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Former Baggage Handler At LAX Arrested For Drug Trafficking Conspiracy After Allegedly Using Credentials To Pass Cocaine Through Security

February 23, 2017
… Gate, was taken into custody without incident by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Los Angeles … airlines to smuggle kilogram “samples” of cocaine from Los Angeles to drug customers on the East Coast.  At … by using third-party couriers who had booked flights from LAX to the East Coast and who were willing to take the …
February 23, 2017
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Nevada Cardiologist Arrested For Unlawful Distribution Of Prescription Opioids And Health Care Fraud

December 12, 2017
… indictment that was unsealed today, it is alleged that from May 2014 to September 2017, Patel routinely prescribed … data analysts and Assistant United States Attorneys from throughout the country to prosecute doctors engaged in … cases help cut off the supply of drugs and stop addiction from spreading.  These prosecutors are already delivering …
December 12, 2017
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Las Vegas Doctor Arrested And Charged With 29 Counts Of Unlawful Distribution Of Fentanyl And Health Care Fraud

February 13, 2018
… contained in the indictment, which was unsealed today, from about July 19, 2015 through March 12, 2016, Holper … professional practice. The indictment further alleges that, from about November 21, 2013 through March 24, 2017, Holper … drugs. These prosecutors are already issuing indictments from Pittsburgh to Las Vegas. I want to thank the DEA, FBI, …
February 13, 2018
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Justice Department Announces First Ever Indictments Against Designated Chinese Manufacturers Of Deadly Fentanyl And Other Opiate Substances

October 17, 2017
… law enforcement agents intercepted packages mailed from Yan’s Internet pharmaceutical companies, seizing … in the United States, conspiracy to import the drugs from Canada and China, a money laundering conspiracy, an … numerous ways, including highly pure shipments of fentanyl from factories in China directly to U.S. customers who …
October 17, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Bacrim Narco-Traffickers Indicted On Cocaine Conspiracy Charges

September 02, 2011
… Bandas (BACRIMS), for their involvement in drug trafficking from South America to the United States using airplanes and … and semi-submersible submarines to transport cocaine from Colombia to Central America, with the ultimate … airplanes to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine from clandestine airstrips located in South America, to …
September 02, 2011
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Twenty-Four Indicted For Trafficking Methamphetamine Through East Texas

April 02, 2015
… to have obtained over 150 kilograms of methamphetamine from numerous Mexican sources of supply for redistribution … Count One of the March 2015 indictment alleges that from 2011 to March 2015, John Nealy Holt, Leslie Dianne … The defendants all face a maximum sentence ranging from 20 years to life in federal prison if convicted of the …
April 02, 2015
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Two California Men Sentenced To Combined Total Of Over 13 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking Charges

July 30, 2015
… involving the transportation of methamphetamine from the Compton, California area to Springdale, Arkansas. … 2014 to arrange for four pounds of meth to be transported from California to Northwest Arkansas on October 30, 2014. … he would be bringing an associate, Elijah Buckhalter, from California with him and that the meth would be arriving …
July 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

New Charges For Former NY State Assemblyman Brook-Krasny

June 14, 2017
… a primary care clinic in Midwood, Brooklyn. Payments came from a payroll account at Quality Laboratory Services in … individual whose bank account allegedly received payments from a Quality Laboratory Services payroll account. … allegedly directed laboratory testing of specimens sent from Parkville Medical and LF Medical for which Quality …
June 14, 2017
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinic Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

May 05, 2015
… clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New York, and from which more than five million tablets of the … and the Government’s evidence during Lowe’s trial: From approximately January 2011 until February 2014, a drug …
May 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Tempe Police Announce Results Of Operation Crank Call

December 20, 2011
… residing in Maricopa County. Based on the information from the Patrol Officer’s investigation, Detectives from the Tempe Police Special Investigations (SIB), Special Agents from the Phoenix Division DEA Strike Force Group 2, …
December 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Treasury Designates Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses

May 07, 2013
… direct, and support the smuggling of illegal drugs from Mexico into the U.S. and the smuggling of illicit contraband from the U.S. into Mexico.  Plaza bosses rely on violence to … Cisneros.  Today’s action generally prohibits U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with …
May 07, 2013
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Southern District Of New York U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests Of Five Honduran National Police For Drug Trafficking And Related Firearms Offenses

July 12, 2016
… For allegedly conspiring to move tons of cocaine from the Honduran jungles to American cities, these Honduran … in Honduras and elsewhere worked together, and with support from the defendants and others, to receive multi hundred-kilogram loads of cocaine sent to Honduras from Venezuela and Colombia via air and maritime routes, and …
July 12, 2016
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Nine Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Trafficking Kilograms Of Cocaine Through The U.S. Mail System

July 26, 2016
… of cocaine, and in particular, shipping the cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City through the United States … scheme by arranging for the shipment of cocaine from Puerto Rico to various locations in New York City through the USPS, retrieving cocaine from various delivery locations, transporting cocaine to …
July 26, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Targets Tucson Synthetic Drug Traffickers

July 28, 2016
… Those arrested will be facing federal charges stemming from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of … steadfast in our efforts to protect America’s citizens from the misery of drug use and abuse.” Nearly 600 pounds of … of the DEA OCDETF Strike Force.  Over a hundred personnel from federal, state and local Tucson agencies supported the …
July 28, 2016
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Local Doctor For Unlawfully Dispensing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

March 17, 2016
… an average resale value in New York City of $2,700 or more. From October 2012 until December 2014, Mirilashvili, a … was writing.  For example, among documents recovered from Mirilashvili’s home at the time of his arrest, were lab …
March 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

March 20, 2013
… in the diversion of addictive prescription drugs from their intended use they fuel drug abuse and addiction. … problem here on Long Island. In Nassau County, overdoses from these types of medications almost double that of overdoses from heroin. Our partnership in the DEA Tactical Diversion …
March 20, 2013
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Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond, Leader Of A Notorious Drug Trafficking Organization, Sentenced To Life In Prison

October 25, 2013
… same streets with cocaine, and shuttled drugs and money from coast to coast. Today’s life sentence is a fitting end … narcotics-trafficking organization that shipped cocaine from Los Angeles, California, to the New York City … metropolitan area and that, in turn, shipped cash proceeds from narcotics sales back to Los Angeles. The organization …
October 25, 2013
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21 Charged With Trafficking Of Prescription Opiates

July 28, 2016
… of the prescription opiates oxycodone and hydrocodone from the Fusion Wellness Clinic located at 2442 SE 101st … crisis as we are losing record numbers of Americans from prescription drugs, heroin, and fentanyl overdoses. DEA … Clinic was a business established by Idumwonyi and Demille, from which Demille began issuing controlled substance …
July 28, 2016
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Operation Lockport Led To The Arrest Of 25 People And Dismantled A Major Drug Trafficking Ring In Western New York

January 28, 2014
… the resellers, to the suppliers who transported the drugs from Florida to Buffalo concealed in soles of shoes. I … distribution organization would transport the cocaine from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the City of Niagara … and heels of doctored pairs of shoes while transporting it from Florida to New York and then cut up the shoes once in …
January 28, 2014
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Two Employees Of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Including Logistics Warehouse And Mail Center Supervisor, Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

September 03, 2014
… similar in size and weight to the aforementioned package from the Medical Center mailroom. The packages had been sent from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the Medical Center, to the … surveillance retrieving another similarly addressed package from the Medical Center mailroom. Tucker then brought the …
September 03, 2014
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New York State Corrections Officer And 11 Additional Members And Associates Of A Queens-Based Sect Of The Bloods Gang Arrested On Narcotics Conspiracy Charges

July 08, 2015
… Cola” and “Sweet Dreams” and over $5,000 in U.S. currency from Lambus’s residence. Additionally, law enforcement … “Sweet Dreams” and approximately $7,000 in U.S. currency from the residence where Trappier and Duncan were arrested, … and 250 glassines of heroin bearing the label “Coca Cola” from the residence where Mitchell was arrested. During the …
July 08, 2015
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Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills, Resulting In One Known Death

October 01, 2015
… was brought home by a tragic death allegedly resulting from Dr. Ramirez’s prescriptions.” NYPD Commissioner William … obtained prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone tablets from Ramirez, including the name of third persons.  Cooney … Medical reports concluded that the death resulted from an overdose of oxycodone and alprazolam, another drug …
October 01, 2015
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New London man sentenced to 4 years in prison for distributing cocaine, violating supervised release

August 26, 2020
… conviction for trafficking cocaine. This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement … The investigation revealed that Hernandez received cocaine from an identified leader of a drug trafficking organization …
August 26, 2020
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DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 18, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … more being added each day Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
October 18, 2019
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September 23, 2019
September 23, 2019

DEA Museum Lecture Series: Who We Are and What We Do

3:00 AM - 4:00 AM (EDT)
Arlington , VA
Take a peek into the inner workings of the Drug Enforcement Administration in our 2019 lecture series “Who We Are and What We Do.” Join Elizabeth L. Maurer, Curator of Education for the DEA Museum, at a panel discussion with members of DEA Professional and Administrative Support. DEA is comprised...
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July 10, 2019
July 10, 2019

Who We Are and What We Do: Diversion Control

3:00 AM - 4:00 AM (EDT)
Arlington, , VA
Take a peek into the inner workings of the Drug Enforcement Administration in our 2019 lecture series “ Who We Are and What We Do.” Join Elizabeth L. Maurer, Curator of Education for the DEA Museum at a panel discussion with three members of DEA Diversion Control. Diversion Investigators enforce...
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  At nearly 4,000 collection sites … the DEA’s National Take Back Day to lessen community risk from drug abuse and keep Americans safe!” “DEA’s National … our shared commitment to protecting the American people from drug-related harm,” said DEA Administrator Terrance …
October 21, 2025
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Virtua Health Inc. to Pay $150,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations

December 03, 2021
… tablets of oxycodone (30mg size) had been lost or stolen from the inpatient pharmacy at the hospital. An investigation conducted by diversion investigators from the DEA revealed that from Oct. 8, 2015, through Nov. 2, 2016, Virtua Health …
December 03, 2021
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Philadelphia Man Admits Role in Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

February 04, 2021
… thereafter, both Hernandez Pinales and Rivera Pagan fled from the parking lot, after seeing what they believed to be … officers recovered approximately 900 grams of fentanyl from Hernandez Pinales’ car, as well as cellphones from Rivera Pagan and Hernandez Pinales that contained …
February 04, 2021
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

December 14, 2020
… unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and others who may … of abused and misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets. For more information on …
December 14, 2020