SEP (PHOENIX)- - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, tribal and community partners will hold its fifth Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at various sites across Arizona on Saturday the 29 th. These Take...

PHOENIX - On September 13, 2012, following a five-day trial in federal district court, a jury found Francisco Alfredo Montes-Vargas, 39, of Culiacan, Mexico, guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. The evidence presented at trial showed that Drug Enforcement...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Charles M. Oberly III, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Saleem Sharif, age 36 of Johns Island, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, in violation of Title 21, United...

SAN LUIS, AZ - Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE), U.S. Border (USBP), Yuma County Sheriff’s (YCSO) and Arizona Department of Public (DPS) executed a search warrant Saturday morning at a business used to conceal the U.S. entrance to a tunnel...

PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Tempe Police Department Chief of Police Tom Ryff along with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne announced today the culmination of a 6-month long investigation regarding the dismantling of an extensive drug trafficking cell associated with the Sinaloa Cartel headed...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - During two separate drug interdictions DEA Philadelphia Drug Interdiction Group 8 seized three kilograms of cocaine concealed in “Lite Brite” toys at Philadelphia International Airport. The couriers were travelling from San Juan, Puerto Rico and utilized hot mustard and sheets of bounce in an attempt to throw...

PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Tempe Police Department Chief of Police Tom Ryff along with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced today the culmination of a 15-month long investigation regarding an extensive trafficking cell associated with the...

- TEMPE, AZ. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Tempe Police Department along with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office will host a press conference tomorrow morning, Tuesday December 20th, 2011 at 11:00 AM to announce the results of a 15-month long investigation that...