DEA Archived Press Releases

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Thirteen South Florida Men Sentenced In A Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

May 30, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Amos Rojas, Jr., United States Marshal, U.S. Marshals (USMS); Noel Manheimer, Director of Marine...
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Texas Resident Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On Silk Road, Bitmessage

May 30, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley, III for the Middle District of Florida, announces the arrest and unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Matthew...
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled Seventeen Arrests In Dominican Republic Target Those Calling Innocent Citizens Demanding Payment In Exchange For Dropped Bogus Charges

May 28, 2014 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: 954-660-4602 WASHINGTON - DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart and United States Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York today announced that 21 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with conspiring to impersonate United States law enforcement officers...
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DEA’s Highest Ranking Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Extradited To Face Federal Drug Charges

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, 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 that Juan Alberto Ortiz-Lopez, a/k/a “Chamale,” a/k/a “Juanito,” (43, San Marcos, Guatemala) has been extradited to the Middle District...
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Four Men Charged With Synthetic Drug Distribution

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging four individuals with crimes relating to the distribution of synthetic cannabinoids...
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Pensacola Man Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Approximately $20 Million Worth Of Cocaine

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Ricky L. Blankenship,(43, of Pensacola), was sentenced today on federal charges related to a multi-year conspiracy to distribute cocaine...
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Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited From Honduras On Cocaine Distribution Charges

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Alysa D. Erichs, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), Miami Field Office, announce the extradition of...
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Florida Men Indicted For Synthetic Drug Distribution As Part Of A Nationwide Takedown

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, 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 return by a grand jury of an indictment charging Harmeet (39, Windermere); Cean Al (33, Palm Harbor); and...
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DEA's National Prescription Drug Take-Back Days Meet A Growing Need For Americans

MIAMI, Fla. - Americans nationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever this past Saturday. After seven previous Take Back Days spread over almost four years, 780,158 (390 tons) of pills were brought...
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DEA’s Eighth Statewide Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results In Another Big Haul More Than 12,000 Pounds Of Prescription And Over-the-counter Medicine Collected

(PHOENIX)- - Today, Douglas W. Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that over 12,000 pounds of prescription medications were collected during the eighth Prescription Drug Take Back Event. When added to the collections of previous Take Back events, DEA and its state, local and tribal...