A sweeping federal indictment alleges a DEA agent began working with a gang a decade ago while he was a police officer in Illinois and continued the work while at the drug agency’s Chicago field office.
Two DEA agents and eight sheriff’s deputies were taken to a hospital in Ohio early Wednesday after they were exposed to the powerful opioid, fentanyl.
Richard Dobrich is the Senior Executive Service Regional Director of DEA’s Andean Region (Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela) and a former Navy SEAL. He is scheduled to retire from DEA at the end of the month. The column is in response to an Associated Press story that reported that DEA had received an anonymous complaint alleging…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Motorola Solutions Foundation has donated $30,000 to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Survivors Benefit Fund (DEASBF), which provides educational and line-of-duty death benefits to the families of DEA’s fallen. The Motorola foundation is a charitable arm of Motorola Solutions, Inc. “The DEASBF is very appreciative for the generous donation by the Motorola Solutions…
The DEA is recommending an increase in the amount of marijuana grown for research while reducing the production of opioids.
A former supervisory special agent for the DEA in Nogales, Ariz., faces up to five years in prison for illegally selling firearms, including to suspected drug traffickers.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA is concerned about dirty money. More specifically, the agency is concerned that drug-laced cash seized in narcotics busts could seriously injure—even kill—its agents, the Daily Beast reports. So, the DEA has has begun reaching out to potential industry partners about decontaminating confiscated currency, the website reports. “Some of the substances on…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Sen. Marco Rubio has joined the chorus of politicians calling for an investigation into the DEA’s Haiti office following allegations of potential whistle-blower retaliation and mishandling of personnel matters, the Miami Herald reports. “Allegations of whistle-blower retaliation and personnel issues are extremely concerning and, if true, are counterproductive to the DEA’s…
