DEA Archived Press Releases

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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in Georgia

ATLANTA – Georgians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 11,114 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount collected was the...
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolinians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 11, 825 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount...
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DEA’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day yields fruitful results in North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolinians participating in the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s 17th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Initiative held on Saturday, April 27, 2019, turned in 8,968 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. The amount collected...
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Dominican man sentenced to 240 months in prison for heroin trafficking

CONCORD, N.H. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Santos Guerrero Morillo, 39, of the Dominican Republic, was sentenced to 240 months in federal prison for his leadership role in a heroin trafficking conspiracy. Documents filed...
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New Jersey man sentenced to 76 months for heroin conspiracy

BOSTON – A former New Jersey firefighter was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Worcester in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown, N.J., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman to five years in prison and four years of supervised release. In December...
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Stamford man sentenced to 42 months in prison for drug dealing, violating supervised release

BRIDGEPORT, CT – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Albert Lee Robinson, 58, of Stamford, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to 42 months of imprisonment...
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Puerto Rican man sentenced to 76 months in prison for heroin distribution

BOSTON – A Puerto Rican man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester in connection with a heroin conspiracy. Ivan Cruz-Rivera, 50, of Dorado, P.R., was sentenced to 76 months in prison and four years of supervised release. In December 2018, Cruz-Rivera and co-defendant Carlos Jimenez, 52, of Englishtown...
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65 people charged in Operation Double Dippin

DENVER - In February of 2017, the HIDTA Southern Colorado Drug Task-Force initiated an investigation titled Operation Double Dippin. The HIDTA Southern Colorado Task-Force is comprised of members from the Pueblo Police Department, Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Springs Police Department, Teller County Sherriff’s Office...
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ARPO Strike Force charges involve more than 350,000 prescriptions for controlled substances and more than 32 million pills

CINCINATTI – Attorney General William P. Barr and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II, together with multiple law enforcement partners, announced enforcement actions involving 60 charged defendants across 11 federal districts, including 31 doctors, seven pharmacists, eight nurse practitioners and seven other licensed medical professionals...
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Sixteen individuals charged or arrested for drug trafficking crimes as part of joint law enforcement effort

BURLINGTON, Vt. – On April 16, 2019, DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced a multiagency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort that focused on drug trafficking in the area of Brattleboro, Vt. During the three-day operation...