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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing …
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Illinois Resident Sentenced For Synthetic Drug Conspiracy

… Illinois Resident Sentenced For Synthetic Drug Conspiracy February 12, 2018 San … 2017, Ortiz pleaded guilty. According to court documents, from December 2011 to October 2013, he, along with his …
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Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul For DEA 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 … states collected 38,300 pounds of prescription medications from members of the public. Nationwide, more than 5,263 …
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

… Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K Street, N.W Suite 500 Washington , DC … 857-2555 Winchester - (540) 662-5879 Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th WASHINGTON - …
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Alert - Extortion Scam - Alert

… 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 … Division Offices are regularly receiving telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this …
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Ballard Man Arrested For Selling Marijuana To Minors

… 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 … school parent reported students were purchasing marijuana from Castillo’s home, a block north of Ballard High School.  …
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Danville Real Estate Agent Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Bank Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme

… Danville Real Estate Agent Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Bank Fraud And Money … to be a drug dealer.  Keslinke accepted a total of $550,000 from the undercover agent.  In an attempt to conceal the …
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Operation Mercury Cases

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … sentenced for their involvement in separate cases resulting from Operation Mercury, a six-county eradication and …
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Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

… Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers March 31, 2014 San … 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … - (571) 387-3956 FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Kern, Stanislaus, and Fresno Counties entered guilty …
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Fresno-Based Investigation Results In Nationwide Arrests For Drug Distribution And Cash Structuring Conspiracy

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … into suspicious cash transactions led to eight individuals from California, Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio being charged …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Western Lab Wins EPA Federal Green Challenge Award For Electronics Recycling

… Drug Enforcement Administration Western Lab Wins EPA Federal Green … hope they inspire more organizations to keep electronics from ending up in landfills,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA … resulting in a nearly 10 percent increase over its baseline from the previous year, an increase greater than any of the …
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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Drug Proceeds

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … pleaded guilty today to structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug …
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Federal Jury Convicts Three Individuals Of Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over Internet

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San Francisco Contacts San Francisco Quick … beginning in 2004 through 2006, customers selected drugs from the SafescriptsOnline and PharmacyUSA web sites.  The …
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DEA Investigation in Chapel Hill area uncovers large-scale drug ring

… Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … Atlanta Quick Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug … filed in court, investigators utilized information from cooperating sources and cooperating defendants, and …
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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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Southwest Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Armed Meth Trafficking

… Southwest Georgia Man Sentenced to Prison for Armed Meth Trafficking June 05, 2025 … Defendant Admitted “Lifelong” Meth Dealer Firearms seized from Vinson's residence.jpg Firearms seized from Vinson's …
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Op Sweet Silence Defendant Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Serve 20 Years in Prison

… Op Sweet Silence Defendant Pleads Guilty, Agrees to Serve 20 Years in Prison May … federal, state and local partners to prevent this poison from finding its way onto our streets.”    “This is a huge …
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Ghost Gun and Narcotics Trafficking Ring Shut Down in NYC

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Task Force, which is comprised of agents and officers from the New York City Police Department, New York State …
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Two members of trafficking organization convicted on money laundering and drug charges

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … companies to launder over $12,000,000 in drug proceeds from Buffalo to Los Angeles BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney …
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Two Mexican drug traffickers charged with the murder of a Mexican soldier and conspiring to import cocaine into the United States

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Photo of fifty caliber rifle adn ammunition seized from Truck.jpeg NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

… than 600 arrests targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación March 11, 2020 Dallas Contact Info Contact Us … “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug …
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DEA and DHS Issue Joint Update on Sources of Illicit Xylazine

September 22, 2023
… of Illicit Xylazine September 22, 2023 The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Department of … human use entering the U.S. in several ways—in solid form from China and other countries, in liquid form either diverted from veterinary supply chains or packaged to resemble a …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison

… Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison January 06, 2026 Miami … Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi to Take Back America from the drug traffickers flooding our communities with …
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San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under the U.S./Mexico border

… Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 4560 Viewridge Avenue San Diego , CA 92123-1672 … 671-4500 Federal agents seize 4,400 pounds of illicit drugs from the tunnel’s exit in the U.S. Tunnel Entrance.JPG Drugs …
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Two Men Arrested with 100 Pounds of Cocaine Stamped with the Nickname of One of the World’s Greatest Soccer Players

… Two Men Arrested with 100 Pounds of Cocaine Stamped with the … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Gun and over $200,000 seized from apartment and vehicle in Jamaica NEW YORK CITY – More …
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Two Money Couriers for Colombian-Based Drug Money Laundering Organization Convicted by Federal Jury

… Convicted by Federal Jury February 08, 2025 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … Vermont Burlington - (802) 951-2900 BOSTON – Two men from Jamaica have been convicted following a four-day jury …
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Long Island Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine and Oxycodone

… Long Island Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine and Oxycodone April 04, 2024 New … Fentanyl, Pill Press Parts and Multiple Firearms Recovered from Defendant; Defendant Distributed Fentanyl that Caused …
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Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy

… Nineteen indicted in drug distribution conspiracy April 07, 2021 … 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … Yakima - (509) 454-4407 More than 70 firearms seized from defendants distributing cocaine and crack cocaine …