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...

LUBBOCK, TX - A 36-year-old Lubbock man was convicted on Nov. 10 of drug and gun charges following a multi-agency search warrant at his residence in January. Following a two-day trial presided over by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a federal jury took less than two hours to convict...

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...

Pensacola, Florida – Loredana Alessandra Bassolino, 38, of Navarre, Florida was sentenced to five years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl and more than 5 grams of methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United...

Tallahassee, Florida – Christopher L. Daniels, 47, of Tallahassee, Florida, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty by a federal jury of possession with intent to distribute various controlled substances including more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon...

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...

Special Agent in Charge of the New York Enforcement Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Farhana Islam, and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging GLEN CONTRERAS and ERICK MARCANO with conspiring to distribute vast quantities 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...

Pensacola, Fla. – Douglas Lewis, Jr., 49; Kenneth Savage, 47; and Emmit Crum, 48; of Pensacola, have been arrested on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, using telephone facilities to carry out the drug conspiracy, and maintaining a drug premises. John P. Heekin, United States Attorney...

EUGENE, Ore.— A Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States has been charged with laundering purported drug proceeds and being an alien in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, Esteban Peralta Fragozo, 50, of Springfield, Oregon, owned and operated El Kaiman Western Wear, a Springfield business that...