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DEA St. Louis Collects 27 Tons Of Unwanted, Expired Medications In Final Takeback

… response to DEA’s eight prior National Take Back Days demonstrates its recognition of the need for a way to prevent … drugs.  Since its first National Take Back Day in September of 2010 and leading up to this final Takeback event, … Act made no legal provision for patients to rid themselves of unwanted controlled substance prescription drugs …
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DEA Hosts Public Listening Sessions on Telemedicine Regulations

… DEA Hosts Public Listening Sessions on Telemedicine Regulations August 07, 2023 Headquarters Contact … MEDIA ADVISORY - UPDATED WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host public listening sessions to … Listening Sessions .   For additional questions, email DPW@DEA.gov     Background: On March 1, 2023, DEA, in …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day with Extended Hours for the Faces of Fentanyl Exhibit

… Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention … public viewing of the Faces of Fentanyl exhibit, which commemorates lives lost by fentanyl. DEA is proud to support the … a photograph of a loved one lost to fentanyl, please email their name, age, and photo to …
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Santa Clarita Man Charged with Distributing Opioid More Powerful than Fentanyl and Causing Victim’s Overdose Death

… than Fentanyl and Causing Victim’s Overdose Death November 22, 2024 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact Us (213) … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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FBI And DEA Educating The Community With Documentary Film Addressing Heroin/prescription Drug Abuse

… Film Addressing Heroin/prescription Drug Abuse September 28, 2017 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us (858) … Marcos, California 92069 Invitees:          Community Members, High School Educators and High School Students, … Diego Division Community Outreach (COS) Yadira Dickey by email at ydickey@fbi.gov. Schools interested in scheduling a …
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Las Vegas Homeland Security Task Force Takedown Results in Arrests and Indictment of Two Men for Distributing Large Quantities of Drugs and Money Laundering

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Mexican National Extradited from Canada Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in Oregon

… Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - (503) 399-5902 Washington Bellingham - (360) 676-3100 … County due to a drug debt that the victim owed to members of the drug trafficking conspiracy. The victim was killed by members of the drug trafficking conspiracy in furtherance of …
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Meth Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly 16 Years in Federal Prison

… Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - (503) 399-5902 Washington Bellingham - (360) 676-3100 … BOISE, Idaho --Cesar Delfin-Cervantes, 28, of Salem, Oregon, was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison … organization. His father, Juan Carlos-Delfin, was also a member of the drug trafficking organization. Law …
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Four L.A. County Men Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Distribute Vast Quantities of Meth, Fentanyl

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Eleven Charged for Drug Trafficking in Southern Illinois

… Eleven Charged for Drug Trafficking in Southern Illinois November 25, 2024 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us (314) … SRT badge A DEA St. Louis Division Special Response Team member awaits the next steps in a court-ordered operation in … Image A DEA St. Louis Division Special Response Team member awaits the next steps in a court-ordered operation in …
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… Just Think Twice Domestic WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will recognize National Fentanyl … exhibit is one of the museum’s featured exhibits, and commemorates the lives lost to fentanyl. More than 5,000 faces … a photograph of a loved one lost to fentanyl, please email their name, age, and photo to  …
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DEA Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Sopchoppy Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Gun & Drug Crimes

… a firearm by a convicted felon.  “This joint investigation removes another methamphetamine trafficker from our North … Tampa Field Division. “I’m thankful to our law enforcement partners for their support in bringing this criminal … investigative work by our state and federal law enforcement partners, and the aggressive prosecution of this …
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Narco-Terrorists Charged in Federal Indictment with Exchanging Cocaine for Firearms, Explosives in War with Colombia’s Government

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Mexican Nationals Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

… residence. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, between August 2022 and December 2023, Martin Aispuro-Lopez, 27, a Mexican national … to an undercover DEA agent on three occasions. On December 12, 2023, law enforcement executed a search warrant at …
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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

… out of Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia in 2025 December 16, 2025 Louisville Contact Info Contact Us (502) … Johnson City - (423) 854-9100 Knoxville - (865) 584-9364 Memphis - (901) 969-3500 Nashville - (615) 736-5988 Kentucky … Special agents and task force officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Louisville Field Division seized …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis December 03, 2025 Dallas Contact Info Contact Us (214) 366-6900 … Tulsa - (918) 459-9600 DALLAS  – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is intensifying its fight against the … launch of Fentanyl Free America,  a comprehensive  enforcement initiative and public awareness campaign aimed at …
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Upland Man Arrested on Indictment Alleging He Distributed Fentanyl to Victim Who Soon Afterward Died from Overdose

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Man Indicted for Distribution of Oxymorphone Causing Death

… Special Agent in Charge Kyle Williamson of the Drug Enforcement Administration, El Paso Division made the announcement. The DEA's El Paso Division Office is investigating …
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DEA And Texas DPS Arrest 13 In Operation Tangled Web

… DEA And Texas DPS Arrest 13 In Operation Tangled Web September 29, 2015 El Paso Contact Info Contact Us (915) … - (432) 686-4085 EL PASO, Texas - Today, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Texas Department of Public (DPS) conducted a … of pharmaceutical drugs by individuals who used schemes such as doctor shopping, calling in fraudulent …
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Granite City Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Conspiracy

… 635-1331 Springfield - (417) 888-9800 Admits To Being a Member of a Large Cocaine Distribution Organization EAST ST. … with twenty-two other individuals and charged with being members of a large cocaine distribution organization, has … Ortiz is scheduled to be sentenced at 9:00 am on September 23, in United States District Court in East St. Louis. …
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Brokerage Accounts Used To Launder Drug Proceeds Forfeited

… Springfield - (417) 888-9800 ST. LOUIS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba … Agent in Charge Shroba. The civil forfeiture complaint in rem , filed in the Eastern District Court of Missouri, … from Colombia to the United States through Mexico by members of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel.  As a result, the United …
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Operator Of Venetian Resort In Las Vegas Agrees To Return Over $47 Million After Receiving Money Under Suspicious Circumstances

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … due to a drug caused death and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …
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Second Defendant Linked to Drug Trafficking in Seattle's Notorious “Jungle” Homeless Camp Sentenced to Prison

… Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - (503) 399-5902 Washington Bellingham - (360) 676-3100 … to records filed in the case, the investigation began in November 2023, with the Seattle Police, FBI, and DEA focusing … seizures over the course of the investigation. Law enforcement heard intimations of violence on the calls and worked …
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Kodiak, Alaska Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in 2022 Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

… Medford - (541) 776-4260 Portland - (503) 721-6600 Salem - (503) 399-5902 Washington Bellingham - (360) 676-3100 … a life sentence at the time. Court documents detail that members of the drug trafficking organization would mail drugs … of over $500,000. Agents seized the drugs and replaced them with a tracking device. Roughly a week later, law …
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DEA New Orleans Delivers Major Blows to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

… – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New Orleans Field Division (NOFD) dealt … resulting in nearly seven million deadly doses of fentanyl removed from communities in just thirty-days.  Eliminating the threat of fentanyl remains a top priority for DEA. By dismantling these complex …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis December 05, 2025 Chicago Contact Info Contact Us (312) … Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 CHICAGO  – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is intensifying its fight against the … launch of Fentanyl Free America,  a comprehensive  enforcement initiative and public awareness campaign aimed at …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis December 04, 2025 Atlanta Contact Info Contact Us (404) … Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 ATLANTA  – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is intensifying its fight against the … launch of Fentanyl Free America,  a comprehensive  enforcement initiative and public awareness campaign aimed at …
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Harbor Area Man Arraigned on Federal Indictment Alleging He Knowingly Sold Fentanyl to Two Victims, One of Whom Later Died

… Sold Fentanyl to Two Victims, One of Whom Later Died November 22, 2023 Los Angeles Contact Info Contact Us (213) … Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 255 East Temple Street 17th Floor Los Angeles , CA 90012 United States … and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis …