HOUSTON - A grand jury sitting in Houston has returned an 11-count indictment against several individuals, to include current or former law enforcement officers, in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. U.S...

HOUSTON - A total of 16 people have been charged following a multi-year, multi-agency federal investigation into one of the largest synthetic cannabinoid trafficking enterprises in the country. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson made the announcement at a press conference in Houston today along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph M...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Today, U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. sentenced the leader and three co-conspirators to prison terms ranging from 57 months to 70 months for their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking ring operating in the Henderson county area, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western...

BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division announced today that 11 Jefferson County men are in custody following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. On May 6, 2016, a combined...

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, turned in 8,853 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount was the third...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) eleventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, turned in 15,449 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount is...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, turned in 6,688 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount is...

NASHVILLE - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 11th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) held on Saturday, April 30, 2016, turned in 21,229 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This amount far exceeded the...

LAREDO, Texas - A third defendant convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering scheme has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

LAREDO, Texas - The second of 20 defendants convicted in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Erika Alvarez, 39, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty...