DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Six Arrested In Drug Raid Involving Correctional Facilities

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A drug distribution operation that involved inmates and a correction officer has been dismantled and six people have been arrested due to the joint efforts of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Alabama Department of Corrections, announced Keith Brown, DEA Special Agent in Charge of the New...
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Over $800,000 Worth Of Illicit Drugs Seized And Marijuana Grow Op Dismantled

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. announce the arrest of John Thomas Laing, age 53, of 1608 Butternut Rd, Unadilla, NY. The announcement follows a joint two and a...
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Twelve Indicted In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy; Two Charged With Distribution Resulting In Death

APR 02 (NEW ORLEANS) - Twelve individuals indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana face drug and conspiracy charges as a result of an extensive three-year investigation that targeted a heroin drug trafficking organization in New Orleans, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and U. S...
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24 Members Of Bronx Street Gang Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy, Narcotics Trafficking, And Firearm Offenses

MANHATTAN, N.Y.) - James J. Hunt, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field...
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Undercover Operation Reveals Inmates Plan To Commit Murder

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration James J. Hunt and Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. announced an Oneonta man was arrested for agreeing to pay an undercover DEA agent to murder another person and requesting that...
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Two Associates Of La Cosa Nostra Convicted On All Counts By Jury In The July 2010 Robbery And Murder Of A Brooklyn Businessman

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch announced today that following a two-week trial, a federal jury convicted Richard Riccardi, 41, of Manalapan, N.J., and Louis Grasso, 46, of Staten Island, N.Y., of the robbery and murder of James Donovan on July 2, 2010. The defendants face a minimum...
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Former President Of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Laundering Millions Of Dollars Through United States Banks

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Alfonso Portillo, the former President of Guatemala, pled guilty today in Manhattan federal court to laundering millions of dollars through bank accounts located in the United States. Portillo, who served as the...
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Operation "Double Down Doc" Indictment Exposes Gulf Coast Prescription Drug Ring

GULFPORT, Miss. - Four individuals indicted in the Southern District of Mississippi face various drug charges as the result of an extensive three-year drug investigation that targeted an illegal prescription drug ring, announced Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown with the Drug Enforcement Administration - New Orleans Field Division and...
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Heroin And Methamphetamine Traffickers Convicted

LAREDO, Texas - Edgar Loera and Miguel Angel Vives-Macias have been convicted by a federal jury of multiple counts in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving heroin and methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge Steven Whipple and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The jury returned its verdicts...
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Marijuana And Mushrooms Seized In Search, One Arrest Made

OTSEGO, N.Y. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) James J. Hunt and Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. announced yesterday, the arrest of Richard William Compitello, age 47, of 170 Reservoir Road, Worcester, NY following a joint narcotics investigation...