NOV 25, 2003 Massive Narcotics Importation Conspiracy At JFK Airport Exposed -- 25 Defendants Charged, Including 21 Airport Employees NOV 17, 2003 Local Drug Ring Dismantled In Jefferson Housing Development New York City NOV 6, 2003 Victor Infante Charged with Weapons Exportation and Methamphetamine Distribution Arrested in the Phillipines NOV 5, 2003 Nine Individuals Arrested and Major Marijuana Distribution Network Operating in Nassau County, NY Dismantled NOV 3, 2003 3 Defendants Extradited From Israel To Stand Trial For Conspiring To Distribute Hundreds Of Thousands Of Ecstasy Pills OCT 20, 2003 New York Field Division and Syracuse University Host Ecstasy and Predatory Club Drugs Informational Seminar 'OPERATION X-OUT" SEP 3, 2003 United States District Judge Nicolas Garaufis (EDNY) Dismisses New York State Indictment State of NY vs Jude Tanella AUG 7, 2003 New York DEA / NYPD Joint Investigation Leads to Dismantling of Four Major Bronx Drug Organizations JUL 25, 2003 DEA - New York Investigation Results in the Extradition of Four Argentine Heroin-Traffickers to the United States Following Landmark Ruling by Argentine Supreme Court - First Extradition Under 2000 U.S. - Argentina Treaty JUN 4, 2003 Federal Law Enforcement Foundation Honors DEA/TFO Wallie E. Howard, Jr. JUN 2, 2003 Three Long Island Drug Traffickers Arrested 4,000 Pounds of Marijuana and $11 Million in Drug Proceeds Seized MAY 27, 2003 Major Heroin Organization Dismantled MAY 16, 2003 Massive Heroin-Smuggling Organization Dismantled APR 29, 2003 Live Web Cast - New York Division's Operation X-Out Ecstasy and Predatory Drugs Awareness Seminar APR 17, 2003 New York Division Co-hosts "Explorer Recognition and Scholarship Dinner" APR 16, 2003 DEA Investigation Leads to Successful Extradition of Ecstasy Kingpin Fugitive from Spain to the United States APR 15, 2003 DEA Investigation Leads to U.S. Charges Against Staten Island Man in Plot to Launder Drug Money by Sending Proceeds to the West Bank and Jordan APR 3, 2003 U.S. Arrests 9 Afghani Natives on Charges of Importing Heroin from Pakistan and Afghanistan MAR 10, 2003 Colombian Drug Lord -First Ever Extradicted- Pleads Guilty On Eve Of Trial In Federal Court In Manhattan MAR 3, 2003 New Rochelle Bar Raids Results in 24 Arrests JAN 29, 2003 New York Division Seizes Approximately 2,000 Kilograms of Cocaine in Queens, New York JAN 17, 2003 New York Drug Enforcement Task Force Seizes Approximately 800 Kilograms of Cocaine In Bronx, New York JAN 14, 2003 Alleged Bronx Gang Leader Arrested in Connection with Operation of Methamphetamine Laboratory Near NYC Public School DEC 2, 2002 The Police Chiefs Association of Rockland County Recognizes the New York Division Joint Drug Enforcement Task Force
