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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Grand Jury Returns 77-Count Indictment Against Nassau Cardiologist For Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… in December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller was conducted.  During this period of … to the building instead.  During one of the undercover drug buys, a conversation ensued about a Feb. 25 arson that …
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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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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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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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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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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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Community Event
August 02, 2019
August 02, 2019

10th Annual Community Drug Awareness Day Conference focuses on opioid addiction

5:00 AM - 11:30 AM (EDT)
Houston , TX
Today, our country’s most pervasive drug threat is the opioid overdose epidemic, which has been spurred on by the nonmedical abuse of prescription pain medications and heroin. This widespread outbreak is devastating and destroying communities throughout our country. It cuts across all demographics and socio-economic classes, including adults and adolescents...
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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 …
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Driver in High-Speed Chase Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Fentanyl Pills and Loaded Firearm

… Driver in High-Speed Chase Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Fentanyl Pills and Loaded Firearm November 13, 2024 Miami …
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Joint Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Doctor For Selling Assault Weapons & Drugs During Course Of Murder-for-Hire Plot

… to December 2014, when the first of six undercover drug buys from the seller, until March 2015, was conducted.  … a professional dispute. During one of the undercover drug buys, a conversation ensued about a Feb. 25 arson that …
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Missouri man sentenced for distributing heroin resulting in death

… Heather Miller to the Economy Inn in St. James, Mo., where they distributed heroin to R.K. and received cash. … and noticed a thread of text messages from August 3, 2016, wherein R.K. and “Heather” discussed “Heather” bringing R.K. … Natoli stated that he provided the money up front to buy the heroin and then drove Miller around to sell it. …
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Meth

… June 2021 and April 2022, the DEA conducted 13 controlled buys from the distributors working for Bernal, for a total … executed a search warrant at Bernal’s farm in May of 2022, where they found firearms, digital scales, drug …
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Illinois Ice Meth Dealer Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison

… that Wright worked with associates to pool money to buy larger quantities of methamphetamine and would … efforts of the Pekin Police Department and the DEA where another dealer is removed from our streets. We all …
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Two indicted in connection with multimillion-dollar marijuana enterprise

… to unattended locations (such as a front door or hallway) where unknown third parties might have access to it. … more than $300,000 towards the mortgage on her house and to buy a 2017 Porsche Boxster, among other things.  It is …
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Eleven Sentenced To Over 97 Years Combined For Methamphetamine Drug Trafficking Offenses

… amounts of methamphetamine from California to Arkansas where they sold and distributed it into our communities.  … methamphetamine in Northwest Arkansas.  Numerous controlled buys, surveillance, search warrants, and monitoring were …
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Operation Engage Wichita

April 29, 2025
… Wichita Wichita Wichita Operation Engage Wichita has moved to Kansas City Welcome Letter from Greg Anderson, Resident Agent in Charge of the Wichita Resident … by keeping track of the medicine you have, by rethinking where and how you keep your medications in your home, and by …
April 29, 2025
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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 Los Angeles … Resident Office seized approximately 17 kilograms of fentanyl, two industrial grade pill presses, and two …