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Selma Meth Dealer Pleads Guilty

… initiative, which consists of law enforcement agents from the DEA, Fresno County Sheriff’s Office, Fresno Police …
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Orangevale Man Sentenced For Hydrocodone Distribution

… and other conspirators would pick up the hydrocodone from the pharmacy, and Reyes would sell the pills. On July …
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California-Hawaii Methamphetamine Ring Busted

… members of a methamphetamine ring that distributed the drug from the Central Valley to Honolulu, announced Drug …
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Two Members of Mexico Connected Drug Trafficking Group Sentenced to Prison

… one of the drivers of cars bringing drugs to the northwest from California. Over the course of the investigation, total … about delivering drugs and receiving cash to and from various drug ring members. When search warrants were …
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Grants Pass Man Charged in Federal Court for Trafficking Fentanyl and Illegally Possessing a Firearm

… distributing fentanyl throughout Josephine County, Oregon from his residence in Grants Pass. On May 9, 2025, … Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program. RADE includes members from Oregon State Police, the Grants Pass Police Department, …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… in more than 57 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities in just thirty-days.  Eliminating the … nearly 9 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl from reaching the American public. An enforcement operation … The DEA New York Task Force removed 60,000 fentanyl pills from circulation following the arrest of a cartel-linked …
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Mexican National Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking

… criminal organizations and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Fentanyl Awareness …
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Avondale Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… role coordinating the transportation of drug loads from Tucson to Phoenix. The Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Mexican Citizen with Green Card Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.   ### Drug …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

… removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug misuse before it …
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to 19 years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

… agents were able to obtain fentanyl-laced pills directly from Hite, at which time Hite was arrested, and a search …
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Fentanyl Distributor Pleads Guilty

… to conspiring to distribute nearly 200 grams of fentanyl from a motel room in the North Harris County area. The …
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Tenderloin Drug Dealer Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl Trafficking, Supervised Release Violation

… of his offense, Alvarado was on federal supervised release from a prior federal drug trafficking conviction.   United …
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Riverside County Man Sentenced to over 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine and Heroin

… of heroin, and 2 kilograms of ketamine were seized from a hidden compartment in the car’s roof. …
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Asylum Grantee Sent to Prison for Role in Fentanyl Conspiracy

… transportation and delivery of 1.4379 kilograms of fentanyl from the Rio Grande Valley to the Houston area for further …
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New Jersey Woman Sentenced to 5 years in Prison for Residential Marijuana Grows in Sacramento and Placer Counties

… in 2016 and 2017. Li also acknowledged using proceeds from a marijuana grow to buy another property to continue …
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Dominican National Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Possessing 70 Kilos Of Cocaine

… a heavy-duty black plastic storage bin with a yellow lid from the pickup truck to the black Acura MDX. Two additional …
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Fresno County Resident Charged with Federal Gun and Drug Crimes

… trafficking and firearms offenses, and he is prohibited from possessing firearms. This case is the product of an …
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Three Arrested after 182-kilogram Cocaine Seizure

… truck lot in Baytown offloading a large amount of narcotics from a semi-tractor trailer onto a vehicle.  As …
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Member of Newark Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 years in Prison

… “Roc;” Keith Henderson, and Sacha Negron, all of Newark.  From September 2016 through June 2017, Maurice McPhatter, …
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Eight Men Charged with Fentanyl Trafficking

… dozens of narcotics transactions during the investigation. From July 2022 to March 2023, law enforcement officers …
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DEA Joins with Families Across the Country to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

… of fentanyl. These summits allow DEA to listen and learn from families as they share their personal stories. …
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Two Men Admit to Drug Trafficking

… the conspiracy. Munson admitted obtaining methamphetamine from the conspiracy in order to distribute the …
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Monmouth County Man Sentenced to 188 Months in Prison

… the sentence on Nov. 3, 2022, in Trenton federal court. From February 2017 through August 2017, Dobin led a drug …
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Passaic County Man Sentenced to Five Years for Participating in Drug Conspiracy

… call detail records, law enforcement determined that from at least September 2018 through Oct. 1, 2019, Ricks and …
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Atlantic County Men Charged in Heroin Conspiracy

… the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and officers from other law enforcement agencies executed a search …
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Two South Jersey Men Charged with Making and Selling Homemade Handguns and Machine Guns

… and will have his initial appearance at a future date. From December 2020 to February 2021, Bibler was identified …
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Paterson associate of 230 Boys gang indicted for drug conspiracy, possession and distribution of heroin and fentanyl

… call detail records, law enforcement determined that from September 2018 through Oct. 3, 2019, Kelson and others …
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DEA and New Jersey law enforcement partners collect more than 18,000 pounds of unwanted prescriptions during 19th National Prescription Take Back Day

… are available at www.deatakeback.com .   Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at …
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Six arrested on drugs and weapons charges following Atlantic City investigation

… HIDTA Task Force which is comprised of personnel from the DEA Atlantic City Resident Office, Atlantic County …