RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Federal authorities this morning concluded a 2½-year wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking organization based in the Coachella Valley by arresting eight defendants linked to the distribution of wholesale quantities of methamphetamine. The eight people arrested today by special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration are among...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Federal authorities this morning concluded a 2½-year wiretap investigation into a drug trafficking organization based in the Coachella Valley by arresting eight defendants linked to the distribution of wholesale quantities of methamphetamine. The eight people arrested today by special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration are among...

WACO, Texas - In Waco today, a federal jury convicted 38-year-old Juan Francisco “Kiko” Trevino Chavez, nephew of Los Zetas leaders Miguel Angel Trevino Morales (Z-40) and Oscar Omar Trevino Morales (Z-42), of drug trafficking, firearms and money laundering charges, announced United States Attorney John F. Bash; Houston DEA Special...

BROWNVILLE, Texas - A 38-year-old South Texas man has been sentenced for his involvement in a multi-state drug trafficking conspiracy that had been trafficking marijuana and cocaine since 2003, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Arnaldo Bermea, of Rio Grande City, pleaded...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II announced one arrest and the seizure of approximately 30 kilograms of suspected cocaine hidden in a car on Grand...

James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II announced one arrest and the seizure of approximately 30 kilograms of suspected cocaine hidden in a car on Grand Island, New York...

SAVANNAH, GA - The United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia entered a default judgment against Dr. Firoz Patka, of Martinez, Georgia, totaling $1.2 million. In May 2017, the United States filed a complaint against Dr. Patka for violations of the Controlled Substances Act based on his...

ATLANTA – Ricardo Silva, a current inmate at Smith State Prison and a high-ranking member of the Sureños prison gang, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine. He is currently serving a sentence with the state of Georgia for trafficking cocaine. “The mission of DEA...

SEATTLE - A six month investigation of significant heroin and methamphetamine trafficking in the north Puget Sound region culminated in 11 federal arrests on July 17, 2018. Agents and officers served 33 search warrants which resulted in the seizure of 18 firearms, ten pounds of heroin, 20 pounds of methamphetamine...

JACKSON, Miss. - A Jackson man, Michael Gene Rushing, 58, was sentenced by a Senior U.S. District Judge to more than 17 years (210 months) in jail, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, for producing child pornography and possession of child pornography, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Derryle Smith...