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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals … DEA is committed to treating these crimes as homicides, where appropriate. “The results – in terms of seized …
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Cumberland Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison in Largest Counterfeit Pill Seizure

… his drug trafficking activities, including the location where he packaged and stored narcotics and that he was in … eleven kilograms of methamphetamine powder; fake Oxycodone fentanyl-laced pills; two motorized pill presses; 250 grams …
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New Britain Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine

… a Hartford apartment, and seized substantial quantities of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine; items used to process and … was present at one of the East Hartford locations where approximately 75 grams of cocaine and more than …
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Career Offender in the U.S. Illegally Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison on Drug Trafficking, Firearm, and Immigration Charges

… (6.53 kilograms) of cocaine; 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram) of fentanyl; a 25 caliber, semi-automatic handgun; a pill … and easily accessible in a bedroom adjacent to a room where two small children were present when law enforcement …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals … DEA is committed to treating these crimes as homicides, where appropriate. In recent months, violent crime has …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals … DEA is committed to treating these crimes as homicides, where appropriate. In recent months, violent crime has …
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Venezuelan National Arrested With Large Load of Drugs

… (509) 454-4407 Law Enforcement called to Federal Way Motel Where Defendant was Unresponsive Due to Drug Overdose … be tested as a possible controlled substance; five bags of fentanyl pills – approximately 5,000 pills in all; and two …
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Man Who Admitted His Role in a Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Involving the Kidnapping of a U.S. Postal Worker Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Prison

… the kidnappers returned the mailman to an area near where his postal truck was parked. According to information … trafficking, including $800 in cash, fifty bags filled with fentanyl, three bags filled with cocaine base, and a …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… Social Accounts X Jim Scott Domestic Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia Additional Division Info Community … communities with deadly drugs, including opioids, heroin, fentanyl, meth and cocaine, are often the same criminals … DEA is committed to treating these crimes as homicides, where appropriate.   In recent months, violent crime has …
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Seattle man convicted of drug and gun crimes

… Seattle man convicted of drug and gun crimes May 25, 2021 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us … crack cocaine, 42 grams of methamphetamine and 180 grams of fentanyl from McKnight’s vehicle in Seattle.  At the time of … tried to flee the state, traveling to Portland, Oregon, where he was arrested. A search of McKnight’s apartment in …
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Haverhill Resident Sentenced To Six Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking And Firearms Offenses

… traveled from New Hampshire to Haverhill, Massachusetts, where he obtained a firearm from Rojas.  A law enforcement … widespread abuse of opiates, is the gateway to heroin and fentanyl addiction, and is devastating our communities.  … Acting U.S. Attorney Farley said.  “The road to heroin or fentanyl addiction often begins with the misuse of oxycodone …
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13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme Occurring in the West Campus Area of the University of Texas at Austin

… 13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money … warrants resulted in the seizure of large quantities of fentanyl, Adderall pills, Alprazolam (Xanax), LSD, marijuana …
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Hollywood Hills man arrested on federal charges of selling fentanyl-laced pills to Rapper Mac Miller two days before his overdose death

… Hollywood Hills man arrested on federal charges of selling fentanyl-laced pills to Rapper Mac Miller two days before … that McCormick died of mixed drug toxicity involving fentanyl, cocaine and alcohol.   According to communications …
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Guilty Plea For Man Who Sold $70 Heroin/fentanyl Bag That Caused Death Of Another

… Guilty Plea For Man Who Sold $70 Heroin/fentanyl Bag That Caused Death Of Another April 27, 2018 New … New York, pleaded guilty today to selling heroin mixed with fentanyl that caused the death of a customer. Burnell … that Burnell sold to him, which was heroin mixed with fentanyl. J.G. died that day due to opiate overdose. Burnell …
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HSTF: Armed Kent, Washington, Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Role in a Family-Led Drug Conspiracy

… Marquise Jackson trayvon mitchell- pic for social.jpg Fentanyl pills seized during the investigation. SEATTLE – A … violent trafficking networks, reducing the availability of fentanyl, and saving American lives. Through strong …
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Lynn Man Sentenced to More Than Two Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl

… for Conspiracy to Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl September 17, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact … the DTO distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing …
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Salem Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl

… For Conspiracy To Traffic Counterfeit Pills Containing Fentanyl July 29, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact Us … the DTO distributed counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl and counterfeit Adderall pills containing …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to more than 10 years for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl

… Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, Heroin, Cocaine, and Fentanyl August 03, 2022 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us … intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl. According to court records, James Donavan Conour, …
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September 17, 2025
… Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Please take a moment to click on the links below to access information regarding DEA positions and the application process. Special Agent Join the DEA and … for DEA . Please view resources on USA Jobs website “ How do I set-up notification for future job announcements” . …
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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Sinaloa Cartel leader, sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

… Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Sinaloa Cartel leader, sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years July 17, 2019 Headquarters … was convicted of running a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related charges including murder conspiracies … earning a name for himself and the nickname “El Rapido” for how quickly he transported drugs from Mexico to the United …
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Jacksonville Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than Eleven Years in Federal Prison

… Jacksonville Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More than Eleven Years in Federal Prison May 08, 2026 … conspiring to distribute controlled substances, including fentanyl and methamphetamine. As part of his sentence, the … home in St. Johns County and at a Jacksonville apartment where Asberry stored drugs. Investigators located $18,938 in …
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Illegal Alien with Serious Criminal History Sentenced to over 19 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Meth

… to over 19 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Traffic Fentanyl and Meth March 30, 2026 San Francisco Contact Info … to 19 years and five months in prison for his role in a fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy, U.S. …
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June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021

Washington DC Community Pop-Up Event

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)
Washington , DC
DEA Washington Division agents, analysts, and other specialists are joining with law enforcement, prevention, family specialists, and community partners across Washington D.C. to host “pop up” events in some of the area’s hardest-hit communities. In neighborhoods that have seen increases in crimes from shootings, deadly carjacking, and other drug-related crimes...
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What You Should Know About Marijuana Concentrates

December 01, 2014
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December 01, 2014
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March 04, 2021
… (3) Recruitment (1) Drug Name Narcotics (Opioids) (19) Fentanyl (14) Methamphetamine (9) Heroin (7) Drugs of …
March 04, 2021
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Illegal Mexican National with Five Prior Removals Caught with 50,000 Fentanyl Pills in Child’s Toy

… National with Five Prior Removals Caught with 50,000 Fentanyl Pills in Child’s Toy November 25, 2025 Miami … on Nov. 17 after law enforcement recovered more than 50,000 fentanyl pills concealed inside a child’s toy.  According to …
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Asheville, N.C. Man is Sentenced to 14 Years for Trafficking Meth and Fentanyl

… N.C. Man is Sentenced to 14 Years for Trafficking Meth and Fentanyl January 16, 2024 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us … a kilogram of methamphetamine and more than a kilogram of fentanyl. They further seized a digital scale, a blender, a …
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Eleven members of Lakeland Drug Trafficking Organization plead guilty to causing four overdose deaths, overdose resulting in serious bodily injury, and heroin and fentanyl trafficking

… Eleven members of Lakeland Drug Trafficking Organization plead guilty to causing … overdose resulting in serious bodily injury, and heroin and fentanyl trafficking August 10, 2018 Miami Contact Info … more than one kilogram of heroin, 400 hundred grams of fentanyl, and 100 grams of a fentanyl analogue. This …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Brings in nearly 745,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications, Continues Fight against Opioid Epidemic

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen or abused.  Residents in this … where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …