MACON, Ga. – Two investigations of dark web drug traffickers in the Middle District of Georgia were announced as part of Operation TorNado, a coordinated, multi-agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use dark web markets to traffic fentanyl, opioids, and other illicit drugs. The announcement was...

Atlanta – Michael Antonio Cruz was arraigned earlier today in federal court on drug trafficking charges related to the discovery of nearly 60 pounds of fentanyl in a shed behind one of his alleged residences. “Fentanyl continues to devastate families and communities across this country,” said Michael J. Connolly, Acting...

Note: Relevant court documents can be found here. Today, the Department of Justice, through the Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team, joined Europol to announce the results of Operation TorNado: a coordinated, multi‑agency and international law enforcement effort targeting criminal enterprises that use Dark Web markets to traffic...

LAS VEGAS – A Colombian national pleaded guilty Monday to selling thousands of Fentanyl-laced pills in the Las Vegas area. “Transnational drug trafficking networks believe they can operate with impunity inside our borders, but this plea proves otherwise,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of...

Seattle – A 36-year-old Mexican national, who was tending a drug stash house in Everett and making drug deliveries for a large drug trafficking organization, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison. Sylvestre Ramos was arrested October 28, 2025, following a year-long investigation...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Justice Department today announced that 36 individuals, nine of whom are illegal aliens, have been charged in a multi-state Homeland Security Task Force investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering that spans international borders. During the course of the investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) seized...

BOSTON –Two men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Worcester County. Richard Molina-Ovalle, 36, of Worcester and Jose Molina-Ovalle, 27, a Dominican national unlawfully residing in Worcester, were charged in an indictment with conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of...

BOSTON – A Dominican national unlawfully residing at the Quality Inn Hotel in Revere, Massachusetts pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to possessing over 4.5 kilograms of fentanyl and an assault rifle. Leonardo Andujar Sanchez, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute more...

CONCORD, N.H. – Kittery, Maine resident Trenton Murphy, 28, was sentenced in federal court to 96 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine with a Massachusetts-based drug trafficking organization (DTO), U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. According to court documents and...

CONCORD, N.H. – Tuftonboro resident Justin Trudeau, 27, was indicted by a federal grand jury for possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of fentanyl analogue and 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces. Trudeau will appear in federal court in Concord on a...