United States Drug Enforcement Administration

WASHINGTON - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday citizens turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) today applauded the announcement by the U.S. Department of State of a new reward offering under the Narcotics Reward Program for the arrest and/or conviction of Rafael Caro-Quintero. The Department is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge for the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of (FBI)...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - On Friday, October 25, 2013, James Rosemond, also known as “Jimmy Henchman,” was sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, for leading a continuing criminal (the “Rosemond Organization”) that distributed thousands of pounds of cocaine, the majority of which was sold on...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that Anthony Bishop, 42, of Tonawanda, New York, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more...

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced charges against nine individuals - Paul Wiseberg, Robert Kalaba, Gerald Wiseberg, Stephanie Tomasini, Lana...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division and Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, announced today the indictment of a narcotics trafficker on drug and weapons charges stemming from the seizure of 31 kilograms of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With public participation at an all-time high after six prior events in three years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its national, tribal, and community partners will hold a seventh National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at thousands of sites across America on Saturday the 26th. These Take...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the extraditions of four defendants charged with international narcotics trafficking offenses: Ericson Vargas...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Yesterday, following three weeks of trial, a jury in federal court in Central Islip, New York, returned a verdict convicting Long Island doctor Leonard I. Stambler of Baldwin Harbor, New York, of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and distribution of oxycodone, in connection with prescriptions that he provided...