Tag: drug enforcement administration
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Southern Colorado police seize fentanyl pills, heroin, cocaine and guns, 2 arrested
The Alamosa Police Department said a multi-agency narcotics investigation this past week led to the seizure of thousands of fentanyl pills, other illegal drugs, firearms and multiple arrests across the San Luis Valley area. According to police, the investigation took place May 7 and 8 with assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Colorado…
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Federal shift on medical cannabis draws praise and concern in Colorado
Colorado’s response to the federal reclassification of medical cannabis ranged from industry leaders celebrating the development to youth advocacy groups warning that the change heightens the need for stronger protections for children. The U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that medically-approved cannabis has been moved from Schedule I to Schedule III…
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Rocky Mountain region saw record fentanyl pill, meth seizures in 2025, DEA says
The Rocky Mountain region saw record-breaking amounts of fentanyl pills and methamphetamines seized in 2025, officials with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said Wednesday. Throughout last year, Colorado saw a 76% increase in fentanyl pill seizures in comparison to the year before, which accounted for 6.7 million, or over 14%, of the 47 million…
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Colorado Springs police warn of synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl as overdoses rise
The Colorado Springs Police Department is alerting the public to the growing prevalence of a synthetic opioid believed to be 100 times stronger than fentanyl. Carfentanil, a synthetic drug originally developed for veterinary use on large animals like elephants, is one of several “fentanyl analogues” — substances similar in chemical structure — currently in circulation,…
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FBI, Pueblo police announce 20 arrests, seizure of guns and more than 20 pounds of drugs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Around 40 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies were involved in the FBI’s Operation Summer Heat that made arrests and seized guns and drugs in southern Colorado, according to a news release Wednesday from the FBI Denver field office. The operation took place from…
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Feds raid 2 food markets in Colorado Springs
Federal agents seized a phone, bags of cash and computers from a Colorado Springs restaurant on Wednesday in what appears to be a money laundering investigation, according to witnesses and court documents. The Drug Enforcement Administration raided El Ranchito, 3950 Airport Road, and El Ranchito No. 2, 3815 Maizeland Road. Both are restaurant-grocery stores east of Academy Boulevard.…
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Feds raid 2 food markets in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal agents seized a phone, bags of cash and computers from a Colorado Springs restaurant on Wednesday in what appears to be a money laundering investigation, according to witnesses and court documents. The Drug Enforcement Administration raided El Ranchito, 3950 Airport Road, and El Ranchito No. 2,…
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DEA raid in Colorado Springs nets five ICE arrests amid Mexican drug cartel allegations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Drug Enforcement Administration executed two search warrants Thursday morning at an apartment complex in eastern Colorado Springs that was allegedly being used to distribute drugs by Mexican cartel members, the agency said. According to Kameron Korte with the DEA, the raid on the Village East…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver. Little else is known about the details of the operation, which tallied one of the biggest seizures of the drug so far this year. Authorities told…
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339 pot plants seized during raid on suspected El Paso County illegal grow
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 339 pot plants seized during raid Authorities seized 339 marijuana plants and $7,800 in cash during a Thursday morning raid on a suspected illegal grow in the 10400 block of Hahn Road in El Paso…