PRESS RELEASE

New York Man Imprisoned 69 Months For Heroin Trafficking

October 01, 2014
… used confidential informants to make controlled buys of the heroin from Willis and Murphy in the Rutland …
October 01, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced To 36 Months In Prison For Making Meth

January 25, 2018
… process, Billings engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies. The sentencing …
January 25, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Charge

January 25, 2018
… Roosevelt Avenue, after previously making three controlled buys of cocaine from the defendant. During the execution of …
January 25, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA/San Diego Sheriff’s Department Arrest 65 People In Operation Mountain Shadow

September 10, 2013
… and Drug Enforcement Administration agents conducted "buy-walk" operations.  They bought methamphetamine, heroin, …
September 10, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Pinehurst Doctor Of Drug Conspiracy

May 19, 2016
… a witness, and an audio recording of a government informant buying a prescription from him in a bathroom stall. …
May 19, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Sentenced To 16 Years For Distributing Drugs

December 01, 2017
… an audio recording of a person working with law enforcement buying a prescription from Beier in a bathroom stall. …
December 01, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Sentenced On Meth Charges

January 26, 2018
… Varney and Carter engaged in the practice of “smurfing” (buying small quantities) at local pharmacies to get around …
January 26, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Stockton Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Marijuana Warehouse Grow

May 22, 2013
… sell their product in pound quantities to whoever will buy it, frequently selling to numerous marijuana …
May 22, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno County Man Sent To Prison For Mortgage Fraud Scheme

September 04, 2012
… prison for a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders in order to buy houses in Fresno and Mendocino Counties, Drug …
September 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Businessman Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For International Drug Conspiracy

July 12, 2011
… both of Bakersfield, negotiated with an undercover agent to buy 70 kilograms of cocaine. During the negotiations, and in …
July 12, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Waterbury Men with Drug and Gun Offenses

October 29, 2024
… his auto repair business on Todd Hollow Road in Waterbury, where Lavertue also resided, and a recording studio he … 700 grams of cocaine, approximately 300 grams of fentanyl, drug processing and packaging materials, a money …
October 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Eastern Idaho Attorney Sentenced to 42 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

October 10, 2024
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to the Salt Lake City area to pick up methamphetamine and fentanyl.  Dunn and the client then brought the drugs back … “Upholding the rule of law means investigating crimes where they should be least expected to occur and holding …
October 10, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Connecticut Man Charged with Drug Trafficking in Burlington, Vermont

January 25, 2024
… a search warrant at 195 St. Paul Street, Apartment A, where Allah was staying. Within the apartment, law … suspected cocaine base, approximately 25 grams of suspected fentanyl, and multiple digital scales. If convicted of the …
January 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offense

December 14, 2023
… cocaine, marijuana, heroin, synthetic opioid films, fentanyl pills disguised as oxycodone, MDMA, drug packaging … 25 pounds of marijuana, from a Vernon residence where Manson had stored the items. On September 7, 2023, …
December 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

East Hartford Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Multiple Gun and Drug Offenses

September 20, 2023
… late June 2016, Gay, Vazquez, and others traveled to Minot where they purchased, sometimes with counterfeit currency, … another loaded 9mm handgun, and distribution quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and crack. On April 20, 2023, Gay pleaded …
September 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Crack Sentenced to More Than 16 Years After Four People Died in a Single Day

June 12, 2023
… Drug Dealer Who Sold Fentanyl-Laced Crack Sentenced to More Than 16 Years After … case, no autopsy was performed, but a blood test revealed fentanyl, cocaine and diazepam. The investigation determined …
June 12, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Holyoke Man Who Possessed Fentanyl-Laced Heroin, Cocaine and Firearm Sentenced To 10 Years in Prison

February 22, 2024
… Holyoke Man Who Possessed Fentanyl-Laced Heroin, Cocaine and Firearm Sentenced To 10 … of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams of more of fentanyl; one count of possession with intent to distribute …
February 22, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking; Porterville Co-conspirator Pleads Guilty

July 22, 2022
… Mexican National Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking; Porterville Co-conspirator … prison for her participation in a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and heroin, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and …
July 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

June 30, 2025
… separate dates tampered with a Pyxis machine that contained fentanyl and Versed, by drawing syringes of fentanyl and Versed, placing them into her pockets, and then …
June 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Seven indicted in drug packaging mill operation: man charged with assaulting officers by throwing toxic fentanyl

December 12, 2019
… man charged with assaulting officers by throwing toxic fentanyl December 12, 2019 New York Contact Info Contact Us … indictment of seven individuals charged with operating a fentanyl packaging operation in the Mott Haven neighborhood … One defendant faces assault charges for allegedly throwing fentanyl at a law enforcement officer with the intent to …
December 12, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Alabama Man Sentenced to 29 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Being Shipped Through the Mail

November 20, 2024
… to 29 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl Being Shipped Through the Mail November 20, 2024 … sentence of 348 months in prison for conspiracy to possess fentanyl with intent to distribute the illegal drug. There …
November 20, 2024
STORY

Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
Methamphetamine
… Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest July 10, 2019 In 2005, the United States reached what was thought to be the peak of the methamphetamine epidemic. Thousands of … Agent in Charge Steve Bell said. “Purity is exactly that, how pure the actual product is. Potency is the effect the …
July 10, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Rocky Mountain Field Division Removes Almost 900,000 Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from its Communities During Operation Last Mile

May 09, 2023
… Division Removes Almost 900,000 Potentially Deadly Doses of Fentanyl from its Communities During Operation Last Mile May … associates in the United States and across the globe, stop fentanyl, and save American lives.  In April 2023, the DEA …
May 09, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

November 27, 2012
… pharmaceuticals over the internet or by telephone) and identify themselves as DEA Special Agents or law … is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements …
November 27, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

November 28, 2012
… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements … with DEA.  By ordering any pharmaceutical medications online or by telephone from unknown entities, members of the …
November 28, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Connecticut Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Methylone Conspiracy

September 28, 2016
… substances over the Internet, including through an online storefront called “The Online Source.” Canfield, whose criminal history United …
September 28, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Law enforcement arrest enrolled member of Easter Band of Cherokee Indians charged with dealing fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death

February 26, 2020
… of Easter Band of Cherokee Indians charged with dealing fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death February 26, … did knowingly distribute a mixture or substance containing fentanyl, a Schedule II controlled substance, which resulted …
February 26, 2020
DRUG FACT SHEET

Benzodiazepines

January 21, 2025
Depressants
Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures. The most common benzodiazepines are the prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®. Shorter-acting benzodiazepines used to manage insomnia include estazolam (ProSom®), flurazepam (Dalmane®), temazepam (Restoril®), and triazolam (Halcion®). Midazolam (Versed®), a short-acting...
January 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Son of Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking

October 31, 2024
… of the Tri-Cities area, but now resides in Sinaloa, Mexico where he runs his drug trafficking organization.  Zazeuta … Zazueta was in the apartment along with more than 42,000 fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and heroin. Additionally, … while he reaped the profits of his methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin distribution,” said David F. Reames, …
October 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Ohio man pleads guilty in methamphetamine conspiracy

March 01, 2019
… more than 140 pounds of methamphetamine, seven kilograms of fentanyl, two kilograms of heroin and more than $130,000 in … eluded police in Wyoming and fled back to Southern Ohio where they resumed their drug trafficking.   Upon returning …
March 01, 2019