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Cocaine Smuggled In Lite Bright Toy Seized At Airport

… 861-3474 Media Requests (571) 362-5348 PhiladelphiaSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. … International Airport. The couriers were travelling from San Juan, Puerto Rico and utilized hot mustard and …
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Guilty Plea In Interstate Prescription Pill Trafficking Conspiracy

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … in his arrest. Further investigation revealed that from November 7, 2011, through December 17, 2012, Connor had …
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison

… Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 11 Years In Prison September 15, 2014 San … aka Rene Salas-(Salas), 38, an undocumented alien from Mexico, was sentenced today to 11 years and eight …
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Mother And Son Arrested In Fresno For Conspiring To Sell 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … 49 pounds of crystal methamphetamine was seized from the interior and the trunk of the Renterias’ vehicle. …
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Madera Cornfield Pot Farmer Sentenced

… Madera Cornfield Pot Farmer Sentenced December 05, 2011 San Francisco Contact Info Contact … he had conspired to grow 45,500 marijuana plants ranging from 2 to 13 feet tall within a cornfield in Madera. …
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Madera Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Cultivate Marijuana

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … north of Fresno. This is the latest conviction stemming from Operation Trident, a multi-agency marijuana enforcement …
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Madera Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation

… Madera Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation September 23, 2011 San … approximately 663,898 marijuana plants, primarily from public lands in the Sierra foothills and mountains, and … criminal defendants. This investigation involved agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, the California …
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Madera Vineyard Pot Grow Yields Five-Year Prison Sentence

… Madera Vineyard Pot Grow Yields Five-Year Prison Sentence September 26, 2011 San Francisco Contact Info Contact … announced today that Antonio Pérez, 40, an illegal alien from Guanajuato, Mexico, was sentenced to five years in …
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Five Defendants Charged Following Investigations by the Nashville Homeland Security Task Force

… Five Defendants Charged Following Investigations by the Nashville … (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 … De Aragua (“TdA”), a trans-national criminal organization from Venezuela that was designated as a Foreign Terrorist …
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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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Leader of Multi-Million Dollar International Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… International Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison April 27, 2026 Atlanta Contact … laboratories where liquid methamphetamine, obtained from sources in Mexico, was converted into hundreds of …
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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
August 19, 2019 - August 20, 2019
August 19, 2019 - August 20, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

4:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference August 19 & 20, 2019 DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown Manchester, NH 03101 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, August 19, and Tuesday, August 20, 2019. The same conference will be held both days...
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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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Local man sent to prison for armed drug trafficking in school zone

… Local man sent to prison for armed drug trafficking in school zone … Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … release .   During the trial, the jury heard testimony from multiple law enforcement officers.   On Nov. 14, 2018, …
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December 16, 2019 - December 17, 2019
December 16, 2019 - December 17, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

3:00 AM - 12:00 PM (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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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 …
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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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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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Several charged in federal drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracies

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … U.S. currency, which they knew represented the proceeds from drug trafficking, from the United States to Mexico. The …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Drug Distribution Resulting in Death of a Minor and the Sale of Drugs and Machineguns on Telegram App

… Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Drug Distribution … drug distribution resulting in the death of a minor.  From at least 2022 through 2024, Benjamin Hunt operated an …
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DEA and federal, state and local law enforcement announce one of the largest takedowns of MS-13 gang members and associates in nation's history

… DEA and federal, state and local law enforcement announce one of the largest takedowns of MS-13 … We will continue to excise these violent street gangs from our communities until no one is in danger from the …
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Brownsville man heads to federal prison for buying crack cocaine

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … organization, witnessed Arambula order crack cocaine from his supplier. Law enforcement seized the drugs as they …
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Niagara Falls man pleads guilty to drug charge after officers find five kilograms of cocaine in his car

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … 2017, the U.S. Postal Service intercepted packages arriving from Puerto Rico and addressed to various residences in …
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Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking

… Dominican National Pleads Guilty To Fentanyl Trafficking February 18, 2025 New England Contact … pressed fentanyl pills and 500 grams of powder fentanyl from Ernesto Andujar Echavarria, who allegedly agreed to …