SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - - The Coast Guard seized more than 3,500 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of $3.5 million and detained five suspected smugglers during a drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea, Southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Michael Dacosta, Shawn A. Ally, Nolan E...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Anoushirvan Sarraf, 48, of Rockville, Maryland, the owner and operator of Aphrodite Advanced Esthetic & Skin Care (Aphrodite) in McLean, Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison and two years of supervised release. Karl C. Colder, Special Agent in Charge for the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA)...

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted FedEx Corporation, FedEx Express, Inc., and FedEx Corporate Services, Inc., today, with conspiracies to traffic in controlled substances and misbranded prescription drugs for its role in distributing controlled substances and prescription drugs for illegal Internet pharmacies, announced United States...

WHEATON, Ill. - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration Jack Riley, and Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall announced today that felony drug conspiracy and sales charges have been filed against seven individuals as the result of...

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment today against Manuel Riviera-Felix, a.k.a. Felipe Garcia, 26, Edi Vega Bustamante, 21, and Juan Angel Lopez, 32, charging all three with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Riviera-Felix and Bustamante are also charged separately in...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Michael Smith, also known as “Smitty” and “Fingers,” 44, of New Haven, was sentenced today by...

GREENBELT, Md. - Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Jamar Holt, a/k/a “Reds,” “Jamal Holt” and “Rex,” age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to 20 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Anthony Harrington, also known as “Tone,” 29, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Carlos Padilla, 29, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in the Bronx, N.Y., was...

NEWARK, N.J. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting 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 Dominick Ribustello, 53, of the Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W...