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Six month investigation into Trenton gang yields 18 arrests with guns and drugs seized

January 14, 2021
… officer made arrangements to purchase a quantity of heroin from Joseph Kaite.  After conducting the narcotics … officers followed Deshawn Abner as he traveled by cab from Bond Street in Trenton to the Extended Stay Motel on … was seen retrieving a box containing 210 bricks of heroin from the bushes in the hotel parking lot.  After retrieving …
January 14, 2021
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Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

March 10, 2022
… that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation … removed a large number of armed and dangerous drug dealers from the streets of our community,” said U.S. Attorney … 200 law enforcement officers were involved in the operation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
March 10, 2022
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Fourth Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 28, 2023
… even as the children he abandoned inside were suffering from his poisonous trade.  As I vowed in the wake of this … this proliferating threat.” As alleged in the Complaint: From at least in or about July 2023 through at least in or …
September 28, 2023
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Eight Defendants, Including a Brooklyn Medical Doctor, And Three Pharmacists, Charged with Illegally Distributing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

October 13, 2022
… will continue to vigorously pursue those who steal from government health care programs for personal gain.” … practitioners to move these dangerous and addictive pills from pharmacies to our neighborhoods,” stated BNE Director … emergency room visits. More than 16,000 Americans died from prescription opioid overdoses in 2020. Oxycodone …
October 13, 2022
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Man Charged in Sales of Two Guns and Thousands of Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl in Hell’s Kitchen

March 11, 2022
… officer with 250 fentanyl pills that were missing from the first transaction. On October 28, 2021, Sanchez … officer arranged to buy another 1,000 fentanyl pills from Sanchez. Members of NYDETF Group T-12 stopped Sanchez … with selling guns and dealing counterfeit fentanyl pills from the comfort of his luxury apartments in Manhattan, as …
March 11, 2022
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Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

August 03, 2023
… a threat of illegal drugs and its attendant violence from our community,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “We will … to coordinate our efforts to protect our neighborhoods from dangerous drugs.” Operation Deadlier Catch, as … greater Savannah area. The operation, led by investigators from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. …
August 03, 2023
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Seventeen Charged and Twelve Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico

August 01, 2023
… and other court records, in February of 2022, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Pecos … and 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, smuggling goods from the United States and conspiracy thereto; attempt to … four kilograms of fentanyl, 31 firearms, and $75,000 from the drug trafficking organization. “This is a violent …
August 01, 2023
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DEA, FBI and SPD operation across Puget Sound Region leads to the arrest of 36 subjects involved in a violent drug trafficking organization

June 07, 2018
… criminal groups operating throughout the Puget Sound Region from pushing dangerous drugs onto our communities’ most … face a variety of drug and gun charges. The penalties range from five years in prison to a maximum of life in prison … searches and arrests involved agents and officers from: DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI, USMS,  SPD, Auburn Police …
June 07, 2018
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12 Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

March 18, 2022
… counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and heroin from Mexico into California, and transporting it to Oregon … showed that Barrientos made frequent cash deposits ranging from $10,000 to more than $373,000 into accounts held in her … This case was investigated by DEA with assistance from the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), …
March 18, 2022
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2008

July 15, 2021
… of Mexican Cocaine Cartel Extradited to The United States From Mexico on Narcotics Trafficking Charges September 4, … Heroin Importation Ring Extradited to United States from Colombia August 27, 2008 Nine Arrested for Violation of …
July 15, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Into The United States From Colombia November 30, 2007 Curaçao-Based Cocaine … 5, 2007 Heroin Kingpin – First Defendant Ever Extradited From Afghanistan – Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To …
July 15, 2021
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Two Colombian Drug Traffickers Charged With Smuggling Narcotics To New York Aboard Famed Spanish Navy Ship

January 22, 2016
… was apprehended outside the city. The arrests resulted from close collaboration between the Office of the Special … Service assisted in the investigation. Narcotics smuggled from Colombia to New York City - A long-term wiretap … Siado-Alvarez oversaw a major international drug operation from their base in Cartagena, Colombia. As part of the …
January 22, 2016
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October 26, 2019
October 26, 2019

DEA Take Back Day (October 26, 2019)

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Find a collection site near you! The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue. According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.9 million Americans misused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs...
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

August 20, 2025
… Museum will extend its operating hours this coming Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to commemorate National Fentanyl … died of a drug overdose or poisoning in 2024. Per the CDC, from March 2024 to March 2025, drug related overdose deaths decreased approximately 25 percent from the same previous 12-month period. While this news is …
August 20, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Administrative Law Judges

August 04, 2025
… their duties with complete judicial/decisional independence from the Agency. DEA Administrative Law Judges may not perform non-adjudicative duties, are precluded from investigative responsibilities, may not receive  ex … by a legal advisor who is organizationally independent from CC and LJ. Final Agency decisions are published in the …
August 04, 2025
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DEA Announces 5,456 Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

August 21, 2018
… per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Division will be … opioid misuse data sources. A summary of key findings from the upcoming report indicates that heroin sourced from Mexican transnational criminal organizations presents a …
August 21, 2018
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

October 26, 2021
… aiding and abetting an illegal money transmitting business. From April 2017 through March 2019, Erickson Checo-Almonte … checks at local bank branches in New Jersey and elsewhere. From November 2016 through August 2017, Abreu-Diaz accepted …
October 26, 2021
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Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids

November 20, 2018
… imposed the sentences today in Trenton federal court. From April 2016 through December 2017, Rios, Call and Call’s … the pills to Marie DeJulia, 42, of Lodi, New Jersey, from Call’s and Rios’ Flemington residences for resale. The …
November 20, 2018
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Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison

December 01, 2021
… total, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized from Renteria 49.1 kilograms (108.2 pounds) of fentanyl; … this year. “The quantity of fentanyl DEA agents seized from Ernesto Renteria is disturbing,” said DEA Acting … drugs prior to distribution, many Americans could have died from a fentanyl overdose.  The DEA will continue to …
December 01, 2021
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Local trafficker distributing methamphetamine in North San Diego County sentenced to 10 years

December 23, 2019
… for a one-year period, he obtained bulk methamphetamine from a broker in Mexico and subsequently sold smaller … obtained pound quantities of methamphetamine each month from his methamphetamine supplier in Mexico. “San Diego … U.S. Attorney Robert Brewer praised federal agents from the DEA, the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal …
December 23, 2019
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Utica men sentenced for drug trafficking conspiracy

July 29, 2020
… possess with intent to distribute cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. The jury also found … fingerprints on some of the drug packaging material seized from the stash location. The cocaine base Peralta possessed … Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with assistance from the New York State Police, Oneida County Sheriff’s …
July 29, 2020
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Niagara Falls man sentenced for involvement in multi-million dollar heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl conspiracy

July 03, 2019
… Williams to assist Williams with receiving drug shipments from California, distributing the drugs, and collecting … Sonia Hernandez, to receive kilograms of cocaine.   From July 15, 2014, through March 18, 2015, Lucas received …
July 03, 2019
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 27, 2019

April 23, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. Take Back Day is a unique …
April 23, 2019
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Four Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking in Las Vegas

March 25, 2022
… of illegal synthetic drugs and firearms. Special Agents from the DEA and investigators assigned to the Tulare County … in California and Las Vegas, NV. On March 22, 2022, agents from the DEA in Las Vegas, along with assistance from investigators assigned to the Tulare County HIDTA …
March 25, 2022
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To 42 Months In Prison For Illegally Possessing Firearms

April 07, 2022
… in Bridgeport.  At the time of his arrest, officers seized from Vasquez several fictious driver’s licenses from several states, each with Vasquez’s picture and a … Georgia in June 2019.  In late 2019, the gun was recovered from an SUV outside of a Waterbury nightclub, and the …
April 07, 2022
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Missouri Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud

August 25, 2022
… Judge E. Richard Webber sentenced on Thursday a doctor from Town and Country, Missouri, to a year in prison for a … only by prescription. The Naushads concealed their actions from patients, employees and publicly-funded health … programs by, among other things, stonewalling questions from their chief of purchasing. After a shipment of foreign, …
August 25, 2022
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St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty in Case Involving Overdose Death

February 28, 2022
… District Court Judge John A. Ross accepted a plea of guilty from Markquis Bryant Feb. 28 for the crime of distribution … were able to determine that the victim had purchased from Bryant the fentanyl that caused the overdose on March … an undercover operation in which fentanyl was purchased from Bryant at his residence in the 5300 block of Queens …
February 28, 2022
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Judge sentences St. Louis County man for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, heroin and meth

October 08, 2020
… Louis Division special agents utilized confidential sources from March 2019 through June 2019 to purchase fentanyl and heroin from Welch. On July 2, 2019, the DEA and the St. Louis … officers recovered fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine from the shoe holder. Welch admitted to having sold heroin …
October 08, 2020
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Franklin County, Mo., man sentence in meth and firearms case

August 28, 2020
… conducted controlled buys of methamphetamine from Campbell and Spencer in and around the area. Also … Spencer and Campbell crashed a vehicle while fleeing from police near the Interstate 44 entrance at South Elm … of the crash, and investigators seized five other firearms from the crashed vehicle, along with knives and additional …
August 28, 2020
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Franklin County woman sentenced to 64 months in prison

August 14, 2020
… Enforcement Unit investigated this case, with assistance from the Kirkwood and Webster Police Departments.  According … conducted controlled buys of methamphetamine from Campbell and Spencer in and around the area. Also … Spencer and Campbell crashed a vehicle while fleeing from police near the Interstate 44 entrance at South Elm …
August 14, 2020