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Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

… 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 5th Avenue Seattle , WA 98104 United States … distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with …
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Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Stash In The Bronx, NY: $30 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

… Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Stash In The Bronx, NY: $30 … of 46 kilograms of (141 lbs.). On September 26, 2015 a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force - … Today's seizure will keep millions of packages of heroin from hitting the streets. I thank our law enforcement …
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Doctor convicted on nine counts in connection with oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme

… convicted on nine counts in connection with oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme February 22, 2019 New York Contact … drug dealing is all the more shocking coming as it did from a licensed medical professional who has taken an oath …
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

… 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 … removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day August 19, 2022 … the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the …
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Anne Milgram Sworn In As DEA Administrator

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … safer and healthier,” said Administrator Milgram. From 2007 to 2010, Ms. Milgram served as the Attorney …
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DEA Hero Joseph Piersante Honored By U.S. Secretary Of Defense

… DEA Hero Joseph Piersante Honored By U.S. Secretary Of Defense April 30, 2015 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … to the Department of Defense. Piersante’s recovery from this life-threatening event has been nothing short of …
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Madera County Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation And Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

… Madera County Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation And Being A Felon In … were found inside. Officers seized two rifles and a shotgun from a gun safe along with high-capacity magazines and more …
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Husband and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill

… Husband and wife sentenced to prison for operating Upper West Side pill mill … painkiller oxycodone for no legitimate medical purpose from an Upper West Side medical practice. As a result of the …
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Owner of Oakland Money Services Business Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Laundering Drug Proceeds to Mexico

… Owner of Oakland Money Services Business Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Laundering Drug Proceeds … agreement, Ornelas Mora owned and operated Rincon Musical. From no later than September 2020 through August 2022, …
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First Regional Family Summit on Fentanyl Held in Utah

… First Regional Family Summit on Fentanyl Held in Utah October 19, 2023 Rocky Mountain Contact … 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 … one to a fentanyl poisoning or overdose.  A dozen families from across the state, and one father from Kentucky, …
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Walgreens Agrees To Pay A Record Settlement Of $80 Million For Civil Penalties Under The Controlled Substances Act

… Walgreens Agrees To Pay A Record Settlement Of $80 Million For Civil Penalties Under The Controlled … black market sales.   According to the most recent report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, …
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Twenty-seven defendants charged in takedown of Newark open air drug market

… Twenty-seven defendants charged in takedown of Newark open air drug … their illegal operation. The charges and arrests resulted from a long-running wiretap investigation led by the U.S. …
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Ibrar A. Mian Named Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division

… Ibrar A. Mian Named Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division March 03, 2025 … Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are safe from the violence and deadly destruction perpetrated by drug …
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Member of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Drug Trafficking Offenses

… Member of Violent Gang Pleads Guilty to Racketeering and Drug Trafficking … and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were allegedly seized from 11 of the defendants.     Lopes was identified by …
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DEA to Host Inaugural Fentanyl Free America Summit Alongside CADCA Mid-Year Training Institute

… DEA to Host Inaugural Fentanyl Free America Summit Alongside CADCA Mid-Year … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … events are expected to draw more than 2,500 attendees from the across the country.  Despite encouraging movement …
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DEA Hosts the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25th

… 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 … Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations …
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Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

… Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident April 22, 2021 New Jersey Contact Info Contact Us (571) … 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … and Individual-2 sold the same heroin they had obtained from Byrd to Victim-1. On April 3, 2016, officers from the …
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … of the more rural areas of the state. Some recent analysis from the DEA’s Northeast Regional Lab has found some purity …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San Diego , CA 92123-1672 … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to …
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Crystal Meth Trafficker Sentenced 5 Years in Federal Prison

… Crystal Meth Trafficker Sentenced 5 Years in Federal Prison February 25, 2022 New … learned that the individual had received the meth from a tractor trailer driver who regularly transported …
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Texas Man Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine

… Texas Man Sentenced for Transporting Cocaine June 02, 2023 St. Louis … Springfield - (417) 888-9800 EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A man from Texas was sentenced to four years and nine months in … significant quantities of cocaine were being transported from Texas, through Illinois, and on to St. Louis. On Dec. …
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Las Vegas woman pleads guilty to conspiracy to distribute marijuana in St. Louis

… 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 … to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of marijuana from sources of supply based in California and launder the …
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Utica men found guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy after jury trial

… Utica men found guilty of drug trafficking conspiracy after jury … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … and the distribution of cocaine in the Utica area from October 2016 to October 2017. Additionally, Peralta was …
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Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Trafficking Approximately 50 Pounds of Meth into New Hampshire

… Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Trafficking … to traffic approximately 50 pounds of methamphetamine from Massachusetts to New Hampshire on five occasions.  From …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 17, 2024 Headquarters Contact Info Contact … DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute More Than 20 Pounds of Fentanyl

… Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to … officers safeguarded countless members of our communities from the poison the defendant was intending to pollute into …
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Rocky Mountain Diversion Investigator Named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year”

… Mountain Diversion Investigator Named “Outstanding Citizen of the Year” March 17, 2023 Rocky Mountain Contact Info … 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 … in Bozeman.  DI St. Peter was nominated by a colleague from the Montana Department of Justice, Criminal …
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Local Banker Sent to Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Local Banker Sent to Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy March 09, 2023 … Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … to violate his position of trust for easy money, money from organizations that are destroying our communities.” …
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Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Shipping Firearm and Ammunition to the U.K. , Possessing Meth

… Portland Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Shipping Firearm and Ammunition … Security Investigations (HSI) about a FedEx parcel shipped from Portland to the U.K. containing a 9mm handgun and … part of a separate drug trafficking investigation, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed …