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Florida Man Sentenced To 5 Years Imprisonment For Structuring More Than $2.5 Million In Proceeds Of Drug Trafficking

… Florida Man Sentenced To 5 Years Imprisonment For Structuring More Than $2.5 … the purpose of funneling cash proceeds of drug trafficking from Florida and other states back to California. Riffle …
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Coloradan Sentenced For California Marijuana Conspiracy

… Coloradan Sentenced For California Marijuana Conspiracy April 20, 2015 San … by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service and Bakersfield Police …
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Three Fresno Residents Indicted For Methamphetamine Trafficking

… Three Fresno Residents Indicted For Methamphetamine Trafficking May 14, 2015 … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … 2015, Fernandez received a shipment of methamphetamine from Mexico with Medina’s assistance. Fernandez took it to a …
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Six Bakersfield Residents Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine

… Six Bakersfield Residents Indicted For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … John J. Martin announced. According to court documents, from November 1, 2014, to December 9, 2015, the defendants …
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Stockton Marijuana Grow Cultivator Convicted Of Narcotics And Firearms Charges

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … (METRO) began investigating. On February 14, 2012, agents from the DEA executed a search warrant and found …
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Trinity County Man Pleads Guilty To Growing Marijuana On Multiple Properties

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … cultivation charges. Deputies seized 2,142 marijuana plants from 22 greenhouses. On August 16, 2011, at a property near …
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Three Indicted For Squaw Valley Marijuana Cultivation Operation

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … officers seized more than 1,000 marijuana plants from rural farmland in Squaw Valley rented by Thourakhone. …
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Indictment In Scheme To Smuggle Cocaine Into Canada

… Indictment In Scheme To Smuggle Cocaine Into Canada October 04, … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … delivery and then seized another 40 kilograms of cocaine from that residence. This case is the product of an …
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Stanislaus County Couple Indicted For Growing Marijuana On Agricultural Land

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … parcel of farmland that they own approximately 450 feet from Waterford High School, in violation of both federal and …
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Superseding Indictment Filed Against Marijuana Cultivators Indicted For Transporting To Texas

… Superseding Indictment Filed Against Marijuana Cultivators Indicted For … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … According to court documents, the conspiracy spanned from the Eastern District of California to the Northern …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Meth Trafficking

… Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Meth Trafficking May 07, 2025 … including the DEA North Central Laboratory with assistance from the South Bend Police Department, the Fort Wayne Police …
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Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison for Racketeering, Drug, and Firearm Offenses

… Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to More Than Seven Years in Prison for … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
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Malden Men Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl And Methamphetamine

… Malden Men Sentenced For Trafficking Fentanyl And Methamphetamine … recovery of a firearm, over 200 rounds of ammunition and from each of their bedrooms and kitchen and a large and …
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Community Outreach

March 28, 2025
… it’s vitally important that youth and young adults refrain from drug use as this use will affect brain development. … and local prevention contacts, and resources available from DEA’s federal partners. The website also includes a …
March 28, 2025
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Sunshine Week

January 22, 2025
… FOIA requests.  DEA also received 143 FOIA consultations from other federal agencies in FY 2020.  For more … for any agency records; however, the records may be exempt from release by one of nine FOIA exemptions which protect …
January 22, 2025
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Dallas News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Gets 13 Years In Prison January 18, 2007 55 Arrested From Local Texas Drug Ring January 17, 2007 Meth Organization Excised From Ellis County January 3, 2007 Operation 700 Ranch …
July 15, 2021
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Headquarters News 2008

July 15, 2021
… December 31, 2008 10 Major Drug Deffendants Extradicted from Mexico to the United States December 11, 2008 U.S. … 2008 International Arms Dealer Extradited To United States From Spain On Terrorism Offenses May 20, 2008 Member of …
July 15, 2021
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New Jersey News 2010

July 15, 2021
… Possession November 23, 2010 Folkes Brothers Extradited From Jamaica to Face Charges of Conspiring to Traffic … To Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine On Commercial Airlines From The West Indies To England Via The United States April …
July 15, 2021
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Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Conspiracy

… Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin, Fentanyl, Cocaine Conspiracy June 19, 2020 New York Contact … distribute heroin, fentanyl, acetyl fentanyl, and cocaine from a location on Syracuse’s west side. In pleading guilty, …
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Two men indicted in cocaine pipeline operating between Puerto Rico and Buffalo

… Two men indicted in cocaine pipeline operating between Puerto Rico and Buffalo March 11, 2020 New York Contact … and the package with the sham cocaine was recovered from the vehicle of Ortiz Cosme. Subsequently, law …
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Columbia Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug & Firearms Crimes

… Columbia Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug & Firearms … in the backseat of the patrol car. When Bond was removed from the patrol car, law enforcement discovered a torn bag …
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Meth distributor heads to federal prison

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … Summer admitted he had transported narcotics on the bus from Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas on …
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High-ranking MS-13 Lieutenant pleads guilty to murder

… High-ranking MS-13 Lieutenant pleads guilty to murder December 11, 2019 New York … and prosecuted in order to keep our communities safe from gang violence.” “Today, defendant Victor Lopez, a …
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The History of Red Ribbon Week

March 28, 2025
… born on July 26, 1947, in Mexicali, Mexico. He graduated from Calexico High School in Calexico, California in 1966, … the month. This year’s Red Ribbon Rally features voices from our community and special guests who represent diverse …
March 28, 2025
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Chicago News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Over 1 Ton of Marijuana and $400,000 US Currency Seized From Drug Organization December 4, 2007 Indianapolis Man … Distribution Ring May 8, 2007 DEA Task Force Trims "Weed" From Rockford Home May 2, 2007 Gangster Disciples Drug Ring …
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Detroit News 2010

July 15, 2021
… 2010 Ex-Nurse Sentenced in Federal Court for Stealing Drugs From University of Louisville Hospital March 4, 2010 … Postal Worker Guilty of Stealing Controlled Substances from Mail January 6, 2010 Western Kentucky Man Charged With …
July 15, 2021
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DEA Launches Bold Bilateral Initiative to Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers and Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug … Portero addresses all aspects of cartel criminal activity—from drug smuggling to weapons trafficking to illicit …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking

… Indiana Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Fentanyl Trafficking April 09, 2025 … including the DEA North Central Laboratory, with assistance from the Indiana State Police. The case was prosecuted by …
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South Carolina Man Admits Interstate Gun Trafficking Conspiracy

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 Mulberry Street 2nd Floor Newark , NJ … to engage in the busines of unlicensed firearms dealing. From April 2021 through May 18, 2021, Wilkerson was a member …
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Passaic County Man Admits Distributing Fentanyl

… Passaic County Man Admits Distributing Fentanyl May 25, 2021 New Jersey Contact Info Contact Us … 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … call detail records, law enforcement determined that from at least September 2018 through October 1, 2019, …