DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1031 Results - Showing 901 to 910
PRESS RELEASE

California-Hawaii Methamphetamine Ring Busted

FRESNO, Calif. - An indictment was unsealed today following the arrests of two members of a methamphetamine ring that distributed the drug from the Central Valley to Honolulu, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner. On October 11, 2012...
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Indicted For Sanger Marijuana Cultivation Operation Bullet Holes In Thieves’ Truck Lead To Defendants

FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Forest Basye, aka Erik Bayse, 33, of Sanger, and Peo Xayphengsy, 51, of Alto, Ga., were indicted today for their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation in Sanger, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Drug Dealer Sentenced

FRESNO, Calif. - Oscar Arellano Iniego, 55, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to eight years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special...
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Marijuana Storefront Owner And Employee Indicted

FRESNO, Calif. - Raymond Arthur Gentile, 51, the owner of a marijuana storefront in Bakersfield named ANP Collective, and his employee, Gustavo Angel Salinas, 24, both of Bakersfield, were indicted today for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United...
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Indicted For Growing Marijuana And Interstate Trafficking

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment Thursday charging Douk Duke Pen, 33, of Fresno, with cultivating and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According...
PRESS RELEASE

Stanislaus County Couple Indicted For Growing Marijuana On Agricultural Land

FRESNO, Calif. - Saelee Fahn Meng, aka Kathy Ming Lee, 53, and her husband, John Yaohinh Lee, of Waterford, were indicted today for growing marijuana near Waterford High School, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court...
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Numbers

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 5th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 29, 2012. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 38 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...
PRESS RELEASE

Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day...
PRESS RELEASE

More Indictments In Operation Mercury Targeting Marijuana Grown On Agricultural Land

FRESNO, Calif. - Five men were indicted today for growing marijuana on agricultural land in Fresno County, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. Say Taylor, 50, of Los Angeles; Phonepasejth Phaphilom, 26, of Fresno; Rassamee Phothidokmai, 52...
PRESS RELEASE

Ten Indicted For Marijuana Growing On Public And Private Lands In Fresno And Tulare Counties

FRESNO, Calif. - Nine Tulare County residents and a Parlier man were indicted today for conspiring to grow marijuana and possess marijuana for distribution, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Juan Manuel Rodriguez, 32, of...