KNOXVILLE, Tn. – The Drug Enforcement Administration, working with our federal, state and local law enforcement partners, arrested 70 individuals on a wide range of criminal charges related to drug trafficking following a two-month long targeted enforcement operation carried out across Eastern Tennessee, dubbed Operation Knoxville Thunder. In addition to...

SARATOGA, NEW YORK – Operation Fast Track has led to the arrest of 83 defendants and the seizure of more than 2,100 counterfeit pills, some of which are suspected to be laced with fentanyl, over two kilograms of fentanyl and heroin, over a kilogram of cocaine, 3.5 pounds of psychedelic...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Felix Ortiz-Plata, 45, a Mexican national illegally residing in Stockton, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins to 16 years and three months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris...

WASHINGTON – A 21‑count federal Indictment was partially unsealed in U.S. District Court this morning charging 14 defendants in connection with a conspiracy that allegedly distributed crack and powder cocaine near Hendley Elementary School in Southeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Law enforcement officers from the FBI, Drug...

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and law enforcement partners announced today the results of a surge in federal drug enforcement measures in San Francisco. Between early October 2025 to the end of May 2026, coordinated federal and local law enforcement efforts resulted in the seizure of over 2.2...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Reginald Jones, 36, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to 15 counts of drug trafficking offenses and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Bob P. Beris announced. According to court documents...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Drug Enforcement Administration New York Task Force Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher Roberts, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly, and USPIS Inspector in Charge Ketty Larco-Ward of the New York Division, announced that several co-conspirators were indicted on conspiracy and drug possession charges for...

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, Jay Clayton, and the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of...

Bakersfield, Calif.- After receiving calls from community members concerned about suspected narcotics sales in the Oleander area, the Bakersfield Police Department’s Narcotics Unit, in coordination with California Highway Patrol officers assigned to the Bakersfield DEA Task Force, initiated a coordinated investigation over the course of several days. On March 18th...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The DEA Caribbean Division, working through the Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) and alongside federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, announced today the return of a federal indictment charging 23 alleged members and associates of the violent criminal enterprise known as La Familia Nunca...