PRESS RELEASE

DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 07, 2024
… and awareness to the threats from fentanyl and fake pills – and the lives lost to poisonings and overdoses. … In 2023, DEA seized more than 77 million fake fentanyl pills. More than 70-thousand Americans died just last year …
May 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Bellingham, Washington, Drug Dealer Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl While Possessing Firearms

March 29, 2024
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Had More Than 3,200 Fentanyl Pills, Cocaine, Meth, and Four Firearms When His RV was … late December 2022, he was carrying thousands of fentanyl pills, and drug proceeds,” said U.S. Attorney Gorman. “But …
March 29, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Idaho Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute 10 Pounds of Fentanyl

March 27, 2024
… Watson locally sold approximately $15,000 worth of fentanyl pills and powder on a weekly basis. When he was arrested on …
March 27, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Who Created Fortified Compound at Bellingham Homeless Encampment Pleads Guilty

March 14, 2024
… Returning from Drug Run with More Than 65,000 Fentanyl Pills – Search Uncovered Guns and More Drugs SEATTLE, Wash. … law enforcement found over seven kilos of fentanyl pills – more than 65,000 pills in all. Vasquez-Martinez …
March 14, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Darknet Drug Vendor Pleads Guilty to Distributing Illicit Prescription Drugs

August 04, 2021
… Cullen Roberts, 23, of Duluth, Georgia, used the moniker “Pillpusher” to sell prescription opioids and other scheduled … drugs via the Darknet. Roberts promoted the quality of the pills that he advertised for sale on his Darknet vendor … page. For example, in September 2020, he listed oxymorphone pills, a powerful opiate used to treat severe pain, for sale …
August 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Five Defendants Charged in Drug Conspiracy Operating in Pawley’s Island

February 25, 2022
… 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 250,000 fake M-30 pills containing fentanyl 250,000 fake M-30 pills containing fentanyl, seized by DEA and our state and …
February 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Ringleader in Prescription Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to Federal Prison

January 12, 2022
… There is no parole in the federal system. “Although these pills came from legitimate pharmacies, the prescriptions … business filling prescriptions for these highly soughtafter pills. After this sentencing, other criminals have been put … unlawful acquisition and distribution of more than 4,000 pills. The case originated in December 2019 with the U.S. …
January 12, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Five indicted on federal charges for drug manufacturing, trafficking conspiracy

May 28, 2020
… alleges production of thousands of methamphetamine pills SAVANNAH, Ga -   Five Savannah-area residents are … in the case, seizing thousands of methamphetamine-laced pills and their raw materials, along with industrial pill …
May 28, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Former Gadsden Pharmacist and City School Board Member Sentenced for Drug Distribution Conspiracy and Tax Crimes

November 02, 2023
… Midtown Pharmacy ordered at least 80,000 more oxycodone pills than the pharmacy dispensed to patients. Carter diverted opioid pills from the pharmacy and sold those pills to other drug distributors. He regularly took …
November 02, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Washington Division Encourages Back to School Drug Awareness and Education

September 05, 2023
… Administration (DEA) seized more than 58 million fake pills containing fentanyl and more than 13,000 pounds of … Maryland and Virginia confiscated nearly 160,000 fake pills containing fentanyl and more than 250 pounds of …
September 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Operation Last Mile Tracks Down Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartel Associates Operating within the United States

May 05, 2023
… 3,337 arrests and the seizure of nearly 44 million fentanyl pills, more than 6,500 pounds of fentanyl powder, more than …
May 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Snohomish Man Pleads Guilty to Drug, Gun, and Murder-for-Hire Related Charges

May 01, 2023
… 2020 to 78 months in prison for dealing fentanyl-laced pills and cocaine. One week later, before he was to report … 30, 2020, he was arrested as he arrived to sell fentanyl pills to a person in Whatcom County. That person was working …
May 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Armed Drug Dealer at Seattle's Third and Pike Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

February 24, 2023
… for federal crimes related to his distribution of fentanyl pills in downtown Seattle and his armed shoplifting in … a loaded handgun while dealing potentially deadly fentanyl pills in downtown Seattle,” said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. …
February 24, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Bremerton Couple Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Significant Amounts of Fentanyl and Meth

January 30, 2023
… eight pounds of methamphetamine and two pounds of fentanyl pills in the rental car they were using to transport the …
January 30, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Overdose Death

June 23, 2022
… his hand.  The officer also observed on the dresser seven pills, four drug capsules, and a small white plastic …
June 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Former Oakland County reserved deputy sentenced for unlawful distribution of opioids

April 03, 2019
… County sheriff’s deputy, would receive 1,500 oxycodone pills per month in addition to hydrocodone and other … of taking the medication as prescribed, he would sell the pills in the community. Over the course of five years, he distributed more than 30,000 oxycodone pills on the street. Oxycodone is one of the most diverted …
April 03, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce Results of Operation Crystal Shield

September 10, 2020
Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce Results of Operation Crystal Shield September 10, 2020 Headquarters Contact Info Contact Us (202) 307-1000 (571) 776-2508 DEA Public Affairs HRA-SAA@dea.gov Talk …
September 10, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

New Orleans-area Woman Pleads Guilty To Scheme To Possess Oxycodone By Fraud And To Possess With Intent To Distribute Oxycodone On The Black Market

April 04, 2018
… to distribute approximately 312,050 milligrams of oxycodone pills on the black market,” said Acting Assistant Attorney … co-conspirators, which were then used to obtain oxycodone pills that were subsequently resold on the black market.  … prescriptions, and then would facilitate the resale of the pills on the black market.  In some instances, Lesslie knew …
April 04, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Dr. Rogelio Lucas And His Wife Convicted On 30 Counts

May 07, 2018
… the practice underwent a radical transformation into a pill mill that churned out prescriptions for oxycodone in … caused by putting millions of highly addictive oxycodone pills out on the street. “I thank the jury for their careful …
May 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Prison

September 11, 2012
… involved in the illegal distribution of prescription pain pills is a top priority for this Office because of the … obtained and filled doctors’ prescriptions for pain pills and then illegally resold the pain medication to …
September 11, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

West Los Angeles Pharmacy Owners Found Guilty In National Illegal Prescription Drug Trafficking Scheme

January 23, 2017
… shipments that contained thousands of hidden oxycodone pills that the Kabov brothers had shipped to customers in … 2014, the pharmacy ordered nearly 100,000 oxycodone pills, yet it reported only half of those pills to state authorities who track prescription drug sale. …
January 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Staten Island Physician’s Assistant Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Massive Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy

January 08, 2015
… prescriptions for more than 125,000 30-milligram oxycodone pills to individuals claiming to be “patients” and on a … unnecessary prescriptions for more than 125,000 oxycodone pills to fake ‘patients.’ His guilty plea today ensures that …
January 08, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Controlled Substances

May 21, 2014
… hundreds of prescriptions for thousands of opioid pain pills without legitimate medical need BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … with illegal distribution of thousands of prescription pain pills, including oxycodone, oxymorphone, methadone, and … on charges of illegally distributing prescription pain pills between January 2009 and September 2013. The Tactical …
May 21, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Doctor Sentenced To Eight Years Of Imprisonment For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Distribution Of Oxycodone

October 02, 2014
… -- a rate that equated to the distribution of over 782,000 pills. Conway’s office files revealed only cursory, … Manzella five oxycodone prescriptions, totaling over 800 pills, over a six month period with little or no examination … Evidence also showed that Conway prescribed 180 oxycodone pills to Manzella on April 21, 2011, and then 24 hours …
October 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Riverhead Physician Assistant Arrested For Conspiracy To Illegally Prescribe Oxycodone

November 04, 2015
… Gregovich 720-431-8836 Defendant issued prescriptions for pills to be sold in exchange for cash BROOKLYN, N.Y. - … substances, issued prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone pills to co-conspirators for the purpose of illegally re-selling the pills for cash. Troyan was captured on video in an …
November 04, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Southampton Town Councilman Pleads Guilty To Conspiring To Illegally Distribute Oxycodone

November 24, 2015
… A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Defendant exchanged oxycodone pills for cash and steroids BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Bradley Bender, … those prescriptions, and illegally exchanged the oxycodone pills for cash and steroids with another co-conspirator. The …
November 24, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Thirteen People Indicted in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Involving Fentanyl, Meth, and Cocaine

May 14, 2024
… today, law enforcement seized: 59 kilograms of fentanyl pills, 81 kilograms of methamphetamine, 21 kilos of cocaine …
May 14, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Major Drug Trafficker and 12 Others Arrested:

June 17, 2022
… 33 Pounds of Cocaine Seized Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized from 87-05 108 St.jpg Heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, fake pills seized  Seizure of cocaine resulting from UC … including fentanyl pressed into counterfeit prescription pills with a street value worth over $3 million. In total,15 …
June 17, 2022
EVENT
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Community Event
June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022

Town Hall Meeting

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EDT)
Kansas City, KS
Join DEA and the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department on June 28 to learn how counterfeit pills and fentanyl are threatening our community. In addition to DEA and KCKPD explaining how this dangerous drug is infiltrating the region, you will hear from Libby Davis, who lost her 16 year old...
GENERAL INFORMATION

Fentanyl Overdose Response

January 22, 2025
… the overdose is opioid/fentanyl related. Evidence of pills, primarily blue/white colored round pills labeled “M” on one side and “30” on the other and/or …
January 22, 2025