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DEA Large-scale Operation Targets 26 Pharmacies In Three States In Attack Against Illicit Opioid Abuse And Trafficking

… with previous administrative or criminal violations from previous, similar cases. Common indicators include …
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DEA Announces Step To Increase Opioid Addiction Treatment

… and dispense the opioid maintenance drug buprenorphine from their offices. Prior to the enactment of the Drug Abuse …
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Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks At Special Agent Graduation Ceremony

Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks At Special Agent Graduation Ceremony January 26, 2018 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us (202) 307-1000 (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick …
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DEA Eases Requirements For FDA-Approved Clinical Trials On Cannabidiol

… seamlessly.  This waiver effectively removes a step from the approval process. Marijuana is a Schedule I …
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Two Indicted For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Heroin And Methamphetamine

… and one and a half pounds of methamphetamine were seized from a vehicle occupied by the defendants after a traffic …
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One Of Two Men Indicted In 11 Kilogram Heroin Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

… Norzagaray-Pereda admitted he was transporting the drugs from Arizona to Washington state. Norzagaray-Pereda is …
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Southern California Man Brings Methamphetamine And Heroin To Fresno For Sale

… methamphetamine and over one kilogram of heroin was seized from the vehicle Ramon arrived in. This case is the product …
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Selma Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

… and the Fresno County Sherriff’s Department with assistance from the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kings County …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

… and a co-defendant maintained a stash house in Bakersfield from where law enforcement officers seized seven pounds of …
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield To Memphis Marijuana Trafficking Scheme

… conspirators planned to send large quantities of marijuana from Bakersfield to Memphis, Tennessee.  On August 26, 2013, …
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Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… Methamphetamine Task Force, which is made up of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration …
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Two Bakersfield Drug Trafficking Cases Sentenced On Monday

… facility to aid racketeering. According to court documents, from June 1, 2012, to November 30, 2012, Barragan conspired …
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Drug Transporter Arrested In Kern County Sentenced

… officer asked for and received verbal and written consent from Reynosa to search the vehicle. During the search, the …
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Madera County Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced

… of approximately 663,898 marijuana plants primarily from public lands in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and …
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Bakersfield Residents Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… undercover purchases of crystal methamphetamine were made from Aguilar and Iniego. This case is the product of an …
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Marijuana Cultivator Convicted

… 13,849 marijuana plants and marijuana plant root balls from 20 of the homes. The homes in Sacramento and Elk Grove …
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DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

March 31, 2026
… the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on April 25th, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., local time. During #TakeBackDay, … throughout the country.  Look out for social media posts from @DEAHQ and our  DEA Field Division X/(formerly Twitter) … medications safely and anonymously. On Saturday, April 25, from 10am-2pm bring those old and unneeded medications to a …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 25th

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at nearly 4,200 locations … removed more than 20 million pounds of unwanted medications from communities across the United States. Opioids, such as …
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DEA Takes Fentanyl Free America Message to Rapid City

… America is DEA’s commitment to protecting the United States from synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, by disrupting … removed approximately 140,000 deadly doses of fentanyl from communities in South Dakota, enough to kill the entire …
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Motorcycle Gang Associate Sentenced To Over 12 Years In Prison For Role In Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring

… of methamphetamine we conducted with Adams, as well as from his co-conspirators James Snow of Tewksbury, Danielle … and four firearms were seized throughout the investigation from controlled purchases, motor vehicle stops and search …
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Massachusetts Men Indicted for Conspiring to Distribute Meth and Fentanyl in New Hampshire

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison

… car crashed a short time later and Purvis and others ran from the scene.  A search of the car revealed quantities of … Police Department.  The Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
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Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over 15 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute 167 Pounds of Meth

… to records, Anaya-Valencia has twelve prior removals from the United States and nine previous criminal …
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Two Rock Hill Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Drug Conspiracy

… fentanyl-laced pills during the time of the conspiracy from the leader.  These pills were then sold to other … marijuana, and methamphetamine. These drugs were purchased from other members of the conspiracy and sold to other …
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U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, DEA, and EPA Announce Indictment in Massive Navajo Nation Marijuana Cultivation Scheme

… of marijuana and approximately 260,000 marijuana plants from the twenty-five marijuana farms allegedly operated and … of the ancestral lands and waters of our Tribal partners from those who would exploit them for profit,” said U.S. …
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

… two Cincinnati businesses were used to launder proceeds from the narcotics conspiracy: Tri-State Jeweler on Race … allegedly concealed and packaged to be transported to and from the Cincinnati region. According to the 15-count …
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Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills

… of Massachusetts as well as the DEA and task force officers from greater Houston police departments and the FBI.   The … substances to the streets, with some pills trafficked from Houston to Boston.   “This type of criminal activity …
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Fifteen Suspects Entangled In Operation Synthetic Web

… 11 undercover purchases of synthetic cannabinoid products from several convenience stores in Broward County.  One of … by Donvelles Cornelius Stone and Charlisa Nicole Franklin from Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers throughout Florida.  …
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

… brutal violence, but today we took that control away from them. Not only did we arrest the highest-level Mara … United States and his associate who conducted business from a Mississippi prison. Approximately four kilograms of …
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DEA Emergency Schedules Bromazolam

… the tools they need to respond. Protecting our communities from emerging drugs is a top priority, and we will continue …