DEA Archived Press Releases

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Federal And State Authorities Arrest 23 Individuals Today In Relation To Cocaine And Methamphetamine Distribution Operations In Permian Basin

MIDLAND, Texas - - In Midland and Odessa this morning, authorities arrested 23 individuals on federal drug and firearms charges announced Acting United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, El Paso Division, and Midland Police Chief Price Robinson. Federal grand jury...
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Federal Officials Participate In New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the DEA participated in the New Mexico Pharmacists Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting held this weekend in Albuquerque, N.M., for the purpose of educating the Association’s membership about how prescription drug trafficking and abuse contributes to New Mexico’s heroin and opioid epidemic...
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Leader Of Major Heroin Trafficking Ring Operating Out Of Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division announced that Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, 39, was sentenced late yesterday afternoon to 20 years in federal prison for his heroin trafficking conviction. He also was ordered to pay...
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Three Members Of Mexican Cartel Sentenced To Prison For Conspiracy Involving Liquid Methamphetamine

ATLANTA - Three drug traffickers have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine stemming from their roles in the delivery of liquid methamphetamine to residences in Austell, Ga., and Mableton, Ga. “Methamphetamine continues to ravage many communities in our nation,” said John...
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Last Of 18 Members Of Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Sentenced On Drug Charges

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The last of 18 members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization was sentenced on Wednesday, December 17, 2014, to 46 months on drug charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Angela Leigh Wike, of Bryson City was also ordered to serve...
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Cherokee, N.C. Man Sentenced More Than Nine Years In Prison In Connection With Oxycodone Distribution Ring

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger today sentenced Jackie Lee Rattler, 55, of Cherokee, N.C. 108 months in prison on drug trafficking conspiracy charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Rattler was also ordered to serve three years under court supervision...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 33 Years In Prison

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Pedro Oscar Dieguez, a/k/a “The Cuban,” was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney to serve 400 months in prison and five years of supervised release on cocaine trafficking and related charges, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North...
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Alleged PCP Distributor Who Shot A DEA Agent Arraigned On Federal Narcotics And Assault Charges

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Joel Perrin Robinson has been arraigned on federal drugs and weapons charges in relation to the shooting of a DEA agent while a search warrant was being executed at his home on October 20, 2014. John S. Comer, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA...
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Meth Plus A Gun Equals 15 Years In Federal Prison

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Michael J. Moore, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, announced the sentencing of Travis Hill, age 35, of Columbus, Georgia, on November 24, 2014, by the Honorable Clay D. Land, Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, in Columbus, Georgia...
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Ten Indicted In Drug Distribution Conspiracy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A federal grand jury in Nashville last week, returned indictments charging 10 people with conspiring to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. Armed with arrest warrants and search warrants, local, state and federal law enforcement...