2 DEA Agents, 8 Sheriff’s Deputies Taken to Hospital for Fentanyl Exposure in Ohio
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.
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Opinion Column By DEA Agent: Cowardly Anonymity, False Accusations, Betrayal, Lost Leadership and Tabloid News
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…
Motorola Solutions Foundation Donates $30,000 to DEA Fund To Help Families
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…
DEA Wants to Increase Marijuana Research While Limiting Opioids Production
The DEA is recommending an increase in the amount of marijuana grown for research while reducing the production of opioids.
Ex-DEA Special Agent Pleads Guilty to Selling Guns to Suspected Drug Traffickers
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.
DEA Concerned About Drug-Laced Cash
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…
Sen. Marco Rubio Joins Others in Call for IG to Investigate DEA’s Haiti Office
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…
Interim Head of DEA Is Stepping Down, Citing Increasing Challenges
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Having interim heads of major federal law enforcement agencies for too long often sends a message that the agency isn’t as important as some other agencies like the FBI. Now comes Robert W. Patterson, acting head of the DEA, who told staff Monday in an email that he is retiring in…