United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DALLAS - Eight alleged gang members were arrested in a large-scale takedown Thursday, charged with gun and drug crimes, announced Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez.of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox. “357 Crips” gang members Dwight Alexander Frank...

MINNEAPOLIS – Agents and staff from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Minneapolis District Office participated in the 21st annual Government on Display Exposition held at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, on January 25. One of 23 agencies represented, the event drew approximately 7,000 people to the booths located...

MARSHALL, Texas – A 31-year-old Hallsville, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez nd U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Mark McLean Farmer pleaded guilty on Aug. 16...

DES MOINES, Iowa – Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration Des Moines Resident Office partnered with the Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force, United States Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations to take down 21 high-ranking members of the Jesse Sanchez Drug Trafficking Organization based out of...

DALLAS – DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chavez and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman announced today the unsealing of four indictments charging Miguel Cespedes, Omar Mogollon, Luis Felipe Gonzalez Arcila, Ivan Rojas Acosta, Alex Barrera Forero and David...

OMAHA, Neb. – In a three-day span beginning Dec. 5, the DEA Omaha Division, in coordination with state and local law enforcement partners, arrested five people and seized 240 pounds of methamphetamine, two kilograms of heroin, one stolen handgun and $289,269 in drug profits. Four of the five arrests and...

OMAHA, Neb. – Registered Nurse La Vang, of Newport, Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for stealing prescription pain medication from his patient between April and August, 2018, as announced November 27, by United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald. “Temptation and addiction plague all professions,” said U.S...

OMAHA, Neb., – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents and staff in the Omaha Division talked with more than 3,500 students about the dangers of drugs during Red Ribbon Week presentations in October. Reaching students from kindergarten through high school, grade-specific presentations focused on reading and understanding prescription medication labels, the...

OMAHA, Neb. –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration collected 882,919 pounds of unwanted, unused and expired prescription medications and vaping cartridges at the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event, October 26, while the DEA Omaha Division accounted for 22,067 pounds collected from sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota...

OMAHA, Neb. – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal and community partners will host the 18th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide where individuals can dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription...