NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William J. Bratton, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), announced...

ALBUQUERQUE - The U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico issued orders today dismissing a lawsuit filed by a drug addict against the United States and five DEA agents and supervisors. Plaintiff Aaron Romero filed his lawsuit on July14, 2014, in which he alleged that undercover DEA agents...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, Cedric Moss, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert. Moss pleaded guilty to conspiring to illegally distribute oxycodone, a highly addictive prescription pain killer, on October 9, 2014. The...

EL PASO, Texas - Today, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Texas Department of Public (DPS) conducted a round up, dubbed Operation Tangled Web. A total of 13 defendants were arrested for Texas state drug and other crimes with one additional defendant already in custody. Operation Tangled Web consists of 10...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in (SAC) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph A. D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced the seizure...

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Ten men were arrested Wednesday on federal charges of conspiring to distribute anabolic steroids and engage in international money laundering, announced Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian, New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A...

EL PASO, Texas - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be over 50 collection sites throughout the El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico area to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement...

ALBUQUERQUE - Forty-one individuals are facing drug trafficking charges as a result of an eight-month multi-agency investigation led by the FBI, the DEA, Chaves County Metro Narcotics Task Force, Roswell Police Department, Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, the New Mexico State Police. Twenty-one of the defendants charged are facing federal charges...

NEW YORK - Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the unsealing of a 97-count indictment against 27 alleged members of “6 Wild,” a subset of the Bloods gang, who are accused of committing murders, attempted murders, drug sales, and other crimes during a five year period ending August 20, 2015...

NEW YORK - DEA, NYPD and a host of other state, local and federal agencies today announced a massive takedown that targeted the local sale of dangerous designer synthetic drugs manufactured in China. The scheme, which operated in all five boroughs of New York City, allegedly involved the unlawful importation...