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DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm local time, at over 5,000 sites around … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
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DEA And Local Law Enforcement Partners Take Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs October 28

… Twice Domestic WASHINGTON - This Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time the federal Drug … is one of the best ways to prevent a member of your family from becoming a victim of the opioid epidemic,” said DEA … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Mexican National and Alleged Alien Smuggler Indicted in El Paso on First Material Support of Terrorism Charges for Supporting CJNG

… multi-caliber AR-15 variant aka “El Dorado” recovered from Navarro-Sanchez’s possession during her arrest in … multi-caliber AR-15 variant aka “El Dorado” recovered from Navarro-Sanchez’s possession during her arrest in … March 2023. Photo of man-made tunnel used to smuggle aliens from Mexico to the United States. Download Original Image …
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Jury Convicts Three Men of Meth and Cocaine Conspiracies Across Multiple States

… in methamphetamine and cocaine conspiracies that spanned from California to Texas to Arkansas and involved multiple … Toney received multiple pounds of methamphetamine directly from Smith at an apartment complex in Little Rock several … to Toney, Toney was purchasing kilograms of cocaine from Rogers. Evidence at trial detailed Toney and Rogers’ …
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Suitcases Stuffed with 45 Pounds of Meth Lead to 10-Year Federal Sentence

… drug courier, flying repeatedly via commercial air carrier from the West Coast to the Midwest while hauling drugs and … the Indianapolis International Airport on a one-way flight from California. Federal agents intercepted him at baggage … partners, we stopped a major shipment of methamphetamine from reaching the Midwest and ensured the individual …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
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Honduran Nationals Extradited to the United States to Face Federal Fentanyl Trafficking Charges

… PORTLAND, Ore .— Two Honduran nationals were extradited from Honduras to the United States to face charges for their … Tuesday. According to court documents, special agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) learned … pursue threats like these no matter where they come from,” said David F. Reames, Special Agent in Charge, DEA …
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Tallahassee Brothers Receive 10 Years in Prison for Large Scale Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana

… the addiction and violence that too often follows from drug traffickers flooding our streets with this poison. … purchasing hundred-pound quantities of marijuana per week from farms and brokers in California and reselling the … conducted a controlled purchase of 28 pounds of marijuana from Cleveland Blackshear. During the surveillance, FDLE …
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13-Year-Old D.J. Daniel Sworn In As Honorary DEA Special Agent

April 22, 2025
… Academy at Quantico. D.J.’s day began with a welcome from Basic Agent Class (BAT) 254 and Special Agent in Charge … busting down doors and suiting up for hazardous conditions. From hazardous materials to chemicals, D.J. toured the DEA …
April 22, 2025
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Nassau Doctor Sentenced to Up to 15 Years in Prison for Overprescription of Opioids that Led to Five Deaths

… His actions ultimately led to the deaths of five patients from drug overdose,” said DA Donnelly. “We entrust doctors … in his car, prescribing medications with no examination from the parking lots of the Rockville Centre hotel where he … Mielinis received approximately forty-nine prescriptions from Blatti over a seven-month period for thousands of pills …
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Alleged major trafficker among three indicted in connection with over 25 pounds of cocaine and $125,000 cash seized in the Bronx

… - (914) 682-6256 Cocaine bearing dragon symbol recovered from secret compartment in bathroom 1.jpg 4.jpg Cocaine … Group D-43, and the New York State Police, with assistance from the New York City Police Department’s 46th Precinct. … a brick shaped package that appeared to be the same package from earlier in the day. New York State Police investigators …
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Takedown completes arrests of 15 alleged drug traffickers

… intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, which operated from May 2020 to September 16, 2020.  Thirteen of the … the lower part of a Glock pistol. “A major drug pipeline from Puerto Rico to Syracuse has been dismantled as a result … agencies are working together to protect our communities from drug trafficking.  Our commitment will never waver,” …
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Large scale narcotics pill manufacturing operation dismantled in a residential building in the Bronx

… - (914) 682-6256 Three pill press machines recovered from basement drug lab that also contained a coop of dozens … in basement.jpg crystal meth seized.jpg Product seized from basement.jpg NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement … pill press machines, used to form counterfeit pills from illicit drugs. Also seized during the search were …
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Over 85 Pounds of Cocaine and Fentanyl, 8 Guns and $420,000 Cash Seized in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Man Charged as Major Trafficker

… eight loaded firearms, and approximately $420,000 cash from the defendant’s car, which was parked outside of a … Enforcement Task Force (NYDETF) Group T-11, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit.  NYDETF Group T-11 is comprised of agents and officers from DEA New York Division, the New York City Police …
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Seven Charged after Federal Investigation Disrupts Massive Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing Operation

… - (802) 951-2900 Synthetic opioid pills trafficked from Connecticut throughout U.S. through dark web EAST HAVEN … documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation led by the DEA New Haven’s Tactical … xylazine, other substances, and pill press parts from China and elsewhere, using tableting machines (“pill …
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates in Operation Legend to include charges against 26 defendants alleged to operate a violent drug trafficking organization

… obtained multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana from California for distribution in the Milwaukee area. As … are alleged to have supplied the drugs for distribution from California. On September 22, 2020, federal, state, and … law enforcement also recovered over 700 grams of heroin from one location, as well as additional heroin, cocaine, …
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Major Gang Arrests In Greater Little Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative

… task force. Early Thursday morning hundreds of officers from multiple agencies executed arrest warrants for the … place to live.” “A team of over 250 agents and officers from law enforcement agencies across our state came together … of dismantling violent gangs and removing dangerous people from the streets, with the goal of making our community a …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests In DEA Narco-Terrorism Undercover OperationsOne DEA Operation Results In Arrests Of Defendants For Agreeing To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah Separate DEA

… (DEA), announced the unsealing of two indictments resulting from two DEA narco-terrorism undercover operations: first, … Taliban terrorists; and prevented massive amounts of heroin from reaching illicit markets around the world. Those … States. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

… who illegally obtained numerous prescriptions for oxycodone from Gibbs. Vaughan filled prescriptions under his own name … two dates back to at least 2008. NYPD intelligence officers from the 19th Precinct arrested Gibbs, 75, at approximately … 10 West 135th Street, Suite 1P, in Harlem, with assistance from investigators with Special Narcotics, OMIG and BNE, and …
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

… LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field … facing America right now, and no community has been spared from its devastating effects.  We’ve all been touched by … at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to intensify its fight against the …
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Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

… At the hearing, the court heard how Somers had travelled from Louisiana and was planning to return to sell the … “The seizure of Mr. Somers’ deadly wares kept these pills from hitting the streets and undoubtedly saved many … in its commitment to eradicate these dangerous drugs from our neighborhoods and bring those responsible for …
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

… substance. Court documents explain that Facey was suspended from practicing law on Feb. 24, 2025, following numerous bar … Office for the District of Alaska has been recused from this case with the exception of certain personnel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven D. Clymer from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
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Multiple Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

… District of North Carolina.  “Protecting our communities from drugs and guns is one of the Justice Department’s core … we are stepping up our efforts to remove illegal firearms from our communities, eliminate drugs in our neighborhoods, … pistol, knowing he was a convicted felon and was prohibited from possessing a firearm.  Tia Marche Ray, 33, of …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… last year compared to 2019, sadly, overdose deaths from these drugs significantly increased from 2019 to 2020.  Although the DEA remains committed to stopping drug trafficking organizations from bringing their deadly drugs into our country, we need …
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

… 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 …
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Four Arrested After DEA-Led Investigation into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring

… of narcotics, revealed that Fisher received heroin/fentanyl from Collins, and fentanyl/heroin and cocaine from other suppliers.  He then distributed the narcotics to … the arrests of the four defendants, agents and officers from the DEA, FBI, Connecticut State Police, and Waterbury, …
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted

… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … continues to claim lives and inflict havoc on families from all walks of life.  Drug dealers don’t label their …
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

… of Craven County’s most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their pain and addiction,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … and its partners are committed to holding those who profit from this destruction accountable. This is a warning to …
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

… – On July 29, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to … in a conspiracy to launder money and import cocaine from South America through the United States to Australia.  According to the agreed upon factual proffer, from 2019 to 2021, Curry led an international drug …
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Leader Of Nationwide Meth Ring Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearm and Money Laundering Charges

… 2021, 12 controlled purchases of methamphetamine were made from the drug trafficking organization—two of which were directly from Alkayisi and one that was negotiated with Alkayisi and … of approximately 100 pounds of 100% pure methamphetamine from Keleman that he allegedly picked up on behalf of …