MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in...

ASHLAND, KY - A father and his two sons received federal prison sentences today for their roles in a scheme which involved importing kilograms of a drug comparable to methamphetamine from overseas and selling it in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning sentenced 59-year-old...

CHICAGO, IL. - A joint investigation by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department resulted in the arrest of an employee of a Skokie, Illinois pharmacy for illegally selling millions of dollars worth of prescription controlled substances. The Office of Cook County State’s Attorney...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - PHOENIX - On September 9, 2011, the Drug Enforcement (DEA), in conjunction with the Homeland Security (HIS) Strike Force Group, arrested two individuals and seized 57.2 pounds of Cocaine. A weapon was also found with the drugs. The investigation targeted a Mexican drug trafficking organization that...

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Union City, N.J., man involved in a 2009 conspiracy to process, package...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A federal investigation into the trafficking of heroin by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) R.I. Drug Task Force resulted in the arrest Wednesday of a Cranston man and the seizure of more than a half kilogram of heroin; two firearms; and an assortment of ammunition. Able Perez, 30...

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Vincent Hsia, a pharmacist and the former proprietor of Lincoln Pharmacy Network in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) is using its emergency scheduling authority to temporarily control three synthetic (Mephedrone , 3,4 (MDPV) and Methylone). This action was necessary to protect the public from the imminent hazard posed by these dangerous chemicals. Except as authorized by law, this action...

CONCORD, N.H. - Jeremy Clough, 33, of Franklin was sentenced today in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement...

GREENBELT, MD. - On September 1, 2011, Stanley Needleman, age 68, of Pikesville, Maryland, pled guilty to tax evasion and structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting large cash receipts and deposits. The guilty plea was announced by Special Agent in Charge Ava Cooper-Davis of the Drug Enforcement Administration Washington Field...