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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

… General John J. Hoffman announced that a medical doctor from Union County, NJ has been arrested on charges he … dangerous substance by fraud.  He waived extradition from New York, and was transported yesterday to New Jersey, … made up of special agents of the DEA, Task Force Officers from local police departments, and Diversion Investigators. …
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24 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… or couriers in order to transport kilograms of cocaine from the Luis Muñoz Marín International (“LMMIA”), located … or cause others to travel in commercial airline flights, from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, carrying … and the same containers to transport the profits generated from the drug sales back to Puerto Rico. They invested part …
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DEA, Coast Guard, Customs And Border Protection, And Homeland Security Investigations Partner To Interdict $29 Million Cocaine Shipment, Detain 13 Smugglers

… on board the delivery vessel after it was launched from the 268-foot St. Vincent and Grenadines-flag coastal … of the citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from this threat.” While on a routine patrol Tuesday night, … vessel.  Their actions prevented the delivery vessel from making landfall. The CBP MPA maintained constant …
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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… Amtrak trains to transport heroin and cocaine to Chicago from California. One of the defendants is an Amtrak employee … wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine were obtained from traffickers in Mexico and southern California, and transported from Los Angeles to Chicago aboard Amtrak’s commercial train …
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… presented in court:  In May 2010, using information from the Bartow/Cartersville Drug Task Force, multiple … with over 98 % of their patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and Tennessee.  Many of those visiting had …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… Officially, Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated nationally from October 23-31; however, communities and school … a Red Ribbon during the last week in October, Americans from all walks of life demonstrate their opposition to … of teenagers abusing prescription drugs get the drugs from family, friends, and the home medicine cabinet; Whereas …
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Brothers Who Led Mexican Mafia-Backed Puente-13 Street Gang Sentenced To Life In Prison As Result Of Federal Racketeering Case

… that included a brutal stabbing designed to deter victims from cooperating with law enforcement and plotting to murder … other members of Puente-13 to collect “tax” payments from area drug dealers on Rafael’s behalf, and warded off …
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Alleged PCP Distributor Who Shot A DEA Agent Arraigned On Federal Narcotics And Assault Charges

… Banks transported chemicals used to manufacture PCP from the Atlanta, Ga., area to Robinson, who stored the … allegedly transported chemicals used to manufacture PCP from South Carolina to other jurisdictions.  On July 6, … The indictment alleges that Robinson fired four shots from his bedroom. Then, he walked out of his bedroom into …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… 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 …
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

… of marijuana with an estimated street value of anywhere from $30 million to $35 million. Two other suspects linked … Task Force. The Task Force is made up of representatives from ICE HSI, U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) Border Patrol, … a variety of techniques to detect cross-border tunnels, from state-of-the-art electronic surveillance to old …
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Members Of Queens-Based Drug Trafficking Crew Indicted For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy, Kidnapping, And Firearms Offenses

… arrested while picking up a parcel containing heroin sent from Ecuador through John F. Kennedy International Airport into Queens, New York. The crew member was released from law enforcement custody later that day. The following … of a drug trafficking organization that imported heroin from Ecuador through John F. Kennedy Airport and distributed …
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Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

… an effort to dispatch large loads of cocaine via aircraft from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, … cocaine-laden aircraft with legitimate-seeming flight plans from Venezuela to Honduras.  On or about October 3, 2015, … to discuss sending hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Juan Manuel …
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Steroid-Trafficking Defendants Sentenced

… of multiple parcels containing raw steroid materials from China and the collection of bulk currency and wire transfers from the organization’s customer base. "These sentences send … that the DEA does not discriminate: if you are profiting from selling drugs in our community, we will identify, …
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Gang Alliance That Ravaged West Bronx With Gunfire And New England Towns With Drugs Is Dismantled

… cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.  I commend the men and women from the DEA Strike Force, NYPD and the Bronx District … that the crew had been transporting heroin and cocaine from the Bronx for sale in the area from 2012 until late 2014.  Thirteen members were identified …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Criminal Enterprise, Drug, And Money-Laundering Charges

… Mexican drug kingpin Luis Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States yesterday and will be … was arrested in Mexico on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition was … The organization received multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia along the coast of Mexico, and transported …
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Two KC Men Plead Guilty To $1.2 Million Oxycodone Conspiracy

… admitted they participated in a conspiracy that lasted from June 2013 to January 2016 to distribute, and to possess … several undercover purchases of fraudulent prescriptions from Dickinson, law enforcement officers executed a search … Dickinson said he obtained false prescriptions from co-defendant Robert G. Joy, also known as “Bear,” 34, …
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Seven Arrested In Major New York City Prescription Forgery Ring

… for addictive opioid painkillers and illegally obtain pills from pharmacies for resale on the black market. Following a … with running a prescription forgery and drug diversion ring from December 1, 2011 to January 7, 2017. Bivona, 45, And … runners’ names appeared on prescriptions that originated from the clinic. Bivona and Keller sometimes drove the …
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13 Years For Trucking Company Owner For Role In $6.5 Million Crystal Meth, Heroin Haul

… 5 kilograms of (11 lbs.) and 23 kilograms of (51 lbs.), from his tractor-trailer. At the time the seizure, the load … of crystal (30 lbs.) smuggled in vehicles travelling from the West Coast for distribution in the metropolitan … were expecting to receive a shipment of heroin and cocaine from Mexican suppliers, but were instead provided with …
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Alfredo Beltran Leyva Sentenced To Life In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… enforcement efforts like this one that we can remove drugs from America’s streets and make our communities that much … into the United States.  The defendant was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Nov. 15, 2014, and … conferences, the government proffered evidence that from the early 1990s until his indictment in August 2014, …
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Family Summit
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025

DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

2:00 PM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
Church Rock, NM
WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one to fentanyl or other illicit...
STORY

DEA Omaha Division encourages awareness of prescription medication abuse

March 01, 2019
… substance after marijuana.  In 2017, 70,237 people died from a drug overdose with nearly 60 percent of these deaths … take notice.    Every day across the nation, 46 people die from overdoses involving prescription opioids. Taking just a … mean the difference between a 17 year old who recovers from an injury and returns to sports and a student who …
March 01, 2019
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DEA’s 2019 National Red Ribbon Rally

October 09, 2019
… 300 people, including 150 middle and high school students from the metropolitan DC area filled the Headquarters … of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena; invited guests from other federal agencies; DEA’s prevention partners; and … with Polaris Dance Institute; and a musical selection from the H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers.      The rally …
October 09, 2019
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Miami news 2007

July 15, 2021
… 11, 2007 DEA Suspends Lakeland Branch of Drug Company From Distributing Controlled Substances October 5, 2007 1st … April 24, 2007 DEA Suspends Orlando Branch of Drug Company from Distributing Controlled Substances April 18, 2007 …
July 15, 2021
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DEA History-The Early Years

December 17, 1919
… ahead. BNDD, ODALE, ONNI and a large contingent from Customs would be unified to form an agent force 2,000 … the Drug Enforcement Administration arose phoenix-like from the ashes. In the voice of one of our great allies in …
December 17, 1919
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Two Sentenced to Over 46 Years for Drug Murder

… an accomplice. “Suspecting that the victim had stolen drugs from them, these defendants committed a callous murder,” … ruthlessly murdered someone whom they thought had stolen from their own illegal drug trafficking network. Today their … with the goal of making our communities safer and free from drug-related crimes like this.” “Drug trafficking and …
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DEA’s Fentanyl Free America Billboard Sparks Conversation on Dangers of Synthetic Drugs

… America is DEA’s commitment to protecting the United States from synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, by disrupting … removed approximately six million deadly doses of fentanyl from Minnesota communities, including nearly 210 pounds of … labs reported a decline in fentanyl powder purity dropping from 20% in 2024 to 10.3% in 2025.  The billboard in …
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Independence, LA Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Conviction

… In imposing Nelson’s prison term, the Court found that from approximately July 2017 through February 2018, Nelson … and others in a venture to obtain kilograms of cocaine from various sources in Houston, Texas, and transport said … and forfeited over $500,000 in drug trafficking proceeds from James as well as approximately eight firearms, two kilo …
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Coordinated Federal-Local Law Enforcement Efforts Lead Surge in Arrests, Drug Seizures, and Federal Drug Trafficking Charges in San Francisco

… and over 250 grams of heroin and approximately 55 arrests from early October to early December 2025.   Over the same … plays a critical role in eradicating this poison from our communities.  With continued urgency, we will … “San Francisco residents deserve safe streets, free from deadly drugs. We are united, we are persistent, and we …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud

… actors who prey upon our most vulnerable citizens and steal from hardworking American taxpayers,” said Attorney General … fraudulently obtained at least approximately $51,474 from the fraudulent PPP applications, sought at least approximately $12,391 from at least one fraudulent EIDL application, and obtained …
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Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

… that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation … removed a large number of armed and dangerous drug dealers from the streets of our community,” said U.S. Attorney … 200 law enforcement officers were involved in the operation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …