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Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on the Increase in DEA Fentanyl Seizures Containing Xylazine

April 26, 2024
… Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on the Increase in DEA … of the fentanyl powder seized by DEA contained xylazine, up from 25% in 2022.  The percentage of fentanyl pills testing positive for xylazine decreased slightly from 7% in 2022 to 6% in 2023.  In total, DEA seized 12,000 …
April 26, 2024
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Bristol Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut

… Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Trafficking Cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut November 28, 2022 New … four years of supervised release, for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut through the U.S. Mail. … was sending USPS parcels containing kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut and Massachusetts.  Between …
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Southington Man Convicted of Firearm and Drug Offenses Stemming from 2020 Shooting in Hartford

… Man Convicted of Firearm and Drug Offenses Stemming from 2020 Shooting in Hartford December 02, 2025 New England … guilty of firearm and narcotics offenses stemming from a shooting in Hartford in 2020. According to the …
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Federal Jury Finds Career Offender From Albuquerque Guilty Of Crack Trafficking And Firearms Charges

… Federal Jury Finds Career Offender From Albuquerque Guilty Of Crack Trafficking And Firearms … and the HIDTA Region III Drug Task Force, with assistance from the 1st Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and is …
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Staten Island man sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for international arms trafficking and money laundering

… business spanned the globe. By ‘cleaning’ drug money and buying and selling high powered weapons, he was able to …
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Joint Law Enforcement Efforts Result in Lengthy Sentences

… teams engaged in undercover operations including controlled buys of narcotics and illegal firearms. Over the course of …
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Paul E. Knierim “Stopping the Poison Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China”

October 02, 2018
… Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China” Testimony October 02, 2018 Statement before the … Pills: Combatting the Trafficking of Illegal Fentanyl from China” DEA Testimony -International Drugs - Senate Drug …
October 02, 2018
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Hartford Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From Enfield Overdose Death

… Man Pleads Guilty To Heroin Distribution Charge Stemming From Enfield Overdose Death March 23, 2017 New England … of Connecticut subsequently determined that the victim died from acute heroin and fentanyl toxicities.  The …
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Meth And Cocaine Dealer From East St. Louis Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal Prison

… Meth And Cocaine Dealer From East St. Louis Sentenced To 189 Months In Federal … of Illinois. “DEA is committed to protecting our community from the ravages of methamphetamine trafficking and …
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Residents From Modesto And Southern California Indicted For Large-Scale Statewide Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Residents From Modesto And Southern California Indicted For … conspired to distribute methamphetamine and heroin brought from Southern California to Stanislaus County. On April 8, …
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 33,261 Pounds In Ohio

… Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 33,261 Pounds In Ohio May 09, … that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine …
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Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 11,439 Pounds In Kentucky

… Record Results From 13th DEA TakeBack Event: 11,439 Pounds In Kentucky May … that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine …
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Manchester Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure

… Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charge Resulting From Substantial Methamphetamine Seizure March 16, 2017 New … for $85,000. Approximately 4.5 kilograms were recovered from Ramirez-Aldava’s vehicle at the time of his arrest. As …
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Major Seizure of Approximately 360 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor Trailer in the Bronx: Three Arrests

… Major Seizure of Approximately 360 Pounds of Cocaine from Tractor Trailer in the Bronx: Three Arrests August 14, … 163 kilogram-sized packages (360 pounds) of cocaine from the flatbed of a tractor trailer by agents with the … their continuous efforts to stop drug traffickers from using the Bronx as a major distribution hub, which …
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Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison

… “Huntington has suffered a number of tragic deaths from heroin overdoses. We can’t bring back the lives that … lost, but we will do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again,” said United States Attorney Booth … We are sending a message loud and clear to drug dealers from Mexico and everywhere else that if you come to …
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Statement from DEA Administrator Milgram on the Arrests of Ismael Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez

July 25, 2024
… Statement from DEA Administrator Milgram on the Arrests of Ismael … including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing Americans from coast to coast.  El Mayo is one of DEA’s most wanted …
July 25, 2024
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Lead Defendant in Long Running Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Extradited to the United States from Mexico

… Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Extradited to the United States from Mexico July 16, 2024 Phoenix Contact Info Contact Us … Paez-Quintero, a Mexican national, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges related to … involvement in at least nine drug trafficking events from the Lukeville Port of Entry, through Ajo and up to …
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Associate of Rafael Caro-Quintero arrested on supervised release violations

… he violated the terms of his supervised release, stemming from a 1997 escape from confinement charge. A second warrant was issued for … to 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or can be submitted online at fbi.gov/tips . Additional information concerning …
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Jury Convicts Richmond Man of Fentanyl Trafficking

… a cooperator to execute two controlled drug purchases from Pair. The cooperator, working with law enforcement, … 30, 2019, and two ounces of heroin on November 12, 2019, from Pair. Upon inspection, both substances purchased from Pair were found to be fentanyl. Pair was found guilty …
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Forestville Dentist Sentenced For Distributing Drugs

… including Oxydodone, and for distributing cocaine from his dental office, announced United States Attorney for … write the prescriptions in other names to avoid detection. From January 1997 to October 2004, Curtis wrote …
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Newport News Drug Dealer Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

… today. According to court documents, the charges stem from a drug organization that, since January 2005, imported … 20 kilograms of crack and significant quantities of ecstasy from California to Hampton Roads. The drugs were shipped … in a shooting into a Newport News apartment. Bullets from that shooting struck a pregnant woman, however, both …
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to More than 15 Years Imprisonment

… supervised release for his participation in crimes arising from a conspiracy to distribute powder cocaine in Maryland … at trial, Saunders obtained bulk quantities of cocaine from a supplier in California, via Federal Express packages, … was presented that a large amount of cash was seized from the home at which Saunders then resided. Co-defendants …
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Baltimore Heroin Dealer Known As “Mush” Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Prison

… Baltimore Police Department officers received information from a confidential source that an individual the source … 21, 2009, the police saw Griffin drive a gold colored Buick from that area to the 5400 block of Woodmont Avenue. Police … containing heroin, marijuana and more than $1,000 in cash from his pants pockets. Although Griffin denied any …
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Mitchellville Crack Dealer Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

… and recovered: a loaded 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun from his waistband; approximately 108 grams of crack cocaine … right jacket pocket; and approximately $1,467 in cash from his front pants pockets. That same day, Drug … handgun, two black magazines, and 50 rounds of ammunition from a shelf in the master bedroom closet; drug …
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D.C. Heroin Dealer Convicted At Trial

… to distribute extremely potent heroin, largely to customers from northern Virginia.  On Aug. 21, 2013, four individuals from northern Virginia, including 16-year-old Emily Lonczak … Alifom, traveled to Washington, D.C. to purchase heroin from Thorne.  After using the heroin, Lonczak became …
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Hagerstown Woman Sentenced To Over Three Years In Prison For Distribution Of Heroin Resulting In An Overdose Death

… of heroin to an individual, resulting in his death from a heroin overdose. Judge Bennett also ordered Koons to … Koons instructed the individual to delete text messages from her phone and to refrain from contacting Koons for two weeks.  During a recorded …
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Previously Convicted Felon Sentenced On Drug Charges And Firearm Possession

… Sheriff Tim Cameron.    According to his plea agreement, from at least February through September 4, 2014, Curtin … Prince George’s County, Maryland.  Curtin obtained cocaine from suppliers in Tennessee and Maryland.  During the … previously been convicted of a felony and was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. Curtin admitted that …
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Heroin Dealer Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

… arranging for the delivery of packages containing heroin from Phoenix to fictitious names in Maryland, with Jones … of heroin. On July 19, 2010, DEA received information from the Yuma wiretap that couriers from Yuma would be coming in with heroin to deliver to an …
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Baltimore Crack Cocaine Dealer Exiled To Over 12 Years In Prison

… Gregg L. Bernstein. According to McDonald's plea agreement, from at least 2010 through June 2013, McDonald conspired with others to obtain cocaine from suppliers in Arizona and Texas. Once the cocaine … 250 grams of cocaine, as well as packaged crack cocaine, from the main stash house of the organization.          …
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Head Of Newman Drug Ring Pleads Guilty In Huntington

… and the others sold various types of controlled substances from his home at 1814 Artisan Avenue in Huntington and in the surrounding area from at least 2010 through January of 2014.  In January of … Appleton have all pleaded guilty to various charges arising from the Newman investigation.  Other defendants are …