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
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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 …
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-Media Advisory-

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.facebook.com/p/DEA-Houston-Division-61563801440246/ … 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 …
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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 …
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Ten Arrests Made In Connection With Alleged Crystal City Cocaine And Heroin Trafficking

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.facebook.com/p/DEA-Houston-Division-61563801440246/ … 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 …
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Former Police Chief Of Sullivan City Sentenced To Prison

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.facebook.com/p/DEA-Houston-Division-61563801440246/ … https://www.instagram.com/deahouston Houston Contacts Houston Quick Links Press … 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.facebook.com/p/DEA-Houston-Division-61563801440246/ … https://www.instagram.com/deahouston Houston Contacts Houston Quick Links Press … prison for conspiracy to commit murder. This case resulted from a joint investigation by the Drug Enforcement …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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
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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. …
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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 …
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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
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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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Floridian Fuzz Guilty Of Hauling Cocaine Through East Texas

… Houston , TX 77027-9506 United States https://www.facebook.com/p/DEA-Houston-Division-61563801440246/ … 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 …
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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 …
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Pill mill clinic manager sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegal opioid distribution

… Wellness Clinic on Southeast 122nd Avenue in Portland. From the clinic’s opening until July 2016, DeMille illegally … and DeMille worked together at his clinics in Houston from early 2011 to mid-2014. As early as 2013, DeMille began …
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Guilty plea for man accused of importing cocaine hidden in Savannah shipment

… June 2019 after more than 45 pounds of cocaine were seized from a Savannah shipment has admitted guilt to a federal … today because another drug trafficker has been removed from the streets.”  “Safeguarding the integrity of the vital … The shipment was intercepted in June 2019 by Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in …
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Six Charged In Four Overdose Death Investigations

… week on various federal heroin charges.  The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … The emergency involved an 18-year-old male who had died from an apparent heroin overdose.  Fisher was not present at … to the hospital. The victim has since been removed from life support and died.  Bridgeport Police recovered two …
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Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison; Plea Agreements Unsealed For Leaders Of Cartel’s Chicago Cell

… and submarines for the Sinaloa Cartel to transport cocaine from Central and South America to Mexico, as well as from Mexico into and throughout the United States. Vasquez … on court supervision for five years after he is released from his 264-month sentence. He must serve at least 85 …
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Atlanta Man Who Impersonated A DEA Agent Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Prescription Fraud Scheme

… Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a … by pretending to be a DEA agent, extracted information from the doctors that he then used to avoid detection by law …
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Five Indicted In International Narcotics And Kidnapping Conspiracy: Mexican Source Of Supply

… arranged for large shipments of narcotics to be transported from Mexico and sold in New York City and elsewhere in the … and his organization obtained sizeable shipments of cocaine from a Mexican supplier, partially on consignment, and sold … unravel when Pagan’s organization failed to collect payment from a customer and therefore did not have enough money to …
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Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … “Brian” and that most of the organization’s customers came from New Hampshire.  Distributors knew to identify customers … to as “the base” and dispatchers staffed “the base” from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Dispatchers took orders …