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DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Statement On Walgreens’ Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative

… DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg Statement On Walgreens’ Prescription Drug Take Back Initiative … older who abused pain relievers in the past year got them from a friend or relative for free, including from the home …
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Auburn man sentenced to 60 months in prison

… Auburn man sentenced to 60 months in prison August 27, 2019 Chicago Contact … a confidential informant made controlled buys of heroin from Wirges at his Auburn, Ind., residence at a time when …
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Simon City Royals Gang Leader Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy

… Simon City Royals Gang Leader Sentenced for Racketeering Conspiracy February 01, 2024 New … Simon City Royals (SCR) gang. According to court documents, from 2016 until 2022, Allen Posey, 49, of Hazlehurst, …
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DEA launches Secure Your Meds campaign, calls on Americans to keep medications safe

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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DEA and U.S. Coast Guard announce 18,000 pound cocaine offload in San Diego

… DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Headquarters Quick Links Press Releases Local … to stop this threat to our country.” Numerous U.S. agencies from the Departments of Justice, Defense, and Homeland …
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Staten Island doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing oxycodone

… Staten Island doctor pleads guilty to illegally distributing … can net an illicit distributor $5,400 in cash or more.   From at least approximately 2006 until his arrest in October …
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Grant County man sentenced to 78 months for possession of methamphetamine and firearms

… Grant County man sentenced to 78 months for possession of methamphetamine and … after he entered a plea to them on July 19.   Officers from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office found more than 350 …
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Alert - Extortion Scam - Alert

… 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 DenverSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk … Utah, and Wyoming, is regularly receiving telephone calls from concerned citizens who are the victims of this …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug … Recruiter Name SA Lorie Valdez 571-324-7440 DallasSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed …
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Two Men Indicted in Kidnapping and Assault Allegedly Linked to a Drug-Related Dispute

… Two Men Indicted in Kidnapping and Assault Allegedly Linked to a … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … An investigation revealed that the alleged incident stemmed from a theft of narcotics that investigators believe …
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Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud

… 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San … exposed a massive fraud operation being conducted from behind bars. As a prison inmate engineered a criminal …
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National Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization In Sandy Springs Dismantled

… 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 … everyone lined their pockets with excessive profits gained from drug trafficking," said Harry S. Sommers, the Special …
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Northern District Of Georgia Targets Prescription Drug Abuse

… 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 … problem is too big to prosecute away and requires solutions from doctors, pharmacists, legislators, and public health …
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13 Correctional Officers Among 25 Alleged BGF Gang Members And Associates Indicted On Federal Racketeering Charges

… 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 … Searches Conducted by Federal Agents and Trusted Officers from Outside Baltimore BALTIMORE - A federal grand jury …
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New York man sentenced to over 14 years on heroin and crack conspiracy charge

… New York man sentenced to over 14 years on heroin and crack conspiracy … grams of crack in central Maine. Fields obtained the drugs from out-of-state sources. The defendant and others brought …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025 December 16, … LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field …
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Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 1433 West Loop South Suite 600 Houston , TX … At the hearing, the court heard how Somers had travelled from Louisiana and was planning to return to sell the …
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses May 22, 2025 Seattle Contact Info Contact Us (206) … 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … substance. Court documents explain that Facey was suspended from practicing law on Feb. 24, 2025, following numerous bar …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

… Multiple Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges April 03, … Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … District of North Carolina.  “Protecting our communities from drugs and guns is one of the Justice Department’s core …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth September 27, 2021 San Diego Contact Info … Name Kieran Garcia (858) 616-4040 sandiegospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … last year compared to 2019, sadly, overdose deaths from these drugs significantly increased from 2019 to 2020.  …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 3838 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 1800, Three Lakeway Center New Orleans , LA United States New Orleans Contacts … Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous …
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Six Arrested for Multi-State Drug Conspiracy Spanning Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas

… Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Texas July 14, 2023 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … organization that distributed oxycodone pills obtained from a source in the Houston area, across Southeastern …
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Four Arrested After DEA-Led Investigation into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring

… into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring April 19, 2023 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … of narcotics, revealed that Fisher received heroin/fentanyl from Collins, and fentanyl/heroin and cocaine from other …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted

… Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted January 30, 2023 New York … was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet …
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

… Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years … of Craven County’s most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their pain and addiction,” said U.S. Attorney Michael …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 … Contacts Miami Quick Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug … – On July 29, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to …
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Leader Of Nationwide Meth Ring Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearm and Money Laundering Charges

… Firearm and Money Laundering Charges April 04, 2024 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 Kristen Govostes Recruiter Name Garth Hamelin … 2021, 12 controlled purchases of methamphetamine were made from the drug trafficking organization—two of which were …
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Large Scale Fentanyl and Cocaine Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison

… Large Scale Fentanyl and Cocaine Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison April 13, 2022 … Administration investigation, it was determined that from March 2019 to July 2020, Norwood acted as a large-scale …
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Narcotics Dealing Couple Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges and Assault on of a Federal Officer

… Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 800 K … While asleep, the nine-month-old child obtained narcotics from Wall’s belongings, ingested the narcotics, and …
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Drug Supplier for D.C. and Prince George’s County Sentenced

… Drug Supplier for D.C. and Prince George’s County Sentenced July 15, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us … Charles County Sheriff. According to Parker’s guilty plea, from September 2017 to July 2018, Parker and his …