NEWARK, N.J. – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of...

LOS ANGELES –Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of fentanyl...

WASHINGTON – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396 pounds of fentanyl...

OMAHA, Neb., – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of Operation Fentanyl Free America, seizing more than 57 million deadly doses of fentanyl nationwide between Jan. 12 and Feb. 10. In 30 days, agents from the five state DEA...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, 34, an alleged cocaine trafficker from Uruguay, made his initial appearance in federal court today on charges relating to his alleged role in a money laundering conspiracy. Marset was added to the DEA’s Most Wanted Fugitive List in May 2025. Court documents alleged...

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Paul Anthony Hart, 42, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, consecutive to an existing Georgia sentence for trafficking in cocaine. “Trafficking methamphetamine in the Pan Handle continues to be an all too frequent occurrence,”...

LITTLE ROCK—Antoinen Dion Hampton and Reginald Tremayne Jackson, both of Houston, Texas, will spend a combined time of 308 months in federal prison for their role in a criminal organization that was responsible for dozens of pharmacy burglaries and stolen controlled substances worth millions of dollars. Jonathan D. Ross, United...

TALLAHASSEE, FL. – Calvin Eugene Williams, 35, of Panama City, FL., was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to two separate methamphetamine charges. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “For...

LOS ANGELES – Twelve members and associates of 18th Street – Los Angeles’s largest street gang – were arrested today on criminal charges, including the murder of a drug trafficker who failed to pay the gang’s extortionate “taxes,” and further alleging that the gang controlled the city’s MacArthur Park as...

SPOKANE, Wash. – On March 3, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration executed federal search warrants at multiple locations in the Tri-Cities, Washington area that resulted in the largest seizure of controlled substances in EDWA history. The federal search warrants were based on an ongoing drug trafficking investigation into Amador Sanchez...