SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24. More than 4,400 collection sites will be set up across the country to...

NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New Orleans Field Division announces its observance of National Red Ribbon Week, taking place October 23–31, 2026. As the nation’s largest and longest-running drug awareness and prevention campaign, Red Ribbon Week serves as the cornerstone of the agency’s prevention efforts across Louisiana...

NEW ORLEANS – Today, U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle, along with the federal, state and local participating agencies comprising the Homeland Security Task Force – New Orleans (“HSTF”), announced the successful conclusion of a nearly four-year, extensive multi-agency narcotics investigation that dismantled multiple drug trafficking organizations operating throughout the Bayou...

Jacksonville, Fla. – Jamal Jason James (40, Jacksonville) has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy and possessing MDMA with the intent to distribute it. James pleaded guilty on December 12, 2025. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe made the announcement. According to...

Tallahassee, Fla. – Mario Swanston, 45, of Miami; Santana Wyvonne Harris, 41, of Panama City, Fla.; Shannon Jarbar Clayton, 46, of Panama City; Elizabeth Gray, 37, of Panama City; and Shontell Fedd, 49, of Panama City, each were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker in federal court after...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More than 4,400 collection sites will be set up across the country to...

PLANO, TEXAS – A Serbian national has been sentenced to federal prison as part of a Homeland Security Task Force investigation into cocaine trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. Milan Tanovic, 59, also known as Marco, a Serbian national living in Spain, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with...

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with more than 4,300 law enforcement partners, will host the 31st National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 24. Collection sites will be set up across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas to...

Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Christopher Roberts, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jamie McDonald, and Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of a...

WHEELING, W.Va. – A Wheeling, West Virginia man will spend the next five years in federal prison for selling methamphetamine near a playground, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey. Matthew Luff, 42, sold more than 13 grams of methamphetamine near Heritage Port Playground in Wheeling. Luff has multiple prior convictions...