PRESS RELEASE

25th Operation High Tide Defendant Sentenced for Drug and Gun Crimes

25th Operation High Tide Defendant Sentenced for Drug and Gun Crimes October 12, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a …
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11 Wholesale Narcotics Traffickers Indicted for Supplying Baltimore Drug Dealers

11 Wholesale Narcotics Traffickers Indicted for Supplying Baltimore Drug Dealers August 10, 2021 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov …
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Tri-City Metro Drug Task Force receives over $132,800 forfeiture award from U.S. Department of Justice as a result of dismantling fentanyl-laced pill drug trafficking ring in the Tri-City area

… Drug Task Force receives over $132,800 forfeiture award from U.S. Department of Justice as a result of dismantling … efforts. The Metro Drug Task Force is comprised of officers from the Kennewick Police Department, Richland Police … with Metro Drug Task Force today were seized and forfeited from two defendants who have been previously sentenced and a …
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Indictment Charges 15 With Conspiring In International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist Charged As Leader Of Drug Trafficking Network In "Operation Next Day Air"

… International Drug Ring That Used U.S. Mail To Ship Cocaine From California To New Jersey Jamaican Recording Artist … delivery servicesto ship multiple kilograms of cocaine from California into New Jersey. The alleged ringleader, …
LANDING PAGE

FAST and KCO Memorial Dedication

September 16, 2025
… U.S. military helicopter he was in crashed while returning from a joint counter-narcotics mission in western … Leamon grew up in Ukiah, California. He graduated in 1999 from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in … U.S. military helicopter he was in crashed while returning from a joint counter-narcotics mission in western …
September 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Distribution Takedowns in Seattle Area Result in 18 Arrests and More Than 3.4 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Seized

… Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … staggering 3.4 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl from these two groups, enough poison to kill every person … Over the following months law enforcement made undercover buys from the ring and surveilled drug deliveries and money …
GENERAL INFORMATION

FOIA Library

April 11, 2025
… the United States.  This section also includes chapters from  DEA’s Laboratory Manual. Forensic Sciences’ Quality …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Stuart Encourages West Virginians To Participate In DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day 15th National Prescription Drug Collection Event Scheduled For Saturday, April 28th From 10:00am To 2:00pm

… Drug Collection Event Scheduled For Saturday, April 28th From 10:00am To 2:00pm April 27, 2018 Louisville Contact … Day this Saturday, April 28, 2018.  The event, held from 10:00am to 2:00pm, provides an opportunity for people …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Yavapai

March 28, 2025
… Engage Yavapai has moved to Glendale Welcome Letter from Cheri Oz, Special Agent in Charge of the Phoenix Field … drug education and awareness,  prevention curriculum, on-line resources, school programs and many other special … drug overdose deaths increased in Yavapai County from 47 deaths in 2018 to 68 deaths in 2019, according to …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Powerful Stories and Connections During DEA Washington Division’s 3rd Family Summit on Fentanyl

Powerful Stories and Connections During DEA Washington Division’s 3rd Family Summit on Fentanyl June 24, 2024 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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DEA Washington Division Announces Summer Teen Academies Across the DMV

DEA Washington Division Announces Summer Teen Academies Across the DMV July 31, 2025 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 Washington.Special.Agent@dea.gov Talk to a …
PRESS RELEASE

-Media Advisory-

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.instagram.com/deahouston Houston Contacts Houston Quick Links Press … other invited guests will be available to take questions from reporters in attendance about the April 30th National … sites throughout South Texas. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Government, community, public health …
PRESS RELEASE

Trio Sentenced To 17 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking

… New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation … her Miranda rights, she admitted obtaining meth in the past from Salinas, to wiring money to him in Oklahoma to pay for meth, and to selling meth she had obtained from him.  The government forfeited more than $20,000 in …
PRESS RELEASE

Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.instagram.com/deahouston Houston Contacts Houston Quick Links Press … of $2 million dollars which represents the alleged proceeds from the defendants’ drug distribution activities. Upon … by agents with the DEA together with investigators from the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United …
PRESS RELEASE

Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.instagram.com/deahouston Houston Contacts Houston Quick Links Press … McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 … the traffickers as they ran the loads of marijuana from the river into Sullivan City. Guerra was paid for the …
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Texas Syndicate Members In San Antonio Indicted On Racketeering Charges

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.instagram.com/deahouston Houston Contacts Houston Quick Links Press … McAllen, San Antonio, Waco, Texas Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 … prison for conspiracy to commit murder. This case resulted from a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement …
PRESS RELEASE

International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled

… authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the … are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to extort money from individuals located in the United States by posing as …
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37 Alleged Members And Associates Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate ArrestedDefendants Charged With Trafficking Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Prescription Drugs, And Laundering Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Narcotics Proceeds

… of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from the Netherlands and Canada, hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru, and large …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the … are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to extort money from individuals located in the United States by posing as …
PRESS RELEASE

International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the … are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to extort money from individuals located in the United States by posing as …
PRESS RELEASE

International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the … are alleged to have engaged in a scheme to extort money from individuals located in the United States by posing as …
GENERAL INFORMATION

How To Claim Veterans' Preference

January 22, 2025
… Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty); VA letter as applicable; official statement of service from your command if you are currently on active duty; or … Copy 4 of your DD-214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty) OR an official statement of service from …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Alarming spike in fentanyl-related overdose deaths leads officials to issue public warning

… Fentanyl Pills_0.jpg SAN DIEGO – Law enforcement officials from across the county are warning the public about a sharp … occurred in all areas of the county. Victims ranged in age from 17 to 66-years-old, with the average age being 37. The joint warning about fentanyl-laced drugs comes from the DEA, San Diego County District Attorney, U.S. …
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

… with extortion and/or bribery offenses. This matter stems from “Operation Blue Coast,” an investigation headed by the … possession of a large quantity of oxycodone was traveling from Palm Beach, Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands … one year, he had regularly purchased oxycodone from suppliers in Florida, transported the oxycodone to …
PRESS RELEASE

Southern District Of Texas Investigation And Personnel Win National Award

… investigation was Assistant U.S. (AUSA) Mary Lou Castillo from the Laredo Division. Also honored today in a separate award was AUSA Julie Hampton from the Corpus Christi Division. She was selected to … only involved agents with the Laredo DEA, but also agents from DEA offices in Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, Eagle …
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Inhalant

Inhalants

February 19, 2025
Inhalants are invisible, volatile substances found in common household products that produce chemical vapors that are inhaled to induce psychoactive or mind-altering effects.
February 19, 2025
STORY

Overdose Death Investigations Challenge DEA Agents to Bring Justice

February 08, 2023
… collected during a warrant search of a residence. Deaths from illicit drugs, especially fentanyl, are at historic … DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “Fentanyl is everywhere. From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community …
February 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

TSA And Law Enforcement Officers In Nevadaand Florida Charged In Prescription Drug Ring Narcotics Trafficking Network Results In 20 Arrests

… thousands of highly-addictive prescription narcotic pills from Florida to users in Connecticut. Second, we have … crime reduction in the City of Stamford and it is apparent from the results of our many cooperative investigations and … possession of a large quantity of oxycodone was traveling from Palm Beach, Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands …
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Task Force Investigation Results In Federal Drug Charges Against Gang Members And Associates That Operated In The San Gabriel And Antelope Valleys

… in which methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin were supplied from Mexico and distributed widely in southern California.  … that facilitated the delivery of pure methamphetamine from Mexico through southwest states and ultimately to local … 60 pounds of methamphetamine, heroin and powder cocaine from sources linked to the drug trafficking organization. …
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Top China-Based Global Designer Drug Trafficker Arrested In U.S.

… trafficker apprehended to date in the United States. Agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Internal Revenue … March 4, while he was attempting to enter the United States from the People’s Republic of China.  The DEA is working … I controlled substance AB-FUBINACA into the United States from the People’s Republic of China.  The indictment further …