Working Across the Border: Joint US/Canada Drug Law Enforcement

"Operation Candy Box" and "Project Codi"

Arlington, Virginia (Vocus) November 17, 2008-- The DEA Museum (http://www.dea.gov), in conjunction with the Canadian Embassy, is pleased to present the Fall 2008 Lecture Series featuring successful joint operations between the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as well as various local and provincial law enforcement agencies. Please join us for the first of two lectures highlighting these joint operations.

DEA's Operation Candy Box (http://www.dea.gov), along with its Canadian counterpart Project Codi, was a two-nation crackdown on a huge drug trafficking ring that manufactured large quantities of ecstasy and marijuana in Canada and then shipped them to cities around the United States. Join DEA Special Agent Alex Dominguez along with Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant Craig Sorrie and Ontario Provincial Police Detective Sergeant Mike Brehmer as they discuss the facts of the case.

Sign Language Interpretation will be provided.

For more information, please contact the DEA Museum Education Department at 202-307-3463.

Media interested in covering the event should contact DEA Public Affairs Officer Barbara Wetherell at (202) 307-7960 by close of business Wednesday the 19th.

WHAT: Working Across the Border: Joint U.S./Canada Drug Law Enforcement

WHERE: DEA Headquarters Auditorium, 700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington (Pentagon City), VA 22202

WHEN: Thursday, November 20, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

WHO: U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Embassy of Canada

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