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DEA head says phone calls are coming from 'all over the country’ from fed agents wanting to help in DC
Over 800 National Guard officers patrolled the streets of the capital on Monday night.
NY authorities crack $2.5M drug smuggling ring, seize over 2K pounds of illegal weed : DA's office
New York authorities seized over 2,000 pounds of illegal marijuana products worth over $2.5 million while busting a cross-country pot smuggling operation this week, officials said.
Mike Tyson dons DEA jacket, teams up with Alina Habba to deliver knockout punch to fentanyl smuggling: 'One pill can kill'
Iron Mike rang the bell Monday against the dangers of fentanyl during a tour of a US Drug Enforcement Agency laboratory in New York City.
Mexican drug kingpin 'Narco of Narcos' faces judge wearing cuffs of DEA agent he tortured, killed in 1985
A Mexican drug kingpin depicted in Netflix's gritty crime drama "Narcos" was arraigned Friday in Brooklyn while wearing the handcuffs that belonged to the DEA agent he was convicted of...
DEA's most wanted drug lord arrives in NYC to face charges after Mexico hands him over to US
A drug cartel kingpin, known as the US Drug Enforcement Administration's top target for his role in the killing of a DEA agent, was moved from Mexico to New York...
Trump calls in the cavalry as he takes a whole-of-government approach to delivering deportation promises
President Trump is calling in the cavalry to help ICE catch and deport illegal migrants in the US.
Trump’s DEA pick – who locked up a pastor during COVID-19 pandemic – withdraws from consideration after conservative backlash
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister – described by some conservatives as a “COVID tyrant” – bowed out just three days after being selected by Trump to lead the nation’s primary...
Illegal online pharmacies are selling fentanyl and meth-laced pills to unsuspecting customers, DEA warns
Illegal online pharmacies are increasingly selling counterfeit pills made with fentanyl and methamphetamine to unsuspecting customers, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said.
Mexico's new president 'is not going to improve' fractured 'relationship with the DEA': sources
DEA agents working to prevent fentanyl from entering the US wait up to eight months for a visa to work in Mexico — and new president Claudia Sheinbaum isn't expected to...
DOJ ready to reclassify pot but critics decry Biden election-year move: 'It will not stop arrests'
Pot is set to be moved from Schedule I to Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act, easing research into its medicinal qualities and opening the door to lawful prescriptions...
30 lbs of coke, $3 million found hidden in NYC man's home: Cops
Law enforcement raided a Bronx apartment and found millions in cash and 30-pounds of cocaine hidden in the furniture, officials said.
DEA seized record 386 million deadly fentanyl doses in 2023 — enough to kill every American
Nearly 10% of the captured drugs came in the form of pills and powder that were marketed as another drug.
DEA official singled out as 'sexually immoral deviant,' wrongly fired for partying in underwear with 'corrupt' ex-agent: suit
A federal drug enforcement officer claims she was "unjustly profiled as a corrupt agent" because she once partied with now-disgraced DEA agent Jose Irizarry and his wife in Colombia, according...
Bronx fentanyl mill pumped out 222K pills near yet another day care center: sources
“When I heard it was fentanyl again, my mind just raced to the young babies,'' said a neighbor of the most recently uncovered Bronx drug operation.
Husband of Bronx day care owner hit with drug charges in tot's fentanyl death as he's extradited from Mexico
Felix Herrera, 38, was transported to San Diego to face federal drug charges. Herrera and his wife allegedly ran a drug-peddling operation out of a Bronx day care center where...
Biden HHS urges that marijuana be reclassified as less dangerous, legal drug
The Department of Health and Human Services is recommending that marijuana be reranked as a less dangerous and legal Schedule III drug.
White House launches plan to cut 'zombie drug' tranq overdoses by 15%
The Biden administration Tuesday said it plans to cut the number of overdoses related to the deadly "zombie drug'' tranq by 15% within the next two years.
Tranq invades NYC drug mills as expert says city drug supply is 'most dangerous' ever
The flesh-rotting animal tranquilizer killing unsuspecting users nationwide has significantly infiltrated drug mills in The Bronx — leading one expert to call New York City’s current drug supply its “most...
Flesh-rotting 'tranq' drug spreads to 48 states, cut with fentanyl: urgent DEA alert
US Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an "widespread threat" alert: The "zombie drug" is now a cheap cutting agent for fentanyl.
DEA aware of Mexican pharmacies selling fentanyl-laced pills for more than 3 years: report
DEA was alerted of the news with the tragic death of California native Brennan Harrell in Cabo San Lucas in 2019.