PRESS RELEASE

Manchester Man Sentenced to 80 Months in Federal Prison for Operating Counterfeit Pill Lab

November 14, 2025
… controlled substances; distributing 40 or more grams of fentanyl and methamphetamine; and trafficking in a drug and … U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan. “Our office, together with our law enforcement partners, will continue to pursue and …
November 14, 2025
DOCUMENT

2015 National Drug Threat Assessment

October 01, 2015
Publication
… of the domestic drug situation during 2014, based on law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data … as the most significant drug threats to the United States. Fentanyl and its analogs are responsible for more than 700 …
October 01, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA releases 2019 National Drug Threat Assessment

January 30, 2020
… Many challenges remain, however, including the spread of fentanyl and methamphetamine across the country. DEA and its … continue to represent significant threats to public health, law enforcement, and national security in the United States. …
January 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

More than Two Dozen Arrested in Roundup of Members and Associates of the Black Mafia Family

October 19, 2023
… searches, officers and agents recovered a large quantity of fentanyl, pounds of methamphetamine, firearms and cash. In … it took the combined resources of federal, state and local law enforcement to bring the operation to an end. Protecting …
October 19, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Four Gun Traffickers Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Traffic Firearms into Brooklyn

March 28, 2024
… Also Charged with Trafficking Narcotics, Including Fentanyl BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, David Mccann and … from circulation, saving lives along the way. I commend our law enforcement teams from the DEA Group D-41, NYPD and the …
March 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Member of Gregory Butler Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for His Role in the Drug Distribution Conspiracy

November 15, 2021
… Organization that Arranged Heroin, Crack Cocaine, and Fentanyl sales to Drug Users and Redistributors from … (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce …
November 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Gulfport Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Drug Trafficking

July 08, 2022
… with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl; 500 grams or more of methamphetamine; cocaine and … his sentencing, becoming a fugitive. On February 4, 2021, law enforcement officers located Drummond at a hotel in …
July 08, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Six members of Paterson-based 230 Boys Gang indicted in 29-count indictment

September 25, 2020
… of a Paterson street gang on charges of selling heroin and fentanyl, including a charge against one defendant for … and the analysis of telephone call detail records, law enforcement determined that from at least September 2018 …
September 25, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Two Convicted for Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization with Ties to Mexican Cartel

May 24, 2023
… jury in Boston for operating a large-scale international fentanyl trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Fermin … and Heraux were indicted on April 15, 2021. In July 2020, law enforcement began an investigation into a drug …
May 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Columbia County man sentenced to 18 years in connection with two overdose deaths

January 22, 2020
… in prison after admitting that he distributed heroin and fentanyl to two people who died in Columbia County in July … death, and that S.S., 19, had taken these drugs and died.  Law enforcement executed a search warrant on Ebel’s house in …
January 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Dealer Indicted For Manslaughter In Fatal Overdose Case; Six Suspects Charged As Operating As A Major Trafficker

August 18, 2016
… 29 year old alleged heroin dealer from Mastic described by law enforcement as a leader of the Heroin-Fentanyl drug ring dismantled by the Suffolk-Nassau task …
August 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Phoenix, Phoenix Police Department, and the Arizona Attorney General's Office Disrupt Major Transnational Criminal Organization Operating in the United States and Mexico

February 20, 2025
… Nogales, Sierra Vista, Tucson, and Yuma areas Arizona Law Enforcement Doubles Down and Yields Massive Drug, Gun, … successful in combating the drug trafficking epidemic of fentanyl and other illegal substances which have resulted in …
February 20, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Six Defendants Sentenced for Their Roles in Drug Trafficking Organization

May 08, 2025
… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. Liquid meth … to closely coordinate with our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to prosecute drug traffickers and …
May 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Attorney General Sessions And Acting DEA Administrator Patterson Announce New Tools To Address Opioid Crisis

November 29, 2017
… of Justice: over $12 million in grant funding to assist law enforcement in combating illegal manufacturing and … and with other federal, state, tribal, and local law enforcement to coordinate and optimize federal opioid … will produce more effective investigations on heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid trafficking, all of which …
November 29, 2017
LANDING PAGE

Pink Cocaine

December 27, 2024
… and MDMA Methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA Cocaine and fentanyl Fentanyl and xylazine What are the effects of Pink Cocaine? … is not a commonly trafficked substance. State and local law enforcement are more likely to encounter pink cocaine at …
December 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

First of Six-Member Drug Trafficking Ring Bringing Hundreds of Pounds of Narcotics to Western Washington Sentenced to 8.5 Years in Prison

July 10, 2024
… to transport massive quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl pills, cocaine and heroin was sentenced today in … to the group was pulled off the highway and seized by law enforcement, the traffickers didn’t stop. Mr. Casillas …
July 10, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Laurens County Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Federal Prison

July 17, 2024
… - (910) 815-4513 Defendant Pled Guilty to Distributing Fentanyl Just two milligrams of fentanyl can be a … pleasure to work hand in hand with federal, state and local law enforcement to rid our community of dangerous drug …
July 17, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Sentenced for Drug Trafficking that Resulted in Two Deaths

February 28, 2024
… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Deadly Fentanyl.jpg Cocaine Splatter.jpeg GREENSBORO – Two … (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce …
February 28, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

California Man and Utah Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking in Idaho

April 01, 2024
… Diversion Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Trafficked Fentanyl and Methamphetamine POCATELLO, Idaho – Hank David … with which the Drug Enforcement Administration, our law enforcement partners, and the judicial system take this …
April 01, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Two Rock Hill Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Their Role in Drug Conspiracy

February 21, 2025
… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Fentanyl 2.jpg Bag of seized fentanyl pills. Crack cocaine … relationship with the leader of the conspiracy. Based upon law enforcement efforts, they learned both Foster and Hall …
February 21, 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 …
December 31, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Distributor Convicted of Conspiring to Distribute Controlled Substances and Defrauding the DEA

February 02, 2022
… court of conspiring to distribute unlawfully, oxycodone and fentanyl, and conspiring to defraud the Drug Enforcement … presented at trial: Violations of the Federal Narcotics Laws From 2012 through March 2017, Doud knowingly and …
February 02, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

24 defendants charged in joint federal and state investigation of two violent street gangs on the West Side of Chicago

June 26, 2020
… dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” federal, state, and local law enforcement officers worked together to seize 34 … more than 17 kilograms of cocaine, more than a kilogram of fentanyl, approximately 50 grams of crack cocaine, 200 … officers seized a firearm from Griffin, who could not lawfully possess a firearm because of prior felony …
June 26, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Major Takedown Of Western New York Narcotics Pipeline Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 25 Individuals In Erie County Court; Seizures Of Over Half A Million Dollars In Heroin And Cocaine

May 13, 2016
… left behind fear, intimidation and addiction in their wake. Law enforcement pooled resources to shut this operation down … pipeline into Western New York that was a top supplier of fentanyl-laced heroin and other drugs," said Attorney …
May 13, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Massive takedown targets East County drug trafficking networks

September 19, 2019
… charged for distributing methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl SAN DIEGO – Eight indictments were unsealed today … and across the United States.   To avoid detection by law enforcement, the defendants also utilized various …
September 19, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization and His Trusted Lieutenant Plead Guilty to Federal Charges

July 22, 2022
… drug trafficking organization that distributed heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine in the Puget Sound region, … he led a transnational drug trafficking organization.  Law enforcement has linked the organization to the CJNG …
July 22, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with the Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 19, 2023
… The Defendants Stored Distribution Quantities of Fentanyl and Narcotics Packaging Equipment in the Daycare, … a crime-fighting unit comprising federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies supported by OCDETF and the New …
September 19, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Officials unveil Chicago’s action plan for attacking Mexican drug cartels

August 15, 2018
… Police Department and various federal, state and local law enforcement partners, today unveiled an action plan for … stop the flow of dangerous illicit drugs like heroin and fentanyl into Chicago or to keep them from harming the … a unified force of local, state, federal and international law enforcement counterparts," said Special Agent in Charge …
August 15, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Alleged Members of Drug Trafficking Organization in Drug, Gun and Money Laundering Charges

June 27, 2023
… Sarah Linden, IRS-CI Acting SAC WASHINGTON – This morning, law enforcement agents from the Metropolitan Police … to distribute several controlled substances, including fentanyl, cocaine base and marijuana, and utilizing …
June 27, 2023
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 … and the analysis of telephone call detail records, law enforcement determined that from at least September 2018 …
May 10, 2021