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Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Attempting to Distribute Methamphetamine and Receiving Bribes

May 29, 2024
… allow unauthorized immigrants to enter the United States from Mexico. Hernandez also agreed to move methamphetamine and other controlled substances from the Southern District of California further north to …
May 29, 2024
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Major Indictment Targets Southeastern Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 28, 2022
… - (910) 815-4513 Operation Carpet Ride charges 32 from Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico Cocaine HCl3.jpg cocaine … Liberty, Richmond, and Tattnall counties, and elsewhere, from as early as January 2016. As described in the 49-count …
November 28, 2022
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Ten Defendants Charged in Augusta-area Drug Trafficking Operation

November 03, 2022
… investigation that identified a pipeline of illegal drugs from Mexico routed through Atlanta and into the greater … led to multiple searches and evidence seizures from residences, vehicles, and hotel rooms. Those charged in …
November 03, 2022
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DEA and partners collect a record amount of unwanted medications during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 05, 2020
… again showed their dedication to remove prescription pills from their homes to prevent addiction before it starts. DEA, … Day are available at www.deatakeback.com . Photos and video from Take Back Day are available at …
November 05, 2020
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Additional Affiliates of Ghost Face Gangsters Street Gang Plead Guilty to Federal Charges

March 22, 2019
… Gangsters, a violent criminal street gang largely operated from inside Georgia’s prison system. The multi-agency … and the Bloomingdale Police Department, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.             The case is …
March 22, 2019
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Extradition of Honduran Nationals in Fight Against Fentanyl Trafficking in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco

February 27, 2024
… drug trafficking activities.  On September 2, 2020, he fled from the home where he was required to stay while on … the safety and health of our community, if you flee from justice, if you think you can hide, you are wrong.  DEA …
February 27, 2024
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Fourteen Members of Major Drug Organization that Trafficked Hundreds of Kilograms of Cocaine and Fentanyl Sentenced

December 20, 2023
… crime.” According to court documents and court proceedings, from 2017 to 2022, the defendants were members of a large … shows that the DTO had ties to, and was directly supplied from, the Sinaloa and CJNG cartels. According to court …
December 20, 2023
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Members of Mexican Cartel Pipeline Indicted on Charges of Distributing Large Quantities of Fentanyl in Adams County

November 01, 2023
… networks and their supply chain. This includes everyone from the suppliers of precursor chemicals to the … on this case, to prevent this number of narcotics from reaching the streets of Adams and Broomfield Counties. …
November 01, 2023
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Nine Lubbock Cocaine Dealers Charged

October 07, 2020
… federal operation organized by the DEA with assistance from local, state and federal law enforcement partners.  … the DEA and the Lubbock Police Department with assistance from the Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office, the Bureau of …
October 07, 2020
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Ft. Worth Doctors Leave Patients Wasted and Dazed in a Pill Mill Operation; 49 Arrested

September 24, 2020
… allegedly used a network of recruiters to enlist “patients” from the community and local homeless shelters.  Recruiters … to $200 cash, to obtain controlled substance prescriptions from Dr. Capistrano and Dr. Noel.  The recruiters – who paid …
September 24, 2020
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21 Members of Multi-State Fentanyl, Meth and Cocaine Trafficking Ring Arrested

July 25, 2022
… large amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl from Kevin Backstrom, 56, of Los Angeles and another … with intent to distribute. Law enforcement officers from 22 different agencies served search and arrest warrants …
July 25, 2022
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Richland Physician Sentenced for Conspiring to Distribute Medically Unnecessary Fentanyl Patches, Opioid Pills and Other Controlled Substances

April 28, 2022
… substances. Text messages recovered by investigators from Arnold’s and Mata’s phones demonstrated that Dr. Arnold … informant, posing as a patient, sought treatment from Dr. Arnold for a headache. The confidential informant’s …
April 28, 2022
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20 gang members charged for drug trafficking and firearms violations in Puerto Rico

November 19, 2020
… the success of this operation.” The indictment alleges that from in or about the year 2015, to the date of the return of … detection. Some co-conspirators would collect the profits from the drug trafficking sales and travel within the …
November 19, 2020
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Akron, Ohio Doctor Is Sentenced To 5 Years In Federal Prison For Illegally Distributing Prescription Painkillers

March 16, 2015
… specializing in family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology. From August 2011 through October 2012, Heim and others … thousands of doses of prescription painkillers to customers from Heim’s office on Ridge Park Drive in Akron, as reported …
March 16, 2015
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DEA Announces Arrests Of Two Former U.S. Soldiers And One Former German Soldier For Conspiracy To Murder A DEA Agent

September 27, 2013
… were hardened global criminals involved in everything from drug and arms trafficking to contract assassinations. … in today's Indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a Tom Clancy novel. The charges tell a …
September 27, 2013
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Brooklyn Doctor Indicted In Illegal Sales Of Over 200 Painkiller Prescriptions: Pills Worth $700,000 On Black Market

October 29, 2014
… and New York City’s Human Resource (HRA), with assistance from the New York State Health Department’s Bureau of … for both distributing a very harmful drug and taking funds from a government program that provides medicines to those …
October 29, 2014
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Guilty Pleas For Two Mexican Nationals In Conspiracy To Acquire “Stinger” Missile And Other Military-Grade Weapons

May 02, 2011
… weapons payment. "The guilty pleas and conviction resulting from this investigation were the result of the highly … weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons, from falling into the hands of a Mexican drug cartel. I …
May 02, 2011
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Lone American Living in Tukwila Indicted in International Drug Trafficking Investigation Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

June 26, 2025
… Conspiracy Drugs Seized During Investigation that Stretched from Seattle to Mexico to Colombia Fentanyl seized in Kent. … in prison. Just over a year ago, law enforcement teams from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle … Attaché in Bogotá provided critical assistance. The cases from this investigation are being prosecuted by Assistant …
June 26, 2025
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Authorities Arrest Seven This Morning In Connection With Liquid/Crystal Methamphetamine Distribution Operation In The Odessa Area

January 05, 2016
… deputies seized approximately 3.5 pounds of methamphetamine from Henry Andrade, Sr. and Monica Berumen Lopez following a … methamphetamine was in the process of being converted from liquid into crystal form; the other pound was in …
January 05, 2016
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WANTED: REWARD OF UP TO $5 MILLION

January 22, 2025
… customer ordered approximately 25 kilograms of 4-ANPP from Yip’s companies.  The parties agreed that the fentanyl …
January 22, 2025
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Who We Are

December 20, 2024
… and we work together as one team to keep Americans safe from dangerous drugs and those that traffic in them. On …
December 20, 2024
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Phoenix News 2007

July 15, 2021
… Gangs November 2, 2007 Two Mexican Nationals Extradited from Mexico Found Guilty in Naco, Ariz. Drug Tunnel Case …
July 15, 2021
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San Diego News 2008

July 15, 2021
… Money Launderer Extradited April 28, 2008 Three Extradited from Colombia to Face Drug Charges April 25, 2008 …
July 15, 2021
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Northwest Indiana Man Sentenced to 8 Years for Meth, Cocaine Trafficking

December 03, 2025
… cocaine on several occasions in Dolton, Illinois, and Gary, from May 2023 and March 2024. Porras Jr. has a prior … High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, with assistance from the DEA’s North Central Laboratory.  The  case was …
December 03, 2025
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Final Defendant Sentenced in Major Alabama Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 19, 2025
… our commitment to protecting the people of this district from those who endanger our communities through drug … pursuing and bringing to justice those who profit from drug distribution. We will continue to work tirelessly …
November 19, 2025
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Waterbury Drug Distributor Sentenced to 40 Months in Federal Prison

November 14, 2025
… and more than $39,000 in cash.  Investigators seized from Munoz approximately 234 grams of cocaine, 22 grams of … The FBI’s Waterbury Safe Streets Gang Task includes members from the FBI, the Waterbury Police Department, the Naugatuck …
November 14, 2025
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DEA Hosts 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

October 22, 2025
… Drug Take Back Day event on Saturday, October 25 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.  ST. LOUIS – The Drug Enforcement … our shared commitment to protecting the American people from drug-related harm,” DEA Administrator Terrance Cole …
October 22, 2025
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DEA Omaha Field Division Welcomes New Special Agent in Charge

September 08, 2025
… region represent the best of America. Protecting them from drug traffickers and their destructive behavior is our … of Middlebury College and received his master’s degree from the University of Washington in Seattle. He served four …
September 08, 2025
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Illegal Criminal Sentenced to 120 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Weapons Charges

August 08, 2025
… Administration investigated this case with assistance from the High Desert Drug Task Force, which includes Oregon … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
August 08, 2025
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U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration To Participate in National Night Out Events Across the Country

August 05, 2025
… event in the Yakama Nation. Keeping our communities safe from synthetic opioids takes everyone and I am proud that … to removing poison, like fentanyl and methamphetamine, from our streets; saving American lives; and protecting the …
August 05, 2025