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DEA/Partners Take Down Alleged Cross-Country Drug Traffickers Dealing In Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl

… allegedly had ties to the Sinaloa cartel, imported drugs from Mexico which were smuggled into San Diego and … allegedly conspired to purchase cocaine and fentanyl from Ramirez and his son, Hugo Norberto-Adrian Jr. for …
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DEA honors federal prosecutors for exemplary work in drug-related cases

… protecting the people of San Diego and Imperial counties from the violence and destruction associated with illegal …
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DEA Serves Order to Show Cause on Truepill Pharmacy for its Involvement in the Unlawful Dispensing of Prescription Stimulants

… pursue companies and pharmacies that seek to profit from unlawfully dispensing powerful and addictive controlled …
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DEA releases strategic planning guide to prevent drug use among college students

… and the vaping of marijuana by college students doubled from 2017 to 2018. As drug abuse among college students …
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Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Gang April 2, 2009 DEA Task Force Seizes 13 Pounds of Meth from Home in Palm Springs March 25, 2009 Joint DEA Task …
July 15, 2021
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Los Angeles News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Gang April 2, 2009 DEA Task Force Seizes 13 Pounds of Meth from Home in Palm Springs March 25, 2009 Joint DEA Task …
July 15, 2021
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St. Louis News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Illinois Attorney Sentenced to 18 Months for Taking $36,000 From Client's Drug Proceeds October 3, 2007 Mt. Vernon Men …
July 15, 2021
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New York News 2004

July 15, 2021
… United States Requests Extradition of Cali Cartelleaders From Colombia on Money Laundering Charges MAR 2, 2004 DEA …
July 15, 2021
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Chicago News 2008

July 15, 2021
… In Minnesota January 28, 2008 High End Vehicles Seized from Alleged Crack Cocaine Organization January 24, 2008 …
July 15, 2021
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DEA and Partners Announce Results of 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… and potential overdose by removing prescription pills from their homes. The April event included 4,425 community …
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DEA announces additional regulatory steps to address opioid epidemic

… and necessary changes to DEA’s quota regulations resulting from comprehensive legislation passed by Congress last year …
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DEA Surge In Drug Diversion Investigations Leads To 28 Arrests And 147 Revoked Registrations

… specialists to analyze 80 million transaction reports from DEA-registered manufacturers and distributors, as well …
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DEA Announces Release Of 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment

… DEA intelligence analysts considered quantitative data from various (seizures, investigations, arrests, drug purity …
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Takedown Targets Open-Air Drug Market at L.A.’s MacArthur Park, Long an Area Run by Gang Members and Homeless Drug Users

… fugitives. “Today, we begin reclaiming MacArthur Park from criminals and drug addicts to return this public space … federal partners, in protecting the people of Los Angeles from dangerous drug activity.”      MacArthur Park, located … populated, tightly packed area of apartments, offices, shops and other businesses. The park and the immediate …
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DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

March 31, 2026
… the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on April 25th, from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., local time. During #TakeBackDay, … throughout the country.  Look out for social media posts from @DEAHQ and our  DEA Field Division X/(formerly Twitter) … medications safely and anonymously. On Saturday, April 25, from 10am-2pm bring those old and unneeded medications to a …
March 31, 2026
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DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Removes 642,410 Pounds of Unwanted Medications

… of more than 10,500 tons – of unnecessary medications from homes to help prevent prescription drug misuse and …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

… removed 571,054 pounds of unneeded and expired medications from home medicine cabinets to prevent drug misuse before it …
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to Participate in National Night Out Events Across the Country

… to removing poison, like fentanyl and methamphetamine, from our streets; saving American lives; and protecting the …
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Sunshine Week

January 19, 2025
… for any agency records; however, the records may be exempt from release by one of nine FOIA exemptions which protect …
January 19, 2025
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Bruce Williams Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison

… case, on October 24, 2017, law enforcement purchased heroin from Williams in Lake Station, Indiana. Williams was in his …
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South Bend, Indiana man sentenced to 70 months in prison

… both occasions, investigators watched Sims travel from a residence on Bowman Street in South Bend to conduct …
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New Jersey News 2009

July 15, 2021
… for Conspiring to Transport Large Quantities of Cocaine from New Jersey to Detroit February 19, 2009 DEA, CBP, and …
July 15, 2021
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Placer County Man Sentenced to a Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

… to be given medical treatment after using drugs purchased from Hubbert. Hubbert is charged with possession with intent …
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Vallejo Man Sentenced to over 10 Years in Prison for Methamphetamine Offense

… on Jan. 24, 2020, Tomson was stopped driving back from Mexico and found to be in possession of hundreds of …
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DEA Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon’s visit to Beijing

… Acting Administrator Dhillon met with Chinese officials from the General Administration of Customs, the National …
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DEA and partners collect thousands of pounds of unwanted medications and vaping products during the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… in not only removing potentially dangerous unused drugs from our nation’s medicine cabinets, but also in raising …
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DEA encourages communities nationwide to Go Red for Red Ribbon

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

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

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

… with previous administrative or criminal violations from previous, similar cases. Common indicators include …