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DEA Hosts 122 Collection Sites On Saturday, April 30 Th For Drug Take-Back

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Operator Of Clandestine Steroid Lab In Compton Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison

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Orange County Doctor Arrested On Charges Of Illegally Prescribing Addictive Pain Medications, Often Meeting With 'Patients' At Starbucks

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Rancho Cucamonga Man Convicted For Operating Large-Scale Marijuana Grow Operation

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Nine People Linked To Cocaine Distribution To Italy And Domestic Methamphetamine Sales Named In Federal Indictment

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DEA Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability To Sell Controlled Substances

… is 1-888-954-4662, or members of the public can send an email to Florida.Pill.Mill.Tips@usdoj.gov . In addition, the …
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Owner Of Nine Marijuana Stores In Orange And Los Angeles Counties Sentenced To 262 Months For Drug Trafficking And Tax Evasion

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West Hollywood Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Painkillers After Being Ordered To Stop Writing Prescriptions By DEA

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Two San Gabriel Valley Men Who Participated In ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’ That Moved Money Out Of U.S. Sentenced To Federal Prison

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Top Players In South L.A. Gang Controlled By Incarcerated Mexican Mafia Member Plead Guilty To Federal Racketeering Charges

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Las Vegas Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy Charges For Writing Unlawful Oxycodone Prescription

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DEA Arrests El Monte Flores And Mexican Mafia Gang Members Charged In Federal Racketeering Indictment

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Lead Defendant In Operation Adam Bomb Investigation Enters Guilty Plea

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SoCal Doctor Sentenced To Over 5 Years In Federal Prison

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DEA Billboard Offers Reward For Wanted Drug Trafficker $5 Million Reward Leading To The Capture Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

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Supplier Of Non-FDA-Approved Chemotherapy And Cosmetic Drugs Sentenced To 15 Months

… and hide evidence of their foreign source.  In one e-mail exchange with Aminzada, the employee complained he …
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Large Scale “Dark Net” Heroin, Cocaine Traffickers Sentenced

… agents were also able to determine that the encrypted email address used by “Area51” and “DarkApollo” was …
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Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sent to Prison for 30 years for Large-Scale Distribution Scheme

Drug Trafficking Organization Leader Sent to Prison for 30 years for Large-Scale Distribution Scheme February 18, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 …
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Illegal Alien Sentenced for Leadership Role in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels

Illegal Alien Sentenced for Leadership Role in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Organization Linked to Mexican Cartels February 18, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman …
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Illegal Alien Receives Five Years for Smuggling Cocaine Hidden in Vehicle Batteries

Illegal Alien Receives Five Years for Smuggling Cocaine Hidden in Vehicle Batteries February 05, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 …
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Homeland Security Task Force Arrests 2 and Seizes Over 550 Kilos of Meth in San Antonio

Homeland Security Task Force Arrests 2 and Seizes Over 550 Kilos of Meth in San Antonio February 04, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 …
Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado
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Javier Francisco Benitez-Coronado

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: 21 USC 841, 21 USC 846, 18 USC 1956(h)
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Orange County Couple Receives Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas

Orange County Couple Receives Lengthy Federal Prison Sentences in Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas January 23, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name …
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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crimes

Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Crimes January 26, 2026 Louisville Contact Info Contact Us (502) 582-5908 (571) 362-6934 Kevin McWilliams Recruiter Name Special Agent Bethel "Bubba" Poston (571) 362-1169 LouisvilleSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to …
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Sinaloa Cartel Driver Convicted for Role in Drug Trafficking Operation

Sinaloa Cartel Driver Convicted for Role in Drug Trafficking Operation January 21, 2026 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 …
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Jefferson County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth and Cocaine

Jefferson County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth and Cocaine December 19, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 …
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Mexican Felon Returns to Prison for Meth Trafficking

Mexican Felon Returns to Prison for Meth Trafficking December 10, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 SpecialAgentRecruiter.Houston@dea.gov Talk to a …
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San Antonio Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl

San Antonio Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl December 03, 2025 Houston Contact Info Contact Us (713) 693-3000 sally.m.sparks@dea.gov Sally M. Sparks Recruiter Name Kimball L. Hardeman 571-324-8227 …
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Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Kern Valley Prison-Based Drug Conspiracy

Los Angeles Man Pleads Guilty to Kern Valley Prison-Based Drug Conspiracy September 03, 2025 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us (415) 436-7900 (415) 436-7994 Akilah Johnson SanFranSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us San …