United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CHICAGO — A former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was arraigned today on federal drug charges following his extradition from Mexico. The defendant, Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, was charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, one count of...

TEXARKANA, Texas – A 48-year-old New Boston, Texas, man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Dallas Division Special Agent in Charge Eduardo A. Chávez and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Armando Moya was found guilty on Oct...

MADISON, Wis . - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cortez Jackson, 39, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine. Jackson pleaded...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -Four residents of Alachua, Florida, were arrested on federal criminal charges alleging an armed drug-trafficking conspiracy. The defendants arrested are: ● Lorenza Aaron Durr, Jr., 29, Alachua, Florida; ● Elboric Quadarius Robinson, 29, Alachua, Florida; ● Morris Robinson, 55, Alachua, Florida; and ● Roddrae Antonio Williams, 28, Alachua...

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Susan A. Gibson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Newark man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute over...

ST. LOUIS – Gerald Fitzgerald Hunter, 54, a fugitive in a fentanyl and cocaine distribution conspiracy in St. Louis was arrested in Los Angeles this week. A federal complaint filed in April 2017 alleges that the Drug Enforcement Administration St. Louis Division was conducting an active investigation of a fentanyl...

ST. LOUIS – Markquis Bryant, aka “Two” 48, of Saint Louis, was charged by a federal complaint with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance; being a felon in possession of one or more firearms; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Bryant will...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Sacramento, Calif., man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for carrying more than two kilograms of cocaine aboard a train traveling through Kansas City, in a case that was investigated by the Kansas City Interdiction Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration St...

TOPEKA, Kan. – A California man was sentenced today to 52 months in federal prison for smuggling 18 pounds of cocaine to Kansas, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Jesus Gonzalez-Molina, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine. In his plea, he admitted he was...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – An El Paso, Texas, man, from whom officers seized nearly $500,000 in illegal drug proceeds, pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy that distributed more than 720 kilograms of cocaine in the metropolitan area. This case was investigated by the Drug...