GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Yavapai

March 28, 2025
… futures. Synthetic opioids, such as illicitly manufactured fentanyl, remain the primary driver of the increases in drug … for the countless lives saved.  DEA’s priority is health and public safety, saving lives and using our resources to … drug education and awareness,  prevention curriculum, on-line resources, school programs and many other special …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy

December 13, 2023
… Indictment Charges Eight Men in an Interstate Fentanyl and Cocaine Conspiracy December 13, 2023 … alleges overlapping conspiracies to possess and distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine. DEA chemists …
December 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death

January 17, 2024
… Two Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl Resulting in Death January 17, 2024 Atlanta Contact … enforcement executed a search warrant at Kirk’s residence, where they recovered nearly a kilogram of fentanyl, which is …
January 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

West Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty In National Illegal Prescription Drug Trafficking Scheme

January 23, 2017
… 571-387-6615 LOSANGELESSPECIALAGENTRECRUITER@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th … main ingredient in Percocet and Percodan), (also known as Dilaudid), and (commonly known as Vicodin or Norco). The … located in Hubei, China.  The indictment details how the brothers used the pharmacy to illegally order bulk …
January 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA issues warning over counterfeit pills

August 05, 2019
… McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 LouisvilleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … Field Division, warns that a current investigation into on-line drug sales has turned up a batch of counterfeit … Evans said.   Counterfeit medicine that U.S. consumers can buy online poses a serious hazard to consumers’ health, …
August 05, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Lawrence man sentenced to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl

October 09, 2019
… to 24 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl October 09, 2019 New England Contact Info Contact … the defendants’ discussions of sales and purchases of fentanyl, in November and December 2017, law enforcement … captured Carlos Rodriguez discussing with Burgos how agents had stopped him on the way to Burgos’ residence …
October 09, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Twin Falls Former Pharmacy Technician Sentenced For Diverting Controlled Substances

May 19, 2015
… bottles in her car glove box in the pharmacy parking lot, where another individual retrieved the controlled substances … mg oxycodone, and two bottles, each containing 100 pills of Dilaudid 4 (hydromorphone) for a total of $1,200. On October …
May 19, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

April 06, 2022
… Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl April 06, 2022 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us … overdose victims have no idea they are ingesting deadly fentanyl, until it’s too late.” Fentanyl-related …
April 06, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. District Court Enters Judgment Against Fugitive And Surety In Fentanyl Distribution Case

September 01, 2017
… Court Enters Judgment Against Fugitive And Surety In Fentanyl Distribution Case September 01, 2017 San Francisco … for distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. …
September 01, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Iowa woman distributes fentanyl and heroin across Virginia, pleads guilty

December 04, 2019
… Iowa woman distributes fentanyl and heroin across Virginia, pleads guilty December … Prather travelled from Des Moines to Virginia Beach, VA where she met with Best in a Wal-Mart parking lot to … in cash, approximately 352 grams of heroin laced with fentanyl, significant quantities of other narcotics, a …
December 04, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet

June 08, 2023
… Green Bay Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl Disguised as Percocet June 08, 2023 Chicago Contact … convicted the Green Bay men of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute, and …
June 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans

August 30, 2022
… DEA Warns of Brightly-Colored Fentanyl Used to Target Young Americans August 30, 2022 … to look like candy to children and young people. “Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of …
August 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Alexandria Man Sentenced for Armed Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

March 04, 2022
… Alexandria Man Sentenced for Armed Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy March 04, 2022 Washington, … others to distribute counterfeit, pressed pills containing fentanyl, as well as Eutylone, which is a designer drug …
March 04, 2022
GENERAL INFORMATION

Privacy Act

March 28, 2025
… practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of personally identifiable information about individuals.  The purpose of the law is to balance the government’s need to maintain information … to use a representative to make a request on their behalf. How to Submit Privacy Act Request We have streamlined DEA’s …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Newport News heroin and fentanyl stash house operator pleads guilty

December 20, 2019
… Newport News heroin and fentanyl stash house operator pleads guilty December 20, … and his co-conspirators used his residence to store heroin, fentanyl, a hydraulic press, and other equipment used in the … executed a search warrant at Walters’s residence, where they recovered the aforementioned items, as well as a …
December 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Baldwin Pharmacist Charged With Knowingly Doling Out Painkillers Through Phony Prescriptions Chowdhury’s Arrest Stems From Investigation Into Where Kayla Gerdes Obtained Drugs

June 02, 2011
… Chowdhury’s Arrest Stems From Investigation Into Where Kayla Gerdes Obtained Drugs June 02, 2011 New York … recovered by investigators were for Oxycodone, fentanyl patches, a powerful painkiller often prescribed to … revealed that Chowdhury regularly filled prescriptions for fentanyl patches several times in the same week for the same …
June 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Stamford Men Sentenced for Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl Analogues

August 11, 2022
… for Trafficking Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl Analogues August 11, 2022 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 …
August 11, 2022
STORY

The Overdose Crisis in the DMV

February 17, 2021
Fentanyl Opioids
… so. In the background of all of this coverage, however, another epidemic has been building. An epidemic … So many people in our area get hooked on opioids such as fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, and heroin. Even …
February 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Walden, VT Man Charged with Fentanyl Offense After High-Speed Chase

November 02, 2022
… Walden, VT Man Charged with Fentanyl Offense After High-Speed Chase November 02, 2022 … 5,000 bags of fentanyl in the median near the location where Vergara was stopped.  In total, the fentanyl seized by …
November 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Baltimore man found with enough fentanyl to kill 37,500 people in illegal taxi pleads guilty

October 21, 2019
… Baltimore man found with enough fentanyl to kill 37,500 people in illegal taxi pleads guilty … efforts, Devron Young now faces federal prison time, where there are no suspended sentences and no parole, ever. …
October 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Co-Conspirator in Idaho Drug Ring Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl

July 18, 2024
… Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Fentanyl July 18, 2024 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) … to a gas station parking lot located in Jerome, Idaho, where he met with the undercover officer. During the drug …
July 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Fifth Defendant in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

November 03, 2022
… Fifth Defendant in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced November 03, 2022 … obtained court authorization to search Oliver’s hotel room where an additional $58,960 in U.S. currency and high-end …
November 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Three More Lows Gang Members Charged with RICO Conspiracy and Murder

August 27, 2025
… murder, and other gun and drug trafficking, including fentanyl.  Ten murders are alleged as part of the gang’s … this superseding indictment to net additional gang members shows, the Criminal Division will not relent in addressing … was financed, uncovering the cash flow that allowed them to buy weapons, traffic drugs, and sow fear in Minneapolis …
August 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Burlington Man Charged with Distributing Controlled Substances to a Minor

March 28, 2024
… began selling controlled substances, including Xanax and Dilaudid, to the juvenile. In May 2023, the juvenile …
March 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

East Bay Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years for Sale of Fentanyl That Killed a Young Woman

August 22, 2022
… East Bay Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years for Sale of Fentanyl That Killed a Young Woman August 22, 2022 San … 2020, a former high school classmate came to his house to buy oxycodone pills.  He sold her thirteen M30 pills, which …
August 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Maryland Men Charged With Trafficking Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills Into Connecticut

September 23, 2022
… Two Maryland Men Charged With Trafficking Thousands Of Fentanyl Pills Into Connecticut September 23, 2022 New … roadside curb onto a grass area along the side of the road where law enforcement vehicles boxed it in.  Investigators …
September 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Columbus Resident Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

December 19, 2024
… to bring lawless individuals to justice, no matter how long it takes.”  "We must keep up the good fight in … referenced in court, DEA agents conducted a controlled buy of 55.64 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine from Thomas … pistol and three bags of methamphetamine in the residence where he was taken into custody. The GBI drug lab confirmed …
December 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Authorities Announce Federal, State and City Partnership to Attack Drug-Trafficking and Violent Crime in Petersburg, VA

October 17, 2007
… arrest, and prosecute those persons who are selling or buying illicit narcotics in the City of Petersburg. Some of … courts. Others will be prosecuted in the federal system, where they will face tough sentencing guidelines and may … U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg added: "We won't tell you where. We won't tell you when. But we will be back." …
October 17, 2007
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Virginia Beach Man and Woman Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearm Charges

May 05, 2022
… Virginia Beach Man and Woman Sentenced for Fentanyl Trafficking and Firearm Charges May 05, 2022 … The police discovered in their vehicle 14,000 tablets of fentanyl, one kilogram of cocaine, and a loaded .40 caliber …
May 05, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry's Fatal Overdose Death Last Year

August 19, 2024
… Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to Perry. In text messages to Chavez, Plasencia discussed how much to charge Perry for the ketamine, stating, “I … or consent, and lied to wholesale ketamine distributors to buy additional vials of liquid ketamine that Chavez intended …
August 19, 2024