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13-Year-Old D.J. Daniel Sworn In As Honorary DEA Special Agent

April 22, 2025
… Academy at Quantico. D.J.’s day began with a welcome from Basic Agent Class (BAT) 254 and Special Agent in Charge … busting down doors and suiting up for hazardous conditions. From hazardous materials to chemicals, D.J. toured the DEA …
April 22, 2025
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Nassau Doctor Sentenced to Up to 15 Years in Prison for Overprescription of Opioids that Led to Five Deaths

January 22, 2024
… His actions ultimately led to the deaths of five patients from drug overdose,” said DA Donnelly. “We entrust doctors … in his car, prescribing medications with no examination from the parking lots of the Rockville Centre hotel where he … Mielinis received approximately forty-nine prescriptions from Blatti over a seven-month period for thousands of pills …
January 22, 2024
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Alleged major trafficker among three indicted in connection with over 25 pounds of cocaine and $125,000 cash seized in the Bronx

September 30, 2020
… 720-431-8836 Cocaine bearing dragon symbol recovered from secret compartment in bathroom 1.jpg 4.jpg Cocaine … Group D-43, and the New York State Police, with assistance from the New York City Police Department’s 46th Precinct. … a brick shaped package that appeared to be the same package from earlier in the day. New York State Police investigators …
September 30, 2020
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Takedown completes arrests of 15 alleged drug traffickers

September 18, 2020
… intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, which operated from May 2020 to September 16, 2020.  Thirteen of the … the lower part of a Glock pistol. “A major drug pipeline from Puerto Rico to Syracuse has been dismantled as a result … agencies are working together to protect our communities from drug trafficking.  Our commitment will never waver,” …
September 18, 2020
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Large scale narcotics pill manufacturing operation dismantled in a residential building in the Bronx

June 22, 2020
… Gregovich 720-431-8836 Three pill press machines recovered from basement drug lab that also contained a coop of dozens … in basement.jpg crystal meth seized.jpg Product seized from basement.jpg NEW YORK – U.S. Drug Enforcement … pill press machines, used to form counterfeit pills from illicit drugs. Also seized during the search were …
June 22, 2020
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Over 85 Pounds of Cocaine and Fentanyl, 8 Guns and $420,000 Cash Seized in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Man Charged as Major Trafficker

December 10, 2024
… eight loaded firearms, and approximately $420,000 cash from the defendant’s car, which was parked outside of a … Enforcement Task Force (NYDETF) Group T-11, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit.  NYDETF Group T-11 is comprised of agents and officers from DEA New York Division, the New York City Police …
December 10, 2024
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Seven Charged after Federal Investigation Disrupts Massive Counterfeit Pill Manufacturing Operation

September 24, 2024
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Synthetic opioid pills trafficked from Connecticut throughout U.S. through dark web EAST HAVEN … documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation led by the DEA New Haven’s Tactical … xylazine, other substances, and pill press parts from China and elsewhere, using tableting machines (“pill …
September 24, 2024
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Attorney General William P. Barr announces updates in Operation Legend to include charges against 26 defendants alleged to operate a violent drug trafficking organization

September 22, 2020
… obtained multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine and marijuana from California for distribution in the Milwaukee area. As … are alleged to have supplied the drugs for distribution from California. On September 22, 2020, federal, state, and … law enforcement also recovered over 700 grams of heroin from one location, as well as additional heroin, cocaine, …
September 22, 2020
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Major Gang Arrests In Greater Little Rock Area Highlights Pioneering Collaborative State, Local, And Federal Violence Reduction Initiative

February 22, 2018
… task force. Early Thursday morning hundreds of officers from multiple agencies executed arrest warrants for the … place to live.” “A team of over 250 agents and officers from law enforcement agencies across our state came together … of dismantling violent gangs and removing dangerous people from the streets, with the goal of making our community a …
February 22, 2018
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests In DEA Narco-Terrorism Undercover OperationsOne DEA Operation Results In Arrests Of Defendants For Agreeing To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah Separate DEA

July 26, 2011
… (DEA), announced the unsealing of two indictments resulting from two DEA narco-terrorism undercover operations: first, … Taliban terrorists; and prevented massive amounts of heroin from reaching illicit markets around the world. Those … States. The CSs represented to Henareh that the profits from the sale of the heroin in the United States would be …
July 26, 2011
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Manhattan Doctor Illegally Sold Painkiller Prescriptions To Drug Trafficking Organization

January 31, 2013
… who illegally obtained numerous prescriptions for oxycodone from Gibbs. Vaughan filled prescriptions under his own name … two dates back to at least 2008. NYPD intelligence officers from the 19th Precinct arrested Gibbs, 75, at approximately … 10 West 135th Street, Suite 1P, in Harlem, with assistance from investigators with Special Narcotics, OMIG and BNE, and …
January 31, 2013
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DEA’s Louisville Field Division Kept Nearly 89 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025

December 16, 2025
… LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field … facing America right now, and no community has been spared from its devastating effects.  We’ve all been touched by … at secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced from China. In an effort to intensify its fight against the …
December 16, 2025
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Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

July 23, 2025
… At the hearing, the court heard how Somers had travelled from Louisiana and was planning to return to sell the … “The seizure of Mr. Somers’ deadly wares kept these pills from hitting the streets and undoubtedly saved many … in its commitment to eradicate these dangerous drugs from our neighborhoods and bring those responsible for …
July 23, 2025
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Anchorage Attorney Arrested, Charged with Drug Trafficking, Firearm Offenses

May 22, 2025
… substance. Court documents explain that Facey was suspended from practicing law on Feb. 24, 2025, following numerous bar … Office for the District of Alaska has been recused from this case with the exception of certain personnel. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven D. Clymer from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of …
May 22, 2025
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Multiple Defendants Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges

April 03, 2025
… District of North Carolina.  “Protecting our communities from drugs and guns is one of the Justice Department’s core … we are stepping up our efforts to remove illegal firearms from our communities, eliminate drugs in our neighborhoods, … pistol, knowing he was a convicted felon and was prohibited from possessing a firearm.  Tia Marche Ray, 33, of …
April 03, 2025
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

September 27, 2021
… last year compared to 2019, sadly, overdose deaths from these drugs significantly increased from 2019 to 2020.  Although the DEA remains committed to stopping drug trafficking organizations from bringing their deadly drugs into our country, we need …
September 27, 2021
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DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 20, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 20, 2021
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Four Arrested After DEA-Led Investigation into Waterbury Drug Trafficking Ring

April 19, 2023
… of narcotics, revealed that Fisher received heroin/fentanyl from Collins, and fentanyl/heroin and cocaine from other suppliers.  He then distributed the narcotics to … the arrests of the four defendants, agents and officers from the DEA, FBI, Connecticut State Police, and Waterbury, …
April 19, 2023
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Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Convicted

January 30, 2023
… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … continues to claim lives and inflict havoc on families from all walks of life.  Drug dealers don’t label their …
January 30, 2023
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Kilo Fentanyl Distributor in Craven County Sentenced to 40 Years

December 20, 2024
… of Craven County’s most hopeless souls, extracting profit from their pain and addiction,” said U.S. Attorney Michael … and its partners are committed to holding those who profit from this destruction accountable. This is a warning to …
December 20, 2024
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Australian National Pleads Guilty to Participating in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

August 08, 2024
… – On July 29, Jordan Curry, 42, an Australian national from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), pled guilty to … in a conspiracy to launder money and import cocaine from South America through the United States to Australia.  According to the agreed upon factual proffer, from 2019 to 2021, Curry led an international drug …
August 08, 2024
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Leader Of Nationwide Meth Ring Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking, Firearm and Money Laundering Charges

April 04, 2024
… 2021, 12 controlled purchases of methamphetamine were made from the drug trafficking organization—two of which were directly from Alkayisi and one that was negotiated with Alkayisi and … of approximately 100 pounds of 100% pure methamphetamine from Keleman that he allegedly picked up on behalf of …
April 04, 2024
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South Georgia Physician Sentenced to Prison after Admitting Conspiracy to Illegally Distribute Drugs

November 28, 2022
… massive amounts of addictive-controlled substances from pain management and addiction clinics. Dr. Wallace … is committed to stopping unscrupulous medical professionals from harming patients.” “Dr. Anderson betrayed his oath and … is to seek out those responsible for supplying poison, from the street-level dealers to the professional dealers in …
November 28, 2022
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Nine Defendants Indicted in Burke County Drug Trafficking Investigation

November 10, 2021
… conspiracy that funneled cocaine and other drugs from Atlanta to the Waynesboro, Ga., area. The indictment in … developed information about cocaine trafficking from Mexico, through California to Atlanta, and then … primarily to distributors in Burke County. Investigators from the Burke County Sheriff’s Office then worked with the …
November 10, 2021
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Two Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

January 24, 2024
… both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States. Purdy, 42, of Carlsbad, will remain … over to another individual, who had traveled to Carlsbad from Mexico in order to pick up the firearms and transport …
January 24, 2024
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New Britain Man Involved in Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Pleads Guilty

January 25, 2024
… guilty in Hartford federal court to a charge stemming from the large-scale trafficking of fentanyl and cocaine. … search of one package, which had been mailed from California, revealed approximately one kilogram of … had an associate who used a van to transport narcotics from California, or another location in the southwestern …
January 25, 2024
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A Look Back at Fentanyl Prosecutions in 2023

January 03, 2024
… for fentanyl trafficking offenses with sentences ranging from two to 17 years in prison. Another approximately 29 … Americans at catastrophic rates and devastating families from coast to coast,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge … the product of an investigation by the DEA with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, the California Highway …
January 03, 2024
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Northwest Arkansas Fentanyl Distributors Sentenced to Combined 52 Years in Federal Prison in Drug Overdose Death Cases

November 13, 2023
… , 34, of Farmington, Ark., as a fentanyl distributor. From March 1 and March 25, 2022, DEA agents, utilizing a … made two separate undercover purchases of fentanyl directly from Oliver. On March 25, 2022, DEA agents executed a search …
November 13, 2023
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Minnesota Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused 11 Overdose Deaths

September 12, 2022
… enforcement partners play in protecting American consumers from illegal narcotics being shipped via the U.S. Mail. U.S. … operations to keep USPS customers and employees safe from greedy drug traffickers who favor profit over human … Division.” According to the evidence presented at trial, from 2014 through December 6, 2016, Aaron Rhy Broussard, 31, …
September 12, 2022
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Six arrested after DEA Task Force investigation into fentanyl trafficking ring

April 29, 2020
… kilogram-quantities of narcotics, primarily fentanyl, from a source of supply, and then distributed the drug to … Members of the organization delivered cash generated from the sale of narcotics to Zhang, a money broker in … was arrested on state charges shortly after he drove from the Pratt Street location and was found in possession …
April 29, 2020