BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Washington, DC - The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Washington Division, which covers the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) confiscated more than 639,000 fentanyl pills and 189 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2023. This amount represents more than a three-fold increase in the number of fake pills laced with fentanyl sei more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Washington Division issued the following news release: The Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Washington Division, which covers the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) confiscated more than 639,000 fentanyl pills and 189 pounds of fentanyl powder in 2023. This amount represents more than a three-fold increase in the number of fake pills laced with fentanyl seized in 2022 (180,100). DEA's  more PR

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, Jan. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: A federal jury convicted a Newport News man yesterday of possession of two kilograms of cocaine that he received in the mail. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, James Arthur Scott, 33, waited in a parking lot in Hampton for more than an hour and a half to take personal delivery of a parcel from California to be deli more PR