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Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of 5, seizure of 17 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, 9 guns, $1.5 million of drug proceeds

… Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of 5, seizure of 17 … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … kilograms of heroin, and 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills from reaching the streets of Suffolk County. This was …
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DEA and FBI offices dismantle drug trafficking organizations in New York and Connecticut

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … on our communities.  As alleged, these defendants profited from trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines at the expense …
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29 Alleged Penn North Drug Dealers Facing Federal Indictments

… 29 Alleged Penn North Drug Dealers Facing Federal Indictments March 19, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us … defendants are fugitives and a sixth defendant absconded from pretrial release.  The indictments were announced by …
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Organized Drug Crime Ring Attempted to Flood Alaskan Villages with Fentanyl, 54 Indicted

… Drug Crime Ring Attempted to Flood Alaskan Villages with Fentanyl, 54 Indicted January 25, 2024 Seattle Contact Info … distributors of the drug trafficking enterprise in Alaska. From February 2022 to July 2023, law enforcement intercepted …
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Sinaloa-based narcotics distributor designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon

… designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon May 12, 2021 … 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … role in trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest. Efrain Mendivil …
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Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

… Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal … in Doña Ana County, N.M. At the time, Hanes was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his status …
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Six Charged In Multi-state Cocaine Trafficking Scheme: Upper West Side Apartment Served As Base Of Operation

… Cocaine Trafficking Scheme: Upper West Side Apartment Served As Base Of Operation April 05, 2018 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Division Office Task Force Group D-13, with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Manhattan District …
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Pawankumar Jain Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

… Pawankumar Jain Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Painkillers And Health Care Fraud … Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 ElPasoSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 660 … care fraud.  In his plea agreement, Jain acknowledged that from June 2007 through Feb. 2012, he was a licensed …
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Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute Rx Drugs Along “US-23 Pipeline”

… Forty-Four Michigan And Ohio Residents Indicted In Scheme To Illegally Divert And Distribute … (571) 362-1498 Brian McNeal (571) 362-1858 DetroitSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 431 … never provided. Other times, the pharmacists accepted cash from the recruiters for filling and dispensing medications. …
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Seven South Florida Residents Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Performance Enhancing Drugs To Underage High School And Professional Athletes

… Seven South Florida Residents Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Performance … Carlos Nuñez - , 48, of Fort Lauderdale. The charges stem from an over 21-month-long investigation by DEA, which … the same group of people who occasionally worked together from 2008 through 2012. In addition, the investigation also …
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New Jersey Division Of Consumer Affairs Launches “Project Medicine Drop,” Providing Consumers Opportunity To Dispose Of Unused Prescription Medication Throughout The Year Pilot Program Important Component Of The Division’s Fight To Prevent Prescription

… Throughout The Year Pilot Program Important Component Of The Division’s Fight To Prevent Prescription November 14, 2011 New Jersey Contact Info … show teenagers who abuse these drugs often take them from relatives, or get them from friends. Many people …
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DEA Arrests Azusa Gang Members Responsible For Narcotics Trafficking And Campaign Of Hate Crimes Targeting African-Americans

… 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 , … would use violence in order to prevent African-Americans from moving into the City,” according to the indictment. Six …
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Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx

… Massive Fentanyl Seizure In Bronx August 01, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … 40 pounds) of fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid, from a vehicle and a hotel in the Melrose neighborhood of …
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Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking Heroin Seizures

… Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking Heroin … significant change in drug overdose death rates from 2013-2014: New Hampshire’s drug overdose rate increased … nationwide and hit the Northeast like a tidal wave, from Maine to Montauk.  New York drug law enforcement has …
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Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug Organization In Anne Arundel And Howard Counties

… Eighteen Defendants Charged With Operating A Large Scale Drug … the drug organization’s leader. Dayi obtains the marijuana from contacts in California and New Jersey. Dayi has 20 … supplied young women to the organization who would fly from Baltimore International (BWI) to California with these …
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Mill In The Bronx, NY: $8 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

… Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Mill In The Bronx, NY: $8 … worth $8 million last night. On January 30th, 2014, a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force - … shutdown,” “iPhone”, and “Olympics 2012.” Also recovered from the heroin mill were scales, 18 coffee grinders, rubber …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 27 In The Fordham/Kingsbridge Neighborhoods Of The Bronx, Including 20 Members And Associates Of The Trinitarios Street Gang, With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

… The Trinitarios Street Gang, With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses July 24, 2014 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … to combat gang violence and reclaim these neighborhoods from drug trafficking.” ATF Special Agent in Charge Thomas …
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Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For Trafficking In Narcotics, Bribery And Smuggling Contraband In Jail

… Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … with cash “courier fees.” The fees that were charged ranged from $500 to $900. The pair then smuggled this contraband to …
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16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four Murders

… 16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four … that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to …
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Two Defendants Involved in Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Are Sentenced to Serve a Combined Time of More Than 25 Years in Federal Prison

… Two Defendants Involved in Pharmacy Burglary Ring Across Multiple States Are Sentenced to Serve a Combined Time of More Than 25 Years in … organization that included documented gang members from the 5th Ward area in Houston, Texas. Investigators …
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Washington Jury Finds Mexican National with Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Guilty of Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

… Cartel Guilty of Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in Eastern … 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … of imprisonment of life in prison. He may also face removal from the United States. The evidence presented at trial …
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Community Event
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (EST)
Birmingham, AL
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, December 16, and Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham, 1000 Riverchase...
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“Court Vision Academy” kicks off in Albany

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … program will take place on Friday and Saturday nights from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the TCCE and is open to boys …
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Dark Web Vendor Sentenced to 18 months in Prison for Distributing Meth-Pressed Adderall Pills

… Dark Web Vendor Sentenced to 18 months in Prison for Distributing … the cryptocurrency (Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Litecoin) seized from his accounts.  Judge Seeborg also ordered Tan to serve …
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DEA Reaches Agriculture Community at Farm Progress Show with Important Message About Fentanyl

… at Farm Progress Show with Important Message About Fentanyl August 30, 2022 Omaha Contact Info Contact Us (402) … 362-7282 Omaha.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 7300 World Communications Drive Omaha , NE … education regarding drug trends in the Midwest. “We know from experience that drug trafficking and abuse isn’t …
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A Record Amount of Unwanted Medications Collected During National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 … again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts.   …
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DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

… 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … inextricably linked,” said Acting DEA Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… upon the manufacturing method. Today’s methamphetamine from Mexico comes from mega-labs capable of producing hundreds of pounds of … Years Ago Methamphetamine is a man-made drug originating from amphetamine in Japan in 1919.  Originally used by …
July 10, 2019
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Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

… to protect our community and our taxpayer-funded programs from the potential harm posed by corrupt healthcare … of conspiring to participate in this broad scheme to steal from the United States taxpayers through both Medicare and …
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Albuquerque Man Charged with Conspiracy Related to Recovery of Tiger Cub in Albuquerque

… Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 ElPasoSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 660 … conspired with others to import the tiger cub from Mexico into New Mexico and sell it for thousands of …