DEA Archived Press Releases

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Indictment Charges 9 Individuals With Obtaining Oxycodone In Fraudulent Prescription Scheme

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that nine individuals have been charged by indictment with participating in a drug trafficking ring that obtained more...
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Bridgeport Man Who Purchased Tableting Machine To Produce Oxycodone Pills Sentenced

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Jason Oliviera, 35, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to...
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Lawrence Man Indicted In Connection With Major Drug Trafficking Operation

LAWRENCE, Mass. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a Lawrence man has been indicted in connection with a major drug trafficking operation in which authorities seized approximately a kilogram each of heroin and...
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DEA To Hold 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day This Saturday

BOSTON - 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...
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 7 Years In Federal Prison For Brokering 25 Kilogram Cocaine Deal

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut announced that Andrew Duron, also known as “Chavo,” 35, of El Paso, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District...
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced On Drug Charges

CONCORD, N.H. - Ryan Demers, 31, of Brookline, New Hampshire, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to 57 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and one count of distribution of oxycodone announced Michael J...
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DEA Busts Steroid Traffickers And Dismantles Laboratories Across The Nation

PHOENIX - DEA officials today announced a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting every level of the global underground trade of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China. DEA-led Operation Cyber Juice - comprised of over 30...
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Cranston Resident Sentenced To Federal Prison For Operating Meth Lab

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Nicholas Selser, 33, of Cranston, R.I., has been sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for manufacturing (meth) inside a residence of the D’Evan Manor housing complex in Cranston, announced Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United...
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Man Pleads Guilty To Significant Heroin And Cocaine Conspiracy Involving Mexican Drug Cartel

BURLINGTON, Vt. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Eric Miller United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that David Baez Garcia, age 49, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, has pleaded guilty in front of Chief Judge...
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Woodland Man Pleads Guilty To Bath Salts Distribution Conspiracy

BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Preston Brown, Sr. - , 51, of Woodland, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy to possess with intent...