SEATTLE, WASH- - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Washington State will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to rid their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Prescription drug abuse is just...

SEATTLE - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Alaska will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to rid their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Prescription drug abuse is just as dangerous...

SEATTLE - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Oregon will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to rid their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Prescription drug abuse is just as dangerous...

SEATTLE - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its community partners throughout Idaho will provide to the public a safe, free and anonymous way to rid their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Prescription drug abuse is just as dangerous...

INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Metropolitan Drug Task (Metro Drug), and other state and local agencies recently arrested several members of a suspected drug trafficking organization operating in the Indianapolis area. The seizure of over 10,000 pounds of marijuana is the largest drug seizure in Marion County...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - A 32-year-old Isanti man was sentenced on October 24, 2011 for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Benjamin Michael Saxton to 110 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of...

SEATTLE - The DEA is committed to the enforcement of federal drug laws in all states; however, it has never been DEA’s practice to target individuals with serious medical conditions. Marijuana remains listed as a dangerous, addictive Schedule I drug. Persons who are in the business of cultivating, selling or...

ANCHORAGE, AK-- - Seven people were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage, Alaska, for one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and four of the seven were also indicted for one count of money laundering. On September 20, 2011, Wilbert Barber, 31, Dante Whitley, 23, Alex Jurth 24...

BOISE -- - Francisco Cardona-Rodriguez, 38, a Mexican national formerly residing in Rio Grande City, Texas, was the fourth defendant to plead guilty to conspiracy to manufacture/distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Three co-defendants, also Mexican nationals, entered guilty pleas in United States District Court in September. Heber Franco-Lombera, 25...

INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - A 17-year federal prison sentence for Christopher Eason, 33, of Coldwater, Mississippi, was recently announced in the Southern District of Indiana. U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson sentenced Eason following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and related offenses. This case was the result...