PRESS RELEASE

Toppenish Woman Charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

August 12, 2022
… charges Gorst with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, Possession with Intent to Distribute … into Gorst stems from information that she was supplying fentanyl pills to multiple users in the Yakima area.  Based …
August 12, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Dorchester man sentenced for federal narcotics and firearms charges

February 20, 2020
… in a wide-ranging operation that distributed heroin and fentanyl throughout Cape Cod. James Ramirez, 57, was … with intent to distribute cocaine and 400 grams or more of fentanyl as well as possession of a firearm by a convicted …
February 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Safety Harbor Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison

August 03, 2021
… (571) 362-2942 Miami.Training@dea.gov Distributed Fentanyl Causing Death to One Individual and Serious Injury … agreement, beginning on Aug. 12, 2019, Burkes distributed fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl to two individuals (J.B. and …
August 03, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

California Man Faces Life For Methamphetamine Trafficking

April 12, 2017
… to serve five years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl and heroin, as well as possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute. Carvajal Gonzalez … to court documents, Carvajal Gonzalez, 33, sold heroin and fentanyl to an undercover law enforcement officer on …
April 12, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Charged With Witness Tampering In Joint Woonsocket Police, DEA Investigation

June 06, 2013
… (DEA) investigation into the alleged trafficking of Fentanyl Acetyl analogue, a Schedule 1 controlled substance. … one count each of possession with the intent to distribute Fentanyl Acetyl analogue and distribution of Fentanyl Acetyl analogue. According to information presented …
June 06, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Patriarch Of Family Drug Trafficking Ring Pleads Guilty

January 11, 2016
… Faces 35 Year Sentence for Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, Meth and Heroin SAN DIEGO - On January 7, … to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl in connection with a family drug trafficking ring …
January 11, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Seattle Man Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Dealing High Powered Narcotic While Possessing Multiple Firearms

April 12, 2013
… Defendant possessed for distribution $200,000 of Fentanyl – more potent than Heroin SEATTLE -  A Seattle man … when agents with a search warrant found multiple drugs, fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, BZP, oxycodone and …
April 12, 2013
LANDING PAGE

One Pill Can Kill

November 25, 2025
… One Pill Can Kill * 2 mg of fentanyl equates to a potentially deadly dose DEA Fentanyl Seizures in 2025 In 2024, DEA seized more than 60 …
November 25, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Highlights 2021

December 31, 2024
… those deaths involved a synthetic opioid, primarily illicit fentanyl. The alarming increase in the availability and … two years combined. We also seized record amounts of fentanyl powder.  In fact, with our law enforcement partners, the amount of fentanyl we seized would kill every American. In September, …
December 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

10 Charged in Narcotics Distribution across the Northeast

June 17, 2021
… Ribbon: Ciara A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Over 120 pounds of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine recovered in New York City, … network of alleged narcotics traffickers who distributed fentanyl, heroin and cocaine in New York City, Massachusetts …
June 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney's Office, DEA and HSI Announce Charges Against Fourteen Individuals in Major Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

November 07, 2024
… controlled substances, specifically methamphetamine and fentanyl, and six properties in Las Cruces and Anthony, New … controlled substances, specifically methamphetamine and fentanyl, and one of the defendants maintained a residence …
November 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

11 Charged with Trafficking Drugs in Southwestern Connecticut, Firearm Offenses

June 02, 2024
… organization that was distributing large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and crack cocaine in Stamford and … was a criminal associate of Canada who supplied Parra with fentanyl, cocaine, and crack. On May 14, 2024, the …
June 02, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

21 Drug Traffickers and Gang Members Facing Federal Drug and Firearm Charges

May 08, 2025
… significant.  More than 200,000 potentially deadly doses of fentanyl were taken out of circulation, and our streets are … of methamphetamine, over 1 kilogram of heroin, over 16,000 fentanyl pills, over 5.5 pounds of fentanyl powder, almost …
May 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

12 Members of Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted

March 18, 2022
… Distributing Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Containing Fentanyl and Laundering Proceeds … to distribute counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl in the Pacific Northwest, and laundering millions …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. And Chinese Drug Enforcement Agencies Meet On Synthetic Opioid Efforts

September 29, 2016
… continue to work together to address the illicit supply of fentanyl and its related compounds. Synthetic drugs such as fentanyl and its related compounds are shipped directly into …
September 29, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Hartford Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison

September 04, 2025
… by four years of supervised release, for trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. According to court documents and … organization that was distributing kilogram quantities of fentanyl and cocaine in Connecticut.  The investigation …
September 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Major Drug Redistributor for Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gang Sentenced to 10+ Years in Prison

May 30, 2025
… Quantities of Methamphetamine and Tens of Thousands of Fentanyl Pills Tacoma – A major redistributor for a South … order as much as 25 pounds of methamphetamine and 20,000 fentanyl pills,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Miller. …
May 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

UT Southwestern to Pay $4.5 Million to Resolve Alleged Controlled Substance Act Violations That Permitted Drug Diversion by Staff

November 30, 2021
… Controlled Substances Act allowed hospital staff to divert fentanyl and other dangerous drugs from the hospital, … began in December 2018 after two UTSW nurses overdosed on fentanyl and died at UTSW’s Clements University Hospital.  …
November 30, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Coordinated Law Enforcement Operations Lead to Takedown of Portland-Area Transnational Drug Trafficking Cells

November 02, 2021
… 200,000 Counterfeit Oxycodone Pills Suspected to Contain Fentanyl PORTLAND, Ore .—In August and October 2021, … 200,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills suspected to contain fentanyl, two pounds of fentanyl powder, 40 pounds of …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

22 Indicted In Multi-State Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

June 27, 2014
… to a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin and fentanyl in the Middle Tennessee area, Northern Alabama and … Much of the heroin had been adulterated or replaced with fentanyl and caused or contributed to the death of at least … of heroin, and from which to distribute heroin and fentanyl to the Middle Tennessee area, Northern Alabama and …
June 27, 2014
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Operation Blues Brothers

November 22, 2023
DEA Administrator Remarks
… District of Columbia Press Conference - November 20, 2023 Fentanyl is the greatest threat to Americans today. It is … That pill looked like a Percocet but it was not; it was fentanyl. Diamond Lynch was 20 years old at the time. She …
November 22, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Logan County Brothers Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Crimes

July 18, 2025
… 400 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl and his brother Jessie Joe Gravley II, 42, of … 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and quantities of fentanyl and heroin. According to court documents and …
July 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Federal Prison

April 14, 2025
… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. NEW BERN, N.C. – A Rocky Mount man was …
April 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Violent Brockton-Based Drug Crew Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison

December 27, 2022
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Defendant trafficked fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and other drugs throughout … 100 grams or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, oxycodone and marijuana; …
December 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Brockton Man Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison For Role In Violent Drug Trafficking Organization

June 22, 2022
… Practitioner 571-362-9171 Defendant trafficked fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and other drugs throughout … 100 grams or more of heroin, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, cocaine, cocaine base, oxycodone and marijuana; …
June 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Man Found Guilty of St. Louis Murder, Drug Conspiracy Charges

October 24, 2023
… DEA Seized $1.5 Million, 25 Kilos of Cocaine, 3 Kilos of Fentanyl, 10 Kilos Heroin Ex123A items from May 2021 … to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl, fentanyl analogues, heroin and cocaine; knowingly …
October 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Narcotics Dealer Arrested in Connection with Multiple Overdose Deaths

March 31, 2022
… charging Allen Peloqin, a/k/a “Ace,” with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of a woman … participating in a narcotics conspiracy that distributed fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the deaths of … distributed heroin laced with the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl and caused the death of four victims.  The …
March 31, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two people arrested and charged with selling heroin which may have led to the deaths of two individuals

March 25, 2020
… who were identified as individuals who sold heroin and fentanyl in the Western New York area.  On November 2, 2019, … that the powdered substance contained a mixture of acetyl fentanyl, fentanyl, and cocaine. On February 11, 2020, the …
March 25, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Franklin County Drug Dealer Sentenced to 19 Years

March 21, 2025
… 19 years in prison for armed drug trafficking of cocaine, fentanyl and marijuana.  On June 10, 2024, Samuel McCoy … 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 400 grams or more of fentanyl, and a quantity of marijuana, distribution of 500 …
March 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Seven Members of Little Rock Drug-Trafficking Organization in Custody Following Arrest Operation

March 13, 2025
… defendants accused of distributing large amounts of fentanyl, as well as methamphetamine and cocaine, in central … to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine, felon in possession … conspiracy, against six defendants. “The lethality of fentanyl requires our continued resolve to prioritize these …
March 13, 2025