United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO - This Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, come to one of the almost 5,000 collection sites around the nation to return all unwanted, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs for safe and anonymous disposal. This is the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a member of the Grape Street Crips street gang today admitted conspiring to distribute heroin in and around...

INDIANAPOLIS - United States Attorney Josh Minkler announced today the arrests of 11 members belonging to a drug trafficking organization which distributed heroin and methamphetamine in the Indianapolis area. Further, they ordered acts of violence against those perceived as competitors. “This is the face of organized crime today. These defendants...

CAMDEN, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Greeley, South Carolina, woman was sentenced today to seven months in prison for her role in a scheme...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Jim Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, announced that a federal grand jury in Springfield returned an indictment today that charges Sukhwinder Multani, 41, of the 3700 block of N. Ashley Court, Decatur, Ill., with illegal distribution of hydrocodone. The indictment alleges that on...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Quentin Jones, 42, and Lawrence Peterson, 40, both of Madison, Wis., were sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Peterson for selling heroin. On August 27, Jones was sentenced to 54 months in federal...

MINNEAPOLIS - More than 1,000 law enforcement, public health officials, health care professionals, attorneys, drug court representatives, medical students, state, tribal and local government staff, community leaders, recovering addicts and their families from across Minnesota are meeting to address the pain pill problem. The Pain.Pill.Problem. conference brings together experts from...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Melvin R. Thomas, 37, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of heroin with intent...

CHICAGO - Two dozen defendants are facing federal drug charges after a two-and-a-half-year investigation uncovered their roles in trafficking wholesale amounts of cocaine and heroin and distributing it in the Chicago area and Wisconsin. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to the Chicago Strike...

CHICAGO - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced that the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine Take-Back events, sites will be set up throughout communities nationwide so local residents can return their unwanted, unneeded...