United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DETROIT, MI -- - The final defendant in a six-defendant indictment charging mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering entered a guilty plea in federal court today, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge...

SAN JUAN, PR. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Caribbean Division collected approximately 992 pounds of prescription drugs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the DEA National Take Back Day Initiative announced Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the Caribbean Division. “This is our third National...

LOUISVILLE, KY - Five Louisville men are charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. According to the complaint filed on October 19, 2011, in...

COLUMBUS, OH. - Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and representatives from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Ohio today unveiled an electronic billboard PSA campaign to remind Ohioans to dispose of unused and expired medications on National Drug Take Back Day on October 29, 2011...

DETROIT, MI - Michael Madu, 41, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was charged in a Superseding Indictment unsealed today for conspiring to distribute controlled substances including Opana, Vicodin, and Xanax. The Indictment also charged Madu with money laundering in connection with the purchase of two luxury vehicles and the purchase of...

DETROIT, MI -- - An indictment charging 18 defendants with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana has been unsealed, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in the announcement by Robert L. Corso, Special Agent In Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Andrew G. Arena, Special...

SAN JUAN, PR. - On September 23, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted 28 individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and the United States Postal Inspection Service, with the collaboration of the Federal Bureau of (FBI) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), United States...

ASHLAND, KY - A father and his two sons received federal prison sentences today for their roles in a scheme which involved importing kilograms of a drug comparable to methamphetamine from overseas and selling it in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia. U.S. District Court Judge David L. Bunning sentenced 59-year-old...

BOWLING GREEN, KY - Two Mexican Nationals pled guilty in United States District Court on August 26 to charges of possession and conspiracy to possess five kilograms or more of cocaine, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky. Dagoberto Garcia-Guillen, age 21, and his...

An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Detroit was unsealed today, charging 26 individuals for their participation in a large-scale health care fraud and drug distribution scheme, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. McQuade was joined in her announcement by Special Agent in Charge Robert L...