PRESS RELEASE

High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

September 24, 2025
… Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 South 16th Street St. Louis , MO 63103 … dismantling its operations, and protecting our community from its narcoterrorism.” The indictment alleges that the …
September 24, 2025
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Auburn, Washington Man Who Converted Garage to a Fentanyl Pill Manufacturing Lab Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

July 30, 2025
… Auburn, Washington Man Who Converted Garage to a Fentanyl Pill Manufacturing Lab Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison July 30, 2025 Seattle Contact … learned that Elias was purchasing drugs including fentanyl from another target of investigation and later determined he …
July 30, 2025
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Family Summit
October 19, 2023
October 19, 2023

Rocky Mountain Field Division Family Summit in Salt Lake City, UT

8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (EDT)
Salt Lake City, UT
The Rocky Mountain Field Division will host its next Regional Family Summit on Thursday, October 19, 2023 in collaboration with the Utah Attorney General's Office. The event is free and open to families who have lost a loved one to a drug poisoning or overdose. The Family Summit will take...
ALERT

DEA Reports Widespread Threat of Fentanyl Mixed with Xylazine

March 20, 2023
… 107,735 Americans died between August 2021 and August 2022 from drug poisonings, with 66 percent of those deaths … Jalisco Cartel in Mexico, using chemicals largely sourced from China, are primarily responsible for the vast majority …
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Convicts Cocoa Man of Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Fentanyl

December 11, 2020
… scales covered with fentanyl and cocaine, and firearms from Swanson’s bedroom.          This case was investigated … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Florida …
December 11, 2020
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Museum
December 10, 2020
December 10, 2020

DEA Museum Lecture Series: The Kingpin Strategy

3:00 AM - 4:00 AM (EST)
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Former Administrator Robert C. Bonner joins us in the first installment of the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum & Visitor Center’s fiscal year 2021 lecture series Disrupt, Dismantle, and Destroy. Mr. Bonner will speak about leading DEA as it put the “Kingpin Strategy” into place in the early 1990s to combat...
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment: Topeka Man Distributed Heroin

December 09, 2020
… Indictment: Topeka Man Distributed Heroin December 09, 2020 St. … Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 … to two ounces of heroin each week. Licht was prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a felony conviction in 2019 …
December 09, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Jamestown man going to prison for selling heroin

May 20, 2019
… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … that he received a couple hundred bundles of heroin from Martinez every few days and was tasked with …
May 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking charge

April 02, 2019
… guilty to cocaine trafficking charge April 02, 2019 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … purchase of a kilogram of cocaine for approximately $28,000 from a source of supply in New Rochelle, N.Y.  Lopez has …
April 02, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Wyoming’s largest drug bust leads to two decades in prison

July 02, 2020
… 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 … David A. Tyree. “The outstanding investigative efforts from the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Wyoming Division of …
July 02, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Armed cocaine dealer sentenced

January 23, 2020
… Armed cocaine dealer sentenced January 23, 2020 Chicago Contact Info Contact Us … a lengthy prison term was necessary to protect the public from Norris because he used firearms in his drug dealing …
January 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Federal jury in Waco convicts California drug courier for attempting to transport approximately 21 pounds of methamphetamine to Waco

January 24, 2020
… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … to deliver approximately 21 pounds of methamphetamine from California to Waco, announced U.S. Attorney John F. …
January 24, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Corcoran resident sentenced to 10 years in prison for role in methamphetamine distribution conspiracy

December 18, 2019
… Corcoran resident sentenced to 10 years in prison for role in methamphetamine … in illegal drug activities in and around Fresno and Gilroy from June 2016 to April 2017. In total, the DTO was …
December 18, 2019
LANDING PAGE

Fentanyl Awareness

August 20, 2025
… Prevention and Awareness Day with extended DEA Museum hours from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, August 21. View Press … The Faces of Fentanyl, to commemorate the lives lost from fentanyl poisonings or overdoses. You are invited to … the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs. National Fentanyl …
August 20, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Asset Forfeiture

March 28, 2025
… of drug trafficking and money laundering groups worldwide, from the lowly courier carrying cash or drugs to the top … standard needed to arrest someone) and obtain a warrant from a judge (with some exceptions).  The US Department of … the effects of asset forfeiture? Forfeiting assets earned from or used in criminal activities helps law enforcement …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners collect thousands of pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 05, 2019
… 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 … in not only removing potentially dangerous unused drugs from our nation’s medicine cabinets, but also in raising …
November 05, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA encourages communities across New England to Go Red for Red Ribbon

October 23, 2019
… DEA encourages communities across New England to Go Red for Red Ribbon October 23, 2019 New … http://g.co/redribbonweek   to see key places and images from where Special Agent Camarena lived and worked.   For …
October 23, 2019
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Social Media Blog: iDEAte 2.0 COMPETITION 2024, DEA's second innovation competition

January 16, 2025
… Administration (DEA) is protecting American communities from criminal drug networks that threaten our safety and our … to bring innovative ideas to fruition. "Innovation stems from all over the place, especially because people who … Data Utilization, and Data Governance .    Hearing from those on the front lines, doing the work, is essential …
January 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Former dentist sentenced to more than 10 years’ imprisonment for drug trafficking and possession of child pornography

March 26, 2019
… Former dentist sentenced to more than 10 years’ imprisonment for drug … be required to register as a sex offender upon his release from prison.   United States Attorney for the Eastern …
March 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Bronx gang members convicted of racketeering and related offenses, including 2014 shooting of three individuals

March 07, 2019
… Bronx gang members convicted of racketeering and related offenses, including 2014 shooting of three individuals March … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA …
March 07, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Meth Trafficking

February 25, 2025
… Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Meth Trafficking February 25, 2025 … including the DEA North Central Laboratory with assistance from the Indiana State Police and the Mishawaka Police …
February 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Kentucky Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking

January 31, 2024
… Kentucky Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking … by the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the Indiana State Police and the Allen County Sheriff’s …
January 31, 2024
GENERAL INFORMATION

Special Agent Eligibility Quiz

January 22, 2025
… Special Agent Eligibility Quiz Eligibility Quiz You must have JavaScript enabled to view the results of this quiz. Find out if you … conferences; researching, collecting and analyzing data from a variety of sources relating to investigations; …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Statement Regarding The Release Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

August 09, 2013
… DEA Statement Regarding The Release Of Rafael Caro-Quintero August 09, … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … to release infamous drug trafficker Rafael Caro-Quintero from a Mexican prison.  Caro-Quintero had been serving a 40 …
August 09, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales

March 04, 2015
… DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales March 04, 2015 … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … serve as yet another warning that no criminal is immune from arrest and prosecution. Omar Trevino Morales …
March 04, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Ohio Man sentenced for attempting to murder witness with deadly heroin cocktail

March 06, 2019
… Ohio Man sentenced for attempting to murder witness with deadly heroin … tranquilizer 10,000 times more powerful than morphine, from a residence in the Elmwood Place neighborhood of …
March 06, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Buffalo man sentenced for possession of butyryl fentanyl

August 15, 2019
… Buffalo man sentenced for possession of butyryl fentanyl August 15, 2019 … one the officers took the defendant’s hand and pulled it from the pocket. Scales was clutching a large plastic bag. …
August 15, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Richmond man running multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy sentenced

October 29, 2019
… man running multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy sentenced October 29, 2019 Washington, DC Contact Info … to a federal grand jury. According to court documents, from approximately 2015 through October 2017, Gregory …
October 29, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford man sentenced to 54 months for trafficking heroin, fentanyl and other drugs

September 03, 2019
… Hartford man sentenced to 54 months for trafficking heroin, fentanyl and … Administration’s Hartford Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office and the Bristol, …
September 03, 2019
GENERAL INFORMATION

The Controlled Substances Act

March 28, 2025
… or transferred between schedules) or decontrolled (removed from control). The procedure for these actions is found in  … of Health and Human Services (HHS), or by petition from any interested party, including: The manufacturer of a …
March 28, 2025