WASHINGTON, DC - Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, presented the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) a national award at the 2011 National HIDTA Conference in Washington, D.C. The Toatley Award for the Outstanding Task Force was presented to the New Jersey Drug Trafficking...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, today announced that Edgar Vallejo-Guarin -...

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The unsealing of indictments charging 17 individuals with various drug-trafficking and firearms offences was announced by the United States Attorney James L. Santelle yesterday. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Several of the defendants are alleged to be members...

SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury indicted 114 individuals on June 27 as a result of an investigation lead by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), with the collaboration of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security (ICE), Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), United States...

SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Jian Hong Liang, 29, of San Francisco, was found guilty today for his involvement in an indoor marijuana growing operation in Sacramento and Elk Grove. The guilty verdict...

MANHATTAN, NY. - John Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrest against a major distributor of "bath salts," a recreational designer drug with significant...

SAN ANTONIO, TX - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 69, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit (RICO), José Angel Moreno and John E. Murphy, United States Attorneys for the Southern and Western District of Texas, respectively, announced today along with Acting Special Agent in Charge of the...

MIDLAND, TX -- - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced the arrests of two Midland-Odessa area members and one associate of the Barrio (BA) criminal organization on federal drug charges. The charges stem from a year-and-a-half-long investigation into the organization’s...

ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’(ICE) Office Homeland Security (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Virgin Islands Police Department seized on Monday 532 kilograms of cocaine with an approximate street value of $16 million from a St. Thomas residence. The seizure was...

ATLANTA, GA. - FLOYD B. SAWYER, 44, a former Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan (SCMPD) Officer, has been charged with drug trafficking conspiracy, extortion, possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, and lying to federal agents. SAWYER was arrested yesterday by federal authorities on a criminal complaint. SAWYER’s initial appearance in federal...