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Meth Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison Again, for More Than 17 Years

… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
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Florida Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Distributing Meth

… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
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Orlando Man on Federal Supervision for Distributing Drugs Charged with Distributing Kilograms of Cocaine and Fentanyl in Polk and Osceola Counties

… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
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Two Individuals Charged with Cocaine Offenses

… community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about … can be reported to the DEA through this link: RX Abuse Online Reporting (usdoj.gov) . The DEA encourages parents, …
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Woman Sentenced To 10 Years For Conspiracy To Distribute PCP

… obtained between one and three kilograms of PCP from a co-defendant and resold the drugs to others for a profit. Upon her arrest, DEA agents seized from her home various items used for the packaging and sale … funnels, and a heat sealer. Additionally, $1,546 was seized from her bedroom. This case was investigated by the DEA and …
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Three Plead Guilty In Portland Area Drug Conspiracy Case

… known as a “bath salt.”  According to court records, from about August through late December 2014, Stolkner obtained heroin from out-of-state sources and had others transport it to … obtaining a-PVP from a Chinese source.  Stolkner placed online orders and wired money to the supplier.  The supplier …
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Southbridge Couple Charged With Manufacturing And Distributing Anabolic Steroids

… According to court documents, on three occasions from December 2014 to January 2015, an undercover federal agent purchased anabolic steroids from a website maintained by Moisan and Clark.  In February … apartment, and distributing the steroid compounds through online sales throughout the United States.  The charging …
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Six Defendants Plead Guilty to Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines

… valued at $1 million or more, across state lines from December 2019 to October 2021. Marshall also admitted … converters. By December 2019, Marshall had mostly ceased buying junk vehicles and scrapping them out for parts, and …
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Four Charged With Trafficking Narcotics Into Massachusetts From Puerto Rico And California Through The Mail

… Four Charged With Trafficking Narcotics Into Massachusetts From Puerto Rico And California Through The Mail April 21, … arranged for kilogram quantities of cocaine to be mailed from Puerto Rico to various residential addresses in …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth from California to Indiana

… Indiana Man Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Trafficking Meth from California to Indiana September 07, 2022 Chicago … Officers learned that Wrought traveled by charter bus from Bloomington, Indiana, and arrived in Fresno, … and exited the bus. Wrought admitted that he was traveling from California to Bloomington and consented to a search of …
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Florida Resident Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Shipments Of Synthetic Drugs From Lab In Stockton

… Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Shipments Of Synthetic Drugs From Lab In Stockton May 09, 2016 San Francisco Contact Info … received falsely invoiced raw synthetic cannabinoids from China that they used to manufacture and distribute as …
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DEA Administrator Cole's Statement on 26 Fugitives from Mexico taken into U.S. Custody

August 13, 2025
… DEA Administrator Cole's Statement on 26 Fugitives from Mexico taken into U.S. Custody DEA Administrator … responsible for trafficking multiple tons of cocaine from South America through Mexico and into the United …
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment

… to 84 Months of Imprisonment for Drug Distribution from Rutland Apartment November 28, 2022 New England Contact … also seized over six thousand dollars in cash: $1,880 from Cedano, $2,380 from Mariani, and $2,134 from Wedderburn. According to court …
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Southern California Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine from Mexico to Modesto

… to 9 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine from Mexico to Modesto January 18, 2022 San Francisco … in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine from Mexico destined for Modesto, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. … partners to work together to prevent this deadly drug from reaching the streets. Prosecuting methamphetamine …
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Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

… Foreign National Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Fentanyl … in Mexico pending his extradition. He was extradited from Mexico to the United States on April 18, 2024. …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Against Former Physician’s Assistant For Minor League Hockey Team And Former Player For Team Relating To The Distribution Of Oxycodone

… Percocet prescriptions for Hart on a monthly basis from June 2009 through July 2011, despite never once … 29, 2011, he met with Hart and wrote Hart a $4,000 check to buy prescription drugs.  Boogaard then traveled to …
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Federal jury convicts two men of cocaine conspiracy spanning from Houston to Buffalo

… Federal jury convicts two men of cocaine conspiracy spanning from Houston to Buffalo September 02, 2020 New York Contact … defendants purchased last-minute airline tickets to travel from Buffalo to Houston, TX. Defendant Lloyd, who was on … as a result of a prior conviction, never sought permission from his probation officer to travel. The following day, May …
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Updated Results From DEA’s Largest-Ever Global Synthetic Drug Takedown Yesterday

… Updated Results From DEA’s Largest-Ever Global Synthetic Drug Takedown … targeted dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas WASHINGTON - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement …
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Fresno Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation That Diverted Water From The San Jaoquin River

… Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation That Diverted Water From The San Jaoquin River September 09, 2014 San Francisco … in Stanislaus County that was irrigated by water diverted from the San Joaquin River. Judge Ishii also ordered …
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Three from Sioux City Sentenced to Federal Prison for Participation in Metha Conspiracy and Distribution

… Three from Sioux City Sentenced to Federal Prison for … Sioux Falls - (605) 330-4421 Paulette Allen, age 64, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced March 3, 2026, to more … of controlled substances.  Donald Most, age 61, from Sioux City, Iowa, was sentenced April 29, 2026, to 4 …
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Mexican National Extradited from Canada Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in Oregon

… Mexican National Extradited from Canada Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in … narcotics in and around Portland after being extradited from Canada. Fernando Adolip Cruz-Lerma, 25, pleaded guilty … drug trafficking. In April, Cruz-Lerma transported a victim from the state of Washington to Clackamas County due to a …
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Jury Convicts Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home

… Illegal Alien who Distributed Cocaine and Machine Guns from Home December 04, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us … Jose Guadalupe Hernandez-Garza, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, as well as scales, cash in various … young children.  Garcia-Guajardo had been ordered removed from the United States on two occasions, most recently in …
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DEA Seizes Fentanyl, 25 Firearms from Suburban Chicago Residences and Storage Unit

… DEA Seizes Fentanyl, 25 Firearms from Suburban Chicago Residences and Storage Unit June 13, … kilograms of fentanyl and approximately 25 firearms from their suburban Chicago residences and storage unit. … fentanyl and approximately 850 grams of suspected cocaine from a comforter blanket package that Howard had placed in …
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13 Additional Defendants Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C.

… Charged in Fentanyl Distribution Network that Spanned from California to D.C. November 20, 2023 Headquarters … hundreds of thousands of fake Oxycodone (M30) pills from California to D.C. Today's announcement was made by DEA … a vast network of traffickers who transported fentanyl from Mexico to L.A. to right here in D.C.,” said DEA …
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DEA warns of scammers impersonating DEA employees

… awareness and caution. Anyone receiving this type of call from a person purporting to be with DEA should report that … can submit the information through “ Extortion Scam Online Reporting posted on www.dea.gov Reporting these scam …
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Convicted Kilogram Cocaine Trafficker From Kentucky Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

… Convicted Kilogram Cocaine Trafficker From Kentucky Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison May … LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who used proceeds from trafficking cocaine to purchase houses and vehicles, …
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Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Winsted

… Waterbury Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Charge Stemming From Overdose Death In Winsted July 12, 2017 New England … dead, the victim traveled to Waterbury to purchase heroin from Haskell. The Connecticut Chief Medical Examiner’s …
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Providence Man Charged After Attempting to Obtain Fentanyl Shipped from California

… Man Charged After Attempting to Obtain Fentanyl Shipped from California April 21, 2026 New England Contact Info … De Jesus attempted to obtain a package that was shipped from California to Rhode Island and contained fentanyl. The …
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Man from Puerto Rico Admits Conspiring to Distribute over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine

… Man from Puerto Rico Admits Conspiring to Distribute over 250 … conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. From 2017 through July 2019, Arroyo Perez and his …
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Fentanyl Free America Awards

May 19, 2026
… the DEA’s continued effort to protect communities from illicit fentanyl, which was responsible for nearly … leadership, and measurable impact in protecting communities from the deadly effects of illicit fentanyl. Presented … include the link to the YouTube video when completing the online nomination form.  NOMINATIONS DUE BY MAY 29, 2026 No …
May 19, 2026