DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA-led pursuit of Pakistani drug lord leads to U.S. guilty plea

(NEW YORK) – DEA and federal prosecutors announced that Pakistani drug kingpin Shahbaz Khan has pled guilty to heroin trafficking in a Manhattan court room. Khan was the leader of a drug trafficking organization based in Afghanistan and Pakistan that produced and distributed massive quantities of heroin around the world...
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Long Island Doctor Convicted Of Causing The Overdose Deaths Of Two Patients And Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

NEW YORK - A federal jury in Central Islip today, following five weeks of trial, convicted Dr. Michael Belfiore of two counts of illegal distribution of oxycodone causing the deaths of two patients and 26 counts of illegal distribution of oxycodone. After the verdict, Dr. Belfiore was remanded to custody...
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Quebec Man Who Used Boats And Cars To Smuggle Marijuana Into The United States Sentenced To Ten Years

ALBANY, N.Y. - Mathieu Forget, age 32, of St-Anicet, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced yesterday to 120 months in prison for conspiring to distribute marijuana. The announcement was made by United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York...
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Long Island Man Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, Terrance Belford pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, a Schedule II controlled substance. Belford was arrested in June 2017 for his participation in an oxycodone distribution ring active on Long Island and elsewhere in 2016. The guilty...
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Fentanyl Distributor Sentenced To 24 Months

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Jeremy Jorge, 21, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of distribution of fentanyl, was sentenced to 24 months in prison by U.S. District...
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Bailey Boys Gang Member Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Demetrius Black, 41, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty before Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny to conspiracy to possess with intent...
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Crystal Meth Seized From Drug Dealer On The Run

NEW YORK - Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York...
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First DEA Seizure Of Carfentanil In New York Acts As Public Service Announcement

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), George P. Beach...
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Member Of Bronx Drug Crew Sentenced For Murder Of Kenya Miller

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Daniel Delvalle, a/k/a “BD,” a/k/a “Danny,” 31, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald to a term of 156 months in prison for his participation in the murder...
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Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison For Gun And Fentanyl Charges

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, announced today that Antwone K. Dean, 37, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and...