United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN DIEGO , CA - Agencies with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force announced the arrest of six suspects and a record 32-ton marijuana seizure Wednesday in connection with the discovery of the most elaborate smuggling tunnel uncovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years. Investigators say the passageway found...

Las Cruces, NM - On November 29, 2011, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging 17 alleged members of a methamphetamine trafficking organization operating in Southeastern New Mexico with conspiracy to violate the federal narcotics laws. Another three individuals were charged with methamphetamine trafficking offenses in criminal complaints...

MIDLAND, TX. -- - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark Morgan, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCrawand U.S.AttorneyRobertPitman announced that 24 individuals have been arrested in connection with hydroponic marijuana distribution operations in the Permian...

ANCHORAGE, AK. -- - On November 21, 2011, a federal jury in Anchorage convicted Kansas City, MO resident Thomas M. Riley, age 44, of possession with intent to distribute cocaine between August 30, 2007, and May 12, 2009. The jury also convicted Riley of being a felon in possession of...

BOISE, ID. -- - Eugenio-Arreola-Villa, 39, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Arreola-Villa to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and pay a $1,000 fine. Arreola-Villa pleaded guilty to the...

MANHATTAN, NY. - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Raymond W. Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner, Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., New York State Commissioner of Health, Tom F. O’Donnell, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human...

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced the owner of a Newark auto dealership and his father were arrested today and...

HAMMOND, IN. - Fifteen alleged members or associates of the Latin Kings have been indicted for their alleged roles in a racketeering conspiracy in Hammond, Ind., and elsewhere, announced U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s...

SEATTLE,WASH - Santos Nemecio-Pantaleon, age 30, of Mexico, and Rigoberto Nemecio-Flores, age 21, of Mexico, pled guilty today to manufacturing marijuana and possession of firearms in furtherance of a marijuana grow operation. The investigation was initiated in August 2011, following a tip that a marijuana grow operation was concealed in...

ALBANY, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge Wilbert L. Plummer announced that as a result of a recent joint investigation between investigators in the Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office, the Rensselaer County Drug Task Force, the City of Troy Police Department, federal Drug Enforcement ( DEA ) officers , and...