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Giving a Face to a Fallen Hero:

May 26, 2022
… Giving a Face to a Fallen Hero: May 26, 2022 Filling the Final Gap on the DEA Wall … appeared prior to the May 2022 DEA Memorial Service. Staff from the Operations and Intelligence divisions began to … Special Agent Richard “Rick” Barrett. Barrett, who retired from DEA in 2003, was determined to help. Aided by retired …
May 26, 2022
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DEA Announces 20th Take Back Day

… 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 … indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine …
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DEA podcast about drug misuse among college students wins award

… DEA podcast about drug misuse among college students wins award May 21, 2020 Headquarters Contact Info … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … has received a Second Place Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Award from the National Association of Government Communicators. …
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DEA Aims For Record Removal Of Unused Pills Through Its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative

… 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 … lives by removing unused painkillers and controlled drugs from homes,” said DEA Acting Administrator Robert W. …
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DEA Establishes Six New Heroin Enforcement Teams

… DEA Establishes Six New Heroin Enforcement Teams October 27, 2017 Headquarters Contact Info Contact … inextricably linked with the threat the United States faces from the trafficking of heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl …
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DEA Holds Prescription Drug Take-Back Event October 26

… DEA Holds Prescription Drug Take-Back Event October 26 October 21, 2013 Headquarters Contact Info … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Federal Marijuana Case Update

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … 907 marijuana plants that were irrigated by water diverted from the river. Additionally, agents found purported medical …
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Hawaii-Bound Meth Trafficker Sentenced

… Hawaii-Bound Meth Trafficker Sentenced September 29, 2014 San Francisco Contact Info Contact … pounds. Rodriguez was carrying boarding passes for flights from Modesto to San Francisco and from San Francisco to …
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Reward Offer of Up to $5 Million for Information Leading to Arrest and/or Conviction of Leader of FTO ‘Los Choneros’

December 11, 2025
… December 11, 2025 DOWNLOAD WANTED POSTERS Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration, together with the U.S. … and distribution of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America, through Central American and Mexico, to …
December 11, 2025
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Affiliates of notorious white supremacist street gang plead guilty to federal charges

… Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … Gangsters, a violent criminal street gang largely operated from inside Georgia’s prison system. The multi-agency …
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Texas health care fraud and opioid takedown results in charges against 58

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … down pills mills and rooting out corruption in health care. From Lufkin to Laredo and Dallas to Del Rio, one of us will …
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“Pill Mill” doctor pleads guilty to opioid distribution, admits signing prescriptions for dead and jailed patients

… admits signing prescriptions for dead and jailed patients January 21, 2020 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us … guilty plea in connection with the pending case that flowed from the investigation of this “pill mill.”  Each of the …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… Recruiter Name SA K. Vo 571-387-6615 LOSANGELESSPECIALAGENTRECRUITER@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 … are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… announces launch of Project Safeguard October 20, 2020 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to …
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Prince George’s County Couple Linked to Two Overdoses Facing Federal Indictment for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

… County Couple Linked to Two Overdoses Facing Federal Indictment for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy February 18, 2021 … The superseding indictment also includes the two counts from the original indictment charging Trimmer with …
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Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Over Six Kilograms of Methamphetamine Intended for Distribution

… Rhode Island Man Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Over Six Kilograms of … traffic stop of Sirikhom’s vehicle, the backpack was seized from the trunk and found to contain over six kilograms of …
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Peruvian citizen pleads guilty to role in transnational drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy

… Peruvian citizen pleads guilty to role in transnational drug trafficking … based in Montreal, Canada, collected the cash proceeds from selling marijuana in the United States and cocaine in …
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Man sentenced for his role in Puerto Rico to Buffalo cocaine trafficking operation

… Man sentenced for his role in Puerto Rico to Buffalo cocaine … Carlos Javier Figueroa regarding the shipment of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Rochester, via the United States Postal …
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DEA Chicago Division Take Back safely disposed of a record 155,000 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs

… Agostini Recruiter Name SA Jonathan Woods chicagospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 … that a majority of misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine …
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Member of southeastern Connecticut drug ring sentenced to 71 months in prison

… Member of southeastern Connecticut drug ring sentenced to 71 months in prison January 03, 2020 New England … Connecticut drug trafficking ring.  This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement …
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Former Honduran National Police Officer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States

… Former Honduran National Police Officer Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Import … as an attorney to attempt to rise above the law, profiting from the reprehensible criminal activities he helped …
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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering August 17, 2016 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … of fentanyl.  The fentanyl was seized while en route from California to Lawrence, where it was destined for the …
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Anchorage Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years for Role in Alaska Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Anchorage Man Sentenced to Over 13 Years for Role in Alaska Drug Trafficking … to others both the controlled substances police seized from his vehicle in March 2023, and those seized from his vehicle in June 2023. After law enforcement …
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Twelve men charged in Syracuse-based heroin/fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… Twelve men charged in Syracuse-based heroin/fentanyl trafficking conspiracy May 17, 2019 New York Contact … to investigate and prosecute those who profit from the tragedy of addiction.”   In connection with this …
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DEA to Host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 LouisvilleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations …
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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 … Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … in more than 57 million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities in just thirty-days.  Eliminating the …
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Local Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled by Joint Federal and State Investigation

… (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 LouisvilleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … revealed that the cocaine had been ordered by the DTO from a source, identified as Toddriquez Bradley, 38, of …
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Three Illegal Aliens Face Federal Charges for Operating a Brookhaven Meth Lab

… Three Illegal Aliens Face Federal Charges for Operating a Brookhaven Meth Lab February 25, 2026 Atlanta Contact Info Contact … Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Atlanta – Three illegal aliens from Mexico, Sergio Cortes-Nieto, Christian Martinez Larumbe …
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Clinch County Ex-Spouses Guilty for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … Atlanta Quick Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug … drugs into our communities and hold all those profiting from these deadly substances accountable for their crimes.” …
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Methamphetamine Distributor is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… Methamphetamine Distributor is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison August 21, 2025 Atlanta … fentanyl and methamphetamine.  According to court records, from 2021 to 2023, Jones conspired with Rice to distribute …

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