DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Administrator Leonhart Leads DEA Delegation At IDEC

CANCUN - Administrator Michele M. Leonhart is leading a delegation of DEA personnel attending the 28 th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexico, April 4-7. IDEC, which was first held in 1983 with nations of the Americas and Caribbean in attendance, has today become a global forum that provides...
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Second Fresno County Pot House Mortgage Fraudster Sentenced

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Shirley Wong, aka Ngoc Li Vuong, 43, of San Jose, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to commit mail fraud in connection...
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Fifth Fowler Meth Dealer Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims, DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, ICE-HSI Special Agent Charge Mark Wollman, and ATF Special Agent in Charge Stephen C. Herkins announced today that the last of five defendants charged following a drug...
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2...
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Los Banos Trucking Company Owners Sent To Prison For Tax & Bribery Conspiracy

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Treasury Inspector General of Tax (TIGTA) Special Agent in Charge Julie Parodi, IRS - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Scott O’Briant, and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Kulwant Lasher, 54, an owner of...
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Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Convicted

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Eduardo Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 48, of Guerrero, Mexico, entered a guilty plea yesterday to conspiring to manufacture or cultivate, to distribute, and to possess with intent...
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Bakersfield Drug-Buy Defendant Sentenced

FRENSO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Sokha Bhopal, aka Balwinder Singh Bhopal, 51, of Punjab, India, was sentenced on March 14, 2011, to seven years and two months in prison to be...
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Charges Filed Against Parole Officer For Failure To Appear

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today against Timothy Duane, 30, for failure to appear, adding the a fifth criminal charge to four pending drug charges...
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Four Indicted In Methamphetamine Conspiracy

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Daniel Salinas, 30; Juan Oscar Martinez-Arias, 22; Antonio Sanchez-Gaona, 24; and Edgardo Solorio-Camacho, 26; of Mexico, with conspiracy...
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DEA Holding Second Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In April

WASHINGTON, D.C. - This spring, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m...