United States Drug Enforcement Administration

YAKIMA , WASH. -- - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Law Enforcement Against Drugs Task (LEAD), and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington announce the culmination of “Operation Green Jam”. The three-year investigation targeted a drug trafficking organization who concealed marijuana grow operations within Yakima Valley...

SEATTLE - Mario Gonzalez Rubio Garcia, aka “Johnny,” 36, of Tacoma, Washington, was sentenced today to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Rubio Garcia was indicted along with 25 other defendants as part of “Project Deliverance,” a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

BOISE - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced that Jose Cirilo-Duran, 62, of Weiser, Juana Salto-Vivanco, 29, of Caldwell and Juan Ramirez- Bolanos, 39, of Caldwell, were sentenced to federal prison in early July for drug trafficking. According to court records, on...

BOISE - Gregory Norman Josi, 43, of Hillsboro, Oregon, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and possess with the intent to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. Josi was also ordered to forfeit...

DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

DETROIT, MI - An indictment charging six defendants with mortgage fraud, arson, marijuana trafficking and money laundering was unsealed today after many of those charged were arrested, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today. Ms. McQuade was joined in the announcement by U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...

BOISE, IDAHO - Fernando Luna-Rodriguez, 32, of El Sinore, California, was sentenced July 1, 2011, to 30 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. Luna-Rodriguez was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and 80 hours of community service. Luna-Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the charge...

TACOMA, WASH.- - Jose Manuel Campos Pineda, 34, of Spanaway, Washington was sentenced last week to ten years in prison and five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Pineda was indicted along with 25 other defendants as part of “Project Deliverance,” a Drug Enforcement (DEA) led investigation...

ANCHORAGE- - Mark Thomas, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division, announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four count indictment charging a Fairbanks man with drug and firearms charges. The indictment charges Dale Cleveland Johnson, Jr., 47, with two counts...

BOISE, IDAHO-- - Audits conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) involving an Idaho dentist and an Idaho pharmacy resulted in the collection of 35,000 in civil penalties for failing to keep proper distribution records for controlled pharmaceuticals. The penalties were collected by the United States Attorney’s Office, Affirmative Civil...