HOUSTON - A coordinated effort among federal, state and local officials has led to the federal indictment of eight individuals for trafficking in methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Special Agent in Charge Robert W...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - An investment account in McAllen alleged to be owned by Homero De La Garza Tamez has been seized as a result of an the efforts of a multi-agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) investigation, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that three East Hartford residents involved in a coast to coast drug trafficking ring were sentenced yesterday...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Cedric Sewell, 51, of Stockton, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute heroin, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, on March...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Police Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced the...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Patrick Morgan pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute narcotics. Morgan, who was arrested in July 2014, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Edgardo Ramos. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said...

CAMDEN, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced federal, state and local law enforcement authorities arrested eight people this morning in connection with a ring...

COLUMBUS, OHIO - Stephen A. Cagle, 46, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 36 months in prison for distributing cocaine and money laundering. Carter M. Stewart, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, Joseph P. Reagan, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S...

SAN DIEGO - This morning, the DEA San Diego Field Division’s Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana, (HARM) announce the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2014. During calendar year 2014, NTF and our...

MIAMI - The first Honduran national extradited to the United States for drug trafficking was sentenced yesterday to serve 20 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in the United States. A.D. Wright, Acting Special Agent...