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[DEA HQ @DEAHQ]

👏 Thank you, for making the 29th #TakeBackDay a success! Every pound collected helps reduce the risk of prescription drug misuse in our community.

Check back soon for national and regional results at https://t.co/vJNotWwtKW.

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

@deahq Associate Administrator Jon DeLena and @dealasvegas ASAC Kevin Adams huddle up before #nflalumnihealth symposium overlooking #allegiantstadium - the home of #SBLVIII. Our team is spreading the #OPCK message before the #BigGame

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

DEA Opioid Youth Summit #LasVegas. A great morning was spent with the local Nevada youth encouraging them to stay in the "know". Micah Allegood, a true brave warrior and survivor. #OnePillCanKill #FentanylAwareness

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#FugitiveFriday: @DEALasVegas is looking for Fernando Heras-Espinoza, wanted for Conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance (heroin). Learn more about this fugitive and find out about submitting a tip to the @USMarshalsHQ at
https://t.co/vtKxWxWMag
#wanted #fugitive

[US Attorney Nevada @USAO_NV]

Two Las Vegas Men Indicted in Conspiracy to Distribute #Methamphetamine Through Juvenile @DEALasVegas @LVMPD & the North Dakota Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation
https://t.co/ZseR9cFCS9

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#ICYMI #DEA #LasVegas on @TelemundoLV discussing how emojis 🔮🚀❄️🐉 can be used to market & advertise drugs, especially among young teens who are frequently on social media platforms. How to decode the emoji language & what you need to know.

WATCH➡️ https://t.co/M4CFPSjxXr

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#ICYMI #DEA #LasVegas on @News3LV discussing how drug cartels are using a powerful sedative, xylazine or "tranq," to make fentanyl's high last longer. It also serves as a cutting agent to increase fentanyl's profitability & make it more deadly.

WATCH➡️https://t.co/3NEQ1dCeTQ

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#ICYMI A Las Vegas man was sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison for selling machine gun conversion devices & thousands of fentanyl pills. This case was investigated by #DEA #LasVegas, @ATFSanFrancisco, & @LVMPD.

READ ➡️https://t.co/cpcyBflSmn @USAO_NV

[DEA HQ @DEAHQ]

This Memorial Day, DEA would like to honor those brave men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. #NeverToBeForgotten

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#ICYMI #DEA #LasVegas participated in a special segment on @8NewsNow, ‘What Every Family Should Know About Fentanyl’ in southern Nevada. Hear from different perspectives—community leaders, parents, DEA, health care professionals & teens in recovery

WATCH🎥https://t.co/3yFlTjdz6g

[Las Vegas Review-Journal @reviewjournal]

Las Vegas drug enforcement agents this week seized about 50 pounds of methamphetamine from a local hotel room that was being used by a California man to stash drugs. https://t.co/RkKQHulz2D

[FOX5 Las Vegas @FOX5Vegas]

Las Vegas DEA agents participated with other law enforcement officials in an arrest that yielded approximately 50 pounds of methamphetamine. https://t.co/rawI1imEWF

[KSNV News 3 Las Vegas @News3LV]

Federal and local officials seized over 400 grams of drugs following a recent investigation in connection with the Drug Enforcement Administration.

https://t.co/o3dulnxmpp

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

TUNE IN Saturday 4/29 at 8pm on @8NewsNow with #DEA #LasVegas to watch a special segment on What Every Family Needs to Know About Fentanyl, answering the Las Vegas valley community’s questions about fentanyl in southern Nevada. @BrianLoftus8 @denisevaldez

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#DEA #LasVegas seized approx. 50 lbs of methamphetamine. #DYK synthetic drugs such as meth & fentanyl are easy to produce, highly addictive & extremely profitable for drug cartels. We continue to keep our communities safe by stopping the flow of these dangerous drugs.

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

Spring🌷🧹cleaning? Do you have unused, unwanted prescription medications & don’t know what to do with them?

Bring them to us👋on Sat. April 22nd from 10am-2pm for the free, anonymous #DEA #TakeBackDay event.

Find a drop off site near you. CLICK➡️https://t.co/0z0fpka0Tg

[DEA HQ @DEAHQ]

𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 $𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡) for info leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar and Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel Chapitos faction. #FugitiveFriday https://t.co/AV6hI7RT1y

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#ICYMI #DEA #LasVegas on @News3LV discussing the emerging threat of xylazine, a veterinary sedative, being mixed with fentanyl powder/fake pills & other drugs such as heroin & cocaine. This creates an additional overdose threat.

WATCH🎥➡️ https://t.co/DWg2g3TJuo @SteveNews3LV

[DEALasVegas @DEALASVEGAS]

#ICYMI A Las Vegas woman was sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. The woman admitted to working with individuals in Mexico to smuggle the drugs into the U.S.

READ more➡️https://t.co/cQ8YLB1ePB @USAO_NV #DEA #LasVegas

[FOX5 Las Vegas @FOX5Vegas]

According to court records, Coronel and others conspired in 2021 to sell 2.1 kilograms of meth. https://t.co/GVvcxVngix

[DEA HQ @DEAHQ]

#DEA lab testing reveals 6 out of 10 fentanyl-laced fake Rx pills analyzed in 2022 now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. Just 2 mg of fentanyl, a small amount that fits on a pencil tip, is considered a potentially deadly dose.#OnePillCanKill
https://t.co/E2u1lkOhme