DOCUMENT

Paul E. Knierim “Stopping the Poison Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China”

October 02, 2018
Testimony
… Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China” Testimony October 02, 2018 Statement before the … Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China” DEA Testimony -International Drugs - Senate Drug …
October 02, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From Enfield Overdose Death

March 23, 2017
… Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From Enfield Overdose Death March 23, 2017 New England … of Connecticut subsequently determined that the victim died from acute heroin and fentanyl toxicities.  The …
March 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Meth And Cocaine Dealer From East St. Louis Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal Prison

October 03, 2017
… Meth And Cocaine Dealer From East St. Louis Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal … of Illinois. “DEA is committed to protecting our community from the ravages of methamphetamine trafficking and …
October 03, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Residents From Modesto And Southern California Indicted For Large-Scale Statewide Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

January 28, 2016
… Residents From Modesto And Southern California Indicted For … conspired to distribute methamphetamine and heroin brought from Southern California to Stanislaus County. On April 8, …
January 28, 2016
LANDING PAGE

Home Testing

February 16, 2023
Home Testing Become a Diversion Investigator Become a DEA Agent Make a difference in the safety and security of your nation and community Resources Fentanyl Awareness Recovery Resources Public Safety Alert Tweets by …
February 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 33,261 Pounds In Ohio

May 09, 2017
… Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 33,261 Pounds In Ohio May 09, … that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine …
May 09, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 11,439 Pounds In Kentucky

May 09, 2017
… Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 11,439 Pounds In Kentucky May … that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine …
May 09, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Manchester Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure

March 16, 2017
… Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure March 16, 2017 New … for $85,000. Approximately 4.5 kilograms were recovered from Ramirez-Aldava’s vehicle at the time of his arrest. As …
March 16, 2017
STORY

Spreading the Word:

June 07, 2022
… to get the word out about what fentanyl is, where it comes from, how it’s being marketed to unsuspecting victims, and what you can do to keep your family and neighbors safe from this deadly drug. Do you know the basics of what … drugs being marketed aggressively to young adults and kids online. At the end of last year, the DEA found that over 2 …
June 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th WASHINGTON - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

New COVID-19 Vaccine will bring opportunities for Fraud

December 18, 2020
… payment information in order to receive a vaccine.  No one from a vaccine distribution site will ask for your credit … Center for Disaster Fraud Hotline at 1-866-720-5721 or online at www.justice.gov/coronavirus .  You can also submit …
December 18, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Distributes Funds to Local Agencies

February 02, 2006
… James Gregorius, Assistant Special Agent in Charge from the Washington Division, Richmond District Office … charges and three defendants on state charges, stemming from a nationwide investigation which resulted in the …
February 02, 2006
PRESS RELEASE

Strasburg Man Charged with Drug Conspiracy

September 15, 2006
… 571-362-2476 WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Agents from the Shenandoah County Team of the Northwest Virginia … of the cocaine and the method in which it is sold. Agents from the Northwest Virginia Regional Gang Task Force, the …
September 15, 2006
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and SAMHSA announce winners of Red Ribbon Week campus video Public Service Announcement contest

January 14, 2021
… the winners on their outstanding PSAs.” The winning PSA from North Dakota State College of Science, “Challenge the … said O’Regan. “Especially given the need to diversify our online presence in the midst of the pandemic, we thought … nation’s schools, workplaces, and communities. Each year from October 23–31, people in cities and towns across the …
January 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Eleven Members Of Lakeland Drug Trafficking Organization Charged

March 02, 2018
… trafficking charges TAMPA, Fla. - - Eleven individuals from Lakeland, Florida were charged yesterday with … of life in federal prison. According to the indictment, from at least March 2016 through August 30, 2017, these 11 … District of Florida. To access public court documents online, please visit the http://www.flmd.uscourts.gov and/or …
March 02, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Lubbock Fentanyl Distributor Pleads Guilty

February 16, 2017
… April 3, 2017. According to documents filed in this case, from approximately January 2013 to October 27, 2016 on … and Robertson with large amounts of Fentanyl he purchased online on the Darknet from China using Bitcoin, a digital currency.  The Fentanyl …
February 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Former Philadelphia Police Detective Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

October 09, 2012
… organization in Philadelphia. He acquired steroids from foreign suppliers and then sold these steroids to his … customers. Gidelson obtained shipments of anabolic steroids from suppliers in Europe and China. One supplier shipped the … customers throughout the United States that he met through online weightlifting chat rooms on websites including: …
October 09, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

January 07, 2013
… participation in the conspiracy. Gidelson acquired steroids from foreign suppliers and then sold these steroids to his … received monthly shipments of anabolic steroids and HGH from suppliers in Europe and China. One supplier shipped the … customers throughout the United States that he met through online weightlifting chat rooms on websites including: …
January 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Major Seizure of Approximately 360 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor Trailer in the Bronx: Three Arrests

August 14, 2024
… Major Seizure of Approximately 360 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor Trailer in the Bronx: Three Arrests August 14, … 163 kilogram-sized packages (360 pounds) of cocaine from the flatbed of a tractor trailer by agents with the … their continuous efforts to stop drug traffickers from using the Bronx as a major distribution hub, which …
August 14, 2024
DOCUMENT

Statement from DEA Administrator Milgram on the Arrests of Ismael Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez

July 25, 2024
DEA Administrator Remarks
… Statement from DEA Administrator Milgram on the Arrests of Ismael … including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast.  El Mayo is one of DEA’s most wanted …
July 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve Individuals in Central Florida, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina Charged with Murder, Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering, Firearms Offenses, and Fraud

August 23, 2024
… Limery Dones defrauded a bank by transmitting $110,000 to buy a house in the name of a third-party when, in reality, … to put a home in Flores Morales’s name when the money came from Franco’s sale of controlled substances. In another … Office; and Kissimmee Police Department, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Central Florida …
August 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

East Bay drug traffickers sentenced to 15 years and 10 years in prison

April 09, 2019
… by his co-defendants and that he distributed marijuana from the operations in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and … law enforcement officers seized a pound of methamphetamine from a backpack Vanleer was carrying. Vanleer acknowledged … paid to him by an undercover officer during controlled buy operations in 2016.             In addition to Vicochea …
April 09, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Lead Defendant in Long Running Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Extradited to the United States from Mexico

July 16, 2024
… Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Extradited to the United States from Mexico July 16, 2024 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us … Paez-Quintero, a Mexican national, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges related to … involvement in at least nine drug trafficking events from the Lukeville Port of Entry, through Ajo and up to …
July 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Approximately 70 pounds of heroin and fentanyl seized from wholesale distribution network in the Bronx and Yonkers

January 31, 2019
… Approximately 70 pounds of heroin and fentanyl seized from wholesale distribution network in the Bronx and Yonkers … of heroin and fentanyl (nearly 70 pounds) were recovered from two locations on Underhill Avenue in the Soundview … Then, Candido De Jesus, and Wilton Paulino come and go from the suspected drug stash location at 950 Underhill …
January 31, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Members of a Large Drug Trafficking Organization Convicted of Drug, Gun, and Money Laundering Charges

June 23, 2005
… compartments to transport hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the New York area to the Maryland-D.C. area from 1997 through 2003. According to the testimony presented … number of years, to obtain hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from him, as well as vehicles equipped with hidden …
June 23, 2005
PRESS RELEASE

Man And Woman Admit To Their Roles In Synthetic Drug Distribution That Lead To An Overdose Death

March 28, 2018
… to Schedule I controlled substances. Parker admitted that from May 16, 2016 through Aug. 3, 2017, he conspired with … business. Those conspirators received raw materials from China or elsewhere through the mail, repackaged and … those materials into the chemicals that he sold online. Afterwards, Parker transported the finished products …
March 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Cousins Sentenced On Federal Charges For PCP Distribution

January 19, 2011
… Ware and her cousin, Gene Anderson, both 31, and both from Northeast Washington, were sentenced to prison terms on … D.C. According to the Government’s proffer of evidence, from January 2006 until September 2008, Ware and others received large amounts of PCP from wholesalers in and around her home in the 300 block of …
January 19, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

September 22, 2015
… WashingtonDiversionOutreach@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th WASHINGTON - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 22, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Burlington County Pharmacist Sentenced To 15 Years For Illegally Distributing Opioids From “pill Mills”

April 12, 2018
… Sentenced To 15 Years For Illegally Distributing Opioids From “pill Mills” April 12, 2018 New Jersey Contact Info … prison for illegally distributing and dispensing oxycodone from two pharmacies located in Medford. Michael Ludwikowski, …
April 12, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Public Safety Alert From Drug Enforcement Administration Counterfeit Hydrocodone Tablets Containing Fentanyl

April 01, 2016
… Public Safety Alert From Drug Enforcement Administration Counterfeit Hydrocodone … deaths that have been reported.   Overdose victims range from 18 - 59 years of age, approximately 50% are male and …
April 01, 2016