WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration is partnering with national, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, as well as community coalition groups to hold a third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. This one-day event will make it convenient for the public to rid their homes of potentially dangerous...

LOS ANGELES, CA - An 18-month task force investigation this morning resulted in the arrest of 23 individuals - mostly gang members - who are named in a federal drug trafficking indictment that alleges they participated in a methamphetamine distribution organization that operated in Whittier and surrounding communities. The main...

LOS ANGELES, CA - Federal and state authorities this morning arrested 10 defendants - including two doctors - who are named in a federal indictment that alleges members of a drug trafficking organization illegally obtained and distributed more than 1 million OxyContin pills obtained largely through fraud against public insurance...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal law enforcement officials announced that an elaborate scheme to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States with explosives was foiled, thanks to the work of a DEA-led investigation. Two individuals have been charged in New York for their alleged...

LAS VEGAS, NV - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced that three men, including a Las Vegas physician, his assistant, and a local pharmacist, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they conspired to unlawfully distribute large quantities of highly addictive prescription drugs in and around...

SAN JUAN, P.R. - On September 23, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted 28 individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and the United States Postal Inspection (USPIS), with the collaboration of the Federal Bureau of (FBI) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A member and an associate of the Barrio (BA) gang each pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving, among other things, the March 13, 2010, murders in Juarez, Mexico, of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee...

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...

WASHINGTON, DC - - Aurelio Cano-Flores, aka “Yankee” and “Yeyo,” a high-ranking member of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face drug conspiracy charges, announced Administrator Michele M. Leonhart of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of...

Two Southern California men were charged today in a federal narcotics case stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to transport 70 kilograms of cocaine from California to North Carolina. Bobby Ray Palacios, 40, of Buena Park, and Jose Carlos Rios, 43, of Pomona, were arrested Friday night after delivering...