PRESS RELEASE

29 Alleged Penn North Drug Dealers Facing Federal Indictments

March 19, 2021
… Resulted in Seizure of $935,000 in Cash, Enough Fentanyl to Kill 200,000 People, and Numerous Firearms; Armed Penn North Drug Traffickers Sold Fentanyl Using Brand Names Such As Bullseye, Dirty Sprite, …
March 19, 2021
DOCUMENT

Administrator Anne Milgram Delivers Opening Statement Before the House Committee on Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee

May 07, 2024
DEA Administrator Remarks
… Subcommittee for inviting me to testify today on National Fentanyl Awareness Day.  It is appropriate that on National Fentanyl Awareness Day, that I am given the opportunity to …
May 07, 2024
GENERAL INFORMATION

Count Test

December 19, 2022
… Count Test DEA Seized Record Number of Fentanyl Pills in 2022 Fentanyl Pills Seized + 50600000 Fentanyl Powder Seized + lbs. 10800 …
December 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Domestic Trafficker Imprisoned For Possessing Over 2,000 Counterfeit Pills

July 23, 2025
… to possess with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) … from Louisiana and was planning to return to sell the fentanyl pills for a greater profit and that he has had …
July 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Tangipahoa Parish Residents Indicted for Drug Distribution Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Firearm Offenses

July 09, 2024
… Controlled Substances Act, including distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury, and violations … containing forty grams or more of a detectable amount of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, …
July 09, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Major Maryland-Washington, D.C. Area Narcotics Distributor Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking

October 13, 2021
… Admitted to Their Roles in Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl, Heroin, Cocaine and Crack Cocaine Baltimore, Md., … controlled substances, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug …
October 13, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Repeat Offender Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Distributing Drugs for a Transnational Drug Trafficking Ring

December 22, 2022
… has 17 prior convictions – 11 for drug distribution Fentanyl_oxy_30mg_bulk pill spill copy.jpg DEA file photo: Fake pills laced with fentanyl  Methamphetamine Stock photo.jpg DEA Stock Photo: …
December 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

New Reward Offered for the Capture of Jian Zhang

August 30, 2021
… North Dakota, Zhang ran an organization that manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogues in at least four known labs in China and …
August 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

New Britain Man Involved in Drug Ring Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison

May 01, 2023
… years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made … that was trafficking large quantities of heroin, fentanyl and other narcotics in Connecticut and western …
May 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Waterbury Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison

November 07, 2022
… by five years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine. According to … began an investigation into the distribution of heroin and fentanyl in New Haven and Waterbury.  The investigation, …
November 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Manchester Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

July 11, 2022
… today to 91 months in federal prison for conspiring to sell fentanyl and other substances around the Manchester area, … known as “Chino,” was a prolific drug distributor who sold fentanyl and crack cocaine from at least 2018 to November …
July 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican National Sentenced to Prison for Heroin Trafficking and Immigration Offenses

March 17, 2022
… in Bridgeport to 80 months of imprisonment for heroin and fentanyl trafficking and immigration offenses. According to … that was trafficking large quantities of heroin, fentanyl and other narcotics in Connecticut and western …
March 17, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

13 Charged in St. Louis Drug Conspiracy

September 21, 2023
… of involvement in a conspiracy to sell drugs including fentanyl and methamphetamine in the St. Louis area were … grams of more of methamphetamine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Sosa; Neil Phifer, 38; Latasha Spellman, 34; …
September 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

CBL/BFL gang member who participated in multiple attempted murders of rival gang members going to jail for 19 years

June 08, 2020
… and conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 19 years in prison by U.S. … They also recovered various bags containing mixtures of fentanyl, heroin, butyryl fentanyl, furanyl fentanyl, and …
June 08, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

NYPD Officer convicted of drug trafficking and firearms offenses in Manhattan Federal Court

March 07, 2019
… was found guilty today of conspiring to distribute heroin, fentanyl and cocaine; possession of heroin and fentanyl; and using a firearm in furtherance of drug … Yessenia Jimenez, an NYPD officer, trafficked heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine in New York City, a city she took an …
March 07, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking, Gun Possession Offenses

February 23, 2025
… his Hartford residence revealed approximately 460 grams of fentanyl, approximately 90 grams of crack cocaine, nearly a … possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine, and one count of …
February 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Meriden Man Who Led Drug Trafficking Ring is Sentenced

February 08, 2025
… years of supervised release, for trafficking heroin and fentanyl. According to court documents and statements made … by Cordero that was trafficking large quantities of heroin, fentanyl and other narcotics in Connecticut and western …
February 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Thurston County Man Caught Twice with Drugs and Firearms Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison

November 18, 2024
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Arrested with Large Amounts of Fentanyl and Methamphetamine and Loaded Firearms in Home and … warrant on Graves’ home and car.  In the home they found fentanyl pills, two firearms (one of them loaded) and nearly …
November 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Drug Dealer at Seattle's Third and Pike Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

February 24, 2023
… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Sold Fentanyl While Carrying Loaded Handgun … in prison for federal crimes related to his distribution of fentanyl pills in downtown Seattle and his armed shoplifting …
February 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealing Husband and Wife Sentenced to Federal Prison

November 29, 2022
… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Sold Fentanyl-Laced Pill Linked to Overdose Death Fentanyl_oxy_30mg_bulk pill spill copy.jpg DEA file photo: …
November 29, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Former physician assistant convicted in kickback scheme

December 18, 2018
… received kickbacks in exchange for prescribing a powerful fentanyl spray to patients in violation of federal law.  … in June 2013, he became a frequent prescriber of a fentanyl spray that had been approved by the Food and Drug … fall 2014, Clough wrote more than 750 prescriptions for the fentanyl spray in New Hampshire, including more than 225 …
December 18, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican citizen sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison

December 07, 2018
… in federal prison after authorities caught him transporting fentanyl, a powerful narcotic 50 times more potent than … four kilograms of Tramadol plus about five kilograms of fentanyl.  “The country is battling an opioid epidemic that …
December 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Two drug traffickers linked to fatal overdose in Bellingham arrested in Skagit County

December 04, 2019
… Investigators seize phony oxycodone pills containing fentanyl SEATTLE  – Two Skagit County residents are charged … distribution ring selling fake oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl in Whatcom and Skagit Counties.  The pills are …
December 04, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Large Northern Ohio Drug Trafficking Group Faces Multiple Charges In Federal Court

October 12, 2016
… for importing and distributing kilogram quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and marijuana into Ohio between … their role in a conspiracy that brought large amounts of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into Greater Cleveland from … of cocaine, six kilograms of heroin and one kilogram of fentanyl, as well as $400,000 and several firearms. …
October 12, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Buffalo Man Indicted For Selling Deadly “Heroin” Mixture That Resulted In Two Deaths

July 17, 2017
… intent to distribute and distributing quantities of heroin, fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and furanyl fentanyl, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug …
July 17, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

20 Year Sentence For Birmingham Man On Drugs, Weapons Charges

July 13, 2017
… A repeat offender, Pearson trafficked in crack, heroin, and fentanyl. His drugs resulted in the overdose death of 20 … Alabama man to 20 years in prison for distributing fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid painkiller, that caused … Rodrigus Lee Pearson, 31, for illegally distributing fentanyl that resulted in a death in January 2016 in …
July 13, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces release of Pennsylvania opioid threat report

October 24, 2018
… and pervasive drug threat in Pennsylvania.  However, fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances, originating primarily in Mexico … of Philadelphia stands as a wholesale market for heroin and fentanyl transported there primarily by Mexican TCOs, either …
October 24, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Passaic County Man Admits Participating in Drug Conspiracy

May 10, 2021
… distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and cocaine base and to distributing a quantity of heroin and fentanyl. Jimir Ricks, 26, of Paterson, New Jersey, pleaded … distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, 40 grams or more of fentanyl, and a quantity of cocaine base and knowingly and …
May 10, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Woonsocket Drug Runner Sentenced to Federal Prison

April 21, 2022
… for two men convicted of brokering drug deals and supplying fentanyl and crack cocaine has been sentenced to one year … distribute cocaine base; distribution of cocaine base and fentanyl; and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. …
April 21, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Guns and Drug End with 10 Years in Prison for St. Louis County Man

June 16, 2022
… gun crimes. Bryant Taylor, 31, sold oxycodone, heroin and fentanyl to an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration … what appeared to be a drug transaction, and officers found fentanyl, cocaine base and a 9mm Taurus handgun in a …
June 16, 2022