PORTLAND, Ore.—A Portland, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison Thursday for his role in an interstate drug trafficking organization. Luis Garcia Zurita, 38, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison and five years of supervised release. According to court documents, Garcia Zurita was both an interstate drug transporter...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide. Twice a year, DEA joins forces with local law enforcement and community groups to host DEA’s National...

BOISE, Idaho – Four defendants who assisted each other in distributing methamphetamine in southern Idaho were sentenced to federal prison. Two of the defendants lived in eastern Oregon and traveled to Idaho to help conduct a drug transaction. According to court records, beginning in 2023, Aaron Wesley Newman, 58, of...

JUNEAU, Alaska – Following a five-day trial, a federal jury convicted a Washington man on Wednesday of distributing fentanyl pills that resulted in the overdose death of two men in Skagway, Alaska. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, between Jan. 1 to 13, 2023, Jacob Cotton, 34...

SEATTLE – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of fentanyl...

WASHINGTON – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of fentanyl...

WASHINGTON – Following an increase in the trafficking and abuse of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) throughout the United States, the Drug Enforcement Administration has emergency scheduled bromazolam, a synthetic benzodiazepine used to make counterfeit Xanax tablets. The emergency scheduling of bromazolam places it into Schedule I under the Controlled Substances...

Spokane Washington –United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Charles Dickerson Jr., 43, of Spokane Washington, to 144 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Dickerson will also be on federal supervised release for five years after serving his custodial...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, 34, an alleged cocaine trafficker from Uruguay, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges relating to his alleged role in a money laundering conspiracy. Marset was added to the DEA’s Most Wanted Fugitive List in May 2025. Court documents alleged...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage man was sentenced today to over 13 years in prison for conspiring with others to traffic fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin in Alaska on behalf of a drug trafficking organization allegedly run by a California inmate. According to court documents, on March 23, 2023, Richard Frye...