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DEA Agent Involved in Shooting

April 30, 2025
DEA was involved in a shooting last night during a drug-related investigation as noted by the Calhoun Police Department. We can confirm our agents, and the officers involved were uninjured. We take violence against our agents and partners extremely seriously. The matter is under investigation, and therefore we will not...
April 30, 2025
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India-Based Chemical Company and Top Employees Indicted for Unlawful Import of Fentanyl Precursor Chemicals

March 21, 2025
An India-based chemical manufacturing company and three high-level employees were charged in federal court in Washington, D.C., today related to illegally importing precursor chemicals used to make illicit fentanyl. According to the indictment, Vasudha Pharma Chem Limited (VPC), VPC Chief Global Business Officer Tanweer Ahmed Mohamed Hussain Parkar, 63, of...
March 21, 2025
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DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division Executes Search Warrant on Known Tren de Aragua Gang Location in Metro Denver

January 26, 2025
DENVER – The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) – in conjunction with federal and local partners – executed a federal search warrant on 6600 Federal Boulevard in Adams County, Colorado just before 5 a.m. MT today. Based on months-long investigative work, it was determined this makeshift nightclub...
January 26, 2025
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Former Guinea-Bissau President’s Son Sent to U.S. prison for International Drug Trafficking

March 27, 2024
HOUSTON – The leader of a transnational drug trafficking organization has been imprisoned for his involvement in an international heroin trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Malam Bacai Sanha Jr., 52, pleaded guilty Sept. 6...
March 27, 2024
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Co-Conspirator of Tucson Amtrak Shooter Pleads Guilty

March 16, 2023
TUCSON, Ariz. – Devonte Okeith Mathis, 24, of Mesquite, Texas, pleaded guilty March 15, 2022, to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Marijuana, and Using and Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking...
March 16, 2023
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DEA Dedicates September 11th Memorial

September 09, 2022
WASHINGTON - On Friday, September 9, 2022, the Drug Enforcement Administration dedicated a memorial at DEA Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia to DEA New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Officers who have lost their lives from illness or disease caused by their work at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks of...
September 09, 2022
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DEA Warns of Increase in Mass-Overdose Events Involving Deadly Fentanyl

April 06, 2022
WASHINGTON – Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent a letter to federal, state, and local law enforcement partners warning of a nationwide spike in fentanyl-related mass-overdose events. Administrator Anne Milgram outlined the current threat and offered DEA support to law enforcement officers responding to these tragic incidents. “Fentanyl is killing...
April 06, 2022
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Funeral Arrangements for DEA Supervisory Special Agent Michael G. Garbo

October 07, 2021
PHOENIX, Ariz. – A public funeral for Drug Enforcement Administration Supervisory Special Agent Michael G. Garbo will be held on Friday, October 8, 2021, at Calvary Chapel in Tucson. Special Agent Garbo died Monday as a result of injuries sustained during a shooting in downtown Tucson. Friday’s service will honor...
October 07, 2021
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DEA Administrator Anne Milgram Releases Statement on Tucson Shooting

October 05, 2021
Washington - Yesterday, two DEA Special Agents and a DEA Task Force Officer from the Tucson Police Department were involved in a shooting incident during a law enforcement operation in Tucson, Arizona. The DEA is deeply saddened to report that DEA Group Supervisor Michael G. Garbo died as a result...
October 05, 2021
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Statement from DEA Administrator Anne Milgram

October 04, 2021
Anne Milgram, Administrator for the Drug Enforcement Administration, releases statement following today's deadly shooting in Tucson, Arizona. “Tragically, this morning, two DEA special agents and a DEA task force officer from the Tucson Police Department were shot during a law enforcement operation in Tucson, Arizona. One DEA special agent died...
October 04, 2021
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