DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Jury Convicts Synthetic Cannabinoid Distributor

MIAMI - Ronen Nahmani, 41, of Aventura, Florida was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues, namely, synthetic cannabinoids, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 846. Nahmani is scheduled to be sentenced before Chief Judge Michael...
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Afghan Heroin Conspiracy Foiled

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced charges against three significant Afghan heroin traffickers, two of which were arrested in Thailand and subsequently brought to the United States. Haji Lajaward, Amal Said Said Alam Shah, a/k/a “Haji Zar Mohammad,” and Habibullah were charged with conspiring to import heroin into...
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Martin County Resident Sentenced For Manufacturing Hash Oil In His Apartment Laboratory And Possessing A Firearm

MIAMI - A Martin County resident was sentenced to 90 months in prison for manufacturing hash oil in his apartment laboratory and possessing a firearm. A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Hugo J...
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Central Florida Drug Trafficking Organization Members Arrested For Cocaine Trafficking In Joint Agency Investigation Operation Ruff Rider

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Orlando Metropolitan Bureau of (MBI), the Florida Attorney General’s Office of Statewide (OSWP), with the assistance of the Orange County Sheriff’s (OCSO), Orlando Police (OPD), and Osceola County Sheriff’s (OCSO), announced that charges have been filed, and arrest warrants have been issued...
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Italian Fugitive Sentenced To Nine Years In Federal Prison On Drug Charges

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Luciano (39) to nine years in federal prison for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. He pleaded guilty to the charges on December 22, 2006, and subsequently fled the United States...
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Bradenton Man Arrested For Distributing Methamphetamine Disguised As Candy

TAMPA, Fla. - A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the filing of a criminal complaint charging Jesus Casteyano, a/k/a Jesus Castellano, a/k/a Jesus Castellano-(53, Bradenton), with conspiracy to possess...
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Pharmacist Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Federal Prison

TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Elizabeth A. Kovachevich has sentenced Brian C. (56, Melbourne) to eight years and one month in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and dispense oxycodone not in the usual course of professional practice. The Court also ordered him to forfeit his Florida pharmacist license...
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Convicted Felon Sentenced To 14.5 Years For Federal Firearm Offenses

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Darius D. Williams, 24, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 14.5 years in prison late yesterday for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and for possession of a stolen firearm. The sentence was announced by A.D. Wright, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami...
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Seventeen Alleged Leaders And Associates Of CLAN USUGA Indicted In Brooklyn And Miami

MIAMI - Today, United States Department of (DOJ) announce the unsealing of five indictments in U.S. federal courts in Brooklyn, New York and Miami, Florida charging 17 alleged leaders and associates of Colombia’s largest and most influential (banda criminal or criminal group), CLAN (formerly referred to as Los Urabeños). The...
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Three Individuals Charged In South Florida For Possessing With The Intent To Distribute Alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone (a-PVP), A/k/a “Flakka”

MIAMI - Two central Florida residents have been charged by indictment with conspiracy to import alpha-(a-PVP), a/k/a "Flakka" from China. A Broward County resident has also been charged by indictment with distributing “Flakka” within 1000 feet of a Ft. Lauderdale elementary school and possession of a firearm in furtherance of...