DEA Archived Press Releases

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Anchorage Man Sentenced To 40 Months Prison In Alaska Drug Conspiracy

(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) - - DeMar Moultrie, a/k/a, “Duckmane,” a/k/a, “All Day,” 25, from Anchorage, Alaska, was sentenced on May 1, 2013, in U.S. District Court for his role in an Anchorage and Fairbanks drug conspiracy. Moultrie was sentenced to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Moultrie...
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Canadian Trucker Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Drug Conspiracy

(SEATTLE) - - A Canadian truck driver who was identified as a drug smuggler for a criminal group related to the Hells Angels was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 12 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute marijuana. James Postlethwaite, 60, of North Vancouver, BC, Canada was convicted...
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DEA In Kentucky Holds Sixth Rx Drug Take-Back Day And Public Participation Continues To Rise

Date: May 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to...
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Convicted Kilogram Cocaine Trafficker From Kentucky Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

May 3, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A Lexington man, who used proceeds from trafficking cocaine to purchase houses and vehicles, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for multiple federal offenses. U.S. District Judge Karen C. Caldwell sentenced 35-year-old Marquis Deron Heard on...
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Kent, Washington Gun Store Owner And Step-Son Arrested On Drug And Gun Charges

SEATTLE - A Kent, Washington man and his step-son were arrested this morning following their indictment on seven criminal counts related to gun sales and controlled substance distribution. The indictment alleges that Mark E. Bryant, 49, and his step-son Andrew Gagley, 30, illegally distributed Demerol. Bryant is also charged in...
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

SEATTLE - The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this past Saturday collected 50 percent more pills than the previous one, demonstrating the American public’s continued appreciation and need for the opportunity to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables...
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Nationwide Oxycodone Trafficking Ring Dismantled

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kingsley Iyare Osemwengie, 27, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was sentenced today in U.S District Court to 210 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, conspiracy to launder drug proceeds, and conspiracy to violate the travel act. Osemwengie played a pivotal role in the oxycodone distribution ring...
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Kentucky Pain Clinic Owners Plead Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Controlled Substances

Date: April 26, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 PIKEVILLE, Ky. - Kerry B. Harvey, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Robert L. Corso, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Jack Conway, Kentucky Attorney General jointly announced today that two eastern Kentucky pain clinic...
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Eugene Ecstasy Dealer Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

EUGENE, Ore. - Walter Thomas Swartz, 29, of Eugene, Oregon, was sentenced on April 23, 2013, to 48 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as ecstasy or MDMA, and using the mail to distribute proceeds of that unlawful activity...
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DEA’s Goal Is To Remove A Third Of A Million Pounds Of Expired Prescription Drugs From Circulation On The Sixth Take-Back Day, April 27

SEATTLE - After collecting an average of 400,000 pounds of expired, unwanted prescription medications at each of its previous five events in the past three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day across the country on...