PRESS RELEASE

DEA Pennsylvania And Delaware Holding Third Prescription Take-Back Day In October

October 20, 2011
… unused, and unwanted medications on Saturday October 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The DEA will have more than 380 … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and often come from the home medicine cabinet. Additionally, the collection …
October 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years Imprisonment

September 10, 2013
… than 13 kilograms of cocaine and five kilograms of heroin from Panama to Wilmington.  The investigation also uncovered … States Army, who shipped multiple kilograms of heroin from Kabul, Afghanistan, to the United States.  Sharif and … guilty, to offenses relating to the shipment of heroin from Afghanistan. To date, the government has charged 23 …
September 10, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

September 10, 2015
… Frank J. McCartney (215) 861-1974 Event will take place from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 12th … event across Pennsylvania and Delaware on September 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 10, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Six California Residents Indicted By Federal Grand Jury For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone In Southeast Alaska Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

February 02, 2011
… and to possess with the intent to distribute oxycodone from July 1, 2010, to July 12, 2010; Dantzler and Pinkston … intent to distribute approximately 7,500 oxycodone pills from the Sacramento, California area to Juneau, Alaska utilizing drug couriers via commercial air travel from November 2008, to September 29, 2010; Cooper conspired …
February 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To Thirteen Years In Federal Prison

May 09, 2011
… the key ingredient for manufacturing methamphetamine, south from Canada and transporting significant quantities of cocaine and pure methamphetamine north from California and Mexico. This represents a relatively new … First, in November 2008, OSP stopped a vehicle coming from the Canadian border as it drove south through Oregon, …
May 09, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 07, 2017
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
November 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Illinois Resident Sentenced For Synthetic Drug Conspiracy

February 12, 2018
… 2017, Ortiz pleaded guilty. According to court documents, from December 2011 to October 2013, he, along with his … California, were involved in the importation of chemicals from China that were substantially similar in structure and … consumption. Ortiz and his associates then shipped the drug from warehouses in Pensacola, Florida and Millbrae and …
February 12, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul For DEA St. Louis

October 04, 2012
… states collected 38,300 pounds of prescription medications from members of the public. Nationwide, more than 5,263 … collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 …
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Ballard Man Arrested For Selling Marijuana To Minors

September 16, 2013
… school parent reported students were purchasing marijuana from Castillo’s home, a block north of Ballard High School.  … to minors including high school and middle school students from area schools.            According to the criminal … in April 2013, Seattle Police detectives observed teens from Whitman Middle School and Ballard High School approach …
September 16, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Danville Real Estate Agent Sentenced To Four Years In Prison For Bank Fraud And Money Laundering Scheme

April 22, 2016
… to be a drug dealer.  Keslinke accepted a total of $550,000 from the undercover agent.  In an attempt to conceal the … the funds, Keslinke repeatedly deposited the money received from the undercover agent into business bank accounts under … Keslinke then attempted to launder the money by wiring it from his business bank accounts to an account controlled by …
April 22, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Mercury Cases

January 07, 2014
… sentenced for their involvement in separate cases resulting from Operation Mercury, a six-county eradication and … Cano had an expired medical marijuana recommendation from a doctor he had never seen. (The doctor has been … documents indicate that Cano would get a cut of the profits from the interstate sale of marijuana from Morales' son, …
January 07, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

March 31, 2014
… 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Kern, Stanislaus, and Fresno Counties entered guilty … material, and ammunition and seized $3,179 in drug proceeds from Hernandez's residence on the property.  Hernandez also agreed to forfeit the money seized from his residence. Hernandez faces a maximum prison term of …
March 31, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno-Based Investigation Results In Nationwide Arrests For Drug Distribution And Cash Structuring Conspiracy

October 28, 2014
… into suspicious cash transactions led to eight individuals from California, Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio being charged … 25, of Monroe, Ohio. According to charging documents, from July 2012 through October 2014, Thomas and Gonzalez … the defendants would withdraw cash in equivalent amounts from the bank accounts at locations in California. In …
October 28, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Western Lab Wins EPA Federal Green Challenge Award For Electronics Recycling

June 09, 2015
… hope they inspire more organizations to keep electronics from ending up in landfills,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA … resulting in a nearly 10 percent increase over its baseline from the previous year, an increase greater than any of the … can reduce the environmental and human health impacts from improper recycling, divert waste from landfills, help …
June 09, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Pleads Guilty To Structuring Drug Proceeds

January 29, 2013
… pleaded guilty today to structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug … acknowledged that he structured $693,905 in cash derived from marijuana grown in Fresno and shipped to Alabama in … people to obtain California medical recommendations from a local physician for the purpose of growing marijuana, …
January 29, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Jury Convicts Three Individuals Of Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over Internet

November 16, 2012
… beginning in 2004 through 2006, customers selected drugs from the SafescriptsOnline and PharmacyUSA web sites.  The … generated more than $24 million in revenue from the sale of the controlled substances.  The majority of … through international accounts in the form of transfers from credit card processors in Israel and Canada, as well as …
November 16, 2012
GENERAL INFORMATION

Responding to America's Overdose Crisis

January 23, 2025
… of controlled pharmaceuticals and listed chemicals from legitimate sources, while ensuring an adequate and … between the ages of 18 to 45, and it kills Americans from all walks of life, in every state and community in this … financial network to pocket billions of dollars in revenue from those sales.   Read Full Testimony No No Show Title No …
January 23, 2025
STORY

Educational Program Launched at San Diego High Schools to Educate Teenagers about Drug Smuggling

January 28, 2019
… Mexican cartels are increasingly recruiting juveniles from high schools in southern San Diego County to smuggle … dangers of juvenile drug smuggling; and to prevent youth from being pressured and used by drug cartels to smuggle … to provide dramatic examples of the consequences that flow from juvenile and young adult smuggling. Content includes: …
January 28, 2019
STORY

Houston Prepares to Embark on its 6th Annual Citizens Academy

March 12, 2019
… 2014 Citizens Academy and moreover the positive feedback from class participants, DEA Houston Division senior … of this program, an estimated 109 community members from the Houston metropolitan area have successfully graduated from the program.  In 2015, a group of graduates …
March 12, 2019
LANDING PAGE

DEA Chicago Podcast Series

April 22, 2025
… individuals working tirelessly to keep our communities safe from illicit, deadly drugs, from DEA Special Agents to parents, teachers and students.  … and DEA Chicago's commitment to keeping communities safe from illicit drugs.  Episode 2: Fentanyl Education in …
April 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Meth Dealer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

April 11, 2025
… surveilled by narcotics agents in January 2024 traveling from Mobile to Pensacola, Florida, where she would purchase … a pound of methamphetamine and a loaded .380 caliber pistol from Carlock during a traffic stop. Carlock admitted to agents that she had just obtained the methamphetamine from a supplier in Pensacola. She confessed that she …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA to Hold 21st Take Back Event on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021

October 20, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 20, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Shutdown of drug-infested hotel that bred violence and death

March 08, 2019
… to shut down a drug-infested hotel located just 1000 feet from a Dallas elementary school, DEA Dallas Division Special … anyone other than Han Gil proprietors and immediate family from occupying the hotel, which the Court agreed likely … Mrs. Mun allegedly permitted dealers to distribute drugs from inside guest rooms.   The motion alleges that at least …
March 08, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Historic Methamphetamine Bust for DEA Los Angeles Division

October 05, 2022
… DEA agents and Task Force Officers, with assistance from detectives with the Fontana Police Department, … observed an individual carry out three weighted boxes from the residence and put them in a vehicle. A search of … seizure of approximately 3,552 pounds of methamphetamine from numerous boxes located in the garage of the residence. …
October 05, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Indictment Charges 19 in Alleged Conspiracy to Traffic Methamphetamine

June 10, 2021
… conspired to traffic large quantities of methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico into and throughout the … to the indictment returned on May 5 and unsealed today, from April to August 2020, lead defendants Timoteo Gomez, … “Harvey,” 54, of Riverside, purchased methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico as well as Los Angeles and …
June 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Colorado Attorney General, DEA Task Force Dismantle Major Drug Trafficking Ring

February 12, 2021
… the last 20 years in Colorado, nearly 5,000 Coloradans died from a prescription opioid overdose. More than 900 of those … fentanyl. That number has risen sharply in recent years, from 49 deaths in 2016 to 220 in 2019, according to the …
February 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Two Waterbury Residents Involved In Fentanyl And Heroin Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Prison

March 24, 2023
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … received large quantities of fentanyl and heroin from suppliers in Connecticut and New York and distributed … $50,000 in cash.  Nearly 50 grams of fentanyl were seized from Sanchez-Martinez’s Charlevoux Street residence. Imirici …
March 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Joins with Families Across the Country to Increase Awareness about the Dangers of Fentanyl

November 18, 2022
… The St. Louis Division invited more than 100 family members from across the division, from southern Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, with 43 … with the hope DEA and groups dedicated to reducing deaths from deadly drugs could help them learn how to build …
November 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City Man Sentenced for $1 Million Meth Conspiracy Near Elementary School

August 04, 2022
… 43, a lawful permanent resident of the United States from Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. … to distribute methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a school from Jan. 1, 2014, to May 18, 2018. Co-defendants Jose … informant purchased one-half pound of methamphetamine from Eubanks for $3,000 in a transaction that involved …
August 04, 2022