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U.K. Defendant Sentenced For Illegal Chemical Distribution Via Internet

… U.K. Defendant Sentenced For Illegal Chemical Distribution Via Internet May … - 571-324-7218 Yuma - 571-324-7324 Defendant extradited from the U.K. to face U.S. charges PHOENIX - On May 14, … Red Phosphorus in the United States without written consent from the appropriate licensing U.S. entity. Although Howes …
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Federal Jury Convicts Tempe Designer Drug Manufacturer/Distributor Of Federal Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act Violations

… Of Federal Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act Violations July 22, 2013 Phoenix Contact Info … case was tried before U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell from June 25, 2013 through July 19, 2013. Sentencing is set …
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DEA And Partners Arrest And Charge A Dozen Suspected Meth Traffickers

… DEA And Partners Arrest And Charge A Dozen Suspected Meth Traffickers February 21, 2013 San Diego … Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … ring which was importing methamphetamine and cocaine from Tijuana- and Guadalajara-based cartels into San Diego …
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Medical Doctor Surrenders License, Pays $700,000 Restitution For Prescription Drug/Money Laundering Scam

… Medical Doctor Surrenders License, Pays $700,000 Restitution For Prescription … in the amount of approximately $2 million in seized monies. From January 1, 2006 to February 10, 2009, Yeh operated a …
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Operation OG Style Knocks Out Violent Street Gang Members

… Operation OG Style Knocks Out Violent Street Gang Members September 27, 2011 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us 571-362-5600 571-362-0582 … PHOENIX, AZ. - In August 2009, officers from the South Mountain Precinct noticed an increase in …
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Heroin Packaging Operation Dismantled In Inwood: Over $5 Million In Heroin Seized, 10 Arrests

… 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 … Unit and Heroin Interdiction (HIT), with assistance from the New York City Police Department’(NYPD) 50th …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Linked To Los Zetas Drug Cartel

… 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 … announced the extradition of Horst Walther Overdick-Mejia from Guatemala.  Overdick-Mejia was charged in January 2012 …
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DEA-Led Investigation Results In Sentencing Of Three Iowa Heroin And Fentanyl Dealers Causing An Overdose Death

… DEA-Led Investigation Results In Sentencing Of Three Iowa Heroin And Fentanyl Dealers Causing An … 2016, a female heroin customer called Brown to order heroin from him.  Following the call to Brown, Matthews left the …
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Twenty-five Members And Associates Of The ‘Hooly Gang’ In The Bronx Charged With Narcotics Trafficking

… Twenty-five Members And Associates Of The ‘Hooly Gang’ In The … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … the Longwood section of the Bronx. Their products - ranging from crack, heroin, marijuana, and oxycodone - invited gang …
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19 Charged In Prescription Drug Trafficking Conspiracies

… 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 … South Park, Pennsylvania. According to the indictment, from February 26, 2009 to June 21, 2010, the defendants …
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Death Charge Added To Indictment Against Pill Mill Doc

… Death Charge Added To Indictment Against Pill Mill Doc November 29, 2012 Philadelphia … 861-3474 Media Requests (571) 362-5348 PhiladelphiaSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. … no legitimate medical purpose and N. B.’s death resulted from the use of that substance. According to the third …
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Sinaloa Cartel Leader Surrenders To US Law Enforcement

… Sinaloa Cartel Leader Surrenders To US Law Enforcement August 07, 2017 San Diego Contact Info Contact … date. “At a time when more Americans than ever are dying from drug overdoses, the Department of Justice has made it a …
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Maryland Science Center To Host DEA Exhibit

… Maryland Science Center To Host DEA Exhibit January 29, 2014 Washington, DC … the world. Visitors will experience a drug investigation from start to finish, helping them understand the … in a simulated MRI machine and view real wreckage from a drug-related car accident. A portion of Target …
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Illegal Drug Company Gallant Pharma And Co-Founder Sentenced

… Illegal Drug Company Gallant Pharma And Co-Founder Sentenced May 09, 2014 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us … such drugs took more than two weeks to arrive in Virginia from overseas during a July 2012 heat wave.  Many drugs sold …
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Seventeen Defendants Targeted In A Criminal Complaint Alleging Broad-Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Seventeen Defendants Targeted In A Criminal Complaint Alleging … distribution operation by, among other things, taking calls from customers and dispatching couriers to deliver drugs to … dealer who is alleged to have frequently purchased heroin from him, Robert Erickson, are charged with distributing …
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10 People Arrested In Two Separate Cases For Heroin And Cocaine Trafficking Affecting Multiple Western New York Communities

… 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 … since approximately 2014, the organization acquired heroin from the New York City area for distribution in Buffalo. The …
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Federal Indictment Of Five Defendants In One Of The Nation’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures

… Federal Indictment Of Five Defendants In One Of The Nation’s Largest Fentanyl Seizures … law enforcement tracked $13,000,000 in cash flowing from an area bank to California. According to information …
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Fentanyl Free Summit Diversion Version

May 11, 2026
… the Drug Enforcement Administration will convene leaders from across the country for the inaugural Fentanyl Free … coalition leaders, along with hundreds of DEA’s partners from across law enforcement, public health, education, … the country will participate in a coordinated "Walk Away from Fentanyl" event on Saturday, July 11, 2026, …
May 11, 2026
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Miami News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Truck Driver of Transporting $950,000 Worth of Cocaine from Arizona to Central Florida March 11, 2008 Human … Miami Beach Doctor Indicted for Patient Death Resulting from Illegal Dispensing of Controlled Substance January 17, 2008 150 Kilograms of Cocaine Seized from Aircraft in Fort Lauderdale …
July 15, 2021
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New York News 2003/2002

July 15, 2021
… County, NY Dismantled NOV 3, 2003 3 Defendants Extradited From Israel To Stand Trial For Conspiring To Distribute … Leads to Successful Extradition of Ecstasy Kingpin Fugitive from Spain to the United States APR 15, 2003 DEA …
July 15, 2021
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DEA encourages communities across New England to Go Red for Red Ribbon

… 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 …
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Indictments, Convictions through Guilty Pleas, and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) Prosecutions

… Indictments, Convictions through Guilty Pleas, and Sentencings in Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) … and intentionally imported into the United States, from Colombia and other places, five kilograms or more of …
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Six Arrested at Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Mill in the Bronx, New York

… Six Arrested at Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Mill in the Bronx, New York March … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Enforcement Task Force (DETF) Group T-22, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit. DETF Group T-22 is comprised …
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Kodiak, Alaska Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in 2022 Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… Kodiak, Alaska Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in 2022 Fatal Fentanyl Overdose … Postal Inspectors identified a suspicious parcel shipped from California to Kodiak. Inspectors obtained a search …
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High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Material Support of a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narcoterrorism

… 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 …
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Auburn, Washington Man Who Converted Garage to a Fentanyl Pill Manufacturing Lab Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

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

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

… 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 …
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DEA’s Family Summits on Fentanyl

January 19, 2025
… groups. These families are working to prevent others from experiencing the tragic loss of a loved one that they … reinforce existing relationships and partnerships. Message from the DEA Administrator "Drug-related deaths are plaguing … 2022 in Washington, D.C.  DEA invited representatives from over 80 organizations formed mostly by parents who have …
January 19, 2025
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Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills

… Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 … of Massachusetts as well as the DEA and task force officers from greater Houston police departments and the FBI.   The …