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PRESS RELEASE

Blytheville-Area Drug Traffickers Arrested Twenty Five Charged In 62-count Indictment

January 17, 2014
… agencies and provide whatever resources we can to remove from our communities those individuals who provide a source … drug paraphernalia, and several firearms were seized from multiple houses during the operation.  The DEA … 2014, charges 25 defendants in 62 separate counts stemming from a large-scale investigation into methamphetamine and …
January 17, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Admits Attempting To Use Deadly Toxins As Weapons, Possessing Narcotics Manufacturing Equipment

May 29, 2014
… “To make this happen we pull together various resources from the FBI and work closely with our law enforcement … partners worked together to prevent Mr. Gonzalez from doing harm to the citizens of our communities.”   …
May 29, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican National Admits Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

June 23, 2014
… Jersey announced a Dominican national who was extradited from Canada earlier this year, today admitted his role in … including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along …
June 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican National Sentenced To 39 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

October 23, 2014
… Jersey announced a Dominican national who was extradited from Canada earlier this year was sentenced today to 39 … including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along …
October 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

One Of The Largest Marijuana Seizures In Indiana History Announced After Six-Month Investigation

October 25, 2011
… by the investigators thwarted over five tons of marijuana from hitting the streets, while the second punch denied the foreign suppliers the proceeds from previous drug sales.” “The DEA and Metro Drug made … I am also proud to announce that the millions in cash taken from the Mexican drug lords will help fund public safety …
October 25, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

High-Level Sinaloa Cartel Member’s Guilty Plea Unsealed; Zambada-Niebla’s Cooperation With U.S. Revealed

April 10, 2014
… will be no trial for Zambada-Niebla, whose case was severed from that of his co-defendants.  Among his co-defendants are … since the 1970s and their principal livelihood was derived from their sale of narcotics in the United States. … the importation of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from Central and South American countries, including …
April 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Traveling Exhibit “Drugs: Costs And Consequences” Opening In Cedar Park, Texas Gala And Ceremony To Be Held Thursday Evening Sept. 21, 2017 At 7:30 PM Ribbon Cutting Ceremony To Be Held September 22, 2017 At 10:00 AM

September 18, 2017
… Division. “The more we can educate parents and children from across the state on the dangers of drug abuse, the more … money laundering-in an historical and present-day context-from trading opium on the Silk Road in the 1800s to the …
September 18, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Owners Of Miami Export Business Found Guilty Of Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business And International Money Laundering

November 16, 2017
… in connection with their transmission of over $100 million from foreign businesses into and through the United States … to effect the transmission of at least $100 million from entities outside the United States, mostly located in … of construction companies.  After they received this money from the Venezuelan Company, the defendants received …
November 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Dutchess County Man Pleads Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People

April 27, 2015
… Guilty In White Plains Federal Court To Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People April … 19, 2014, and statements made during court proceedings: From at least late 2013 to February 2014, Sica and others …
April 27, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Arizona Residents Dispose Of Over 6 Tons Of Prescription Drugs

May 02, 2013
… Operation Engage Glendale 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 drawers. … 13,069 (6½ tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 95 locations manned …
May 02, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Cocaine Concealed In Hundreds Of Pounds Of Yucca

July 07, 2016
… 720-431-8836 Drug stash house found across the street from P.S. 196 in the Bronx nyc070716_fig1.jpg … found concealed in fake Latin American root vegetables from a basement apartment in the Soundview section of the Bronx. The apartment is located across the street from P.S. 196, an elementary school, and close to two other …
July 07, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

International Drug Trafficking Ring Used "Front" Companies To Transport Drugs Across America

August 09, 2016
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … the organization utilized contacts and sources of supply from Mexico, California, and elsewhere for drug trafficking … in Charge James J. Hunt stated, “The Sinaloa Cartel’s reach from Mexico into U.S. cities is most evident in this …
August 09, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty Verdict In Major Drug Trafficking Case

September 30, 2016
… A. Gregovich 720-431-8836 Heroin and fentanyl transported from Mexico to Albany, NY for street distribution ALBANY, … District Attorney Soares stated, “Not one person is immune from the harsh realities of the heroin epidemic that plagues … This organization’s circuitous drug smuggling route from Mexico to Florida to New York was used to evade …
September 30, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve Alleged Members Of Mexican-Based Cocaine Trafficking Ring Indicted

October 14, 2011
… that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the … was unsealed. “Our local communities are not immune from the poison the Mexican drug cartels bring to the … result of the concentrated efforts by agents and detectives from the FBI, DEA, ICE, Alexandria Police Department and the …
October 14, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Feds Seize Another Tunnel; Multiple Arrests And A Ton Of Marijuana Seized

March 24, 2016
… The tunnel, approximately 415 yards in length, stretches from El Sarape Restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico to a … rented a “walk behind saw and concrete blade” from a local business in El Centro, California, presumably … the drug traffickers used another residence four miles from the tunnel exit as a stash house at 1056 Horizon …
March 24, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 14, 2013
… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
June 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Hagerstown Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud For Improperly Billing Medicare And Medicaid

June 17, 2013
… 25 North Cannon Avenue in Hagerstown.  Russo admitted that from January 2009 through December 2010, he filled … “in stock” and how much it would cost; customers traveled from out of state or in van loads to his pharmacy; and many …
June 17, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Investigations Into Heroin And Oxycodone Powder Trafficking Ends In Arrests

July 31, 2014
… used a confidential informant to purchase oxycodone powder from Torres in the Southside Mall parking lot in the Town of … In June 2014, an arrest warrant was issued for Torres from the Town of Oneonta Court for criminal sale of a …
July 31, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels, And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced To 27 Years For Leading A Billion Dollar Narcotics Trafficking Enterprise

August 20, 2014
… in narcotics proceeds that federal agents seized from multiple locations in New York, California, … transported tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana from outdoor growers in British Colombia to Montreal, … run by the Hells Angels and Native American co-conspirators from the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation along the …
August 20, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Breaking Bad Drug Dealer Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People

October 08, 2015
… Sentenced To 35 Years In Prison For Distributing Heroin And Fentanyl That Caused The Deaths Of Three People October … 19, 2014, and statements made during court proceedings: From at least late 2013 to February 2014, Sica and others …
October 08, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Four Men Charged with Trafficking Nearly Five Tons of Cocaine Hidden in Furniture

July 22, 2021
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … that shipped approximately 4,500 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, including … for our communities. I applaud our law enforcement partners from the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of …
July 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Year in Review: DEA Innovates to Fight Fentanyl

January 18, 2024
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … a potentially deadly dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 4 out of 10 pills in 2021 and 6 out of 10 pills in …
January 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

November 29, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot From India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist … Damian Williams said: “As alleged, the defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a …
November 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Announces Charges in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate U.S. Citizen in New York City

November 29, 2023
… 720-431-8836 Indian Government Employee Directed a Plot From India to Murder U.S.-Based Leader of Sikh Separatist … Damian Williams said: “As alleged, the defendant conspired from India to assassinate, right here in New York City, a …
November 29, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Montenegrin National Charged with Maritime Narcotrafficking of Over 20 Tons of Cocaine

October 31, 2022
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … Ships to Transport Over $1 Billion Worth of Cocaine from Colombia to Europe via the United States BROOKLYN, N.Y. … last night as he attempted to board an international flight from Miami International Airport. Gogic is expected to …
October 31, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Upper Marlboro Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Heroin and Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy

April 20, 2022
… County Police Department. According to his guilty plea, from at least June 2016 through July 2017, Stewart conspired … and Prince George’s County.  Stewart obtained heroin from Broxton and then sold smaller quantities of heroin to …
April 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Defendants Sentenced for Drug and Firearm Offenses Related to 2019 Burlington Murder

October 04, 2023
… court records, in late 2018, Lesine Woodson came to Vermont from Orlando, Florida, to sell cocaine base in partnership with Benzel Hampton, who was also from Orlando. Shortly after arriving in Vermont, Woodson … of Hampton. Woodson brought several individuals to Vermont from Orlando, Florida, including her 18-year-old cousin, …
October 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Indicted in Seattle in Connection with Coast-to-Coast Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

March 03, 2023
… 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 … sold their illicit narcotics throughout the U.S., from the Southwest border to the Pacific Northwest and all …
March 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

42 Defendants Facing State Or Federal Drug Charges For Allegedly Selling Heroin On City’s West Side

June 24, 2015
… heroin were seized during the course of the investigation from last August through this month.  Early today, DEA … Court.  The 26 state defendants face charges ranging from Class 1 to Class X Delivery of a Controlled Substance … throughout the day. Triplett obtained his heroin largely from supplier, Levaughn Collins, also known as “Sweet …
June 24, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Kingpin Indicted Following Record-Breaking Meth And Heroin Seizure

August 01, 2011
… Romedi Lara-Serrano, as the drugs were being transferred from a tractor trailer to a car at the I-95 service area in … drugs in mid-June. The load had already crossed the border from Mexico into Texas at the time the investigation began. … was set in motion. Agents tracked the shipment as it moved from Texas to New Jersey. On July 3, Mota and Lara-Serrano …
August 01, 2011

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