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Lead Defendant In Massive Gang Case Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Wide-Ranging Drug Trafficking Activities

… a day, seven days a week, at which his customers could buy the drug of their choice.” In relation to the narcotics … approximately 125 firearms. “This is a perfect example of how federal laws can be used to impact gang crime,” said …
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Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking and Illegal Weapons Possession Charges

… Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Heroin Trafficking and Illegal Weapons … source. Salgado also maintained a stash house in Sacramento where he grew over 100 marijuana plants and also kept a …
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Operation “Titan Fall” Charges Thirteen in Central Florida Large-Scale Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Engage Ft. Lauderdale Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … the intent to distribute the following amounts, or more, of fentanyl and cocaine. Several of these individuals face … of suspected cocaine, an unquantified amount of suspected fentanyl, more than twenty firearms, six suppressors, two …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026 March 25, 2026 San Diego … Resident Office seized approximately 17 kilograms of fentanyl, two industrial grade pill presses, and two …
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Alleged Drug Trafficking Members Indicted on Multiple Drug Charges

… grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount fentanyl, and 5 kilograms or more of a mixture and substance … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Five Members of Pinellas County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Charged and Arrested

… 571-362-3106 Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway … intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl. If convicted on all counts, Jovante Thomas faces a … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Duxbury Man Indicted For Distributing Fentanyl And Cocaine In Greater Plymouth Area And Conspiring To Launder The Proceeds

… Duxbury Man Indicted For Distributing Fentanyl And Cocaine In Greater Plymouth Area And Conspiring … controlled substances (involving 400 grams or more of fentanyl, 100 grams or more of fentanyl analogue, 500 grams …
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Albuquerque Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking

… possession with intent to distribute 40 grams and more of fentanyl and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug … The citizen called Kerr and set up a time and location to buy fentanyl pills. DEA agents established surveillance at …
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Winter Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing P-Fluorofentanyl and Methamphetamine

… Winter Haven Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing P-Fluorofentanyl and Methamphetamine March 20, 2024 Miami Contact Info … agreed to sell what he believed was methamphetamine and fentanyl, which he described in communications as “ice …
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Bristol, Tennessee, Man Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Related to an Overdose Death

… Bristol, Tennessee, Man Sentenced to Over 24 Years for Fentanyl Distribution Related to an Overdose Death August … he returned, law enforcement made entry into the residence, where they located Whitaker in possession of a significant …
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January 22, 2025
… or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a Farce, or a Tragedy; or perhaps both.  Knowledge will … creates accountability and keeps citizens informed about how their government is operating.  To celebrate Sunshine … Services Hotline at (571) 776-2300, for assistance. Where to Learn More about DEA and Get Breaking News Twitter …
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Repeat Offender Engaged in Fentanyl Trafficking in Spokane Sentenced to 204 Months in Federal Prison

… Repeat Offender Engaged in Fentanyl Trafficking in Spokane Sentenced to 204 Months in … substances to include over 1,298 grams of deadly powder fentanyl, approximately 124 grams of methamphetamine and …
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Second Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 97 Months’ Imprisonment For Distributing Fentanyl In Which A Young Mother Died After Ingesting

… Sentenced To 97 Months’ Imprisonment For Distributing Fentanyl In Which A Young Mother Died After Ingesting … to 97 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, to be followed by a term of four years’ supervised …
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South Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Conspiracy to Distribute Protonitazene from China

… opioid that is equally as potent, if not more potent, than fentanyl. As part of an investigation into Chinese chemical … 1060.1 grams of a mixture of metonitazene, protonitazene, fentanyl, and lidocaine; (3) 4654 grams of a mixture of … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Stockton Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth Pills and Illegal Firearms Possession

… Stockton Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Meth Pills and Illegal Firearms Possession … in prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, heroin, and U-47700 (a synthetic … Wiley, grabbed his left arm, and detained him. In the area where Wiley’s left hand had been concealed, agents found a …
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New Bedford Drug Dealers Arraigned On Drug Trafficking Indictment

… the cooperating witness to Parsons’ address in New Bedford where the heroin sale was completed.  Furthermore, Monteiro … at his home on March 1, 2013, agents recovered the recorded buy money from the February 25, 2013 attempted purchase of …
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Hartford Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Role In Armed Robbery

… to a house on Case Street in Hartford for the purpose of buying stolen jewelry.  When one of the individuals entered … be robbed.  The third victim drove away to a safe location where the first victim called police. The kidnappers stole …
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Sunnyside Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Being An Illegal Alien In Possession Of Ammunition

… Spokane Regional Drug Task (SRDTF) conducted a controlled buy of four ounces of methamphetamine from Henry Patrick … entered Fuentes’ minivan. Bevans returned to his hotel room where he sold four ounces of methamphetamine to law …
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Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

… - (914) 682-6256 Assault Rifle, 3 Firearms, 25 Pounds of Fentanyl, and 33 Pounds of Cocaine Seized Heroin, fentanyl, …
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DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

March 31, 2026
… National Prescription Drug Take Back Campaign is underway, and we created this digital social media campaign to encourage the use of social media to help us spread the … feeds, to media outlets in your area, and in other places where they can help show how important #TakeBackDay is in …
March 31, 2026
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Stamford Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Charge

… Stamford Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Charge May 20, 2026 New England Contact … On April 21, 2025, employees of an apartment complex where Turner had been employed as a maintenance worker found …
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Previously Deported Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Trafficking Fentanyl in Brookhaven

… Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Trafficking Fentanyl in Brookhaven February 24, 2026 Atlanta Contact … from our streets.”   “With the seizure of 17.9 kilograms of fentanyl, our agents have removed an extraordinary amount of …
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Museum
September 18, 2018
September 18, 2018

DEA Museum Panel Discussion

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM (EDT)
Opioids and Heroin: A New Look at Some Old (and Not So Old) Drugs Live Stream Available www.deamuseum.org/lecture-series/opioids-and-heroin-2018 Questions: During the event, email questions to Elizabeth.L.Maurer@usdoj.gov Admission: This event is free and open to the public Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States...
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Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties

… Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties January 16, 2013 Washington, DC Contact … Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Dayi’s innermost, trusted circle of lieutenants, who either buy/sell drugs, participate in the laundering of money …
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Oakland Money Service Business Owner and Employees Charged with Laundering Drug Proceeds

… Oakland Money Service Business Owner and Employees Charged with … the owner of Oakland-based money transmitter Rincon Musical where Liceaga, 39;  Mora, 26; and Ramirez, 24, worked as … wire transfers were drug proceeds.  The complaints describe how a former narcotics trafficker working under the …
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New Britain Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine

… Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine May 14, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact Us …
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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

… teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of … law enforcement also seized methamphetamine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, and 56 firearms. Of the 13 defendants charged in …
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Six Arrested at Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Mill in the Bronx, New York

… Six Arrested at Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Mill in the Bronx, New York March … operations. Not only did we recover more than six pounds of fentanyl, investigators also found bottles of counterfeit …
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy That Spanned Across The Country

… To 10 Years In Prison For His Role In Wide-Ranging Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy That Spanned Across The … one who suffered a non-fatal overdose at a DTO stash house where Ventura resided. In February 2022, two industrial …