DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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One Of The Largest Marijuana Seizures In Indiana History Announced After Six-Month Investigation

INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), the Metropolitan Drug Task (Metro Drug), and other state and local agencies recently arrested several members of a suspected drug trafficking organization operating in the Indianapolis area. The seizure of over 10,000 pounds of marijuana is the largest drug seizure in Marion County...
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Minneapolis Area Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Conspiracy

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - A 32-year-old Isanti man was sentenced on October 24, 2011 for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy. United States District Court Judge John R. Tunheim sentenced Benjamin Michael Saxton to 110 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to distribute 50 or more grams of...
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Leader Of Cocaine Smuggling Organization Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Use Commercial Airlines To Smuggle Drugs From West Indies To England Through The United States

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced the extradited leader of an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the...
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Bloods Street Gang Leader Charged With Possessing Weapons And Conspiring To Distribute Drugs

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that an alleged leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street...
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Drug Trafficker Receives Seventeen-Year Sentence For Distributing Drugs In Vincennes Area

INDIANAPOLIS, MN. - A 17-year federal prison sentence for Christopher Eason, 33, of Coldwater, Mississippi, was recently announced in the Southern District of Indiana. U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson sentenced Eason following his guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and related offenses. This case was the result...
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Milwaukee Area Pharmaceutical Controlled Substance Distribution Rings Targeted

MILWAUKEE, WI. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the arrest of 23 defendants on both state and federal charges related to the illegal distribution of pharmaceutical controlled substances in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The following 20 individuals were charged by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office: Gloria Blackmon...
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell , the 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, announced that Vikram Datta, the owner of multiple retail perfume stores located on the...
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Twenty-Two Federally Indicted For Conspiring To Distribute Methamphetamine And Marijuana

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. - A federal indictment unsealed on September 16, 2011 charged 22 individuals with conspiring to distribute large amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine in the Twin Cities. The indictment, which was filed on September 7, 2011, charges the defendants with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possession with...
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Charges Filed Against Chicago-Area Man For Multi-Million-Dollar Theft Of Prescription Pain Relieving Medications

CHICAGO, IL. - A joint investigation by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department resulted in the arrest of an employee of a Skokie, Illinois pharmacy for illegally selling millions of dollars worth of prescription controlled substances. The Office of Cook County State’s Attorney...
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally

CAMDEN, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Rio Grande, N.J., man who traveled to Florida 29 times to illegally...