PRESS RELEASE

Three Charged with Trafficking Narcotics in the Naugatuck Valley

June 01, 2025
… 45, of Ansonia with offenses related to the trafficking of fentanyl and cocaine in the Naugatuck Valley. As alleged in … Force determined that Zimmerman and Smith were distributing fentanyl, cocaine, and prescription opioids in Connecticut’s …
June 01, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA St. Louis Division Hosts Families with Loved Ones who Died from Illegal Drugs

June 27, 2024
… to attendees to the division's third Family Summit on Fentanyl on June 17, 2024. Download Original Image DEA St. … to attendees to the division's third Family Summit on Fentanyl on June 17, 2024. ST. LOUIS – The Drug Enforcement …
June 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Large-scale Operation Targets 26 Pharmacies In Three States In Attack Against Illicit Opioid Abuse And Trafficking

December 05, 2017
… deaths were related to opioids, including heroin, illicit fentanyl, and prescription drugs such as hydrocodone and … the diversion of controlled substances.” DEA and other law enforcement partners utilize a host of tools and … options. DEA partnered with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners as part of this initiative. To …
December 05, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican Republic official extradited to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges

October 09, 2020
… stated DEA Special Agent in Charge Donovan. “I applaud our law enforcement partners in New York and the Dominican … who supplied him and his organization with heroin and fentanyl, and he assisted in coordinating the importation …
October 09, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Philadelphia Man Arrested for Distribution of Cocaine Base

June 26, 2023
… ordered detained pending trial. According to court records, law enforcement has been investigating Lewis’ drug … Rutland County since December 2022 . In late March of 2023, law enforcement conducted a controlled purchase of cocaine … a black 9mm Ruger SR9c handgun, over 55 grams of bulk fentanyl, and a gram of cocaine base. The United States …
June 26, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Co-leader of large drug trafficking organization sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

July 29, 2019
… heroin and cocaine, despite repeated run-ins with law enforcement, was sentenced on July 26, 2019, in U.S. … heroin, methamphetamine, oxycodone, illegal marijuana and fentanyl. Associates of some of the traffickers were shot … in both Seattle and South King County. On the wiretap, law enforcement heard conspirators talk about various …
July 29, 2019
LANDING PAGE

Protect

December 03, 2025
… increased enforcement and stronger measures to prevent fentanyl production and distribution. DEA leads the fight to …
December 03, 2025
LANDING PAGE

Prevent

December 03, 2025
… Prevent Prevent A fentanyl free America is within reach thanks to increased … time to stand united, prevent drug use, and Make America Fentanyl Free. One Pill Can Kill Fentanyl Awareness Parents, …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

El Cajon Resident Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Pills Causing 19 Year Old's Death

July 08, 2021
… guilty in federal court yesterday, admitting that he sold fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a … delivered two counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to S.J.G. After the meeting, Akintonde sent … 28, 2019 or the early morning hours of March 1, 2019. "As fentanyl-related overdose deaths continue to rise at an …
July 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Brockton Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

May 20, 2022
… in federal court in Boston in connection with trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. Paul Nova, aka “Meagan,” 30, was … possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine and one count of …
May 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis Man Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Drug Trafficking Ring

April 21, 2021
… intent to distribute a controlled substance, one involving fentanyl, the other involving methamphetamine. Moore also … investigating the distribution of large quantities of fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine in the St. Louis …
April 21, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis man gets 15 years for drug trafficking at Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex

December 17, 2020
… pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and one count of felon in possession of a firearm. … in a conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl centered on the Clinton-Peabody housing complex in …
December 17, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis man sentenced for drug trafficking at Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex

August 11, 2020
… in a conspiracy to distribute more than 400 grams of fentanyl centered in the Clinton-Peabody housing complex on … Johnson acted as a distributor for drug customers seeking fentanyl in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Johnson and …
August 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis man sentenced to 60 months in prison

June 15, 2020
… possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl ST. LOUIS – United States District Judge E. Richard … and possessing with the intent to distribute fentanyl. According to the plea agreement, Moore was driving …
June 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Four individuals indicted with drug charges in Kansas

June 16, 2020
… indicted on charges of smuggling more than two pounds of fentanyl to Kansas. Jorge Eduardo Guerrero-Bustamante, 26, … with one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. They were arrested January 2 during a car stop in …
June 16, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Syracuse Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Drug Conspiracy

August 02, 2022
… to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute, announced United …
August 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Buffalo Man Going to Prison for 10 Years for Selling Heroin Linked to the Death of a Hamburg Man

February 03, 2022
… with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, and 10 grams or more of butyryl fentanyl, was sentenced to serve 120 months in prison by … March 23, 2018, Bryant and co-defendant Tyrone Green sold fentanyl to an individual who was later found deceased in …
February 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Syracuse Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

September 17, 2021
… Charles Scott Sold Heroin and Cocaine, Possessed Fentanyl with Intent to Distribute, and Possessed a Pistol … cocaine and heroin, possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, and possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, …
September 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Rochester man sentenced for role in drug conspiracy

December 17, 2019
… to possess with intent to distribute, and distributing, fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine was sentenced to serve … 15, 2019, the organization distributed large quantities of fentanyl, cocaine and crack cocaine out of drug houses …
December 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Task Force seizes $150 million worth of opioids from tractor trailer headed to Northeast

March 04, 2019
… charges based on the seizure of more than 20 kilograms of fentanyl made their initial court appearances in Newark … to possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. They appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph …
March 04, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Parolee is convicted on multiple drug charges

July 26, 2018
… more of crack cocaine, possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, butyryl fentanyl, and furanyl fentanyl, and maintaining a …
July 26, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Chicago Men Arrested, Charged for Drug Trafficking, Gun Crimes

June 30, 2023
… Field Division agents seize 2.15 kilograms of suspected fentanyl, 15.65 kilograms of suspected cocaine, one … 33, was charged with manufacture-delivery of fentanyl and possession of cocaine. Enrique Garcia-Alvarez, …
June 30, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Gun Charges

May 04, 2023
… L. Sinatra, Jr. to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and acetyl-fentanyl, and possession of firearms in furtherance of drug …
May 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Repeat Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Prison

June 08, 2022
… pleaded guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl.  On May 19, 2021, Rivero was arrested as he … after it was discovered that he had approximately 190,000 fentanyl pills (19.24 kilograms) of fentanyl pills hidden in …
June 08, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Pasco man pleads guilty to causing series of overdoses while incarcerated at the Pasco County jail

November 05, 2019
… a mixture and substance containing detectable amounts of fentanyl and norfentanyl, the use of which resulted in serious bodily injury …
November 05, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

August 17, 2016
… one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine and fentanyl and one count of conspiracy to launder monetary … to the Mexican border for payment of nine kilograms of fentanyl.  The fentanyl was seized while en route from California to …
August 17, 2016
GENERAL INFORMATION

Responding to America's Overdose Crisis

January 23, 2025
… in our nation’s history. This is because one drug—illicit fentanyl—has transformed the criminal landscape. Illicit fentanyl is exceptionally cheap to make, exceptionally easy … supply chain to manufacture, transport, and sell illicit fentanyl, and on a global illicit financial network to …
January 23, 2025
EVENT
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Museum
September 18, 2018
September 18, 2018

DEA Museum Panel Discussion

5:00 AM - 6:30 AM (EDT)
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Opioids and Heroin: A New Look at Some Old (and Not So Old) Drugs Live Stream Available www.deamuseum.org/lecture-series/opioids-and-heroin-2018 Questions: During the event, email questions to Elizabeth.L.Maurer@usdoj.gov Admission: This event is free and open to the public Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States...
PRESS RELEASE

Dark Web Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison

November 03, 2021
… De Alba distributed an array of illegal drugs—including fentanyl, heroin, MDMA, cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone … a potentially lethal array of powerful drugs like fentanyl, heroin and oxycodone in exchange for …
November 03, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Brothers with Trafficking Narcotic Pills

May 07, 2024
… a federal conviction in 2017 involving the trafficking of fentanyl and prescription pills.  During the investigation, … a synthetic opioid typically more potent than fentanyl.  The investigation revealed that Petersen had …
May 07, 2024