PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug trafficking and weapons charges

November 26, 2018
… DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug … to protect drug shipments, and solicited large bribes from major drug traffickers. Thanks to the ongoing work of …
November 26, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Men Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

October 31, 2011
… 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov McALLEN, TX - Six men from Texas and one from Ohio have all been sentenced to prison on drug … Avila, 52, Seferino Avila, 44, Alejandro Avila, 38, all from Mission, Texas; Carlos Javier Gomez, 38, Cristelo …
October 31, 2011
STORY

U.S. and Bulgaria Join Forces to Stop Deadly Fentanyl Flow

September 18, 2025
… DEA Senior Forensic Chemist Jonathan Duffy trained chemists from the Ministry of the Interior and the National Customs … Bulgarian partners’ ability to prevent dangerous narcotics from entering the country – or being shipped to other …
September 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Nine Alleged Members Of The Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder

October 16, 2014
… Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder October 16, 2014 Washington, … million; several hundred thousand dollars in cash recovered from the residences of some of the defendants; over $2 …
October 16, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking Meth

October 27, 2014
… methamphetamine in and through the Houston, Texas area from 2010 to 2012, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … five-year-term of supervised release following his release from prison. At the time of his guilty plea, Gallegos admitted to conspiring with several other persons from 2010-2012 to possess with intent to distribute certain …
October 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

December 14, 2012
… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida and Oxycodone trafficking from the Middle District of Florida to Kentucky.  Out of the …
December 14, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Nationwide events will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

The Pacific Northwest Collects 16 Tons At The Latest DEA National Drug Take-Back Day

May 06, 2016
… removing significant amounts of unused pharmaceutical drugs from unintended circulation,” said DEA Special Agent in … have removed over 300,328 (150.2 tons) of medication from circulation.  The following are the results broken down by state: Washington - 13,800 (6.9 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 3,068 (1.5 tons) removed from …
May 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

September 02, 2020
… citizen of the Dominican Republic, was extradited yesterday from the Dominican Republic. Guzman-Cabrera is charged with … safe allegedly operating his drug trafficking organization from a foreign country, but great investigative work led to … will stop the United States Postal Inspection Service from bringing alleged criminals like Guzman-Cabrera to …
September 02, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Laurel Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Kilograms of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana Through the U.S. Mail

October 20, 2022
… Prison for Distributing Kilograms of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana Through the U.S. Mail October 20, 2022 … involving fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana shipped from California to Maryland through the U.S. mail.  At … bag containing approximately 501 grams of fentanyl, from Fisher.  Co-Conspirator 2 placed the object into the …
October 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

July 13, 2017
… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Special Agent in Charge Azzam said. “Today, more people die from opioid-related causes than from gun homicides. This unprecedented collaboration between …
July 13, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers

October 21, 2013
… Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers October … with cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking extradited from Mexico; two defendants charged with cocaine trafficking …
October 21, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges

March 26, 2020
… Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with … use the U.S. banking system to move their illicit proceeds from South America nor further their criminal schemes.”  “ …
March 26, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Over 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria

October 23, 2023
… 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria October 23, 2023 New … Sophisticated Drug Trafficking Operation Across from Public School Over 100 pounds of cocaine and other drugs seized from Pizzeria.jpg Over 100 pounds of cocaine and other drugs …
October 23, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Weymouth Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

February 16, 2023
… Defendant distributed over 44 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico BOSTON – A Weymouth man has been sentenced … conspiracy that distributed prodigious amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico, which he and a co-conspirator obtained via … that funneled more than $1 million worth of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts,” said United States …
February 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Washington Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Shooting in Tri-Cities and Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills

March 09, 2023
… serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from custody. During the sentencing hearing, Judge Shea … enforcement partnerships, we were able to remove Mr. Ard from the community where he has repeatedly distributed … person in the leg. Ard then retrieved drug-related items from the car and went into his house; he neither alerted …
March 09, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

July 18, 2019
… prescription pills to be illegally sold and dispensed from their facilities,” said DEA Assistant Administrator … pharmacies in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. From 2008 until 2015, the company generated more than $173 …
July 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Major Mexican Heroin Trafficking Organization Targeted

May 24, 2017
… are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. “The joint efforts … organizations, or those acting on behalf of them, from doing business via the United States,” said Barbara … Ruelas Torres Drug Trafficking Organization smuggles heroin from Mexico into the United States for distribution in …
May 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2015 National Heroin Threat Assessment

May 22, 2015
… other drug of abuse, almost doubling between 2007 and 2013-from 161,000 to 289,000-according to the Substance Abuse and … continue to combat heroin trafficking to protect Americans from this severe and growing threat.”  The NHTA is based, in part, on survey responses from more than 1,100 law enforcement agencies, which were …
May 22, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Sheriff’s Deputies Plead Guilty In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

May 15, 2017
… informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal … lands. Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it (trimmed) into … who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales. August then shared the proceeds with …
May 15, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

June 19, 2014
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Three young people from our community are dead, the tragic victims of heroin …
June 19, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

United States Seizes Luxury Condo Allegedly Owned By Former Mexican Governor

December 11, 2012
… transaction, that the property constitutes or was derived from proceeds traceable to drug trafficking, and that the … the property. Rodriguez is currently in custody in Mexico. From 1998 to at least 2005, the complaint states that …
December 11, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Man Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Conspiracies Dating Back To 2002

December 20, 2016
… and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, announced … to face deportation proceedings following his release from prison. At the time of guilty plea, Garcia-Sanchez … that smuggled multi-hundred kilogram loads of cocaine from Venezuela through Mexico for eventual distribution in …
December 20, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

The Pacific Northwest Responds To Prescription Drug “Take-Back” With Record Collection

September 30, 2015
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … David F. Reames Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community Outreach … deep concerns in keeping the unused pharmaceutical drugs from being abused by unintended users and disposed of in the …
September 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

May 02, 2013
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations …
May 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Rockland County Man Indicted For Narcotics Trafficking

April 12, 2017
… Gregovich 720-431-8836 Trafficked Cocaine Hidden in Luggage from the Dominican Republic to New York MANHATTAN, N.Y. -   … responsible for transporting wholesale amounts of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to the New York area on …
April 12, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

December 14, 2023
… filed with the Court established that Christopher Perales, from the state of Texas, would regularly supply Crumpton in … Crumpton to be able to pay Perales for the methamphetamine. From July 27, 2020, through December 7, 2020, Crumpton made …
December 14, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Loudon man sentenced to 50 months for methamphetamine trafficking

May 01, 2019
… Inspection Service investigated numerous parcels mailed from Las Vegas to New Hampshire suspected of containing … agents also investigated parcels of money mailed from New Hampshire to Las Vegas, and money transfers from New Hampshire to Las Vegas. Eventually, investigators …
May 01, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

February 14, 2014
… organization that imported thousands of pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, distributed large quantities of … to trafficking more than a thousand pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, and large quantities of diverted … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
February 14, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Over One Ton of Cocaine Destined for the Northeast Seized

November 02, 2021
… Narcotics Conspiracy close up of cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller container.jpg Close up of cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller container cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller containers NEW YORK CITY – Ray Donovan, …
November 02, 2021