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DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Fentanyl Pill Seizure Totals 2026 Year-To-Date

CENTENNIAL, CO – The Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) has seized nearly 3.2 million fentanyl pills and more than 92 kilograms of fentanyl powder since January 1, 2026. "We recently crossed the half-way point in 2026, and it's the perfect time to assess where we stand across...
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Florida Man Charged with Trafficking Thousands of Kilograms of Cocaine from Puerto Rico to John F. Kennedy Airport and Long Island

An indictment was unsealed yesterday in federal court in Central Islip charging Omar Morales-Negron, also known as “O,” with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and two counts of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Morales Negron was arrested on July 14, 2026 in Florida and...
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Six Men Charged in One of the Largest Narcotics & Firearms Trafficking Busts in Nassau County History

MINEOLA, N.Y. -- Drug Enforcement Administration New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder announced that six men have been charged with multiple counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance, criminal sale of a firearm...
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Ten Pounds of Fentanyl Seized from Bronx Apartment - Two Daycare Centers in Building Evacuated

A short-term investigation into a fentanyl packaging and distribution operation led authorities to recover approximately 4.5 kilograms of suspected fentanyl (nearly 10 pounds) from a third-floor apartment at 2075 Morris Avenue, a five-story residential apartment building in the Fordham neighborhood of the Bronx. As agents and officers entered the location...
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Michigan Man Sentenced to 60 Months for Role in Arizona-Based Drug Conspiracy in Homeland Security Task Force Case

DETROIT – Mark Craythorn Thompson, 63, of Detroit, was sentenced on June 25, to 60 months in prison, followed by four years of supervised release. Thompson previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl. As part of this conspiracy, Thompson picked up a package in Detroit Sept. 28, 2023, that...
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Alleged Leader of a Violent Wing of the Sinaloa Cartel Charged with Narcoterrorism, Material Support of Terrorism and Drug Trafficking

SAN DIEGO – An indictment unsealed today charges Carlos Paez Pereda, aka “Carlitos,” aka “Carlitos Rugrats,” alleged high-ranking lieutenant and leader of a violent wing of the Sinaloa Cartel called “Los Rugrats,” with Narcoterrorism and Material Support of Terrorism in connection with trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine...
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Digital Health Company Founder/CEO & Clinical President Sentenced in $100M Adderall Distribution and Health Care Fraud Scheme

NEW YORK – United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) Administrator Terrance Cole, DEA Northeast Associate Chief of Operations Frank Tarentino, DEA New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam, DEA San Francisco Division Special Agent in Charge Bob Beris, along with our law enforcement partners Homeland Security Investigations...
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Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Sentenced for $90 Million Scheme to Distribute over 37 Million Pills of Adderall

Washington, D.C - The founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ruthia He of Done Global Inc., a California-based digital mental health company, was sentenced today to six years in prison and a fine of $1 million for orchestrating a scheme that used her company’s technology platform, compensation structure, and...
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Dual Lebanese-Syrian National Sentenced to Prison for His Role in a Narco-terrorism Conspiracy

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A dual Lebanese-Syrian national was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for narco-terrorism conspiracy and 20 years in prison for conspiracy to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, to be served concurrently. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, Antoine Kassis...
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DEA New York Task Force & New York State Attorney General Announce Convictions and Sentencings of Members of New York City Gun and Drug Trafficking Ring

New York – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the convictions and sentencings of Anthony Ortiz Vasquez, Hector Vasquez, and Kiara Rodriguez for their roles in a gun and drug trafficking network that...

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