PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Mayor Gets 21 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

March 10, 2016
… selling cocaine and laundering the illegal proceeds gained from these crimes,” said DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug … never relent in our mission to protect the American people from the scourge of drug trafficking and abuse, and bring … States court rooms.”  According to the details of the case, from 2003-2007, the (who was then living in Tucson) was the …
March 10, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Owner Of Several Clean And Sober Residential Facilities Arrested For Drug Trafficking

February 11, 2016
… drugs, including methamphetamine, heroin, and marijuana, from Rehberg.  Rehberg is prohibited from possessing firearms due to prior felony convictions as well as an active protection order from a domestic partner. The federal charges will be filed …
February 11, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Anchorage Woman Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Participation In Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

November 07, 2016
… five years of supervised release following her release from custody.  On June 29, 2016, Rangel pleaded guilty to … southern California. Rangel then enlisted a number of women from Alaska and Florida to retrieve heroin from her source of supply and carry it to Anchorage via …
November 07, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Conduct Pharmacy Diversion Awareness Conference In Wilmington To Address The Diversion Of Prescription Opioids And Link To Heroin Abuse

March 15, 2016
… opioids, is a growing problem.  This diversion stems from various sources.  In addition to pharmacy robberies and … doctor shoppers, or illegitimate prescriptions from rogue practitioners.  The PDAC is designed to assist … a key component of the DEA’s mission to protect the public from the scourge of illegal drugs.”  The PDAC is a free …
March 15, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Fourth Man Sentenced In Twin Falls Oxycodone Trafficking Ring

March 28, 2011
… three years of supervised release following their release from prison. Judge Lodge also ordered the men to forfeit … oxycodone and distributing oxycodone in the Twin Falls area from March 2009 to March 2010. According to court documents, … eight months involved undercover purchases of oxycodone from the defendants. The defendants traveled to the Salt …
March 28, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Thurston County Man Who Shipped Meth And Heroin To Alaska Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

December 03, 2012
… on October 14, 2011, when he returned to Washington State from Alaska.  Grimes had attempted to retrieve packages of drugs from the post office in Soldotna, Alaska and then eluded law … his arrest, they found a large quantity of stolen goods -- from tools to watches to jewelry, most likely payment for …
December 03, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

April 25, 2016
… Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 Twice-annual event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SAN FRANCISCO - After … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The removal from homes of unwanted prescription pills that can be …
April 25, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

San Francisco-Based Drug Trafficker Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison

March 31, 2017
… March 1, 2012, Keese distributed methamphetamine and PCP from San Francisco to Sacramento and to the East Coast. … agents regarding a means to move his drug proceeds from the East Coast to California. He indicated that he needed a method by which he could move $150,000 per week from Philadelphia to California. On May 11, 2011, Keese …
March 31, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Continues Its Drug Abuse Prevention Efforts With Prescription Drug Take Back Day This Saturday

April 24, 2017
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, April 29, from 10 am to 2 pm at more than 150 sites around Northern … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
April 24, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Case Update: Central Valley Marijuana Traffickers

March 25, 2014
… 571-387-5018 FRESNO, Calif.) - Marijuana cultivators from Fresno and Stanislaus Counties entered guilty pleas … grow site, agents also found a firearm and saw that water from the San Joaquin River had been diverted to irrigate the … 2, 2014.    The case was investigated by federal agents from the DEA and Stanislaus Drug Enforcement Agency, a …
March 25, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Three Plead Guilty To Charges Related To Methamphetamine Trafficking In Kern County

October 14, 2014
… Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton areas … distribute approximately 3.5 kilograms of methamphetamine. From September 1, 2013, to October 22, 2013, they used a …
October 14, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Man Charged With Manufacturing Hashish Oil In His Home

July 17, 2015
… in the form of hashish oil. According to court documents, from approximately January 2014 to April 2015, Davison … a local Bakersfield business, Davison grew marijuana plants from which he manufactured some of the hashish oil that he … Department, the Kern County Sherriff’s Office and personnel from the DEA’s Western Regional Lab. Assistant United States …
July 17, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… 23,329 (more than 12 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections in Northern and Central California from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, nearly 100,000 … pounds of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. A total of 488,395 (244 tons) was …
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

September 28, 2022
… (571) 776-3409 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September NEWARK, N.J. – … the results of an enforcement operation that spanned from May to September and resulted in significant fentanyl … is equivalent to more than 36 million lethal doses removed from the illegal drug supply. Additionally, 338 weapons were …
September 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Multiple white supremacist gang members among 54 defendants charged in RICO indictment

February 12, 2019
… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … and a determined goal of making our communities safer from gang violence and drug trafficking. This effort, as … “We are committed to helping our communities remain free from these types of crimes using every resource available, …
February 12, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

23 Individuals Charged With Trafficking Counterfeit Prescription Pills

October 31, 2022
… that Mora, Bello and Bryson obtained their drug supply from other sources at times and that Mora and Bryson had … pills containing controlled substances were also seized from inside a furniture hide. "Since taking office 10 months … Last year we lost over 2000 lives. Loved ones taken, stolen from us. And to be clear – counterfeit prescription pills …
October 31, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

MS-13 Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

April 01, 2022
… to Life in Federal Prison for Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders April 01, 2022 New … offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … these violent gang members to keep our communities safe from the violence perpetrated by MS-13,” said U.S. Attorney …
April 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Key Member of Drug Distribution Ring Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

March 03, 2025
… along with more than $81,000 in cash proceeds from drug trafficking. Slocumb was a key partner for the … drugs but acting as an enforcer—he took direction from Gill in picking up guns following a trip to get drugs from the stash house, and on another occasion, he conspired …
March 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Sentenced to 120 Months

May 20, 2024
… Ramirez was one of 12 people indicted on charges ranging from money laundering, narcotics trafficking, and extortion … 2020 the FBI conducted surveillance on a bulk cash delivery from Idsel Valenzuela and Sugey Caro Salazar in Chicago.  … targeted, resulting in the seizure of more than $1 million from U.S.-based bank accounts. Agents also conducted …
May 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Cartel transportation head sentenced to federal prison

May 16, 2019
… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States Atlanta … Robert Murphy Domestic Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina Additional Division Info Community … can feel safer.”    “Montemayor came to the United States from Mexico and used his skills, hard work, and the …
May 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Matriarch Sentenced for Role in Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization

March 28, 2023
… Operation Engage DMV Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … United States WASHINGTON, DC- According to court documents, from 2006 until 2015, Erlinda Ramos-Bobadilla, aka Chinda, … received clandestine maritime and air shipments of cocaine from sources in South America. Individual shipments of …
March 28, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

September 17, 2021
… against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals, in 31 federal … recovery, or a new start. Not only do these schemes profit from desperation, but they often leave their victims even … prosecuted by Health Care Fraud and ARPO Strike Force teams from the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, in coordination …
September 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

June 02, 2011
… On Tuesday, May 24th, over 150 law enforcement officers from the following agencies: Milwaukee High Intensity Drug … and DEA. The Milwaukee HIDTA is comprised of personnel from the MPD, DEA, Wisconsin Department of Justice, FBI, and … of pounds of marijuana have been transported by couriers from Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. to Minnesota, Southeast …
June 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Forty-One Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Traffic Heroin And Prescription Opioids To Upper Midwest Indian Reservations

May 28, 2015
… drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations from Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis ST. PAUL, Minn. - ― … in the arrests of a criminal organization that prospered from poisoning many people on the White Earth Nation. Many … families and communities have been damaged or destroyed from this poison. Now, the hard work of healing and wellness …
May 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies

February 03, 2011
… Division today, millions of dollars in seized assets from the two-year investigation code-named Operation Four … G. Benson. “The seizure of large sums of U.S. currency from this organization severely disrupted its operations. … to combat the traffic and the problems that evolve there from,” said Lawrenceville Police Chief Randy Johnson. “The …
February 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Former Physician Indicted For Selling Amphetamine Diet Pills To Patients After Losing Medical License

August 17, 2016
… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … disease who died while taking amphetamine pills obtained from the former doctor. Bernhard, 66, was arrested at his …
August 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Drug Kingpin Charged With Smuggling 35 Pounds Of Heroin Destined For New York In Freight Containers

March 07, 2013
… centers on a shipment of 16 kilos of (over 35 lbs.) seized from a freighter ship in Miami on January 10, 2012. The load … kingpin statute, which carries a possible life sentence. From October 2011 through January 2012, Special Narcotics, …
March 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison

May 12, 2025
… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … along with more than $81,000 in cash proceeds from drug trafficking. The stash house property also …
May 12, 2025
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August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025

DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

2:00 PM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
Church Rock, NM
WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one to fentanyl or other illicit...
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Miami news 2007

July 15, 2021
… 11, 2007 DEA Suspends Lakeland Branch of Drug Company From Distributing Controlled Substances October 5, 2007 1st … April 24, 2007 DEA Suspends Orlando Branch of Drug Company from Distributing Controlled Substances April 18, 2007 …
July 15, 2021