PHILADELPHIA - Special Agent in Charge Gary Tuggle of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Philadelphia Division announced today that 51,461 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware during the DEA Philadelphia Division’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event this past Saturday, April 30th. This amount is more than...

WASHINGTON - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the arrest of Nidal Waked, one of the world’s most significant drug money launderers and criminal facilitators. Waked was arrested last Wednesday night in the El Dorado Airport in Bogota by the Colombian National Police, in close coordination with DEA...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ramiro Nonato Mendoza, 39, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 160 months in prison for heroin and cocaine charges. Benjamin C. Glassman, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Timothy J. Plancon, Ohio...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine gave thanks today to Ohio residents for properly disposing of an estimated 18 (over 36,000 pounds) of unneeded, unwanted, or expired prescription drugs during last Saturday's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. The DEA's National Prescription Drug...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Zachary Kramer, 22, of Bethesda, Maryland, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to...

CORAOPOLIS, Pa. - The Special Agent in (SAC) of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Division, Gary Tuggle and the Chief of the Coraopolis Police Department, Ronald Denbow announced the indictment of 22 people for violations of the Pennsylvania Controlled Substance Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act. The indictment of 17 men...

CLEVELAND - Carole S. Rendon, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging a California man with trafficking . George Schepp, 53, transported more than one kilogram of methamphetamine for distribution into the Cleveland metropolitan area in...

CLEVELAND - A Grafton, Ohio, couple who owned a chain of head shops was sentenced to prison for conspiring to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, known as “ Spice,” law enforcement officials said. Sean Lightner, 41, was sentenced to three years in prison while Sherry Lightner, 40, was sentenced to two years...

LAREDO, Texas - A third defendant convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering scheme has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Andre Clarke, age 37, of the Bronx, New York, pleaded guilty on May 2, 2016 before the...