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

A Florida woman and California man have been sentenced to 230 months and 330 months in prison, respectively, for the 2022 killing of a man in relation to a drug trafficking conspiracy. Both defendants had pleaded guilty to using a firearm to cause death and conspiring to distribute at least...

NEW YORK - Three large-scale, yet unrelated fentanyl packaging operations were dismantled in the Bronx and Manhattan on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) New York Task Force Division (NYTFD), working with the New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office, seized a combined total of approximately...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Howard Neil Martin, 46, of Sopchoppy, Fla., was sentenced to seven-and-a half years in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. “This joint...

INDIANAPOLIS - Four individuals have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing at least 55 kilograms of cocaine throughout Central Indiana. Defendant Charge(s) Sentence Kristopher Chavez, 38, Gary, Indiana Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine 8 years, 11 months...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide- including over 67 drop off locations throughout the San Francisco region. Twice a year, DEA joins...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Ramon Velazquez Rodas, 46, of Tallahassee, Fla., has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for charges relating to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and possession of a stolen firearm by a convicted felon. Court documents reflect that on August 11, 2022, as...

CENTENNIAL, CO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide – including all four states in the Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD). “Once again this is...

SEATTLE– The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide. Twice a year, DEA joins forces with local law enforcement and community groups to host DEA’s National Prescription...

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will host the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at nearly 4,200 locations nationwide, including 70 sites across St. Louis Field Division which includes Missouri, Kansas and Southern Illinois. Twice...