- WHAT: “STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION TAKE-BACK EVENT” - WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 30th--10 a.m. - 2 p.m. - WHERE: STATEWIDE-over 90 drop-off locations - WHO: DEA and over 40 state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies - DETAILS: - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - LOUIS BOYD, JR - . 55, a resident of New Sarpy, was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Sarah S. Vance to 25 (300 months) after being convicted of eight counts of federal drug and gun violations, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) has partnered with Local Law Enforcement Agencies to give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...

TUCSON, AZ - . - Federal authorities have broken up a drug trafficking organization operating along the United States-Mexico border. The organization is allegedly responsible for trafficking kilo quantities of heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States from Mexico, according to a case unsealed on Thursday. On Wednesday, agents...

- TUCSON, AZ. - Federal District Judge David C. Bury sentenced David Alejo-Martinez, Victor Manuel Bermudez-Chavez, and Abelardo Grajeda-Encinas each to 188 months imprisonment following their convictions at trial on May 13, 2010 for conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms of cocaine and for distribution of cocaine. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee sentenced Rogelio Anton Perez on Tuesday to 12 years in the Bureau of Prisons. Perez, 30, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Cocaine. “The drug trade has...

PHOENIX, AZ. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Attorney General Tom Horne today announced that Albert Yeh, a medical doctor who practiced in Golden Valley, Arizona has surrendered his medical license in both Arizona and Nevada and will pay nearly $700,000 in restitution for...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local and tribal law enforcement partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30, 2011, from...

NOGALES, AZ. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Phoenix Field Division, Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Dennis Burke today announced that authorities have broken up a marijuana smuggling operation along the United States-Mexico border allegedly responsible for trafficking tons of illegal drugs into...

- PHOENIX, AZ. - The Honorable David G. Campbell on Monday sentenced Rosie Cruz Leivas, 33, of Parker to 57 months in federal prison after she pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Leivas, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was the third defendant sentenced as...