …
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Department of Justice Announces Results of Operation Dark HunTor

… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Traffickers on the … of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, joined Europol to announce the … targeting for disruption and dismantlement of the online sale of illegal drugs, especially fentanyl and other …
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DEA Attacks Indiana Opana Painkiller Epidemic

… 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 … both of Scottsburg. They obtained their drug supply from sources in Louisville, Kentucky, Indianapolis and Detroit, …
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DEA’s Acting Administrator Timothy Shea travels to Florida offices

July 15, 2021
… Atlanta, DEA’s Operation Crystal Shield took down a major source of supply of methamphetamine for North Florida. A …
July 15, 2021
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DEA Acting Administrator Tim Shea visits Tallahassee, Florida

October 06, 2020
… Atlanta, DEA’s Operation Crystal Shield took down a major source of supply of methamphetamine for North Florida. A …
October 06, 2020
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Baltimore Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges Related to a Fentanyl Death

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … firearm by a felon. The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division; United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Erek L. Barron; Special Agent …
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Operation Cash Out Launched Across Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana

… – Fentanyl continues to be the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. In 2023, the … cartels. The Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel are most responsible for the supply of fentanyl across the …
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Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years Imprisonment

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … and he maintained and managed contact with the Panamanian sources of supply.  Agents identified a total of at least 19 … - and the importance of utilizing all necessary resources to stop them.  The sentence imposed on Mr. Edmund is …
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FOIA Exemptions

March 28, 2025
… be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source; 7(E) Would disclose techniques and procedures for …
March 28, 2025
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Member of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Pleads Guilty to a Federal Racketeering, Distributing Large Quantities of Drugs, Two Murders and an Attempted Murder

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … including committing two murders.  The term "NFL" stands for Normandy, Franklin, and Loudon, which are three adjacent … Baltimore.  The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington …
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DEA Washington Division Holds Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 WDFamilySummit SAC Forget - A Milgram.jpg SAC Forget and Administrator Milgram …
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Wilder Emilio Sanchez Farfan Extradited from Colombia

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … Social Accounts X James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … Farfan’s organization is alleged to have been a major source of supply for the Sinaloa Cartel and the New …
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Three Members Of International Organization Of Money Launderers For The Largest Drug Cartels Arrested

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … a series of financial transactions designed to conceal the source of illegal narcotics trafficking. The defendants … The organization used a variety of methods to conceal the source of the drug proceeds in an operation that stretched …