GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

September 22, 2025
… the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on October 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) … to dispose of old medications discreetly. On October 25th, from 10am to 2pm, bring your unused prescription drugs to a …
September 22, 2025
DOCUMENT

Administrator Anne Milgram Remarks on ONDCP Press Call Addressing the Overdose Epidemic

November 17, 2021
DEA Administrator Remarks
… reached a devastating new height. 265 people die every day from drug overdoses. Countless more [people] overdose and …
November 17, 2021
DOCUMENT

Remarks by DEA Acting Assistant Administrator Timothy McDermott at the National Healthcare Fraud Takedown Press Conference

September 30, 2020
DEA Administrator Remarks
… 30, 2020 Due to the efforts of DEA and our partners, from January 2017 through August 2020, we have seen the …
September 30, 2020
GENERAL INFORMATION

Contact DEA FOIA

March 28, 2025
… you have questions after receiving an initial response from DEA’s Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Unit, or …
March 28, 2025
EVENT
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Community Event
May 25, 2021
May 25, 2021

Operation Engage Local Stakeholder Meeting

5:00 AM - 7:30 AM (EDT)
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Join the DEA Washington Division as we host a new series of local stakeholder meetings, under Operation Engage (#OpEngageDMV), to facilitate better partnerships in the Washington D.C. and Prince Georges County, Maryland areas. These local stakeholder meetings are open to local public health, law enforcement, public safety, prevention, and other...
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Community Event
June 30, 2021
June 30, 2021

Washington DC Community Pop-Up Event

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
Washington , DC
DEA Washington Division agents, analysts, and other specialists are joining with law enforcement, prevention, family specialists, and community partners across Washington D.C. to host “pop up” events in some of the area’s hardest-hit communities. In neighborhoods that have seen increases in crimes from shootings, deadly carjacking, and other drug-related crimes...
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Community Event
April 24, 2021
April 24, 2021

DEA Washington Division National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

2:00 AM - 6:00 AM (EDT)
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Join the DEA Washington Division and our local law enforcement partners as we host the 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The DEA Washington Division and our partners will host collection sites to collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs across Maryland, Washington, D.C., and...
DOCUMENT

DEA Foreign Review Report

March 24, 2023
Publication
… team was led by Jack Lawn, a former DEA Administrator from 1985 to 1990, and Boyd Johnson, a partner at …
March 24, 2023
DOCUMENT

Complexities and Conveniences in the International Drug Trade

December 14, 2022
Publication
… and their methods. Drug trafficking operations benefit from a number of different actors, such as brokers, cooks, …
December 14, 2022
DOCUMENT

Synthetic Cathinone Sold as Crack Cocaine in Baltimore

April 01, 2018
Publication
… made multiple undercover purchases of crack cocaine from one dealer in Baltimore, MD. In September 2017, …
April 01, 2018
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Recruitment
February 01, 2019 - September 30, 2019
February 01, 2019 - September 30, 2019

DEA 2019 SA Job Announcement Instructions

7:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EST)
New York, NY
For the current 2019 Special Agent job announcement, New York applicants must visit AND READ CAREFULLY from the following link detailing qualifications and instructions: https://www.dea.gov/special-agent-careers If qualified for any of the Grade levels, the initial step is to submit your resume to NewYorkSpecialAgentRecruiter@usdoj.gov with the job announcement as the subject...
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Community Event
July 09, 2018 - November 13, 2018
July 09, 2018 - November 13, 2018

Red Ribbon Patch Program

8:00 AM - 7:00 AM (EDT)
Arlington, VA
The DEA Red Ribbon Patch Program is designed to provide Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts the opportunity to earn a patch from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) by engaging in anti-drug activities in celebration of Red Ribbon Week. The purpose of the Patch Program is to empower young people to...
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Media
June 12, 2021
June 12, 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT - What Every Family Needs to Know about Opioids

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EDT)
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VIRTUAL EVENT - What Every Family Needs to Know about Opioids, with DEA Wichita's Greg Anderson, will examine the opioid epidemic from a local perspective and focus on how this crisis impacts our schools, families, law enforcement and healthcare systems. Our expert panel will answer your questions about how addiction...
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Recruitment
April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

DEA Recruiting Event at the University of South Dakota

3:00 AM - 6:00 AM (EDT)
Vermillion, SD
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division recruiter will be available to answer questions and take resumes, Thursday, April 18, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at the University of South Dakota (Vermillion, S.D.) Careers in Military and Criminal Justice event. The event will be held in the Muenster University Center Ballroom...
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve Defendants Convicted in Cross-State Social Media Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 14, 2025
… Maine using text messages and social media messaging apps. From the fall of 2023 into the spring of 2024, law … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
November 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Chicago Field Division Hosts National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 25

October 22, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  At nearly 4,000 collection sites … the DEA’s National Take Back Day to lessen community risk from drug abuse and keep Americans safe!” “DEA’s National … our shared commitment to protecting the American people from drug-related harm,” said DEA Administrator Terrance …
October 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Unlawfully Present in the United States Sentenced to 20 Years for Discharging a Firearm at Spokane Police During a Drug Trafficking Crime

September 19, 2025
… incarceration.”  On October 16, 2022, Garcia traveled from Yakima to Spokane to deliver 10,000 fentanyl pills. … attempting to flee to avoid arrest. The path of the bullets from Garcia were directed at multiple law enforcement … he engaged in this behavior after having just been released from prison for the same kind of violent conduct. This case …
September 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

$5 Million Reward Offered for Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Drug Trafficker

September 16, 2025
… worth of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin from Mexico into the United States. It is also believed that … cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin, from Mexico to the U.S., as well as the sending of proceeds from the sale of these drugs back to Mexico. The government …
September 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

North Hollywood Woman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Charges, Including Selling Ketamine that Killed Actor Matthew Perry

August 19, 2025
… ketamine, which caused Perry’s death. After learning from news reports of Perry’s death, Sangha called Fleming on Signal to discuss how to distance themselves from it. That day, Sangha updated the settings on the Signal … Cody McLaury in August 2019. McLaury died hours later from a drug overdose. Sangha also admitted in her plea …
August 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Indiana Man Sentenced to 188 Months for Meth Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

August 07, 2025
… firearms. As a multi-convicted felon, Russell is prohibited from possessing any firearms. “Brock Russell aimed to … by possessing firearms that federal law prohibited him from possessing.  Thankfully, our exceptional team of … This case was investigated by the DEA with assistance from the Fort Wayne Police Department; Bureau of Alcohol, …
August 07, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Chicago Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

August 07, 2025
… and millions of dollars in assets and U.S. currency.  From 2011 to 2016, as a supervisory Special Agent with the … extraditions of numerous priority organizational targets.  From 2016 to 2018, Mr. Catone was an Inspector and Senior …
August 07, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused Two Fatal Overdoses

July 03, 2025
… and Suppression Team (FAST) to remove this deadly threat from our neighborhoods.” Sam’s mother described him as … morning hours of Christmas Eve. He had taken the week off from work to spend the holiday season with his loved ones. … fatal overdose, Gauthier kept dealing. He knew Sam had died from fentanyl he provided—referring to him as “my buddy” in …
July 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Career Offender is Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine

May 29, 2025
… informant (CI) to purchase firearms and methamphetamine from Peak at least two times between July and August 2022. … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
May 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Savannah Resident Convicted at Trial of Machinegun and Drug Charges

April 24, 2025
… one sustained pull of the trigger.  McKenzie was prohibited from possessing any firearm because of previous convictions … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
April 24, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Facts about Fentanyl

April 02, 2025
… usage.  DEA analysis has found counterfeit pills ranging from .02 to 5.1 milligrams (more than twice the lethal dose) …
April 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Seventeen charged in Passaic County drug trafficking conspiracy

October 03, 2019
… court. See chart below. “The removal of these gang members from the streets of Paterson have made the city a safer … Attorney Carpenito. “The charges announced today result from the combined work of our federal, state, and local … call detail records, law enforcement determined that from September 2018 through October 1, 2019, the defendants …
October 03, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Leaders of International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Smuggling Organization Sentenced to 21 and 20 Years in Prison

January 11, 2024
… to court filings and statements made in court proceedings: From at least in or about March 2020 to at least in or about … hundreds of kilograms of crystal and liquid methamphetamine from Mexico into Texas and further distributed it throughout …
January 11, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Third Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 25, 2023
… communities, depend on it.”  As alleged in the Complaint: From at least in or about July 2023 through at least in or … of age, appear to have experienced the effects of poisoning from exposure to fentanyl.  Three of the children were …
September 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Kingpin and Paramilitary Leader Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison

October 17, 2022
… perpetuating drug abuse leaving a wake of destruction from Colombia to the United States, and stained with the … main guerilla group, and sought to remove FARC sympathizers from positions of power and influence in Colombia. To … assets in exchange for reduced sentences and amnesty from extradition. Rather than submit to the peace process, …
October 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Over 13 Pounds of Heroin/Fentanyl Seized at Packaging Mill in the Bronx: Two Arrested

August 04, 2022
… Task Force, which consists of agents and investigators from the DEA, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, … Apt. A41, at approximately 3:48 p.m. Keys recovered from Tejada and Camacho opened the door of the apartment. … passport with Tejada’s photo, but a different name, from the apartment. Tejada was arraigned in Manhattan …
August 04, 2022