ST. GEORGE, UT. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that on July 16, 2011, the DEA, along with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, seized 13,806 marijuana plants found growing in the mountains outside of Veyo, Utah, and arrested 38 defendants who were in the process of...

SEATTLE, WASH - Andres Rene Rodriguez, 25, of Shoreline, Washington, was sentenced on July 15, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release for nine counts related to drug trafficking and gun possession. Rodriguez was convicted March 3, 2011. The...

ANCHORAGE, AK- - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that eight people were indicted on June 21, 2011 by a federal grand jury in Anchorage for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone. The 20-count indictment names as defendants Anchorage residents Jordan Young, 23, Yale...

ANCHORAGE - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that on July 13, 2011, a federal jury in Anchorage found a Washington man guilty of one count of attempted possession of more than five kilograms of cocaine, with the intent to distribute. After...

YAKIMA , WASH. -- - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task (LEAD), and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announce the culmination of “Operation Green Jam”. The three-year investigation targeted a drug trafficking organization who concealed marijuana grow operations within Yakima Valley...

SEATTLE - Mario Gonzalez Rubio Garcia, aka “Johnny,” 36, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced today to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Rubio Garcia was indicted along with 25 other defendants as part of “Project Deliverance,” a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

BOISE - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that Jose Cirilo-Duran, 62, of Weiser, Juana Salto-Vivanco, 29, of Caldwell and Juan Ramirez- Bolanos, 39, of Caldwell, were sentenced to federal prison in early July for drug trafficking. According to court records, on...

BOISE - Gregory Norman Josi, 43, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. Josi was also ordered to forfeit...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Albert Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County, announce the indictment of seven South Florida residents for their participation in the illegal distribution of...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the indictment of Boynton (Fla.) Police Officer David Britto, 28. The indictment alleges that from June 2009 until March 4...