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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 Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed …
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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 … (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 … commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed …
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DEA operation nets 628,000 Carfentanil pills in L.A. County

… DEA operation nets 628,000 Carfentanil pills in L.A. County November 19, 2025 Los Angeles … Recruiter Name SA K. Vo 571-387-6615 LOSANGELESSPECIALAGENTRECRUITER@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 … potent than fentanyl. The majority of the pills were seized from one stash location in Los Angeles County. The operation …
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Four Men Charged with Trafficking Nearly Five Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Furniture

… Four Men Charged with Trafficking Nearly Five Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Furniture July 22, 2021 New York Contact Info Contact … that shipped approximately 4,500 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, including …
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39 Defendants Indicted in $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy

… 39 Defendants Indicted in $4.7 Million Meth, Heroin Conspiracy … Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 317 … bring drug traffickers to justice and protect our community from the violence and other harms that result from the flow …
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Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

… Co-Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Charged in Superseding Indictment with Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl … Garcia Allegedly Continues to Lead the Sinaloa Cartel From Hiding BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A fifth superseding indictment …
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Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

… Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl January 18, 2024 New York Contact Info Contact Us … 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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U.S. Attorney Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

… in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City November 29, 2023 New York Contact Info … - (914) 682-6256 Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot From India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist …
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U.S. Attorney Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

… in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City November 29, 2023 New York Contact Info … - (914) 682-6256 Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot From India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist …
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Five defendants, including two medical doctors, charged as part of Northeast Regional Health Care Fraud Takedown

… Five defendants, including two medical doctors, charged as part of … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … who had previously lost his license and been excluded from participating in the Medicaid and Medicare programs and …
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Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

… Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and … County Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least June 2016 through July 2017, Stewart conspired …
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5 Sinaloa Cartel Members plead guily to trafficking charges in Operation Cookout

… 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 … a global pandemic—to protect the communities we serve from these deadly drugs,” said Jarod Forget, Special Agent …
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Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to 2019 Burlington Murder

… Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to … court records, in late 2018, Lesine Woodson came to Vermont from Orlando, Florida, to sell cocaine base in partnership with Benzel Hampton, who was also from Orlando. Shortly after arriving in Vermont, Woodson …
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Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast … 553-5443 (571) 387-3831 (571)-387-3193 SeattleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 300 … sold their illicit narcotics throughout the U.S., from the Southwest border to the Pacific Northwest and all …
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Chinese drug traffickers charged in fatal opioid conspiracy

… (571) 362-1498 Brian McNeal (571) 362-1858 DetroitSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 431 … one killer drug in America today, and most of them come from China,” said Attorney General Sessions.  “That’s why …
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42 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin On City’s West Side

… 42 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly … Agostini Recruiter Name SA Jonathan Woods chicagospecialagentrecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 230 … heroin were seized during the course of the investigation from last August through this month.  Early today, DEA …
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Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA Romona Sy 571-776-1634 … Romedi Lara-Serrano, as the drugs were being transferred from a tractor trailer to a car at the I-95 service area in …
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Tricked-out Upper Manhattan Stash Apartments Conceal $12 Million In Heroin And $500,000 In “Crystal Meth”

… Tricked-out Upper Manhattan Stash Apartments Conceal $12 Million In Heroin And $500,000 In “Crystal … York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … of a long-term investigation, investigators and agents from Special Narcotics and DEA’s Long Island Division Office …
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Gang leader charged with possession of semi-automatic weapon

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … near an apartment. He removed a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol from the Jeep. Officers observed Baldwin tuck the firearm …
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Paterson man found guilty of distributing heroin

… 362-3700 862-849-9863 Timothy P. McMahon NewJerseySpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 80 … District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court.   From June 2015 through April 20, 2016, Rodriguez …
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Former Saratoga race course worker pleads guilty to methamphetamine trafficking

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … Badillo admitted that he sold crystal methamphetamine from May 2019 to August 2019, while residing at and working …
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Concord, N.C. man pleads guilty to unlawful distribution of anabolic steroids

… Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … plea documents filed in the case and today’s plea hearing, from about September 2018 to September 2019, Hodges did …
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Charleston area man given lengthy sentence on federal drug charges

… Charleston area man given lengthy sentence on federal drug charges November 15, … at a hotel in Orangeburg on Jan. 16, 2018, after returning from a trip to Atlanta to purchase methamphetamine and …
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Waterbury cocaine trafficker sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

… Waterbury cocaine trafficker sentenced to 10 years in federal prison April 25, 2019 New … received kilogram-quantities of cocaine in the U.S. mail from a source of supply in Puerto Rico, and then distributed …
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Laredoan pleads guilty to role in drug trafficking scheme

… Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events … soon apprehended him and recovered 480 pounds of marijuana from his truck. The drugs have an estimated street value of …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours

… DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Museum Hours August … Museum will extend its operating hours this coming Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to commemorate National Fentanyl …
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DEA Announces 5,456 Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

… DEA Announces 5,456 Drug-Related Overdose Deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017 August 21, 2018 Philadelphia Contact … 861-3474 Media Requests (571) 362-5348 PhiladelphiaSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us Wm. … per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Division will be …
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Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

… Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme October … aiding and abetting an illegal money transmitting business. From April 2017 through March 2019, Erickson Checo-Almonte …
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Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids

… Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids November 20, 2018 New … imposed the sentences today in Trenton federal court. From April 2016 through December 2017, Rios, Call and Call’s …
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Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison

… Distributor of More than 100 Pounds of Fentanyl Sentenced to Almost Six Years in Prison December 01, 2021 San … total, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents seized from Renteria 49.1 kilograms (108.2 pounds) of fentanyl; …