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Chief Lieutenant Of Drug Trafficking Crew In Central Massachusetts Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… Chief Lieutenant Of Drug Trafficking Crew In Central Massachusetts Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison August … large quantities of cocaine through packages mailed from Puerto Rico to addresses used by the DTO and mailed …
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Two Money Couriers For Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Sentenced

… For Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Sentenced May 29, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us … laundered more than $6 million in drug trafficking proceeds from Colombian cartels through the United States, Caribbean …
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DEA-New Jersey instrumental in establishment of statewide “Handle With Care” program

… DEA-New Jersey instrumental in establishment of statewide “Handle With Care” program October 06, 2020 … of a search warrant in the home; being forcibly displaced from a home by a fire, eviction, or other event; or having a …
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Nearly 40 Pounds of Heroin and Fentanyl Seized in the Bronx: Three Indicted

… Nearly 40 Pounds of Heroin and Fentanyl Seized in the Bronx: Three Indicted July 16, 2021 … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … seizure of nearly 40 pounds of alleged heroin and fentanyl from a large-scale narcotics packaging operation in the …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United … (662) 234-8542 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September NEW ORLEANS – The …
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Two Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

… Two Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of … are unacceptable.  I commend the work of the investigators from the DEA and NYPD and our partners at the Southern …
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Operation Oxy-Concourse: NY Attorney General’s Office and DEA take down narcotics distribution ring in New York City

… Operation Oxy-Concourse: NY Attorney General’s Office and DEA take down narcotics distribution … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … is destroying our communities, we must tackle the issue from every angle and this investigation is our latest effort …
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Operation Hotline Bling

… Recruiter Name SA K. Vo 571-387-6615 LOSANGELESSPECIALAGENTRECRUITER@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , … - (671) 472-7384 photo1-Operation-Hotline-Bling-meth-from-vehicle.jpg …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 25, 2024 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) … Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in …
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Doctor Convicted at Trial for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

… Doctor Convicted at Trial for Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances January 19, 2024 Miami Contact … Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 … prescriptions for oxycodone, morphine, and alprazolam from the office staff without seeing Morales. One patient’s …
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Matriarch of Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

… Matriarch of Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking … Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … into the United States. According to court documents, from 2006 until 2015, Erlinda Ramos-Bobadilla, aka Herlinda …
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Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs

… Former Head of Gulf Cartel Receives Life Sentence for Importing Kilos of Drugs September 15, 2022 Houston … Mexican national who was head of Cartel del Golfo (CDG) from 2003 to 2012 has been ordered to serve life in prison …
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Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

… Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 ElPasoSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 660 Mesa Hills Drive Suite 2000 El Paso , TX … to distribute heroin in Bernalillo and Santa Fe Counties from Sept. 2012 through Dec. 2013.  It also charged Gene …
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Over 30 Arrested In Heroin And Gun Trafficking Sweep

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor Newark , NJ … As a result, more than 38 “bricks” of heroin were purchased from Stevenson and his associates. A “brick” contains …
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12 People Charged With Heroin Trafficking After Statewide Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations

… Multi-Jurisdictional Investigations September 15, 2015 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … of trafficking heroin in Vermont. The charges resulted from three long-term investigations characterized by a high …
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Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges Alleging Nexus Of Guns And Drugs In Chicago

… Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges … and Mendez obtained kilogram quantities of narcotics from Arguijo on Sept. 3 and Nov. 26, 2012, and from Valencia-Pantoja on Nov. 30, including the cocaine that …
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DEA News: Huge Synthetic Drug Takedown

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug … DEA has identified between 200 and 300 new designers drugs from eight different structural classes, the vast majority …
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Nine Members Of Major Narcotics Ring Extending Throughout Manhattan, The Bronx, And New Jersey Indicted On Conspiracy And Drug-Related Charges

… Nine Members Of Major Narcotics Ring Extending Throughout Manhattan, The Bronx, And New Jersey … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … four years, he evaded drug distribution charges stemming from alleged hand to hand sales to multiple kilogram sales, …
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Four Charged In Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … of the unit. Investigators observed items being unloaded from the tractor trailer into the warehouse.  A short time …
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16 Defendants Charged In A Commercial Burglary Ring And Drug Conspiracy

… 16 Defendants Charged In A Commercial Burglary Ring And Drug … Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … heroin, methadone, buprenorphine, cocaine and alprazolam from 2010 to the present: David Paschall, age 54, of …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owner Of Bronx Clinic And 23 Other Individuals Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Avenue in the Bronx to reclaim their neighborhood from drug dealers are the end results of unified police work …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest And Unsealing Of Charges Against Senior Adviser To The Operator Of The “Silk Road” Website

… Attorney Announces Arrest And Unsealing Of Charges Against Senior Adviser To The Operator Of The “Silk Road” Website … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Road” website, an online illicit black market that operated from January 2011 until October 2, 2013.  Clark is alleged …
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Thirty-Six People Indicted For Their Roles In Nassau And Suffolk Heroin Ring That Operated Along Rte. 110

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 … arrested and arraigned on various felony charges ranging from Operating as a Major Trafficker, Criminal Sale of a …
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DEA and United Against Fentanyl Announce National Partnership for Walk for Lives 2026

… DEA and United Against Fentanyl Announce National Partnership for Walk for Lives … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … trained volunteer leadership teams and community partners from the public and private sector. Each event will feature …
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DEA Implements E-commerce Outreach Program to Combat Counterfeit Drug Production

… DEA Implements E-commerce Outreach Program to Combat Counterfeit Drug … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … counterfeit pills that are nearly indistinguishable from controlled prescription medications.” DEA is engaging …
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DEA Surge Targets Sinaloa Cartel Networks Worldwide

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … their command, control, and distribution networks.  From August 25 through August 29, 2025, DEA agents across 23 …
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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking More than a Kilo of Fentanyl

… Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking More than a Kilo of Fentanyl April 06, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … fentanyl packaged for sale and $17,963 in proceeds derived from criminal activities. The charging statute provides a …
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DEA announces release of Pennsylvania opioid threat report

… DEA announces release of Pennsylvania opioid threat report October 24, 2018 … 861-3474 Media Requests (571) 362-5348 PhiladelphiaSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. … the report. The analysis of data and intelligence received from myriad law enforcement and public health sources …
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Former Office Manager of New Jersey Medical Practice Admits Conspiring with Doctor to Divert Controlled Substances

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. From January 2018 to March 2021, DeLeon worked as an office …
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Passaic County Man Admits Role in Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … aiding and abetting an illegal money transmitting business. From July 2016 to December 2017, De La Cruz Acosta accepted …