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FBI seeks forfeiture of 19 dogs taken in fighting ring probe

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, rioters storm the Capitol, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Mark Ibrahim, DEA agent, suspended from agency for being outside Capitol during riot: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

New DEA head for Omaha division covering 5 states announced

Associated Press

Amid pandemic, NY seizures of fentanyl and meth surge

Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2020 file photo, a woman pulls groceries from a cart to her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss. Walmart is teaming with the General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to test automated package delivery in Arizona. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2020, court artist sketch, former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda's appears in federal court in Los Angeles. The U.S. Justice Department is dropping its drug trafficking and money laundering against former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (Bill Robles via AP, File)

US drops case against ex-Mexican general after pressure

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press

Federal agent shoots and kills man in Springfield

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 3, 2020, photo Acting Drug Enforcement Administrator Timothy Shea, right, visits with DEA agents at a checkpoint in Washington. More than 1,500 people have been arrested in the last three months as part of a Drug Enforcement Administration project focusing on violent crime. The initiative, nicknamed Project Safeguard, comes as President Donald Trump has touted similar operations as a much-needed answer to a spike in crime. It's also to showcase what he says is his law-and-order prowess, claiming he’s countering rising crime in cities run by Democrats. Acting DEA Administrator Tim Shea tells the AP that since the operation launched in August, 1,521 people have been arrested in both state and federal cases in cities across the U.S. and 2,135 firearms have been seized. (AP Photo/Mike Balsamo)

AP Exclusive: 1,500 arrests in DEA violent crime initiative

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

Theo Brown poses for a portrait outside his home in Marietta, Ga., on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. While at the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Training Academy, Brown said he was once pepper-sprayed three times in a single training exercise while other trainees were sprayed once. It got to the point, he said, that other trainees didn’t want to work near him because of the “special attention” he was receiving. (AP Photo/Elijah Nouvelage)

DEA recruits cite ‘monkey noises’ among claims of racism

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

As a Drug Enforcement Agency police office and National Guard soldiers watch, demonstrators protest Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DEA’s undercover operations may be helping drug cartels: IG

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Demonstrators protest Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats express ‘deep and profound concerns’ over surveillance of George Floyd protesters

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a reward poster for Cliver Alcala-Cordones that was released on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Venezuela's socialist leader Nicolás Maduro and several key aides on charges of narcoterrorism. (Department of Justice via AP)

AP Sources: Alleged Maduro co-conspirator is in DEA custody

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - This June 13, 2016 file photo shows Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Florida. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, the FBI arrested U.S. federal narcotics agent Jose Irizarry and his wife, Nathalia Gomez Irizarry, at their residence in Puerto Rico, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the arrest. He has been charged with conspiring to launder money with the very same Colombian drug cartels he was supposed to be fighting. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Ex-DEA agent, wife, to leave Puerto Rico, face trial in US

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

FILE - This June 13, 2016 file photo shows Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Florida. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, the FBI arrested U.S. federal narcotics agent Jose Irizarry and his wife, Nathalia Gomez Irizarry, at their residence in Puerto Rico, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the arrest. He has been charged with conspiring to launder money with the very same Colombian drug cartels he was supposed to be fighting. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

AP Exclusive: DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Meth still a Missouri problem, but now it comes from Mexico

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

This photo provided Nov. 7, 2019, by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety shows some of the 75,000 THC vaping cartridges seized in drug busts by Minnesota's Northwest Metro Drug Task Force. (Minnesota Department of Public Safety via AP)

Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar’

By Paul Davis

DEA warns of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl

Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference and Exposition, at the McCormick Place Convention Center Chicago, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump says big crackdown coming on crime, drugs

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Flavored vaping products were forced last month to be taken off the market. Now, vaping devices and cartridges can be handed in on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. (Associated Press)

DEA to collect vaping cartridges, devices on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times