MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Mark Edward (52), of Deatsville, Alabama, was sentenced on October 15, 2014 to serve 210 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, announced Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay Morris of the Drug Enforcement (DEA)...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - David Downing, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge, and Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Frank Medina, Jr. age 32, of Moreno Valley, California and his co-conspirator, Juliana Perez, age 44, of Rogers, were sentenced today for drug...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that Raymond Bridges, 53, and Mary Doughty, 65, both residents of Bogalusa, were sentenced yesterday having previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute...

WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart today issued this statement following the capture of Hector Beltran-Leyva: "One of the world's biggest drug empires continues to crumble with the capture of Hector Beltran-Leyva in Mexico. Much of the violence and lawlessness that has plagued Mexico can be traced to this...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - David Downing, Assistant Special Agent in Charge with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas; along with 20th Judicial Prosecuting Attorney Cody Hiland; and Van Buren County Sheriff Scott Bradley announced an investigation into a large-scale...

WASHINGTON - This Saturday, September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold the ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Americans can take their expired, unneeded, or unwanted prescription drugs to one of over 5,200 collection sites across the...

NEW ORLEANS - This Saturday, September 27, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and almost 4,000 of its national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold the ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Americans can take their expired, unneeded, or unwanted prescription drugs to one of over 5,200 collection sites across...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced today that Stokley Austin, age 33, and Donald Jones, Jr., age 33, both residents of Marrero, Louisiana, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to conspiracy to distribute and possess...

NEW ORLEANS - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite announced that Torrie Brumfield, a resident of Amite, Louisiana, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to serve 16 years in prison for his role in a large-scale drug conspiracy...

(WASHINGTON) - Today the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Final Rule for the Disposal of Controlled Substances, which implements the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010,was made available online for preview by the Federal Register at https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2014-20926.pdf . The Act, in an effort to curtail the prescription drug...