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May 01, 2017
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… (DEA) Intelligence Report contains information from a variety of law enforcement and open sources. It is …
May 01, 2017
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August 26, 2019 - August 30, 2019
August 26, 2019 - August 30, 2019

BASIC NARCOTICS INVESTIGATOR SCHOOL

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Largo, FL
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ATLANTA NEWS 2005

July 15, 2021
… Organization Dismantled SEP 30, 2005 Indictments Resulting from One of Largest Cocaine Seizures in Memphis SEP 2, 2005 …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Trial Victory Secured in Largest Single Fentanyl Pill Bust in DEA History

August 08, 2025
… charges that violated the terms of his pretrial release from a separate case in which he was charged as a felon in … El Paso Division investigated this case with assistance from the IRS Criminal Investigation. Supervisory Assistant …
August 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Former Daycare Director Sentenced in Large-Scale Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

July 23, 2025
… member of the conspiracy, and that kind of trust only comes from a long history of repeated transactions. She knew … revealed Ochoa-Saucedo picked up the brick of cocaine from Arellano at her residence and that he had done so on …
July 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

June 17, 2025
… 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 …
June 17, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Hopkinsville, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Trafficking

June 17, 2025
… 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 …
June 17, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Citizen Sentenced to Over 6 years in Federal Prison for Cocaine Trafficking

June 16, 2025
… 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 …
June 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Sacramento Doctor Agrees to Pay $125,000 for Controlled Substances Act Violations at Sutter Imaging Capitol Pavilion

June 04, 2025
… Dr. Yen is a radiologist employed by Sutter Medical Group. From 2018 to 2024, he was the DEA registrant at Capitol … was aware of the risk of diversion of controlled substances from Capitol Pavilion. In addition to paying civil monetary …
June 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Take Back Day is THIS Saturday!

April 24, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day THIS Saturday , April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the … safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might otherwise be …
April 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Ohio Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl Resulting in Overdose Death

April 14, 2025
… dope.” In his plea agreement, Clifton also admitted that from May 2019 through June 2019, he routinely offered to … serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. …
April 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Five Sentenced for Smuggling Cocaine into the Country

April 11, 2025
… McAllen, Texas – Four more individuals from Mexico have been sentenced for their roles in a … 2023, all had smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico into the United States. The co-conspirators …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Racketeering Involving Drug and Firearms Trafficking

April 06, 2025
… cocaine base, more commonly referred to as “crack” cocaine, from a stash house in Somerville. Afonseca was also recorded … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
April 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Heroin and Cocaine into Connecticut

April 05, 2025
… containing nearly 500 grams of cocaine that had been mailed from California to a Bloomfield residence that was connected … and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force, including members from the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector …
April 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Ten Jersey City men charged with conspiracy to burglarize more than 40 pharmacies

January 26, 2021
… these suspects so that they can be brought to justice.” From Oct. 11, 2020, through Dec. 22, 2020, the defendants … while traveling in the Malibu. Surveillance video footage from the pharmacy in Linden showed Simmons and Phang wearing …
January 26, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve people charged in long-running investigation of Newark G-Shine Bloods

July 31, 2019
… and chess, they may have been just a few feet away from narcotics and the criminals who sell them. Getting the … and Wali Duncan – obtained their supply of narcotics from Rahim Jackson and Arthur Hardy, who would deliver the …
July 31, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Methamphetamine distribution organization disrupted in Cape May County

April 02, 2019
… L. Abide, age 50 and Robert S. Bellemare, age 47, both from the Villas section of Lower Township, NJ along with … reform.   Terrance Mitchell, who had a fugitive warrant from the state of Pennsylvania, was charged with Possession …
April 02, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Overprescribing opioids costs La Jolla doctor $125,000

October 16, 2019
… Kasendorf’s prescribing practices. This investigation arose from data analytics tools which allow the Department of … to DEA at 877-RX-Abuse (877‑792‑2873). Tips and complaints from all sources about potential fraud, waste, abuse, and …
October 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

El Cajon “Pill Mill” Doctor Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Causing the Illegal Distribution of Opioids

October 26, 2020
… front including zealously pursuing all who seek to profit from illegally distributing opioids whether or not they may … office and paid them to secure these prescriptions from Salerno. Others assisted the patient recruiter by …
October 26, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

“Pill Mill” doctor pleads guilty to opioid distribution, admits signing prescriptions for dead and jailed patients

January 21, 2020
… guilty plea in connection with the pending case that flowed from the investigation of this “pill mill.”  Each of the … and, in some instances, recruiters picked up the tablets from the pharmacies themselves; and, in turn, those …
January 21, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day has highest-ever partner participation

May 06, 2019
… Karen Flowers. “By removing unwanted prescription drugs from their homes, these residents may have saved someone from becoming addicted to a prescription medication. Thank …
May 06, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Three brothers charged in conspiracy to distribute more than 20,000 pills of fentanyl

September 18, 2018
… intensity of our war against foreign criminals who profit from destroying American lives,” said DEA Special Agent in … pills. The combined weight of the pills seized from the three brothers on September 13 was approximately …
September 18, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 02, 2018
… to keep unused, unwanted or expired prescription drugs away from those who could misuse or abuse them.”  National … Day events continue to remove opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
November 02, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Pill Mill Operator Convicted for Oxycodone Diversion

September 08, 2022
… her patients, to shield her unlawful prescribing practices from law enforcement scrutiny. Cristobal, 75, of Lyndhurst, … York Division, which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the New York City Police Department, the New …
September 08, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Kingpin Pleads Guilty to Running Criminal Enterprise

May 12, 2021
… ports on the Pacific Ocean so that it could be exported from Colombia by sea. In transporting the cocaine from the jungle areas of Cauca to port cities, members and …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

“Court Vision Academy” kicks off in Albany

August 03, 2019
… program will take place on Friday and Saturday nights from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the TCCE and is open to boys … Vision Academy program.”   Using money the DEA receives from the NY/NJ HIDTA, a federal grant program that invests …
August 03, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces “360 Strategy” in the greater New Orleans area to address heroin, prescription drugs and violent crime

April 16, 2019
… with City of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, members from other local and federal agencies and organizations in … form a “Community Alliance” that will comprise key leaders from law enforcement, prevention, treatment, the judicial …
April 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

New Orleans-area defendants plead guilty to fraudulent possession and black market distribution of oxycodone

October 22, 2018
… aggressively pursue those who seek to perpetuate and profit from the opioid crisis in this country and bring them to justice.”  The charges stem from the defendants’ involvement in a prescription drug …
October 22, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA achieves significant milestone during 16th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 05, 2018
… this critical event - making our homes and communities safe from possible prescription drug abuse or theft," said DEA … Day events continue to remove opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and …
November 05, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Orthopedic Surgeon Sentenced for Opioid Prescription Conspiracies

April 10, 2019
… conspiracies to write fraudulent opioid prescriptions from October 2015 to October 2017, announced United States … Attorney Matt Ballard and his team. The investigators from the Rogers County District Attorney’s Office along with …
April 10, 2019