United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO — A high-level member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang has been arrested on federal drug charges for allegedly selling wholesale quantities of heroin on the West Side of Chicago. Raymond Betts, 52, of Riverdale, is charged with conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with the intent to...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two California men have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to transport methamphetamine and heroin from the Lower 48 to Ketchikan for distribution. Arthur Castillo, 32, of Fresno, California, and Alfonso Francisco Sandoval, 32, of Clovis, California, were both sentenced in Juneau on...

Tampa, Fla. – A federal jury has found Dr. Kendrick Eugene Duldulao, 45, of Tampa, and Dr. Medardo Queg Santos, 66, of Lakeland, guilty of conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances for no legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional practice. Santos was also found guilty of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment Thursday against Ivan Lopez, 34, of Mexico, and Erick Olivas Lopez, 39, of Mexico, charging them with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute at least 400 grams of a substance containing fentanyl. According to court documents, on April...

NEW ORLEANS – Morris & Dickson Company LLC has agreed to pay the United States $22 million in civil penalties to resolve claims that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by failing to report suspicious orders of hydrocodone and oxycodone, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L...

NEW ORLEANS – Morris & Dickson Company LLC has agreed to pay the United States $22 million in civil penalties to resolve claims that it violated the Controlled Substances Act by failing to report suspicious orders of hydrocodone and oxycodone, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L...

BANGOR, Maine – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Andre Fields, aka “Coop,” aka “Pops,” aka “Boss,” aka “Unc,” 56, of Bronx, N.Y., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock, Jr...

BOSTON – Eleven individuals from Cape Cod and Rhode Island were arrested today and charged in federal court in Boston in a wide-ranging heroin conspiracy. The following individuals were charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute heroin: Edwin Otero, 29, of Hyannis; Justin Joseph, 32...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – United States Attorney James Kennedy, Jr., and DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced today that Alex Mercado, 40, of Jamestown, New York, who was convicted of conspiracy to distribute one kilogram or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 120 months in...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Kenneth Bernard Smith, 54, of Winter Garden, Fla., pleaded guilty today to two counts of possessing ammunition and a firearm as a convicted felon and two counts of distributing cocaine and heroin. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years, and up to life, in federal...