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DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 05, 2023
… Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K Street, N.W Suite 500 Washington , DC … Last Mile comprised 1,436 investigations conducted from May 1, 2022 through May 1, 2023, in collaboration with …
May 05, 2023
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Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 38 Years in Federal Prison

August 29, 2022
… Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to More Than 38 Years in Federal Prison August 29, … users and smaller-scale suppliers who made daily purchases from the residence. The conspiracy included Thomas as the …
August 29, 2022
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DEA Task Force and Waterbury police investigation takes down heroin trafficking ring; 15 charged

October 29, 2019
… heroin trafficking ring; 15 charged October 29, 2019 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Brian Tomasetta 617-557-2309 … that received large quantities of heroin and fentanyl from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed …
October 29, 2019
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DEA Washington Chief Issues Public Safety Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl

September 27, 2021
… Alert: Dangerous Increase in Fake Rx Pills Containing Fentanyl September 27, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info … Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … are being so well made they aren’t able to be told apart from legitimate pills, outside testing. DEA lab analyses …
September 27, 2021
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Eighty-Four Defendants Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses As A Result Of DEA "MET" Operation In Roswell, New Mexico

September 23, 2011
… Eighty-Four Defendants Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses As A Result Of DEA "MET" Operation In Roswell, New … long investigation led by a Mobile Enforcement (MET) from the DEA’s El Paso Division Office in conjunction with …
September 23, 2011
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Large Scale Colorado Springs And Pueblo Drug Trafficking Organization Dismantled

April 20, 2011
… 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 DenverSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk … with local and state law enforcement, arrested 15 people from Southern Colorado who had been named in four separate …
April 20, 2011
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Two Former Western Colorado Doctors Indicted For Illegally Prescribing Controlled Substances

August 09, 2011
… 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 DenverSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk … claims and obtain reimbursement for those prescriptions from health care benefit programs used by the patients …
August 09, 2011
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Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gun Violence In Miami-Dade County

May 29, 2013
… Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gun Violence In Miami-Dade … used undercover agents to purchase guns and drugs from violent and repeat offenders.  Operation Smoking Gun … felons, their guns and their drugs, have been removed from the streets of Miami-Dade and South Florida.  Working …
May 29, 2013
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DEA Investigation Results In 114 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In Old San Juan’s La Perla Ward

June 29, 2011
… (787) 475-4504 Tony Velazquez Recruiter Name Special Agent Recruiter (571) 362-2069 caribbeanspecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … the product. The “drug owners” would often receive proceeds from the sale of specific controlled substances. These …
June 29, 2011
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Milwaukee Area Pharmaceutical Controlled Substance Distribution Ring Targeted

October 16, 2014
… Name SA Justin Williams (571) 362-6208 chicagospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 S. Dearborn Street Ste. 1200 Chicago , IL … DEA Diversion Investigators, and Task Force Officers from the Greenfield Police Department, Milwaukee Police …
October 16, 2014
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22 Indicted In Multi-State Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

June 27, 2014
… 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 … was responsible for obtaining large quantities of heroin from multiple sources, including Lonald Ector of San …
June 27, 2014
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More Than Two Dozen Identified In Massive Fraudulent Document Operation In Los Angeles

November 03, 2011
… More Than Two Dozen Identified In Massive Fraudulent Document Operation In Los … LOS ANGELES, CA - More than 300 law enforcement officers from federal and local agencies executed dozens of arrest …
November 03, 2011
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Crackdown On Methamphetamine Traffickers In Upstate New York

September 28, 2017
… 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 … dangerous drugs.” “Whether produced locally or brought here from other states and countries, methamphetamine wreaks …
September 28, 2017
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Doctor, Office Administrator And Nurse Practitioner Selling Prescriptions For Fentanyl And Oxycodone

November 02, 2017
… And Nurse Practitioner Selling Prescriptions For Fentanyl And Oxycodone November 02, 2017 New York Contact … that can lead to respiratory depression and death.   From 2015 until October 2017, Lopez operated medical clinics …
November 02, 2017
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Thirty-Five Indicted For Trafficking Heroin Throughout Virginia Peninsula

August 18, 2011
… Indicted For Trafficking Heroin Throughout Virginia Peninsula August 18, 2011 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact … Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … DEA’s mission to take down drug trafficking organizations from the street to the source,” said DEA SAC Cooper-Davis. …
August 18, 2011
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Bitcoin Exchangers, Including CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company, For Scheme To Sell And Launder Over $1 Million In Bitcoins Related To Silk Road Drug Trafficking

January 27, 2014
… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Complaint unsealed today in Manhattan federal court: From about December 2011 to October 2013, Faiella ran an …
January 27, 2014
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Captain Of Genovese Crime Family And Associate Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering

August 07, 2014
… Captain Of Genovese Crime Family And Associate Charged In Manhattan … law enforcement partners to dismantle these organizations from the top down.” Rockland County District Attorney Thomas …
August 07, 2014
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DEA Announces Largest-Ever Synthetic Drug Takedown

June 26, 2013
… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … target dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas FRESNO, Calif. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) …
June 26, 2013
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Law Enforcement Tackles Drug Sales Near Schools In San Francisco

February 13, 2015
… Law Enforcement Tackles Drug Sales Near Schools In San Francisco … in San Francisco. The indictments and arrests resulted from a continued partnership between the U.S. Attorney’s … law enforcement agencies to protect children and schools from drug trafficking.  “These partnerships are important …
February 13, 2015
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Three Dominican Men Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine and Crack Cocaine in Nashua

April 06, 2025
… Three Dominican Men Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine and Crack Cocaine in Nashua April 06, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
April 06, 2025
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DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 21, 2021
… 861-3474 Media Requests (571) 362-5348 PhiladelphiaSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. J. Green Fed. Bldg. 600 Arch Street, Room … indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine …
April 21, 2021
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Mercer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

June 09, 2023
… Mercer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Role in Drug … with intent to distribute a detectable amount of heroin. From June 2018 through May 2019, Gbanapolor and others …
June 09, 2023
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Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division

May 25, 2023
… Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division May 25, 2023 New Jersey … Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3700 (571) 362-6616 Kenneth M. Heino NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk … uniquely well rounded. She also brings leadership skills from her military service and time in local law enforcement. …
May 25, 2023
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Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine

October 11, 2022
… Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute … conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. From 2017 through July 2019, Arroyo Perez and his …
October 11, 2022
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Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to the United States on Money Laundering Charges

May 20, 2022
… Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to the United States on Money Laundering … role in laundering millions in illegal cash drug proceeds from the United States to the Dominican Republic. …
May 20, 2022
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Newark Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

May 03, 2022
… Newark Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking … imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. From 2018 through July 31, 2019, Jackson and others …
May 03, 2022
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Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

January 06, 2022
… Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution … fentanyl in New York City to buyers they knew had traveled from New Jersey to New York to make the purchases. On Aug. … to sell fentanyl to individuals whom she knew had traveled from New Jersey to New York for the sale. The aggregate …
January 06, 2022
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Two New Jersey Men Admit Possessing with Intent to Distribute Over One Kilogram of Fentanyl

December 06, 2021
… Two New Jersey Men Admit Possessing with Intent to Distribute Over One Kilogram of Fentanyl December 06, … kilogram of fentanyl. On March 5, 2021, Agurto travelled from Hoboken to Latre’s residence in Belleville to retrieve …
December 06, 2021
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National Leader of Pagan’s Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Sentenced

October 14, 2021
… National Leader of Pagan’s Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Sentenced October 14, 2021 New Jersey Contact Info Contact Us … in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While Richter was traveling from the party to his home in Suffolk County, New York, law …
October 14, 2021
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Woman Admits Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death

July 23, 2021
… Woman Admits Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Death July 23, 2021 New Jersey Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3700 (571) 362-6616 Kenneth M. Heino NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk … Monmouth County woman. On May 15, 2018, a 39-year old woman from Englishtown, referred to in court as Victim-1, texted …
July 23, 2021