DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2220 Results - Showing 1521 to 1530
PRESS RELEASE

Three Arrested In Connection With Pharmacy Forgery Ring

SEATTLE - Three people involved in an elaborate scheme to obtain narcotic drugs by using forged prescriptions both online and in person now face federal charges. The conspirators used stolen DEA registration numbers to create phony prescriptions while using various online tools to make it appear that the prescriptions were...
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

SEATTLE - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 156 collection sites in the Pacific Northwest, operated...
PRESS RELEASE

Meridian Man Sentenced To 26 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine And Possession Of A Firearm In Furtherance Of A Drug Crime

BOISE, Idaho - Brian Weaver Cluff, 44, of Meridian, Idaho, was sentenced on October 12, 2016, in United States District Court to 322 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime. U.S. District Judge Stanley A. Bastian from the...
PRESS RELEASE

Syracuse Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 28 Years

(SYRACUSE - - Derrick Wilson, 36, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve a 336 (28 years) term of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release. The sentence was announced jointly by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), United States...
PRESS RELEASE

Three Members Of Drug Crew Arrested In Utica, New York

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - - Three men were arrested and five kilograms of cocaine were seized on Saturday in Utica, New York when Special Agents and Officers of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York State Police, and local law enforcement agencies ended a long-term investigation of drug trafficking in...
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty Verdict In Major Drug Trafficking Case

ALBANY, N.Y. - - District Attorney P. David Soares and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced today that Manuel Luna, 51, of Queens, was found guilty after a jury trial of one Count of Operating as a Major Trafficker, a Class...
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Ring Supplying Elmira, NY With Heroin And Fentanyl Shut Down

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - - The 15-month investigation led to the arrests of eight members of a drug pipeline responsible for funneling heroin from Pennsylvania and New Jersey to Elmira, NY. Eight defendants were arrested and charged yesterday by criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution...
PRESS RELEASE

Sixteen Charged In Lewis County Drug Raid

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - - Three people were arrested today and charged in federal court with methamphetamine and listed chemical offenses and 13 others were arrested and charged in Lewis County for state offenses involving the sale and possession of methamphetamine and other illegal drugs, announced United States Attorney Richard S...
PRESS RELEASE

New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

NEW YORK - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division announced that Moshe Mirilashvili, a Board-certified, state-licensed doctor, was sentenced today to 160 months in prison for...
PRESS RELEASE

Connecticut Man Sentenced To 12 Years For Methylone Conspiracy

UTICA, N.Y. - -Ryan Canfield, 40, of New Haven, Connecticut, was sentenced today to serve 12 years in prison, to be followed by six years of post-imprisonment supervised release, for conspiring to distribute the controlled substance methylone. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Richard S. Hartunian and Special Agent...