PRESS RELEASE

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

October 20, 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 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Shutdown of drug-infested hotel that bred violence and death

March 08, 2019
… to shut down a drug-infested hotel located just 1000 feet from a Dallas elementary school, DEA Dallas Division Special … anyone other than Han Gil proprietors and immediate family from occupying the hotel, which the Court agreed likely … Mrs. Mun allegedly permitted dealers to distribute drugs from inside guest rooms.   The motion alleges that at least …
March 08, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Historic Methamphetamine Bust for DEA Los Angeles Division

October 05, 2022
… DEA agents and Task Force Officers, with assistance from detectives with the Fontana Police Department, … observed an individual carry out three weighted boxes from the residence and put them in a vehicle. A search of … seizure of approximately 3,552 pounds of methamphetamine from numerous boxes located in the garage of the residence. …
October 05, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Indictment Charges 19 in Alleged Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine

June 10, 2021
… conspired to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico into and throughout the … to the indictment returned on May 5 and unsealed today, from April to August 2020, lead defendants Timoteo Gomez, … “Harvey,” 54, of Riverside, purchased methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico as well as Los Angeles and …
June 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Colorado Attorney General, DEA Task Force Dismantle Major Drug Trafficking Ring

February 12, 2021
… the last 20 years in Colorado, nearly 5,000 Coloradans died from a prescription opioid overdose. More than 900 of those … fentanyl. That number has risen sharply in recent years, from 49 deaths in 2016 to 220 in 2019, according to the …
February 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Two Waterbury Residents Involved In Fentanyl And Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Prison

March 24, 2023
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … received large quantities of fentanyl and heroin from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … $50,000 in cash.  Nearly 50 grams of fentanyl were seized from Sanchez-Martinez’s Charlevoux Street residence. Imirici …
March 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Leading Meth Conspiracy

March 07, 2023
… a conservative estimate of the total proceeds he obtained from the drug-trafficking conspiracy. On March 8, 2022, … acquired kilogram-level quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico and supplied co-defendants Patrick A. Dodson, … to others during the three-year-long conspiracy that lasted from Feb. 28, 2017, to Feb. 28, 2020. Fithen was arrested on …
March 07, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Joins with Families Across the Country to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 18, 2022
… The St. Louis Division invited more than 100 family members from across the division, from southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, with 43 … with the hope DEA and groups dedicated to reducing deaths from deadly drugs could help them learn how to build …
November 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City Man Sentenced for $1 Million Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

August 04, 2022
… 43, a lawful permanent resident of the United States from Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. … to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school from Jan. 1, 2014, to May 18, 2018. Co-defendants Jose … informant purchased one-half pound of methamphetamine from Eubanks for $3,000 in a transaction that involved …
August 04, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Four Defendants Plead Guilty to Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

February 04, 2022
… to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school from Jan. 1, 2014, to May 18, 2018. Eubanks also pleaded … Missouri, a lawful permanent resident of the United States from Mexico, pleaded guilty to his role in the … informant purchased one-half pound of methamphetamine from Eubanks for $3,000 in a transaction that involved …
February 04, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Texas man pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 720 kilos of cocaine

February 07, 2020
… in drug proceeds KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An El Paso, Texas, man, from whom officers seized nearly $500,000 in illegal drug … to participating in the drug-trafficking conspiracy from October 2013 to Nov. 15, 2018. Zaragoza-Navarrette … metropolitan area, and transporting illicit drug proceeds from the drug-trafficking organization back to Texas and/or …
February 07, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl That Contributed to Two Overdose Deaths

November 13, 2023
… showed that the fentanyl that Victim-1 used was purchased from Carter about two days before Victim-1’s death and that … Department of Justice, in 2019, nearly 71,000 people died from drug overdoses, making it a leading cause of …
November 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Wake County Man Responsible for Trafficking Methamphetamine Sentenced to 10 Years

December 20, 2024
… (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Evidence seized from Michael Lynn Russell.jpg RALEIGH, N.C. – Michael Lynn … Fuquay-Varina Police Department to protecting our community from the devastating impact of methamphetamine trafficking. …
December 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Second-in-Command of Drug Distribution Organization Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison

December 16, 2024
… and our partners work tirelessly to protect our community from people who sell drugs that harm and kill our citizens.  … that there is no other way to keep our communities safe from them.  Make no mistake:  If you deal drugs in … $338,000 of suspected drug proceeds, and 48 firearms from members of the conspiracy. In addition, during the …
December 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s OD Justice Devotes Critical Resources to Fatal Drug Poisoning and Overdose Death Investigations Across the United States

December 16, 2024
… based cartel source of supply multiple levels removed from the street dealer that provided the deadly dose of … who was sentenced to life without parole. This case stemmed from the fentanyl poisoning death of a young father. Investigators tracked the distribution chain from local dealers to Tulali, uncovering a major drug …
December 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Police Officer and CJNG Cartel Member Sentenced in El Paso to 25 Years in Federal Prison

September 05, 2024
… that this particular group smuggled hundreds of firearms from the United States into Mexico from August 2022 to August 2023. Ramos pleaded guilty in … and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Shannon Holderfield from Customs and Border Protection Office of Chief Counsel …
September 05, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Southeastern Connecticut Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Federal Prison

September 06, 2024
… and firearm possession offenses. This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement … Amy Sarcia, Whyte obtained heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine from various sources in Connecticut, New York, and … distributed and used cocaine, accepted narcotics proceeds from Whyte and provided Whyte with weekly paychecks from her …
September 06, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fugitive "Queen of the South" Returned to United States to Face Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges

July 29, 2024
… a downtown Tucson motel and apprehended Miller as she ran from the scene. In one of the rooms, agents discovered … represented to the undercover officer that she was “direct from [the] [S]inaloa [C]artel.” Over the ensuing months, … and money laundering activity that allegedly occurred from September 2021 through the end of 2022, again while …
July 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

May 07, 2024
… had received approximately 34 similar packages mailed from the same source in Michigan, and also received approximately 46 packages from California and Oregon suspected to contain multiple … purchases of counterfeit Percocet pills containing fentanyl from Kyle Petersen’s brother, Erik Peterson. Kyle and Erik …
May 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Omaha Division Notes Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2023

January 17, 2024
… lethal doses of fentanyl both in pill and powder form, from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota … communities. Sadly, none of these communities are exempt from the tragic consequences that can come from experimenting with or using fentanyl. This drug is …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Melvin Hill Convicted by Jury on Federal Drug and Firearms Charges

August 25, 2023
… narcotics investigators that the source could buy narcotics from Hill. In February and March, this source made two controlled purchases of fentanyl from Hill in transactions that were recorded and surveilled … on March 10 and recovered a loaded pistol and crack cocaine from his person. In his car and hotel room, officers seized …
August 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Fourth Circuit Upholds Former Tabor City Doctor’s Conviction for Operating a Pill Mill

June 26, 2023
… prescription pills NEW BERN, N.C. – A three-judge panel from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous, … dates to March 2017, when he was forced to resign from his medical practice due to concerns over his opioid … confidential informant (“CI”) obtained opioid prescriptions from Kim on twelve occasions.  On one occasion, he obtained …
June 26, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 144 Months for Drug Trafficking in the Tri Cities

March 29, 2023
… or more of pure methamphetamine. Muniz-De La Mora, who is from Sinaloa, Mexico, also will serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from federal custody.  According to information disclosed … arrangements for a ten-pound delivery of methamphetamine from Muniz-De La Mora, who brought a four-year-old child to …
March 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Final Han Gil Defendant Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison

April 25, 2022
… that based upon her review of surveillance footage taken from the hotel – which showed the defendant carry the … victim. Her death was just one of several stemming from drug incidents at Han Gil. Two former Coppell High … summer of 2018, and the body of an unknown male was removed from the property that fall. Twenty-three additional …
April 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

April 15, 2022
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … We encourage everyone to remove unneeded medications from their homes as a measure of preventing medication …
April 15, 2022
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

Pittsfield man sentenced to 130 months for methamphetamine trafficking

March 08, 2019
… Inspection Service investigated numerous parcels mailed from Las Vegas to New Hampshire suspected of containing … Law enforcement officers also investigated parcels mailed from New Hampshire to Las Vegas, suspected of containing United States currency, and money transfers from New Hampshire to Las Vegas. Eventually, law enforcement …
March 08, 2019
STORY

The Overdose Crisis in the DMV

February 17, 2021
Fentanyl Opioids
… 1,829 of those fatalities linked to opioids, a 14.5% jump from prior year. The deadliest of all--fentanyl--a synthetic … by overdose between January and September, a 66.1% increase from the same period in 2019.  1,883 of those fatalities … driver of this new overdose crisis, increasing around 100% from last year in both states. Overdose deaths involving …
February 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

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

October 20, 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 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

O.C. doctor arrested on federal narcotics charges that allege prescriptions to ‘patients’ who suffered fatal overdoses

December 18, 2018
… deaths. One man who allegedly obtained prescriptions from the doctor was involved in a car accident last month … a CVS pharmacy in Irvine stopped accepting prescriptions from Pham more than five years ago when the doctor could not …
December 18, 2018