WASHINGTON – 2025 was a year of historic achievements for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration highlighted by significant drug seizures, the capture of high-profile targets, and the confirmation of DEA Administrator Terrance C. Cole. Appointed by President Donald Trump on February 11, 2025 and sworn in on July 23, 2025...

WATERBURY, Conn. - David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that the following six individuals were arrested today on federal charges related to their alleged involvement in a narcotics and firearms trafficking ring: MANOLIN VARGAS D’OLON, also known as “Robelin,” 30, of Waterbury GIOVANNI BENOIT...

BOSTON – A Webster man pleaded guilty on Jan. 23, 2026 in federal court in Worcester in connection with his role in distributing crystal methamphetamine. Giang Tran, 36, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (involving 50 grams or more of methamphetamine)...

LITTLE ROCK—Bertoldo Alcaraz-Ortuno, who was previously convicted for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, will spend the next 136 months in federal prison after being convicted of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Jonathan D. Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence...

VALDOSTA, Ga. – A Clinch County, Georgia, man involved in a methamphetamine trafficking network linked to a Mexican source of supply in Atlanta was sentenced to serve more than 24 years in prison, after he and his former spouse admitted to their roles in the crime. Crage Bernard Harris, 47...

DETROIT – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Detroit Field Division today announced its 2025 seizure statistics, reflecting significant enforcement efforts aimed at dismantling drug trafficking organizations and protecting communities across Michigan, Ohio and northern Kentucky. Throughout 2025, the DEA Detroit Field Division seized: 147 kilograms of fentanyl 432 kilograms of...

Atlanta – Jackelyne Marroquin has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute over 760 pounds of methamphetamine and harboring illegal aliens to facilitate the drug trafficking operation. “Marroquin harbored illegal aliens to operate a metro-Atlanta drug distribution ring,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg. “As a result of...

Atlanta – Juan Carlos Solano Lorenzo and Jorge Luis Ramirez Bibiano, both illegal aliens from Mexico, appeared in federal court earlier today on charges related to their alleged distribution of methamphetamine and illegal possession of a loaded pistol. “Quick work by our law enforcement partners disrupted this drug trafficking enterprise,”...

SEATTLE –A Tacoma man who continued to distribute large amounts of fentanyl pills even after being found with a large load of methamphetamine was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 66 months in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd. Rogelio Pena, 22, is one of thirteen...

ALBANY, Ga. – A Lee County man, a major methamphetamine distributor connected to two federal drug investigations in Southwest Georgia and a Georgia prison, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. Luis Jose Vanga, 49, of Leesburg, Georgia, was sentenced to serve 300 months in prison to be followed...