PRESS RELEASE

DEA Encourages Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

August 19, 2025
… in Missouri removed nearly 10.7 million deadly doses of fentanyl, enough to kill every person in both Missouri and Kansas. DEA seizures of fentanyl powder in Missouri have surpassed the total seized …
August 19, 2025
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