PRESS RELEASE

Large-Scale Fentanyl Packaging Mill Dismantled in the Bronx: 11 Arrested and Indicted

November 06, 2023
… of potentially lethal doses of suspected fentanyl/heroin from hitting the streets. The NYDETF comprises agents and … said, “This investigation highlights potential dangers from a fentanyl/heroin packaging mill operating in a … arrested as they fled the scene of a crime.  They all ran from an active fentanyl mill filled with hundreds of …
November 06, 2023
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Multiple cases lead to arrests of five doctors, one pharmacist, one nurse practitioner and three others

October 11, 2018
… of 10 defendants with illegally distributing oxycodone. “From drug cartels to street distributors, law enforcement is … James J. Hunt. "As a result of separate investigations from three DEA offices, five doctors, a pharmacist, a nurse …
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-agency Investigation Targets Methamphetamine And Firearm Trafficking In Southeastern New Mexico

October 05, 2017
… violate the federal narcotics trafficking and firearms laws from May 2017 through Oct. 2017 in Eddy and Chaves Counties … including the quantities of methamphetamine - ranging from multiple ounces to five pounds - allegedly distributed … committed to keeping New Mexico’s smaller communities safe from drug trafficking organizations that think they can go …
October 05, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 05, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian National Extradited to Houston to face Narco-Terrorism and International Cocaine Distribution Charges

April 24, 2025
… and distributing kilogram quantities of cocaine from Colombia, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … (Ejército de Liberación Nacional aka ELN), was extradited from Colombia and is now in Houston. He will make his … member believed to have facilitated cocaine distribution from Colombia, is now on American soil to face justice.” …
April 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

State lawmaker indicted for stem cell fraud scheme, illegally distributing prescription drugs

February 01, 2021
… of our ability to ensure these individuals are prevented from risking lives within our communities.” Wire Fraud … total of nearly $200,000 in the fraud scheme, which lasted from December 2018 to May 2020. During this time, Derges … which she marketed under the name Regenerative Biologics, from the University of Utah. Derges advertised Ozark Valley …
February 01, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Founder of New York Narcotics Delivery Service Sentenced to 150 Months in Prison for Causing Three Overdose Deaths

February 28, 2024
… to combating organized crime and protecting our communities from the dangers of drug trafficking.” According to the … to deliver cocaine to the customer.  During its operation from March 2018 to September 2021, the Cab Louie Delivery … Abisada with a car to deliver cocaine.  Tejada profited from the business throughout its three-plus years of …
February 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

February 28, 2024
… between ALLEN and FRASIER, photographs and a note retrieved from ALLEN’s cellphone, and Cash App and Venmo records, … of Joshua Skip Zinner on or about March 9, 2023, resulted from the use of cocaine laced with fentanyl that he had purchased from the ALLEN and FRASIER drug conspiracy. At sentencing, …
February 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 23 years in Prison

October 14, 2022
… in Roswell, New Mexico, and launder the proceeds from their drug trafficking activity. Sanchez admitted to … $10,000 to the dealership. On Aug. 10, 2020, Sanchez fled from law enforcement after hiding a dogfood bag filled with … legally possess firearms or ammunition. Upon his release from prison, Sanchez will be subject to five years of …
October 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

2.5 Tons of Methamphetamine and 100,000 Fentanyl Pills Interdicted

February 05, 2021
… fentanyl pills into the United States.  The charge arises from a January 29, 2021 seizure by Mexico’s Secretaría de … a tidal wave of fentanyl and methamphetamine being pushed from Mexico into the United States,” said DEA Special Agent … timely and significant arrests, and stopping deadly drugs from flooding our streets.” Police Commissioner Dermot Shea …
February 05, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

June 28, 2018
… is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These … federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers from across America who made this possible. By every measure …
June 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

National healthcare fraud takedown results in charges against over 600 individuals, including several Chicago-area medical professionals

June 28, 2018
… is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions. “In many … nurses, and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets. These … federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officers from across America who made this possible. By every measure …
June 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Member Of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced

June 08, 2017
… imported large amounts of cocaine, marijuana and heroin from Mexico into the United States.  The indictment alleged … places in the United States, and smuggled drug proceeds from the United States to Mexico.  According to the …
June 08, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Investigation Of Alleged Chicago-Based Drug Trafficking Ring Results In 38 Defendants Federally Charged

June 22, 2011
… in Chicago, Cincinnati and New York who obtained narcotics from the Chicago-based group and others.  Twenty defendants … yesterday at the residences of six defendants stretching from the far south side to the north side of the city. DEA … the Blount-Bridges organization obtained heroin and cocaine from several different sources of supply, including a …
June 22, 2011
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22 Charged, 7 Arrested In Major Los Angeles Strike Force Investigation

June 08, 2017
… - A major narcotics trafficking indictment resulting from an investigation by the Los Angeles Strike Force was … hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin from Mexico into the United States. The narcotics were … via a network of cartel associates, and the proceeds from the domestic narcotics sales were then funneled back to …
June 08, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Operators Of Bogus Medical Clinics Charged In Conspiracy To Divert Massive Amounts Of Prescription Narcotics To The Black Market

August 03, 2017
… grand jury allege that members of the conspiracy profited from illicit prescriptions that were issued without any … supplied corrupt doctors in exchange for kickbacks derived from proceeds generated when the other sham clinics created … deter the investigation. After a load of Vicodin was seized from one of the conspiracy’s major customers, Matosyan …
August 03, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Azusa Street Gang Involved In Drug Trafficking And Hate Crimes Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years

January 15, 2013
… would use violence in order to prevent African-Americans from moving into the City,” according to the indictment. … to aggressively defend those rights, and those residents, from harm.” Rios confirmed in court that members of the … racist incidents alleged in the indictment spanned a period from 1992 until May 2010, when an African-American high …
January 15, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Life In Prison For Racketeering Kingpin

March 03, 2017
… nightclub in upper Manhattan. Rodriguez watched this murder from the safety of a nearby pool hall and later informed a … in the theft of a relatively small amount of marijuana from one of Rodriguez-Perez’s stash houses. In the shooting … return that firearm and, in spite, ensured that Perez died from a shot fired by the same weapon.   Marino Molina, on …
March 03, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Orlando Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring and Distributing Fentanyl-Laced Heroin

March 23, 2021
… at the same designated location and purchased narcotics from him. This occurred on six different dates and resulted … Santos-Garcia, at an address on Brosche Road in Orlando from which the co-defendants were distributing narcotics in … Administration Orlando District Office, with assistance from the Orlando Police Department. It is being prosecuted …
March 23, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 04, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76 percent of pills tested just two years prior in FY … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5 percent during the same time period. These …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Lawrence man faces 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

October 08, 2019
… 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 …
October 08, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

July 13, 2017
… to come.” “Last year, an estimated 59,000 Americans died from a drug overdose, many linked to the misuse of … the fight against heath care fraud to stop those who steal from the government and deceive the American public.” … is a reprehensible crime.  It not only represents a theft from taxpayers who fund these vital programs, but impacts …
July 13, 2017
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DEA Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Data

January 22, 2025
… 2010 to 2022 (Inclusive) Data Unit: Each Record is Data from a Single Analyzed DEA Laboratory Exhibit Source of … State: State where obtained. The DEA aggregated data from the four states of ND, NE, SD and WY to safely address the risk of privacy disclosure resulting from a low volume of data.   Limitations Please be advised …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Key defendant in Operation Snowplow drug trafficking investigation sentenced to two decades in federal prison

October 13, 2020
… the highest priority of not only removing dangerous drugs from the street, but also on seizing the ill-gotten gains of … distributing kilogram-quantities of cocaine and other drugs from Texas and California in February and March 2018. The … shipment to Savannah, and distributed to mid-level dealers from several Savannah-area residences. On March 5, 2018, law …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

October 01, 2015
… are shocking-approximately 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths.  More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
October 01, 2015
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DEA Collects Record-Setting Amount Of Meds At Latest National Rx Take-Back Day

May 06, 2016
… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
May 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

April 22, 2021
… and Individual-2 sold the same heroin they had obtained from Byrd to Victim-1. On April 3, 2016, officers from the Warwick, NY Police Department responded to a … of Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson; detectives from the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, Gangs and …
April 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Meth on the rise in New Jersey

February 01, 2019
… of the more rural areas of the state. Some recent analysis from the DEA’s Northeast Regional Lab has found some purity … crystal methamphetamine in the southern part of the state. From 2015 to 2017, the DEA Northeast Regional Lab has seen a …
February 01, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 25, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … Karen Flowers. “You will help prevent your medications from being misused and abused by others and DEA will safely … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
April 25, 2019