WASHINGTON - DEA and other federal officials today announced that U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, 37, pled guilty today in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine. Radel, who represents the 19th Congressional District of Florida, appeared before the Honorable Senior Judge...

WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the arrests of five defendants - Scott Stammers and Philip Shackels, citizens of the United Kingdom; Ye Tiong Tan Lim, a citizen of the People’s Republic of...

NOV 20 (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Vito S. Guarino, SAC, DEA, Caribbean Division; and Angel M. Melendez, SAC, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), San Juan and U.S. Virgin Islands; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) today released the 2013 National Drug Threat Assessment, which provides an up-to-date look at the many challenges local communities face related to drug abuse and drug trafficking. Highlights in the report include drug abuse and trafficking trends for drugs such as heroin, prescription...

OCALA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that William Deboris Gordon, (41, Ocala) pleaded guilty to charges of attempted possession of five kilograms or...

WASHINGTON - Effective today, the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) made the synthetic phenethylamines 25I-NBOMe, 25C-NBOMe, and 25B-NBOMe Schedule I, illegal drugs under the Controlled Substances (CSA) for the next two years. These drugs are marketed online and through illicit channels as illicit hallucinogens such as LSD. They have been...

WASHINGTON - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment against Dino Bouterse, a citizen of Suriname who held himself out as Commander of that country’s...

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC) Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment against Dino Bouterse, a citizen of Suriname who held himself out as Commander...

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Ricky (Lakeland) guilty of distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to...

WASHINGTON - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday citizens turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states...