EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - Special Agent in Charge, James P. Shroba announced that Abbe L. Terry, 51, of East Alton, Illinois, and Jacklyn McCormack, 26, of Belleville, Illinois, were sentenced this week in the United States District Court in East Saint Louis for illegally obtaining controlled substances by fraud...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that Jose DeLeon Cazares was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Jose DeLeon Cazares, 29, of Joplin, was sentenced to 22 years in...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Bardomiano Jungo, 36, a Mexican national, was sentenced in federal court today for his role in the conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally reentering the United States after having been deported. Bardomiano Jungo was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gary A. Fenner to 10 years...

EFFINGHAM, Ill. - Naeem Mahmood Kohli60, of Effingham, Illinois, was convicted of seven counts of illegal dispensation of a Schedule II Controlled Substance following a 17-day jury trial held in federal district court, in the Southern District of Illinois. Evidence showed that from May 2009 through May 2013, Kohli wrote...

OMAHA, Neb. - On Tuesday, January 13th, 2015, DEA Omaha and their state and local counterparts arrested 12 individuals and seized approximately $8,800 in United States currency as the culmination of an 18-month investigation. Throughout the course of the investigation 12.3 pounds of methamphetamine and approximately $35,000 were seized. The...

PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announced the conclusion of Operation Bad Mussels - with the sentencing of the remaining defendants indicted for their participation in one of the largest steroid enforcement investigations in Arizona. During the investigation, DEA’s Tactical Diversion (TDS) identified members who...

PHOENIX - On January 13, 2015 a special TV report on the growing perils of heroin and opioid use in Arizona will broadcast simultaneously and commercial-free on 32 TV Stations in Phoenix, Tucson and Yuma and most of the state’s radio stations. The air time will be 6:30 p.m. (MST)...

PHOENIX - Following a coordinated federal, tribal and state task force investigation into drug trafficking on the Navajo Nation, 20 individuals have been charged with federal drug trafficking crimes. Five remain fugitives. In addition to the 15 arrested on drug trafficking charges, two individuals were arrested for alleged violations of...

PHOENIX - Doug Coleman, Special Agent in (SAC) of the Phoenix Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that the DEA is launching an anonymous Texting Tip Line for the public to report illegal prescription drug activity. TIP411, - an internet based tool from Citizen Observer, allows anyone...

PHOENIX - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman will announce tomorrow in a press conference the details of a new initiative to help stem the tide of prescription drug abuse in the state. The lucrative illegal prescription drug market and relative ease of which pharmaceutical substances...