DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
2005 Results - Showing 1561 to 1570
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DEA Announces Largest-Ever Synthetic Drug Takedown

FRESNO, Calif. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners today announced enforcement operations in 33 states targeting the upper echelon of dangerous designer synthetic drug trafficking organizations that have operated without regard for the law or public safety. These series of enforcement actions included retailers, wholesalers, and...
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Three Plead Guilty In Marijuana Distribution Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. - - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District, announces that Chad (37, St. George, Utah), Jason (38, St. George, Utah), and Timothy (39, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to conspiring to...
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$102 Million Settlement Of Civil Forfeiture And Money Laundering Claims Against Lebanese Canadian Bank

WASHINGTON - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced today a settlement of a civil forfeiture and money laundering lawsuit brought by the United States against the Lebanese Canadian ("LCB") and its assets. The Government’s action, filed on December...
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Updated Results From DEA’s Largest-Ever Global Synthetic Drug Takedown Yesterday

Nationwide enforcement actions targeted dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas WASHINGTON - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners announced enforcement operations in 35 states targeting the upper echelon of dangerous designer synthetic drug trafficking organizations that have operated without regard for the law...
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Operation Synergy Results In 18 Arrested For Synthetic Cannabinoid Distribution Operations In Austin And San Antonio

JUNE 26- (HOUSTON) - Federal, state and local authorities have arrested 18 individuals, including the operator of three locations of Kash Tobacco & Novelties in Austin as well as the owner of the Best Foods #2 convenience store and Hang Ten Smoke Shop in San Antonio, for their roles in...
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Pharmacists Plead Guilty To Felony Misbranding Of Drugs

June 26, 2013 Contact: Public Information Officer Number: (313) 234-4310 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - James D. Orr, 75, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Thomas N. Verhage, 68, of Kentwood, entered guilty pleas to a felony charge of misbranding drugs related to their conduct while employed as staff pharmacists at Kentwood...
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15 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Yesterday a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment against 15 defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico. The indictment is the result...
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Man Sentenced To 63 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

BURLINGTON,Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that on June 24, 2013, Matthew Burt, 38, of South Burlington, Vermont was sentenced to 63 months imprisonment by...
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Heroin Dealer Exiled To 13 Years In Prison

BALTIMORE - - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Antonio Lamont Johnson, a/k/a Tracey Johnson, age 44, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 13 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin. The sentence was announced by...