GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Employment Eligibility

July 15, 2025
… for determining employment eligibility with DEA. Aside from marijuana or cannabis use before the candidate’s 18th … cannot have used anabolic steroids without a prescription from a licensed practicing physician within seven (7) years …
July 15, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Three Dominican Men Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine and Crack Cocaine in Nashua

April 06, 2025
… criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
April 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 21, 2021
… indicating a majority of abused prescription drugs come from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets, clearing out unused medicine is …
April 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Mercer County Man Sentenced to 130 Months in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

June 09, 2023
… with intent to distribute a detectable amount of heroin. From June 2018 through May 2019, Gbanapolor and others … Gbanapolor obtained regular bulk supplies of heroin from Duane Paulino-Escalera, whom Gbanapolor referred to as …
June 09, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Cheryl Ortiz appointed Special Agent in Charge of New Jersey Division

May 25, 2023
… uniquely well rounded. She also brings leadership skills from her military service and time in local law enforcement. … and women of the DEA remain committed to protecting them from the harmful effects that illegal drugs have on our …
May 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine

October 11, 2022
… conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. From 2017 through July 2019, Arroyo Perez and his … plane to transport approximately 150 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey on Nov. 18, 2018. Law …
October 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to the United States on Money Laundering Charges

May 20, 2022
… role in laundering millions in illegal cash drug proceeds from the United States to the Dominican Republic. … and transferred to the Dominican Republic and elsewhere. From November 2018 through February 2020, Humeau-Hernandez …
May 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Newark Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Organization

May 03, 2022
… imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. From 2018 through July 31, 2019, Jackson and others … the direction of Chief Martin McParland, and special agents from the ATF, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge …
May 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Woman Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

January 06, 2022
… fentanyl in New York City to buyers they knew had traveled from New Jersey to New York to make the purchases. On Aug. … to sell fentanyl to individuals whom she knew had traveled from New Jersey to New York for the sale. The aggregate …
January 06, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two New Jersey Men Admit Possessing with Intent to Distribute Over One Kilogram of Fentanyl

December 06, 2021
… kilogram of fentanyl. On March 5, 2021, Agurto travelled from Hoboken to Latre’s residence in Belleville to retrieve … more fentanyl, seizing a total of 1.6 kilograms of fentanyl from the car and residence. The offense to which Agurto and …
December 06, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

National Leader of Pagan’s Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Sentenced

October 14, 2021
… in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While Richter was traveling from the party to his home in Suffolk County, New York, law … recovered a loaded Ruger P345 .45 caliber handgun from a front-seat compartment in the vehicle. As a result, …
October 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pagan’s Motorcycle Club Leader Admits to Illegally Possessing a Firearm

July 28, 2021
… in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. While Richter was traveling from the party to his home in Suffolk County, New York, law … recovered a loaded Ruger P345 .45 caliber handgun from a front-seat compartment in the vehicle. As a result, …
July 28, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

California Man Convicted for Fentanyl Analogue Pill Mill Operation

July 14, 2021
… District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court. From at least March 2017 through December 2017, Tablack ran … of his illegal pills per month and made millions of dollars from his illegal operation in digital currency that is …
July 14, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners announce results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 30, 2021
… and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes.  Our April event included 4,425 community … who participated. Every prescription bottle removed from the medicine cabinet makes the home and community …
April 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Essex County Man Indicted for Possessing Firearm, Ammunition, and Heroin

April 21, 2021
… an Essex County man was indicted today on charges stemming from illegally possessing ammunition in connection with two … shooting in Newark on Aug. 13, 2020, and cartridge casings from the locations of both shootings are a ballistics match. …
April 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Member of Paterson drug ring charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl

September 04, 2020
… Judge Cathy L. Waldor and was detained without bail. From May 2020 through Aug. 13, 2020, Williams negotiated … 250 “bricks,” or over 12,000 individual doses of heroin, from Paterson and distributed the heroin in Vermont. On Aug. …
September 04, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Trenton Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

June 18, 2020
… against two other defendants remain pending on complaint. From June 2018 through May 2019, the defendants and others … that Gbanapolor obtained regular bulk supplies of heroin from Duane Paulino-Escalera, whom Gbanapolor referred to as …
June 18, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Operation Crystal Shield

February 20, 2020
… trafficked into and within the United States.  From FY 2017 to FY 2019, DEA domestic seizures o f methamphetamine increased 127 percent from 49,507 pounds to 112,146 pounds . During the same time …
February 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges at the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 23, 2019
… NEWARK, N.J. – In 2018, more than 3,100 people died from suspected drug overdoses across New Jersey. On … partners began this program in New Jersey in 2009. It is from this initiative that the national program was born in …
October 23, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes First Ever National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 10, 2022
… Fentanyl Awareness Day, DEA released a video announcement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram stressing the dangers of … The Faces of Fentanyl , to commemorate the lives lost from fentanyl poisoning.  If you would like to submit a …
May 10, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Guatemalan National Indicted on International Cocaine Trafficking and Maritime Smuggling Charges

March 18, 2022
… step in disrupting the corridor of illicit drug trafficking from Central America into the United States,” said U.S. … seizures of narcotics, firearms and U.S. Currency from international cartels,” said Chad Plantz, Special Agent …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

San Diego Resident Indicted for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 15-Year-Old’s Death

December 28, 2021
… recognize the threat to middle and high school students from the plague of fentanyl. This case must be a call to … in overdose deaths in San Diego County. Investigators from Team 10, as well as the Coronado Police Department and …
December 28, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

San Diego Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Overdose Death

November 19, 2021
… County. Team 10 is a specialty unit, with investigators from HSI, FBI, San Diego Police Department, CA Department of … put an end to these tragic losses.” For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis …
November 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

San Diego Man Pleads Guilty in Fentanyl Overdose Death

May 19, 2021
… this case. Team 10 is a specialty unit, with investigators from DEA, HSI, FBI, San Diego Police Department, CA … supply drugs in fatal overdose cases. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis …
May 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Lakeside Gang Member Sentenced to 14½ Years in Prison in Fentanyl Overdose Death

October 28, 2020
… at the scene of her overdose. Upon securing consent from the victim’s mother and searching the phone, agents … supply drugs in fatal overdose cases. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis …
October 28, 2020
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Drug dealer pleads guilty in fentanyl overdose death

March 04, 2020
… of lives stolen. In this case, the victim is a young woman from Ramona who was just starting off in life.  The … supply drugs in fatal overdose cases. For those who suffer from addiction, please know there is help. Call the Crisis …
March 04, 2020
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Trafficker smuggling large quantities of deadly fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine sentenced to 168 months

December 23, 2019
… for conspiring to smuggle more than 450,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico into the United States during a nine-month … to Americans who decide to smuggle fentanyl and other drugs from Mexico: If you aren’t caught at the border, DEA and our …
December 23, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Former MLB All-Star Pitcher Esteban Loaiza sentenced to three years for cocaine trafficking

March 08, 2019
… The packages of cocaine are depicted in the attached photos from the government’s sentencing papers.   In court, the … a success story…But it’s still something people can learn from.”       On …
March 08, 2019
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Federal Grand Jury indicts Buffalo Man and Woman on Narcotics Conspiracy and Cocaine Charges

May 12, 2021
… a controlled delivery of the parcel but there was no answer from within the residence. While the investigator was … into custody at that time and the parcel was recovered from the vehicle. Buffalo Police Officers located Camacho …
May 12, 2021
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Syracuse man sentenced to drug trafficking charges

July 17, 2020
… and to forfeit to the government $10,000 in proceeds from his drug trafficking activity.  Pursuant to his plea … of 2018, he repeatedly acquired multiple ounces of cocaine from one of his co-conspirators, which Starkey then …
July 17, 2020