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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, …
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Record collection in the Pacific Northwest of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, …
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Illegal Alien, Co-Leader of Nationwide Drug Trafficking Ring, Who Plotted to Kill Centralia, Washington Police Officer, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

… Illegal Alien, Co-Leader of Nationwide Drug Trafficking Ring, Who Plotted to Kill Centralia, Washington Police Officer, Sentenced to 15 Years … Sourced Thousands of Fentanyl Pills and Pounds of Meth from Her Family in Mexico Iris A-G drug seizure.png Seized …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … “Brian” and that most of the organization’s customers came from New Hampshire.  Distributors knew to identify customers … to as “the base” and dispatchers staffed “the base” from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Dispatchers took orders …
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, …
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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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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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Tenth Bilateral Drug Intelligence Working Group in Shanghai, China

… Tenth Bilateral Drug Intelligence Working Group in Shanghai, … Domestic Bilateral Drug Intelligence Working Gorup.png From November 12-13, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice, …
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Communities Nationwide Turn in Nearly 630,000 Pounds of Unneeded Medications on DEA’s National Prescription Drug 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 … removed nearly 19.2 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across our country.  According to a report …
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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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“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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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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Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise

… Garcia Luna also received millions of dollars in bribes from "El Chapo's" Sinaloa Cartel BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with engaging in a continuing criminal …
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Intelligence

January 19, 2025
… Program has grown significantly since its inception. From only a handful of Intelligence Analysts (I/A) in the … focuses on the current picture of drug trafficking from cultivation to distribution that can be used for …
January 19, 2025
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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 …