WASHINGTON – A 21‑count federal Indictment was partially unsealed in U.S. District Court this morning charging 14 defendants in connection with a conspiracy that allegedly distributed crack and powder cocaine near Hendley Elementary School in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Law enforcement officers from the FBI, Drug...

BUFFALO, N.Y.– Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and Northern District of New York U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Rodney Pierce, 38, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, was...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and Western District of New York U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Ruben Medina, 20, of Jamestown, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more methamphetamine, was...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and law enforcement partners announced today the results of a surge in federal drug enforcement measures in San Francisco. Between early October 2025 to the end of May 2026, coordinated federal and local law enforcement efforts resulted in the seizure of over 2.2...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, and USPIS Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the New York Division, announced that several co-conspirators were indicted on conspiracy and drug possession charges for...

Bakersfield, Calif.- After receiving calls from community members concerned about suspected narcotics sales in the Oleander area, the Bakersfield Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, in coordination with California Highway Patrol officers assigned to the Bakersfield DEA Task Force, initiated a coordinated investigation over the course of several days. On March 18th...

NEW YORK – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the arrests and indictments of two individuals for their roles in a drug trafficking operation that illegally trafficked cocaine in Queens. A 65-count indictment unsealed charges...

Four defendants were arrested following a long-term investigation into a drug delivery service that operated out of a luxury apartment building in the Bronx, and distributed cocaine in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn. Approximately 10 kilograms of cocaine (over 22 pounds) carrying a street value of up to $250,000 were recovered...

Special Agent in Charge of the New York Enforcement Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Farhana Islam, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Michael Alfonso, announced today the...

WASHINGTON - Eleven defendants are charged in a five-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in connection with a sprawling, transnational drug trafficking organization that imported massive quantities of methamphetamine from California and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) from South Korea for distribution...