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Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

… Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison May … Investigators later searched Valencia-Avendano’s apartment, where they located a handgun, another three kilograms of fentanyl, as well as drug ledgers, and $83,500 in cash. Both …
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Massachusetts man sentenced to prison for fentanyl trafficking

… Massachusetts man sentenced to prison for fentanyl trafficking December 16, 2019 New England Contact … of fentanyl from the ground just outside Anderson’s car, where he had thrown it after pulling over. While Anderson …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 29, 2024 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us … deadly dose is considered just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is approximately the amount that fits on the …
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Jury Convicts Winchester Man of Distribution of Heroin Resulting in an Overdose

… heroin pipeline and conducted dozens of controlled heroin buys, traffic stops, search warrants, and interviews with …
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Catonsville Dentist Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Selling 140,000 Hydrocodone Pills

… from Riley for $1 a pill. In 2007, the drug dealer began buying an average of 500 pills a week for $1.30 a pill. The …
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Defendants Charged with Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Overdose Death of Carlsbad Woman

… Defendants Charged with Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in Overdose Death of Carlsbad Woman … personnel arrived. D.G. was transported to a local hospital where she died five days later, on September 15th.  Within …
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Idaho Man Sentenced to 48 Months for Distributing Fentanyl

… Idaho Man Sentenced to 48 Months for Distributing Fentanyl July 01, 2022 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) … to 48 months in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced. According to …
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Hamden Man Charged With Distributing Fentanyl Disguised As Oxycodone

… Hamden Man Charged With Distributing Fentanyl Disguised As Oxycodone May 11, 2017 New England … emergency medical personnel responded to a Hamden residence where a 30-year-old male was found deceased.  At the scene, …
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Mariah Ferry and Jose Torrez plead guilty to federal kidnapping charges for abducting and brutally beating two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… and money back. Ferry drove Smothermon to Torrez’s home where Smothermon and co-conspirators brutally beat J.S. with … drove Smothermon and J.S. to another co-conspirator’s home where Ferry beat J.S. further using the blunt end of an … contacted M.T. under a ruse that Smothermon wanted to buy marijuana from M.T. When M.T. arrived at Smothermon’s …
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Approximately 32,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at JFK Airport Hotel: Two Men from California Arrested

… Approximately 32,000 Fentanyl Pills Seized at JFK Airport Hotel: Two Men from … Frank Tarentino.  “It is imperative that the public know how dangerous street drugs are today because of fentanyl, …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic … lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed nearly 50,000 lives last year … materials, firearms, and illicit cash—evidence of just how dangerous these networks are to families across the …
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Over 110 Pounds of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine with a Street Value Worth Up to $10 Million Uncovered in the Bronx

… Over 110 Pounds of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine with a Street Value Worth Up to $10 Million Uncovered in the Bronx November 16, 2023 New …
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Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy March 03, 2023 Seattle … Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Seized cash and cars.jpg Seized firearms.jpg suitcases with fentanyl pills.jpg SEATTLE – Seven people have been indicted …
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Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow from the Southwest Border

January 23, 2025
… crisis in our nation’s history. This is because one drug—fentanyl—has transformed the criminal landscape. Fentanyl is … a global supply chain to manufacture, transport, and sell fentanyl, and rely on a global illicit financial network to …
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5 Sinaloa Cartel Members plead guily to trafficking charges in Operation Cookout

… 5 Sinaloa Cartel Members plead guily to trafficking charges in Operation Cookout January 29, 2021 … terms in prison for distributing large amounts of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in Newport News and North …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 17, 2024 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us … deadly dose is considered just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is approximately the amount that fits on the …
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Transnational drug trafficker sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine and for money laundering

… Transnational drug trafficker sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine and for money … and then took direction from Calvillo and Casillas as to where the laundered drug money should be wired. During this …
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Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust

… Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust August 08, 2025 El Paso Contact Info Contact …
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Former Health Care Worker Sentenced for Fentanyl Thefts

… Former Health Care Worker Sentenced for Fentanyl Thefts March 29, 2023 St. Louis Contact Info … a day in prison for stealing fentanyl from two hospitals where she worked. Faith Naccarato, 42, of Kansas City, …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 17, 2024 New Jersey Contact Info Contact Us …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 18, 2024 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us … deadly dose is considered just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is approximately the amount that fits on the …
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DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

… Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl September 27, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info … died of a drug overdose in the United States last year. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid most commonly found in …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic … Roanoke - (540) 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 WDO-FentanylPill-VA-2025 Approximately 1,400 counterfeit pills … lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed nearly 50,000 lives last year …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 19, 2024 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us … deadly dose is considered just two milligrams of fentanyl, which is approximately the amount that fits on the …
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Community Event
June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022

Town Hall Meeting

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
Kansas City, KS
Join DEA and the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department on June 28 to learn how counterfeit pills and fentanyl are threatening our community. In addition to DEA and KCKPD explaining how this dangerous drug is infiltrating the region, you will hear from Libby Davis, who lost her 16 year old...
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Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán is found guilty on all counts

… (571) 387-3643 DenverSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 12154 East Easter Avenue … Cartel, under Guzman’s leadership, supply cocaine and fentanyl encountered in the Rocky Mountain markets through … This verdict will show the world no matter who you are, or where you are located, or how powerful you become, the DEA …
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Woman Admits Role in Drug Conspiracy and Distribution of Fentanyl

… Woman Admits Role in Drug Conspiracy and Distribution of Fentanyl November 03, 2021 New Jersey Contact Info Contact … P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor …
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Corpus Man Receives 11 Years For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

… to determine the proceeds from drug sales enabled Yanez to buy and renovate these houses and that Yanez believed these … Yanez has been in federal custody since his guilty plea where he will remain transfer to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to be designated in the near future where he will serve his sentence. The Organized Crime Drug …
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Twin Brothers/Heroin Dealers Sentenced To Federal Prison

… for years. DINT and the DEA began making controlled buys of heroin from the Jacobson brothers, who lived in … the heroin and firearms were located in the main residence where Nicholas lived, although a large amount of heroin … four months later in Medford, Oregon at a residence where officers also found approximately six ounces of heroin …
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Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Large Fentanyl Conspiracy

… Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Large Fentanyl Conspiracy December 08, 2022 New York Contact Info … with intent to distribute fentanyl and to distribute fentanyl, and one count of possession with the intent to …