PRESS RELEASE

11 Year Prison Sentence For California To Missouri Methamphetamine Distributors

July 10, 2017
… that we do all that we can to keep our communities safe from the violence and crime drug dealers seek to introduce … Investigators identified that Delatorre was shipping meth from California to Springfield, Missouri, in two to … Thompson had received the meth, Ford would pick up the meth from her and distribute it.  Once Ford had distributed the …
July 10, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Key Leaders Of South American Drug Cartel & Transportation Broker Convicted In Seattle Trial

May 05, 2011
… 1-888-219-4261 SEATTLE, WA - Three men, who were extradited from Colombia following an undercover investigation led by … with locating ships and planes to transport tons of cocaine from South America to Mexico, Africa and Europe. One of the … Riascos DTO had a contract to acquire 70 tons of cocaine from the paramilitary group known as FARC- the Revolutionary …
May 05, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City Man Convicted Of Federal Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

November 23, 2011
… estimate of the profits that the defendant made from the sale of 33 kilograms of cocaine in Alaska. The … 18 witnesses testified for the prosecution. The testimony from witnesses revealed that Riley had been mailing cocaine packages from Texas to Alaska since 2008. On April 13, 2009, agents …
November 23, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Burien Woman Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Role In Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracies

December 07, 2012
… counts connected to the laundering of illegal proceeds from the drug distribution conspiracy she participated in … drug conspiracy that distributed a variety of illegal drugs from Mexico to Canada and east across the United States.  … could to hide the illegal source of the money rolling in from drug sales.  She attempted to funnel the cash through …
December 07, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Indianapolis Pharmacy Technician Charged with Controlled Substances Violations

March 24, 2023
… led to the arrest of Zennon Gaines, a pharmacy technician from Indianapolis, who has been charged with multiple … and IMPD was initiated following a notification from a pharmacy employee, who reported observing Gaines divert pharmaceutical pills from the pharmacy. Gaines admitted to diverting pills from …
March 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Department of Justice announces regulatory steps to address opioid epidemic

July 11, 2018
… drug threat environment, and protect the American people from potentially addictive drugs while ensuring that the … it will help us stop and even prevent diversion from taking place. The American people can be confident that we are now better equipped to protect them from dangerous drugs and that this rule brings us one step …
July 11, 2018
STORY

“Trash Can” Drug Threat in Mid-Atlantic

August 13, 2021
… homes or buildings where traffickers alter or remix drugs – from drugs supplied, in bulk, from Mexican cartels. Often times, drug traffickers fill … The bulk of the fentanyl in the Baltimore area comes from Mexican cartels, through California or Texas, before …
August 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Proposes Reduction To Amount Of Controlled Substances To Be Manufactured In 2018

August 04, 2017
… has dropped, according to sales data obtained by DEA from IMS Health, a company that provides insurance companies … quota system was intended to reduce or eliminate diversion from “legitimate channels of trade” by controlling the … substances annually. In setting the APQ, DEA considers data from many sources, including estimates of the legitimate …
August 04, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 07, 2017
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles. Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
November 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Publishes Proposal To Reschedule Hydrocodone

February 27, 2014
… of Proposed (NPRM) to move hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to Schedule II, as recommended by the … and supporting materials on the website.  Data and surveys from multiple federal and non-federal agencies show the … the Future surveys of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders from 2002 to 2011 found that twice as many high school …
February 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Man Sentenced To Over 14 Years In Prison For His Conviction In A Large Methamphetamine Conspiracy

March 09, 2015
… would be receiving a shipment of crystal methamphetamine from his source of supply. On that day, task force agents … meet with two individuals who drove to Marquez’s residence from the Los Angeles area to deliver the suspected … Subsequent searches resulted in the seizure of $30,630 from Mendivil and Leyva’s vehicle, approximately 2.6 …
March 09, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

September 26, 2019
… “In New Jersey, these illegal activities run the gamut from over-prescribing dangerous opioids, to running … bill our federal health care programs are stealing from taxpayers and robbing vulnerable patients of necessary …
September 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Indicted in Kidnapping and Assault Allegedly Linked to a Drug-Related Dispute

March 02, 2022
… An investigation revealed that the alleged incident stemmed from a theft of narcotics that investigators believe … recordings recovered on the defendants’ cellphones, and from a surveillance system at the basement apartment where … of the narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia were recovered from a bag in the living room and from beneath the bed of …
March 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud

February 23, 2024
… exposed a massive fraud operation being conducted from behind bars. As a prison inmate engineered a criminal network from coast to coast to peddle poison, law enforcement put …
February 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

National Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization In Sandy Springs Dismantled

January 08, 2014
… everyone lined their pockets with excessive profits gained from drug trafficking," said Harry S. Sommers, the Special … to jail. We will continue working to remove harmful drugs from our streets." George Frazier, Assistant Postal … distribution of thousands of kilograms of cocaine imported from Mexico and transported from California to Kansas City, …
January 08, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

June 27, 2014
… problem is too big to prosecute away and requires solutions from doctors, pharmacists, legislators, and public health … many abusers of prescription drugs also obtain oxycodone from illegitimate pain clinics, known as “pill mills.”  … with over 98 % of its patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and …
June 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Two Charged with Connection with Scheme to Operate Industrial-Scale Illegal Narcotics Pill Pressing Operations Throughout New York City

April 08, 2024
… emphasizes our commitment to protecting communities from these fake pills and those responsible for producing … Room.  A loud pounding sound could be heard emanating from within the Storage Room, which was consistent with the …
April 08, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Avalanche

April 07, 2017
… McClung and physician’s assistant Juan Cabezas, broke off from Feygin’s practice in 2013 and formed PM Medical P.C. While PM Medical operated independently from Feygin, medical practitioners and staff engaged in the … clinics received over $16 million in reimbursements from Medicaid/Medicare between early 2013 and early 2017, …
April 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… reducing the smuggling of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China following the DEA’s 2018 emergency scheduling … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of … the difficulty of transporting loads of bulk currency from the United States across the SWB into Mexico. As a …
March 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Bronx Man Indicted Following Seizure of Approximately $2.5 Million Worth of Powdered Fentanyl and Fentanyl Pills

December 14, 2022
… to 10,000 counterfeit pills allegedly containing fentanyl from a vehicle and an apartment in the Bronx. Bridget G. … committed to holding accountable those who hope to profit from the destruction of so many lives.” “An opioid den with …
December 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Four Arrested in Alleged Montauk Drug Ring

October 07, 2022
… Gregovich 720-431-8836 Group Allegedly Trafficked Cocaine from the Dominican Republic to Sell at Local Bars RIVERHEAD, … for their diligent work throughout this investigation.”  “From Babylon to Montauk and every place in between, every …
October 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Five Plead Guilty to Drug, Firearms, and Immigration Offenses

July 30, 2024
… of life in prison. Mora and Dela Cruz’s charges stemmed from their attempts to barter an exchange of cocaine for … of Mora and Dela Cruz to source firearms and explosives from Jackson, Mississippi, and deliver them to organized … furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. His charges stem from his attempt to barter an exchange of cocaine for three …
July 30, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Norcross Cousins Sentenced for Operating Meth Lab

March 15, 2021
… men, all of whom had illegally entered the United States from Mexico, utilized a family home in Norcross less than 200 feet from an elementary school to operate a methamphetamine … stopped defendant Zury Brito-Arroyo as he was driving away from the house. Inside his car, they found $10,000 cash …
March 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacy Burglary Conspirators Arraigned Tuesday in Federal Court

December 13, 2023
… pharmaceuticals involved. LITTLE ROCK— Eighteen individuals from Texas who are accused of stealing more than $1.5 million worth of narcotics from numerous pharmacies in Arkansas were arrested in …
December 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Law Enforcement Officials Warn of "Rainbow Fentanyl" Appearing in Oregon

August 30, 2022
… several days in the Portland Metropolitan Area, officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon … said DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Jacob D. Galvan from the Seattle Field Division. “It doesn’t matter what … and potentially lethal. Fake pills are indistinguishable from real pills.” I f you or someone you know encounter any …
August 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

High-Ranking Member of Los Zetas Cartel Sentenced in Eastern District of Texas to a Term of Life Imprisonment

September 13, 2021
… in August and September 2021, the district court heard from 13 witnesses for the government, including other … States to face charges.  According to court testimony, from 2007 through 2011, Chavarria oversaw the shipment of … children in the Mexican town of Allende, just 40 minutes from Eagle Pass.  The Zetas’ mass killing of town residents …
September 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

November 04, 2021
… removed close to 745,000 pounds of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country as part of DEA’s … has removed more than 15.2 million pounds of medication from circulation since its inception. On Oct. 23, with close … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
November 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Monterey County drug dealer and Mexican pharmacist charged in fentanyl overdose death case

October 08, 2020
… in connection with a scheme to transport the drugs from Mexico to California, announced United States Attorney … and counterfeit, fentanyl-laced pills across the border from Mexico to California.  Once he was in the United … they are selling.  Our young people are dying by the score from ignorance and indifference.” “Sadly, we are seeing …
October 08, 2020