GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Michigan

March 28, 2025
Operation Engage Michigan Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Top Local Drug Threats Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the primary source for cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin and low-grade marijuana in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area.  Both …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Thirty-Four Individuals Indicted in Eastern Washington

… and methamphetamine, as well as more than 8,000 fentanyl-laced pills.  Additionally, the law enforcement team seized …
PRESS RELEASE

Coordinated opioid fentanyl outreach initiative for the greater Spokane and Tri-Cities communities announced

… into Eastern Washington.  Very small amounts in a fentanyl-laced pill can kill a person.  We are now seeing it here, …
PRESS RELEASE

Justice, Treasury, and State Departments announce coordinated enforcement efforts against Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion

… many tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States, as well as for violence …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA/Partners Take Down Alleged Cross-Country Drug Traffickers Dealing In Meth, Heroin, Cocaine, Fentanyl

… it. The DEA said dealers are marketing their fentanyl-laced drugs as a “Super High,” and they’re using names like …
PRESS RELEASE

Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

… more than one synthetic compound, and are sometimes laced with other toxic chemicals.  In a recent two-month …
PRESS RELEASE

Repeat Offender Sentenced for Continuing to Traffic Fentanyl at Northern Quest Casino in Spokane

… resulted in the seizure of over 20,000 deadly fentanyl laced pills, approximately one pound of methamphetamine, …
PRESS RELEASE

BPD, DEA, and State’s Attorney’s Office Secure 19 Indictments Related to Drug Trafficking in West Baltimore

… preyed on the citizens of West Baltimore, selling heroin laced with fentanyl disguised as other substances. They …
PRESS RELEASE

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

… they learned both Foster and Hall purchased fentanyl-laced pills during the time of the conspiracy from the …
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Who Supervised a Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Orville, Washington, Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

… total, investigators seized approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (to include Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored …
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney's Office Prosecuted 85 Firearm Offenders in Eastern Washington with Cases from DEA and Federal Partners

… Shooting A Person and Conspiring To Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills in Tri-Cities Jonathan Scott Ard was sentenced …
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New England News 2005

July 15, 2021
… Smuggling and Laundering NOV 30, 2005 DEA Seizes Heroin-Laced Artwork NOV 30, 2005 Arrests Made in International …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

International law enforcement operation targeting opioid traffickers on the Darknet results in over 170 arrests worldwide and the seizure of weapons, drugs and over $6.5 million

… and distribution of more than one million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and laundered approximately $2.8 …
PRESS RELEASE

H Block Gang Associate Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

… cocaine) and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation. The …
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One Pill Can Kill

February 04, 2026
… in 2026 In 2025, DEA seized more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl …
February 04, 2026
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Overdrive Targets Fentanyl Traffickers on the Yakama Nation Indian Reservation, Thirteen Charged, Thousands of Pounds of Drugs Seized

… of cocaine, 7 pounds of fentanyl power, 4,704 fentanyl laced pills, $22,512 in drug proceeds, and 12 firearms.  …
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison

… use pill presses to manufacture fake OxyCodone pills laced with fentanyl, and distribute large quantities of …
PRESS RELEASE

Washington Jury Finds Mexican National with Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Guilty of Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Methamphetamine, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

… total, investigators seized approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (to include Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored …
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Operation Engage Manchester

March 28, 2025
… 2022 Monitoring the Future ) In 2023, 7 out of 10 fentanyl-laced pills contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl ( …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

More than 50 pounds of fentanyl recovered in investigation of trafficking group with tentacles from Mexico to U.S. cities; Organization flooded the Bronx with heroin and fentanyl

… our borders, drug dealers in the Bronx and elsewhere are lacing narcotics with the highly addictive opioid, creating …
STORY

Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses

April 09, 2024
… grams of psilocybin, 600 grams of cocaine suspected to be laced with fentanyl, and 11 pounds of marijuana.  Agents …
April 09, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

10 Drug Dealers Handed Lengthy Sentences for Trafficking Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine throughout Indiana

… base, 225 grams of cocaine and 487 grams of fentanyl laced with xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer that can slow …
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Congressional Affairs

January 22, 2026
… in 2026 In 2025, DEA seized more than 47 million fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl …
January 22, 2026
PRESS RELEASE

Auburn, Washington Man Who Converted Garage to a Fentanyl Pill Manufacturing Lab Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

… to produce thousands of counterfeit M30 Oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl for distribution throughout Western …
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Cartels

September 30, 2025
… big” and build an empire from counterfeit oxycontin pills laced with fentanyl. As the evidence at trial showed, he …
September 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National With Ties to the Jalisco Cartel Sentenced to 19 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking in Hundreds of Pounds of Fentanyl, Heroin, Meth, and Cocaine in Eastern Washington and Montana

… total, investigators seized approximately 161,000 fentanyl-laced pills (to include Mexi-blues and rainbow-colored …
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Local Community Campaigns

July 02, 2025
… States are raising awareness of the dangers of fentanyl laced fake pills. Florida El Paso Washington, D.C. Chicago …
July 02, 2025
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Pill Press Photo Gallery

January 21, 2025
… grams of psilocybin, 600 grams of cocaine suspected to be laced with fentanyl, and 11 pounds of marijuana.  Agents …
January 21, 2025
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Partner Toolbox

July 11, 2025
Partner Toolbox The One Pill Can Kill Campaign  offers an opportunity for the media, parents, teachers, educators, and community organizations to raise awareness about counterfeit prescription drugs. DEA has created materials to help you participate in …
July 11, 2025