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Ten Defendants Charged In Drug Conspiracy Indictment For Allegedly Distributing Thousands Of Addictive Opiate Pain Pills In North Jersey

… that demand was so high that Gutierrez typically would dispose of all of the pills he acquired within 24 hours.  …
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Top China-Based Global Designer Drug Trafficker Arrested In U.S.

… China. DEA has many enforcement and regulatory tools at its disposal to address the threat posed by ever-changing …
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New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 49,000 Pounds On 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 49,000 Pounds On 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day October 02, 2015 New Orleans Contact Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk to a …
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Doctor Arrested For Illegally Selling Prescriptions To Overdose Victim: Pain Management Clinic Shuttered

… and must be addressed with every tool at government’s disposal. Today’s arraignment, the result of coordination …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

… also generally informed the victim that he or she could dispose of, or avoid, the criminal charges by making a cash …
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First Defendant in Drug Trafficking Organization Dealing in Seattle's International District and Homeless Encampments Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison

… is committed to using every enforcement tool at our disposal to shut down fentanyl supply chains, protect public …
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DEA’s Takeback Initiative Collects 25,430 Pounds of Unwanted Medications in the Carolinas and Georgia; 571,000 Pounds Nationwide

… to many police departments, that offer safe medication disposal year-round. For information on permanent drop …
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Federal health care fraud takedown in Northeastern U.S. results in 54 defendants charged and convicted

… of Justice will continue to use every tool at our disposal, including data analytics and traditional law …
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10 Charged in Narcotics Distribution across the Northeast

… and ABREU-FLORES, the two men allegedly attempted to dispose of narcotics: VINCENTE by throwing almost a kilogram …
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Stories

April 04, 2024
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April 04, 2024
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Operation Fraud Street Mafia Results Announced: Nine Arrested for Drug Trafficking and Attempted Tax Fraud

… criminals. We will use every investigative technique at our disposal to disrupt their activities and bring them to …
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National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Takedown results in charges against 345 defendants responsible for more than $6 billion in alleged fraud losses

… to line their own pockets, DEA will use every tool at its disposal to stop and bring them to justice.” “ This …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Wichita

April 29, 2025
… how you keep your medications in your home, and by safely disposing of any unused medications. Learn more. …
April 29, 2025
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DEA New York Division and NY Attorney General Announce Takedown of Major Gun Trafficking Operation in Queens

… just a few months. I will continue to use every tool at my disposal to keep New Yorkers safe and get illegal guns off …
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EDNC Prosecuted 281 Illegal Firearms Offenders and Forfeited 249 Illegal Firearms in 2023

… criminal defendant and relinquished to the government for disposal, including potentially the return of stolen firearm …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown: Charges Against Over 412 Individuals Responsible For $1.3 Billion In Fraud

… to fighting the opioid epidemic using all the tools at our disposal.” According to court documents, the defendants …
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Seventeen Alleged Members And Associates Of MS-13 Indicted For Murder, Conspiracy To Commit Murder, Drug Trafficking

… were nearby. The defendants allegedly discussed where to dispose the victim’s body and how deep to dig the hole. …
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Sinaloa Cartel Leader Charged with Narcoterrorism, Material Support of Terrorism and Drug Trafficking

… Kash Patel. “We will continue to use everything at our disposal to disrupt their operations and prevent further …
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Large-Scale Fentanyl Packaging Mill Dismantled in the Bronx: 11 Arrested and Indicted

… for their ongoing commitment to use every tool at our disposal to eradicate drug trafficking networks and hold the …
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Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses

April 09, 2024
… Administration is committed to using every tool at its disposal to help fight the drug poisoning and overdose …
April 09, 2024
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2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown

… this fight, and we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to protect the integrity of our health care …
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Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

… China’s currency controls. The money remitters allegedly disposed of the drug proceeds by either delivering United …
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Mexican National and Alleged Alien Smuggler Indicted in El Paso on First Material Support of Terrorism Charges for Supporting CJNG

… “The FBI is fully committed to using every resource at our disposal to dismantle this, and any other transnational …
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Yavapai

March 28, 2025
… around the DEA Take Back Day and the importance of safely disposing of expired and unused medication. Faith leaders …
March 28, 2025
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-Media Advisory-

… Back Day, the safe and secure controlled substance drug disposal and DEA’s efforts to prevent prescription drug …
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Communities Nationwide Join DEA and its Partners to Safely Dispose of 571,000 pounds of Unwanted Medications

… to many police departments, that offer safe medication disposal year-round. For information on permanent drop …