PHOENIX - DEA announced today, the sentencing of Carlos Ramon Castro-Rocha, 42, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, to 11 years in prison. Castro-Rocha, a former Consolidated Priority Organization (CPOT), a term designated as a reference to the highest-level drug traffickers, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess heroin with intent...

DENVER - Raul Mendoza, 51, of Denver, Colorado was sentenced on November 20, 2015 by U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson to serve 48 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, the United States Attorney John Walsh announced, along with Special Agents in Charge of...

Investigations continue into criminal organizations from out-of-state conducting illegal grows and cultivation in Colorado DENVER - A federal grand jury has indicted two individuals who, after investigation, were found tending to a large marijuana grow in western Colorado, DEA Denver Division Special Agent in Charge Barbra Roach and U.S. Attorney...

Craig, CO doctor found guilty of prescribing without legitimate medical purpose, resulting in the death of one patient DENVER - Dr. Joel Miller, who owned and operated High Country Medical in Craig, CO, was convicted by a jury today in the District of Colorado on six counts of unlawful distribution...

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced today the execution of over 15 arrest warrants stemming from a federal grand jury indictment of a predominantly female methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in the Colorado River Indian Reservation. Two other subjects were in custody at the time...

PHOENIX - DEA today announced results from the 2015 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which finds that drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of motor vehicle deaths and firearms. In 2013, over 46,000 people in the United States died from drug overdose...

PHOENIX - DEA announced today, the results of an investigation of an Allentown, PA, based chemical company, who pleaded guilty to six charges including failing to report the disappearance of shipments of (MMA), a precursor for the manufacture of methamphetamine. Taminco US, Inc. (“Taminco”) has also reached a settlement with...

DEA, Utah Attorney General’s Office Investigation Results in Guilty Plea SALT LAKE CITY - A Sandy, UT doctor pleaded guilty to attempted illegal distribution of a controlled substance, the Utah attorney general's office announced Monday. Third District Judge Paul Parker sentenced Newhall to 24 months of probation and 150 hours...

PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) finalized the collection and tally of prescription drugs turned in this past Saturday by citizens across Arizona in conjunction with DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In all, over 10,601 pounds of controlled substances were removed from homes throughout the state in a...

DENVER - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. In the Denver Field Division area of responsibility, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and...