SEATTLE - Former Seattle police officer was sentenced on March 22, 2018, to six years in prison, and his co-conspirator in an interstate marijuana distribution scheme were also sentenced to 14 years in prison, in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Former officer Alex Chapackdee, 44, of Seattle pleaded guilty in...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement Administration will add 250 task force officers and dozens of additional analysts to areas across America where the opioid crisis is at its worst. DEA task forces act as a force multiplier in carrying out DEA’s mission through coordination and cooperation with federal, state, and...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that Adalberto Cruz, 28, of Puerto Rico, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin, was...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Jay Forster, Resident Agent in Charge of the DEA office in Springfield, Missouri, today announced that Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) operation “Cash Cab” resulted in a 30 year prison sentence for the leader of this drug trafficking (DTO). Patrick Brigaudin, 55, of Springfield, Missouri, was...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jose Gregorio Luna, 33, of Nevada City, charging him with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and manufacturing marijuana, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John...

SAN DIEGO - In response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ call for a 45-day surge in opioid-related enforcement, Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigations have led to the arrest of multiple defendants in relation to deadly opioids. The most significant opioid-related cases since the onset of the surge on January 29 include...

LAREDO, Texas - A 30-year-old Laredo man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Raul Garcia Jr. pleaded guilty Nov. 1, 2017. Today, visiting U.S...

LAREDO, Texas - A 57-year-old man has been ordered to prison following his conviction of trafficking heroin, cocaine and nearly 12 kilograms of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. States Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Jeffrey Layne Parker, of Belleville, Illinois, pleaded...

DALLAS, Texas - Eskandar Molavi, 69, of Frisco, Texas, is in federal custody following his arrest Friday, March 16, 2018 on federal charges stemming from a murder-for-hire plot to have his former business partner kidnapped and possibly killed. The announcement was made this afternoon by Special Agent in Charge Clyde...