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DEA encourages communities nationwide to Go Red for Red Ribbon

October 18, 2019
… http://g.co/redribbonweek   to see key places and images from where Special Agent Camarena lived and worked.   For …
October 18, 2019
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DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 02, 2018
… Day events continue to remove opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
November 02, 2018
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Nevada County Man Found In Possession Of 1,283 Pounds Of Marijuana Is Charged In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy

March 22, 2018
… marijuana trafficking operation that distributed marijuana from Nevada County in California to Georgia, Illinois, …
March 22, 2018
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DEA Large-scale Operation Targets 26 Pharmacies In Three States In Attack Against Illicit Opioid Abuse And Trafficking

December 05, 2017
… with previous administrative or criminal violations from previous, similar cases. Common indicators include …
December 05, 2017
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DEA Announces Step To Increase Opioid Addiction Treatment

January 23, 2018
… and dispense the opioid maintenance drug buprenorphine from their offices. Prior to the enactment of the Drug Abuse …
January 23, 2018
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Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks At Special Agent Graduation Ceremony

January 26, 2018
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January 26, 2018
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DEA Eases Requirements For FDA-Approved Clinical Trials On Cannabidiol

December 23, 2015
… seamlessly.  This waiver effectively removes a step from the approval process. Marijuana is a Schedule I …
December 23, 2015
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Two Indicted For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Heroin And Methamphetamine

February 10, 2011
… and one and a half pounds of methamphetamine were seized from a vehicle occupied by the defendants after a traffic …
February 10, 2011
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One Of Two Men Indicted In 11 Kilogram Heroin Conspiracy Pleads Guilty

April 11, 2011
… Norzagaray-Pereda admitted he was transporting the drugs from Arizona to Washington state. Norzagaray-Pereda is …
April 11, 2011
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Southern California Man Brings Methamphetamine And Heroin To Fresno For Sale

March 31, 2016
… methamphetamine and over one kilogram of heroin was seized from the vehicle Ramon arrived in. This case is the product …
March 31, 2016
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Selma Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To Federal Prison

January 21, 2014
… and the Fresno County Sherriff’s Department with assistance from the Bakersfield Police Department and the Kings County …
January 21, 2014
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Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison

April 28, 2014
… and a co-defendant maintained a stash house in Bakersfield from where law enforcement officers seized seven pounds of …
April 28, 2014
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Bakersfield Man Pleads Guilty In Bakersfield To Memphis Marijuana Trafficking Scheme

May 05, 2014
… conspirators planned to send large quantities of marijuana from Bakersfield to Memphis, Tennessee.  On August 26, 2013, …
May 05, 2014
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Mother And Son Sentenced To Federal Prison For Trying To Sell More Than 50 Pounds Of Crystal Methamphetamine

August 05, 2014
… Methamphetamine Task Force, which is made up of agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Immigration …
August 05, 2014
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Two Bakersfield Drug Trafficking Cases Sentenced On Monday

September 16, 2014
… facility to aid racketeering. According to court documents, from June 1, 2012, to November 30, 2012, Barragan conspired …
September 16, 2014
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Drug Transporter Arrested In Kern County Sentenced

September 29, 2014
… officer asked for and received verbal and written consent from Reynosa to search the vehicle. During the search, the …
September 29, 2014
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Madera County Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced

December 12, 2011
… of approximately 663,898 marijuana plants primarily from public lands in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and …
December 12, 2011
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Bakersfield Residents Indicted For Drug Trafficking

December 16, 2011
… undercover purchases of crystal methamphetamine were made from Aguilar and Iniego. This case is the product of an …
December 16, 2011
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Marijuana Cultivator Convicted

June 28, 2011
… 13,849 marijuana plants and marijuana plant root balls from 20 of the homes. The homes in Sacramento and Elk Grove …
June 28, 2011
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Two Rock Hill Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Drug Conspiracy

February 21, 2025
… fentanyl-laced pills during the time of the conspiracy from the leader.  These pills were then sold to other … marijuana, and methamphetamine. These drugs were purchased from other members of the conspiracy and sold to other …
February 21, 2025
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U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, DEA, and EPA Announce Indictment in Massive Navajo Nation Marijuana Cultivation Scheme

January 30, 2025
… of marijuana and approximately 260,000 marijuana plants from the twenty-five marijuana farms allegedly operated and … of the ancestral lands and waters of our Tribal partners from those who would exploit them for profit,” said U.S. …
January 30, 2025
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DEA investigation leads to 36 arrests in fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine conspiracy

November 19, 2019
… two Cincinnati businesses were used to launder proceeds from the narcotics conspiracy: Tri-State Jeweler on Race … allegedly concealed and packaged to be transported to and from the Cincinnati region. According to the 15-count …
November 19, 2019
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Charges filed against dozens in trafficking network responsible for diverting over 23 million oxycodone, hydrocodone and carisoprodol pills

August 28, 2019
… of Massachusetts as well as the DEA and task force officers from greater Houston police departments and the FBI.   The … substances to the streets, with some pills trafficked from Houston to Boston.   “This type of criminal activity …
August 28, 2019
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Fifteen Suspects Entangled In Operation Synthetic Web

December 12, 2014
… 11 undercover purchases of synthetic cannabinoid products from several convenience stores in Broward County.  One of … by Donvelles Cornelius Stone and Charlisa Nicole Franklin from Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers throughout Florida.  …
December 12, 2014
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

January 11, 2018
… brutal violence, but today we took that control away from them. Not only did we arrest the highest-level Mara … United States and his associate who conducted business from a Mississippi prison. Approximately four kilograms of …
January 11, 2018
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Union County woman sentenced to 10 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine

September 02, 2020
… approximately two pounds of crystal methamphetamine from the unit. Marquez was arrested the same day. In …
September 02, 2020
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Father and Son Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

May 20, 2022
… Defendants conspired to traffic cocaine and heroin from Mexico to Springfield area OCDETF/Task Force Drug …
May 20, 2022
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DEA Announces Completion of Foreign Operations Review

March 24, 2023
… , which was led by Jack Lawn, a former DEA Administrator from 1985 to 1990, and Boyd Johnson, a partner at …
March 24, 2023
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Man Sentenced to 110 Months for Distributing Methamphetamine in Sauk County, Wisconsin

April 26, 2021
… an undercover police officer purchased methamphetamine from Savannah on two separate occasions in Lake Delton, …
April 26, 2021
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Illinois Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Role in Drug Trafficking

November 23, 2021
… in interstate commerce in addition to over $100,000 cash from drug distribution activities.  Neal has two prior …
November 23, 2021