DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Serves Order To Show Cause To Three Walgreens Pharmacies

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today the issuance of Orders to Show (OSC) to three Walgreen’s pharmacies located at Walgreens #04727, 4950 S. US Hwy 1, Fort Piece, FL; Walgreens #03629, 12028 Majestic Blvd., Hudson, FL; and...
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Colombian Narco-Trafficker Sentenced On Ten Year Cocaine Importation Conspiracy

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the sentencing of Ramon Quintero Sanclemente. On November 19, 2012, U.S. District Judge William P. Dimitrouleas sentenced Quintero Sanclemente to 210...
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Jacksonville Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - U.S. District Judge Roy B. Dalton Jr. sentenced William Arthur (36, Jacksonville) today to life in federal prison for aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine. Vanholten was found guilty by a federal jury on August 2, 2012. According...
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Five Convicted By Federal Jury In A Multi-State Drug Conspiracy

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 a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale returned guilty verdicts against five members of a multi-state cocaine and oxycodone distribution...
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Honduran Citizen Indicted In Marijuana Grow House Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces a federal indictment charging Jose Luis Panameno-(49, a citizen of Honduras) with conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and...
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Last Member Of A Large Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Sentenced

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced William (43, Odessa) to 70 months in federal prison for participating...
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Last Individual Sentenced As Part Of Operation Woodchop

ORLANDO, Fla. - United States Chief District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Willie (35, Apopka) last week to three years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute BZP (a drug that mimics the effects of “Ecstasy”). In March 2010, agents with...
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Zephyrhills Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

NOV 07 - (TAMPA, FL) Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and David Gee, Sheriff, Hillsborough County Sheriff's (HCSO), announced today that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced George Arthur...
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Nine More Drug Traffickers Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

NOV 06 - ( JACKSONVILLE, Fla - .) Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced nine individuals this week to federal prison...
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Three Family Members Sentenced For Cocaine Charges

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Maxine (44, Orlando), Martovous (35, St. Petersburg), and Cornelius (33, St...