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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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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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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 …
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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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Home Testing

February 16, 2023
… safety and security of your nation and community Resources Fentanyl Awareness Recovery Resources Public Safety Alert …
February 16, 2023
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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 19, 2026 New Jersey …
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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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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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Takedown of Drug Trafficking Operation in the Capital Region

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … 54 Individuals Indicted for Roles in Distributing Heroin, Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine NEW YORK – DEA New …
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Sunshine Week

January 19, 2025
… Sunshine Week Sunshine Week Your Right to Know March 12-18, 2023 Sunshine Week Your Right to Know … creates accountability and keeps citizens informed about how their government is operating.  To celebrate Sunshine … Service Center at DEA.FOIA@dea.gov or call (571) 776-2300. Where to Learn More about DEA and Get Breaking News Twitter …
January 19, 2025
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Illegal Immigrant Sentenced to More Than 2 Years for Trafficking Drugs at a Public Housing Development in Portsmouth

… deserve better than to be endangered by those dealing and buying dangerous narcotics nearby. We will continue to … to a confidential informant, including quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Portsmouth Police …
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Three Indian River County Residents Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking

… operation to purchase cocaine, methamphetamine (meth), fentanyl, and other illegal substances from individuals in … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Federal Jury Finds Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Guilty

… with the intent to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl. Seven co-conspirators pleaded guilty prior to the … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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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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Operator Of San Fernando Valley Medical Clinics Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

… that she and her common-law husband operated four clinics where people could purchase oxycodone prescriptions for cash … flowers and cognac and then explained to the pharmacist how the prescriptions would be filled and how the pharmacist would get paid for filling prescriptions …
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Chula Vista Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Caused Overdose Death of 20-Year-Old

… Vista Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Pills that Caused Overdose Death of … not only led to the death of J.P., but another overdose where the victim fortunately survived.  Notably, Mefford …
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Budget Hearing - Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the Drug Enforcement Administration

April 27, 2023
… global criminal networks most responsible for the influx of fentanyl into the United States, raise public awareness about how just one pill can kill, and hire and promote hundreds of …
April 27, 2023
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DEA Washington Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… drug networks are shipping chemicals from China to Mexico where they are converted to dangerous substances like fentanyl and methamphetamine and then pressed into pills. …
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Three individuals indicted for conspiring to traffic over 10,000 fentanyl pills, 10 lbs methamphetamine and possessing firearms in furtherance of their drug trafficking crimes

… individuals indicted for conspiring to traffic over 10,000 fentanyl pills, 10 lbs methamphetamine and possessing … discarded his firearm and fled on foot onto the SR-99 where he obtained and attempted to escape in a CalTrans …
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Ocala Man Convicted Of Conspiracy To Traffic Over Two Kilograms Of Methamphetamine And One Kilogram Of Fentanyl

… Over Two Kilograms Of Methamphetamine And One Kilogram Of Fentanyl February 21, 2018 Miami Contact Info Contact Us … from the home. From another trailer across the street, where Hernandez-Astudillo had been earlier in the day, …
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington

… Michigan Man Sentenced to 96 Months for Drug and Gun Crimes in Burlington March 12, 2024 New England … pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine, as well as being a felon in … (including some of the bills used in one of the controlled buys), about 20 grams of fentanyl, about 65 grams of …
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Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

… Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 … recovered over 13 pounds of drug mixtures, including fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, …
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Facing Up to Life in Prison Following Jury Verdict

… the methamphetamine to the Middle District of Florida where he used lower-level dealers to distribute multiple … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Multi-Kilogram Cocaine Importer Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison

… a package sent from Puerto Rico to an address in Orlando where he attempted to recover that shipment. Law enforcement … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Ecuadorian and Columbian Nationals Found Guilty of Smuggling Over 400 Kilograms of Cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

… lights at dusk, and was operating in a location where maritime drug smuggling by similar vessels is common.  … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison

… Hernandez then took agents to his residence, where he led them to additional drugs: approximately 800 … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Selling Fentanyl at a Farmers Market Produce Stand

… Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Selling Fentanyl at a Farmers Market Produce Stand January 16, 2026 … pills containing fentanyl and xylazine at a farmers market where he sold fruits and vegetables,” said U.S. Attorney …