United States Drug Enforcement Administration

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...

BUFFALO, NY. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Richard Himbury, age 40, of Tonawanda, New York, was arrested for possessing and trafficking in substantial amounts of cocaine and marijuana, in an investigation conducted...

NEW YORK, NY. - DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in-Charge Derek Maltz and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the extraditions of Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics and, in the case of...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned Indictments today in two separate cases, charging distribution of methamphetamine and other controlled substances. Jose Rios, Luis Cortez and Alfonso Estrada -...

FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against Juan Luis Valtirra, 20, Gamaliel Villegas, 23, both of Watsonville, California and David Olivaras-Ruiz, 21, of Gilroy. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- - A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment in which three Bay Area residents are charged variously with conspiracy; possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone; distribution of oxycodone and oxymorphone; and possession of a firearm by a felon, United States Attorney...

SAN DIEGO , CA - Investigators on the multi-agency San Diego Tunnel Task Force continued sifting through evidence Wednesday at a warehouse in Otay Mesa’s industrial park housing the U.S. entrance to a sophisticated passageway that runs beneath the border to a warehouse more than 400 yards away in Tijuana...

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, 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 that a doctor with a practice in Elizabeth, N.J., was sentenced today to 43 months...