DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Texas Man Sentenced To Four Years For Bribing Public Official At San Francisco Airport

SAN FRANCISCO - Bobby Napier was sentenced to 48 months’ imprisonment for bribing a public official in order to smuggle drugs through passenger security screening at San Francisco International (SFO). The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and Acting United States Attorney...
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Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 14 Years In Prison

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Raul Guadalupe Monjardin-Iribe was sentenced today to 175 (14 years, 7 months) in prison for his part in a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was...
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23 Years In Prison For “Dr. Khan”

DETROIT - Sardar Ashrafkhan of Ypsilanti, Michigan, was sentenced yesterday to 23 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substance prescription drugs, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and money laundering, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch announced. Ashrafkhan, also known as “Dr. Khan,” 59, was sentenced...
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Kern County Poly Drug Traffickers Found Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against two Kern County residents, charging them in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Mario Alvarez-Muniz, 49, a citizen of Mexico, residing in Taft, and Darrell Leon Jennings, 49, of Bakersfield, were charged with conspiring to distribute...
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Long Prison Sentences For Two Men Dealing Heroin And Fentanyl Causing Overdose Deaths

DAYTON, Ohio - Antonio J. Spiva, 25, and Charles M. McBeath, 33, both of Dayton, were sentenced in U.S. District Court this week for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl that resulted in the death of at least two individuals. Each defendant pled guilty in January...
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Four In Major Columbus Marijuana Trafficking Ring Plead Guilty

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Adrian A. Douglas, 48, of Columbus, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspire to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Douglas led a Central Ohio marijuana trafficking ring that involved receiving UPS shipments of the drug from Las...
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10 Years For South Bay Methamphetamine Trafficker

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Anthonio Rueda-Ayala was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and DEA Special Agent-in-Charge John J. Martin. The sentence was handed down by the Honorable...
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Sacramento Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced

SACRAMENTO, C.A. - Algernon Tamasoa, 28, of Sacramento, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to eight years in prison for his participation in a methamphetamine trafficking organization and for selling dangerous assault rifles, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. On January 11, 2017, Tamasoa pled guilty...
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Kentucky Man Convicted Of Pharmacy Robbery And Intent To Distribute Hydrocodone

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Miguel David Ayala, 38, of Cynthiana, Kentucky, was convicted yesterday by a federal jury of pharmacy robbery and possession with intent to distribute Hydrocodone pills. The jury returned the verdict after a 3-day trial. The evidence established that on July 8th, 2015 Ayala robbed the Rite Aid...