PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealer Indicted For Distribution Of Fentanyl

May 19, 2016
… in the medical profession.  According to the indictment, from Nov. 14, 2015 through Dec. 2, 2015, the DEA, with assistance from the Suffolk Police Department, conducted a series of controlled purchases from Tillery. The agents thought they were purchasing heroin …
May 19, 2016
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Community Event
July 22, 2019 - July 23, 2019
July 22, 2019 - July 23, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conference

12:00 AM - 9:00 AM (EDT)
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, July 22, and Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Indianapolis Marriott East, Indianapolis, IN...
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Sweeping 2-day Operation Targets International Organized Crime In Sacramento Area Neighborhoods

April 04, 2018
… our country.” “When criminal organizations funded by money from China reach into our cities to profit from illegal activity, our communities suffer,” said U.S. … crime in our residential neighborhoods by taking them back from criminal organizations with international ties and …
April 04, 2018
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Federal Jury In Austin Convicts Four In Multi-Million Dollar Money Laundering Conspiracy Involving Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Proceeds, Extortion, And Bribery

May 09, 2013
… Involving Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Proceeds, Extortion, And Bribery May 09, 2013 Houston Contact Info Contact Us … Kareem Vaughn 571-324-6193 Kareem.R.Vaughn@dea.gov Cash from the sale of drugs was laundered to purchase, train, … otherwise legitimate domestic industry to launder proceeds from drug trafficking and other crimes,” stated United …
May 09, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Former Clayton County Police Officer Assigned To U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force Sentenced To Ten Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

February 21, 2014
… public rightfully expects police officers to protect them from drug dealers, not go into business with them," said … discussed the confidential informant obtaining cocaine from his/her drug source of supply.   Penn would then … lot that morning.  Penn rebuffed offers of assistance from his fellow officers, claiming he was just doing …
February 21, 2014
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Yonkers Pharmacy Store Manager Arrested And Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

January 17, 2013
… Yonkers Pharmacy Store Manager Arrested And Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone January … doubled over the past five years and there were more visits from pharmaceutical drug overdoses than all other illicit …
January 17, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Members Of Ghana-Based Heroin Smuggling Ring Charged

July 14, 2011
… as Entry Point for East Coast Distribution of Heroin from West Africa ALEXANDRIA, VA. - The leader and members of … have been charged with using couriers to smuggle heroin from Ghana into the United States, a sign of the growth of … must know that there are no boundaries that can protect you from the long arm of the U.S. justice system. There is no …
July 14, 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION

Administrative Law Judge Orders

January 06, 2025
… Order Regarding a Joint Motion Filed by Hemp for Victory and Village Farms International Order Denying … Scope, and Prehearing Procedures Order Regarding Request from a Non-Participant (Veterans Action Council) Order … to Reconsider (Nicholas Barreto) Order Regarding Request from a Non-Participant (United Empowerment Party) Order …
January 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Approximately 50 Pounds of Fentanyl/Heroin Seized at Drug Stash Apartment in the Bronx

November 11, 2022
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … heroin, and drug paraphernalia Fentanyl/heroin seized from Bronx apartment.jpg Fentanyl/heroin seized from Bronx …
November 11, 2022
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DEA warns of methamphetamine and fentanyl drug market built by aftermath of COVID-19 in New York

January 26, 2021
… DEA warns of methamphetamine and fentanyl drug market built by aftermath of COVID-19 in … heroin-fentanyl seized May 8, 2020.jpg Meth pills seized from pill processing mill in Bronx -June 19 2020.jpg Heroin, … estimated 81,000 drug overdose deaths in the United States from May 2019 to May 2020 justifying a need to alert New …
January 26, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Sentenced to More Than 14 Years in Federal Prison for a Drug Distribution Conspiracy and for Murder for Hire

March 04, 2021
… confidential source made a number of controlled purchases from Robinson at the pharmacy, using blank prescriptions … Robinson was arrested on June 27, 2017 and was released from custody on June 29, 2017, under the supervision of U.S. … clonidine.  CS-2 had obtained the prescription medications from David Robinson.  CS-2 had known Robinson for …
March 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Two Dozen Charged After DEA Task Force Takes Down Coast To Coast Narcotics Distribution Ring

October 31, 2013
… Coast Narcotics Distribution Ring October 31, 2013 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … with narcotics distribution and related offenses stemming from a long-term investigation into a coast to coast drug … Hartford area.  Fernandez also was supplied with narcotics from individuals in New York.  Fernandez then sold the drugs …
October 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

July 28, 2015
… About Drugs Just Think Twice Domestic Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th WASHINGTON - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time in every state but Pennsylvania … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds Second Annual Family Summit on Fentanyl

September 28, 2023
… second annual DEA Family Summit on Fentanyl for families from across the country who have experienced the profound … said during his remarks. “Across the Justice Department – from our agents here at DEA to all 94 of our United States … into action, working tirelessly to prevent other families from suffering the unimaginable loss of a loved one to a …
September 28, 2023
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Trio headed to prison for drug conspiracy

October 03, 2019
… BROWNSVILLE, Texas – A Brownsville man and a couple living in Los Fresnos have been ordered to … of nearly 50 years for their role in transporting meth from Brownsville to Louisiana, announced Drug Enforcement … Flores and Rodriguez’s role in providing the drugs from Mexico to Garza who sold it to his buyers in Louisiana …
October 03, 2019
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New York Man Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Conspiracy And Firearms Charges

January 06, 2017
… drug trafficking conspiracy. According to court records, from about November 2011 until March 2014, Cowart conspired … base, and oxycodone in Portland. The drugs were brought from the New York area by managers of the drug conspiracy.  … the back door, and seized about $25,000 in drug proceeds from him.  Later that day, agents apprehended another …
January 06, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Man Sentenced To 37 Months In Federal Prison For Marijuana Smuggling Conspiracy

August 18, 2015
… to distribute marijuana and transport the proceeds from that conspiracy across international borders. U.S. … Farkas was involved in a marijuana conspiracy that lasted from 2007 through November of 2012. From Canada, Farkas …
August 18, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Four Laredo Men Sentenced For Trafficking Narcotics

November 14, 2017
… to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor … and distribution of multi-kilogram quantities of marijuana from Laredo to the Dallas area. Picazo Jimenez used his ties … source of supply to illegally import the bulk marijuana from Mexico into the US via Laredo. He recruited the …
November 14, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Bergen County man sentenced to 14 years in prison for role in $7 million fraud scheme and cross-country drug distribution scheme

November 06, 2020
… using bogus litigation support companies to obtain millions from two law firms where his wife was a partner and for his … in a scheme to transport more than 20 kilograms of cocaine from California to New Jersey. Melvin Feliz, 54, of … also of Englewood Cliffs, worked as a partner at Law Firm 1 from July 1, 2005, through October 2010. She then joined Law …
November 06, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Postal Annex owner sentenced for structuring currency transactions

September 11, 2018
… DEA will continue to investigate those seeking to profit from the illegal distribution of drugs and destruction of … Postal Annexes were vigilant in preventing unlawful funds from passing through Western Union, and the financial system … intent to deposit Lovely Singh, Inc.’s cash proceeds free from scrutiny. As Singh and Lovely Singh, Inc., admitted in …
September 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Grand Junction Cocaine Ring Indicted

October 20, 2005
… today returned a 38 count indictment charging 11 people from the Grand Junction area with trafficking cocaine. Of … incident. The other defendant is considered a fugitive from justice. The indictment is the result of a year long … Vera-Figueroa, transported large quantities of cocaine from Mexico, across the Arizona border, to drug traffickers …
October 20, 2005
PRESS RELEASE

Members of international drug trafficking conspiracy sentenced to prison

June 20, 2019
… Registration: Oregon 1-888-219-4261 Defendants used cash from China to purchase and operate marijuana grow houses – … U.S. District Court in Seattle to prison terms ranging from 24 to 32 months for distributing more than a thousand … admitting in their plea agreements that they used money from conspirators in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to …
June 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Carlos Powell And Eric Powell Sentenced To Life In Prison For Heading One Of Largest Drug Trafficking Operations In Michigan History

October 17, 2014
… City - (571) 362-0443 More than $21million in cash seized from Powell Organization in 2010 alone DETROIT - Two individuals from metro-Detroit were sentenced today to life in prison … would arrange for large amounts of money derived from the sale of drugs to be transported to Phoenix, …
October 17, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Dea Leads Heroin Intervention Program

September 14, 2016
… and prosecution program to remove heroin dealers from the streets of Louisville. ​“I have a message for … Attorney John Kuhn.  "You are killing people in this city from every walk of life.  From this point forward, if you …
September 14, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-District OCDETF Investigation Linked To Zeta Organization Leads To Local Arrests

November 16, 2011
… a sealed indictment alleging ties to the Zeta drug cartel and charges of money laundering, Drug Enforcement (DEA) … into the large scale transportation of drug proceeds from the Chicago, Ill, area to border cities in Texas … the transportation and laundering of bulk U.S. currency from various locations throughout the United States. …
November 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Newnan Dentist Sentenced To Prison For Unlawfully Distributing Controlled Substances

November 15, 2013
… 2011, DEA diversion investigators received a complaint from a source who wished to remain anonymous that Maddux was writing illegal prescriptions from his dental office. In response to the complaint, DEA …
November 15, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Former Guatemalan President Extradited To The U.S. To Face Money Laundering Charges

May 28, 2013
… with conspiring to launder millions of dollars he embezzled from the Government of Guatemala through bank accounts … misused and harmed in the concealment of money embezzled from the government of Guatemala and ultimately, its … court: PORTILLO served as the President of Guatemala from January 14, 2000, to January 14, 2004. In that …
May 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Partners Collect 309 Tons Of Pills On Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

November 05, 2014
… Just Think Twice Domestic Take-back initiative removes from circulation 2,411 tons of unused prescription drugs in … abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 …
November 05, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To More Than 12 Years In Federal Prison

November 14, 2013
… Than 12 Years In Federal Prison November 14, 2013 New England Contact Info Contact Us 617-557-2100 (617) 557-2100 … Administration in New Haven received information from the Connecticut State Police that Acosta was selling substantial quantities of heroin from his residence at 28 Maltby Place in New Haven.  …
November 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

National Drug Take Back Day Residents In Pacific Northwest Turn In More Than 16 Tons

October 28, 2016
… have removed over 332,704 (166.4 tons) of medication from circulation across the region.  “This was yet another … down by state: Washington - 19,179 (9.6 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 3,190 (1.6 tons) removed from circulation. Oregon - 7,933 (4.0 tons) removed from …
October 28, 2016