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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 8 Years for Meth Trafficking

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

… 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 …
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Computer Forensics Program

March 28, 2025
… this program was to recover information of probative value from computers and magnetic storage media (diskettes, tapes … drive duplication support when evidence cannot be removed from a business. Additionally, any original evidence can be …
March 28, 2025
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Environmental Management Programs

March 28, 2025
… chemicals, contaminated apparatus and equipment seized from clandestine drug laboratories. The program provides … supplies and equipment, and continuing support and training from DEA.   …
March 28, 2025
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Man charged with possessing with intent to distribute meth

… with Department of Homeland Security received a phone call from Richard Treis. Treis was looking to purchase 40 pounds of methamphetamine from the UCA for $120,000.  On July 29, 2020, investigators …
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Philadelphia News 2006

July 15, 2021
… Chester County SEP 19, 2006 DEA Philadelphia Arrests Eight from Roger Ortega Drug Trafficking Organization SEP 15, 2006 … 27, 2006 Six Charged with Importing 230,000 Ecstasy Pills From Canada APR 17, 2006 Two Operation Cyber Chase …
July 15, 2021
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Buffalo man sentenced for possession of butyryl fentanyl

… 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. …
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Richmond man running multi-state heroin trafficking conspiracy sentenced

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

… 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, …
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Atlanta drug trafficker sentenced for heroin distribution

… Atlanta drug trafficker sentenced for heroin distribution November 15, 2019 Atlanta … we will continue prosecuting and removing repeat offenders from our streets.” “This is a perfect example of cooperative …
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Bridgeport resident charged with distributing fentanyl that caused overdose death of Trumbull man

… Bridgeport resident charged with distributing fentanyl that caused overdose … of those overdoses. Drug dealers who continue to profit from the deadly opioid trade are warned: When a toxicology …
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Pennsylvania man and California woman charged with federal drug and firearms crimes

… Pennsylvania man and California woman charged with federal … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Richard Southwick and Thomas Sutcliffe, with assistance from the Cortland County District Attorney’s Office.   ### …
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Last member of Schuele Boys Gang convicted of RICO Conspiracy sentenced to 30 years in prison

… member of Schuele Boys Gang convicted of RICO Conspiracy sentenced to 30 years in prison February 27, 2019 New York … ordered the defendant to forfeit $10,400,000 in proceeds from illegal drug trafficking activity.   Assistant U.S. …
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Pembroke woman sentenced to 72 months for participating in methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy

… Pembroke woman sentenced to 72 months for participating in methamphetamine … 38 grams of methamphetamine and a Sig Sauer 9 mm pistol from the car she was driving. Waters was arrested on federal …
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South Bay doctor pleads guilty to unlawfully distributing hydrocodone and health care fraud

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … him to prescribe controlled substances. Aachi admitted that from Sept. 18, 2017, through July 2, 2018, he wrote …
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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
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DEA Statement Regarding The Release Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

… 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 …
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DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales

… 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 …
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Armed meth dealer sentenced to more than 20 years

… Armed meth dealer sentenced to more than 20 years September 25, 2019 Miami Contact … Office (SO), and the Sumter County SO, with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
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DEA Chief of Operations D. Christopher Evans appointed by United States Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

… D. Christopher Evans appointed by United States Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law … public meetings. At these events, the Commission will hear from subject matter experts, public officials, private …
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Europol/DEA Announce Joint Report on Mexican Cartels

December 31, 2024
… and their methods. Drug trafficking operations benefit from a number of different actors, such as brokers, cooks, … working together to traffic methamphetamine and cocaine from Latin America to the EU. DEA is committed to the …
December 31, 2024
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Cartels and Gangs in Chicago

June 01, 2017
… Chicago’s crime problem is a steady supply of drugs from Mexican drug cartels, most notably the Sinaloa Cartel. Illicit drugs flow from Mexico to Chicago via a loosely associated network of …
June 01, 2017
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2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

October 01, 2017
… public health data; open source reporting; and intelligence from other government agencies to determine which substances … homicide. In 2015, approximately 140 people died every day from drug poisoning (see Figure 1). DIR-040-17_2017-NDTA.pdf …
October 01, 2017
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Jury convicts man of cocaine conspiracy

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … trial established that the defendant was obtaining cocaine from Houston and distributing it to customers in the Buffalo …
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Groveton woman sentenced to 65 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

… Groveton woman sentenced to 65 months for participating in fentanyl trafficking … that on March 1, 2018, an individual intended to travel from New Hampshire to a location in Lawrence, Mass., to …
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Cocaine supplier for local Virginia Bloods gang sentenced to prison

… Cocaine supplier for local Virginia Bloods gang sentenced to prison December 06, 2019 Washington, DC Contact … to individuals in Virginia. According to court documents, from 2015 until early 2019, Chad Stewart, 44, of Anaheim, …
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Westside Crips gang members sentenced to 82 months for aggravating role in racketeering conspiracy

… Westside Crips gang members sentenced to 82 months for aggravating role in racketeering … that would mean a longer sentence. After hearing testimony from the government and defense expert witnesses at an …
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Dominican Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Illegally Reentering The United States And Distributing Fentanyl

… Dominican Man Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Illegally Reentering The … sentenced to 37 months in prison. He was removed from the United States upon completion of his sentence in …
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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
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

… DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy November 19, … two Cincinnati businesses were used to launder proceeds from the narcotics conspiracy: Tri-State Jeweler on Race …