DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA News: Huge Synthetic Drug Takedown

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Customs and Border (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security (HSI), Federal Bureau of (FBI), Internal Revenue (IRS) and other federal, state, and local partners announced the culmination of Project Synergy Phase II, an ongoing effort targeting every level of the dangerous global synthetic...
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Bangor Resident Pleads Guilty To Bath Salt Distribution Charges

BANGOR, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Alan Ketchen, a/k/a “AJ”, 42 - , of Bangor pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to possess with the intent...
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Milford Man Charged With Distributing Heroin

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that a federal grand jury in New Haven has returned an indictment charging Ryan Russow, 29, of Milford...
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Saco Attorney Pleads Guilty To $177,500 Money Laundering Conspiracy

- PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Gary Prolman, Esq., 52, of Saco, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to conspiracy to launder $177,500 worth...
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Hartford Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Federal Prison

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ANGEL ROSA, also known as “Mo Betta” and “Fab,” 43, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
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Tinmouth Man Imprisoned 37 Months For Heroin Trafficking

RUTLAND, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that Alan H. Willis, II, of Tinmouth, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss to...
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DEA Announces Barrio Azteca Lieutenant Who Ordered Consulate Murders In Ciudad Juarez Sentenced To Life In Prison

WASHINGTON - Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, aka “Benny,” “Farmero,” “51,” “Guero,” “Pecas,” “Tury,” and “86,” 35, of Chihuahua, Mexico, the Barrio Azteca Lieutenant who ordered the March 2010 murders of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee, was sentenced today to serve life in...
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DEA Holds Its Eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Day On Saturday April 26

WASHINGTON - After collecting more than 1,700 tons of expired, unwanted prescription medications over the past three-and-a-half years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and more than 4,200 national, tribal, and community law enforcement partners will hold another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 26th. Americans can take their pills...
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DEA And U.S. Attorney Announce Extradition Of Former Member Of Polish Armed Forces Charged With Narcotics Conspiracies

WASHINGTON - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA), today announced that Slawomir Soborski was extradited from Estonia where he had been arrested for conspiracy to import cocaine into the United...
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Greenbush Resident Pleads Guilty To Bath Salt Distribution Conspiracy

BANGOR, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Jessica Bryden, 22, of Greenbush, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to conspiracy to possess with the intent...