PRESS RELEASE

More Than 30 Charged With Federal And State Drug, Gun And Immigration Offenses

May 30, 2017
… aka “Guega,” 26, a resident of Lawrence, Massachusetts and from the Dominican Republic Oscar Francisco Marcano … Fanas,” 21, a resident of Lawrence, Massachusetts and from the Dominican Republic Lacey Picariello, 33, of … Alcantara, 49, a resident of Methuen, Massachusetts and from the Dominican Republic   Ramon Gonzalez Nival, aka …
May 30, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Justice Department Announces First Ever Indictments Against Designated Chinese Manufacturers Of Deadly Fentanyl And Other Opiate Substances

October 17, 2017
… law enforcement agents intercepted packages mailed from Yan’s Internet pharmaceutical companies, seizing … in the United States, conspiracy to import the drugs from Canada and China, a money laundering conspiracy, an … numerous ways, including highly pure shipments of fentanyl from factories in China directly to U.S. customers who …
October 17, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Bacrim Narco-Traffickers Indicted On Cocaine Conspiracy Charges

September 02, 2011
… Bandas (BACRIMS), for their involvement in drug trafficking from South America to the United States using airplanes and … and semi-submersible submarines to transport cocaine from Colombia to Central America, with the ultimate … airplanes to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine from clandestine airstrips located in South America, to …
September 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Four Indicted For Trafficking Methamphetamine Through East Texas

April 02, 2015
… to have obtained over 150 kilograms of methamphetamine from numerous Mexican sources of supply for redistribution … Count One of the March 2015 indictment alleges that from 2011 to March 2015, John Nealy Holt, Leslie Dianne … The defendants all face a maximum sentence ranging from 20 years to life in federal prison if convicted of the …
April 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Two California Men Sentenced To Combined Total Of Over 13 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking Charges

July 30, 2015
… involving the transportation of methamphetamine from the Compton, California area to Springdale, Arkansas. … 2014 to arrange for four pounds of meth to be transported from California to Northwest Arkansas on October 30, 2014. … he would be bringing an associate, Elijah Buckhalter, from California with him and that the meth would be arriving …
July 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Doctor And Owner Of Bronx Clinic Involved In Illegal Distribution Of More Than Five Million Oxycodone Pills

May 05, 2015
… clinic with multiple locations in the Bronx, New York, and from which more than five million tablets of the … and the Government’s evidence during Lowe’s trial: From approximately January 2011 until February 2014, a drug …
May 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Tempe Police Announce Results Of Operation Crank Call

December 20, 2011
… residing in Maricopa County. Based on the information from the Patrol Officer’s investigation, Detectives from the Tempe Police Special Investigations (SIB), Special Agents from the Phoenix Division DEA Strike Force Group 2, …
December 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Treasury Designates Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses

May 07, 2013
… direct, and support the smuggling of illegal drugs from Mexico into the U.S. and the smuggling of illicit contraband from the U.S. into Mexico.  Plaza bosses rely on violence to … Cisneros.  Today’s action generally prohibits U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with …
May 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Southern District Of New York U.S. Attorney Announces Arrests Of Five Honduran National Police For Drug Trafficking And Related Firearms Offenses

July 12, 2016
… For allegedly conspiring to move tons of cocaine from the Honduran jungles to American cities, these Honduran … in Honduras and elsewhere worked together, and with support from the defendants and others, to receive multi hundred-kilogram loads of cocaine sent to Honduras from Venezuela and Colombia via air and maritime routes, and …
July 12, 2016
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction Of Local Doctor For Unlawfully Dispensing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

March 17, 2016
… an average resale value in New York City of $2,700 or more. From October 2012 until December 2014, Mirilashvili, a … was writing.  For example, among documents recovered from Mirilashvili’s home at the time of his arrest, were lab …
March 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Pearl River Man Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of 21-Year Old Man

January 03, 2013
… of prescription drugs will not get any easier treatment from this Office simply because what they are selling can be … Kevin Nulty stated: “It was sad for me to see a young man from my own neighborhood in Orangetown die as a result of … real to me. I greatly commend the work of the investigators from my department and the US Drug Enforcement …
January 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Queens Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of Oxycodone

March 20, 2013
… in the diversion of addictive prescription drugs from their intended use they fuel drug abuse and addiction. … problem here on Long Island. In Nassau County, overdoses from these types of medications almost double that of overdoses from heroin. Our partnership in the DEA Tactical Diversion …
March 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Former Hip-Hop Manager James Rosemond, Leader Of A Notorious Drug Trafficking Organization, Sentenced To Life In Prison

October 25, 2013
… same streets with cocaine, and shuttled drugs and money from coast to coast. Today’s life sentence is a fitting end … narcotics-trafficking organization that shipped cocaine from Los Angeles, California, to the New York City … metropolitan area and that, in turn, shipped cash proceeds from narcotics sales back to Los Angeles. The organization …
October 25, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

21 Charged With Trafficking Of Prescription Opiates

July 28, 2016
… of the prescription opiates oxycodone and hydrocodone from the Fusion Wellness Clinic located at 2442 SE 101st … crisis as we are losing record numbers of Americans from prescription drugs, heroin, and fentanyl overdoses. DEA … Clinic was a business established by Idumwonyi and Demille, from which Demille began issuing controlled substance …
July 28, 2016
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Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Using U.S. Registered Aircraft To Transport Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

March 03, 2016
… in Central and South America. “The plea agreement received from Chang-Monroy, a cocaine transporter in the … for the purpose of transporting large amounts of cocaine from clandestine airstrips in Venezuela to clandestine … drug trafficking organization in exchange for a percentage from the sale of the cocaine that was successfully …
March 03, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of A Baltimore Drug Organization Sentenced To Over 15 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Distribute Over 1,000 Kilograms Of Marijuana And To Launder Drug Proceeds

May 09, 2016
… in Canada in early August 2013, and D’Amico was extradited from Colombia, South America. The sentence was announced by … with other conspirators at a stash house in Baltimore. From 2007 through June 2009, Nicka, D’Amico, and Peterson …
May 09, 2016
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Two Employees Of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Including Logistics Warehouse And Mail Center Supervisor, Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

September 03, 2014
… similar in size and weight to the aforementioned package from the Medical Center mailroom. The packages had been sent from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to the Medical Center, to the … surveillance retrieving another similarly addressed package from the Medical Center mailroom. Tucker then brought the …
September 03, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Doctor Arrested For Illegal Distribution Of More Than 10,000 Oxycodone Pills, Resulting In One Known Death

October 01, 2015
… was brought home by a tragic death allegedly resulting from Dr. Ramirez’s prescriptions.” NYPD Commissioner William … obtained prescriptions for thousands of oxycodone tablets from Ramirez, including the name of third persons.  Cooney … Medical reports concluded that the death resulted from an overdose of oxycodone and alprazolam, another drug …
October 01, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

New London man sentenced to 4 years in prison for distributing cocaine, violating supervised release

August 26, 2020
… conviction for trafficking cocaine. This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement … The investigation revealed that Hernandez received cocaine from an identified leader of a drug trafficking organization …
August 26, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA to accept electronic vaping devices and cartridges as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 18, 2019
… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to … more being added each day Collection sites will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time. The public can find a …
October 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 21, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day this Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  At nearly 4,000 collection sites … the DEA’s National Take Back Day to lessen community risk from drug abuse and keep Americans safe!” “DEA’s National … our shared commitment to protecting the American people from drug-related harm,” said DEA Administrator Terrance …
October 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Virtua Health Inc. to Pay $150,000 to Settle Controlled Substances Act Allegations

December 03, 2021
… tablets of oxycodone (30mg size) had been lost or stolen from the inpatient pharmacy at the hospital. An investigation conducted by diversion investigators from the DEA revealed that from Oct. 8, 2015, through Nov. 2, 2016, Virtua Health …
December 03, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Philadelphia Man Admits Role in Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

February 04, 2021
… thereafter, both Hernandez Pinales and Rivera Pagan fled from the parking lot, after seeing what they believed to be … officers recovered approximately 900 grams of fentanyl from Hernandez Pinales’ car, as well as cellphones from Rivera Pagan and Hernandez Pinales that contained …
February 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

December 14, 2020
… unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and others who may … of abused and misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine cabinets. For more information on …
December 14, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 45 Months Imprisonment for Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy

March 13, 2023
… The defendant purchased wholesale quantities of fentanyl from another member of the conspiracy, who, in turn, imported the fentanyl from an international source of supply.  The defendant was … authorized wiretap investigation arranging drug purchasers from the conspirator who was importing the drugs. The …
March 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian marijuana dealer sentenced to 135 months for role in international conspiracy

September 24, 2018
… thousands of pounds of marijuana into the United States from Canada through the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian … J. Hunt of the New York Division. Following his extradition from Canada, Stewart admitted that he and his … of pounds of marijuana across the St. Lawrence River from Canada into the United States. Chief U.S. District …
September 24, 2018
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Princeton, Kentucky Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

February 24, 2025
… methamphetamine on three occasions during a two-day period from August 26th to 27th, 2021. Additionally, on August 27, … Police Department investigated the case, with assistance from the Kentucky State Police and the Commonwealth … Paducah Branch Office, prosecuted the case with assistance from paralegal Cristy Crockett. ### Drug Trafficking On On …
February 24, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Celebrates 50 Years

January 16, 2025
… Nixon declared “an all-out global war on the drug menace” and sent Reorganization Plan No. 2 to Congress. “Right now,” … the cold-blooded underworld networks that funnel narcotics from suppliers all over the world are no respecters of the … trafficking organizations. According to the final report from the Senate Committee on Government Operations issued on …
January 16, 2025
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Nineteen Indicted in Drug Distribution Conspiracy

April 07, 2021
… Enforcement Administration, working in teams with the FBI and the Seattle Police Department, arrested 21 people … 90 search warrants across the Puget Sound region - from as far north as Everett and as far south as Spanaway - … seizing 40 firearms. An additional 33 firearms were seized from others involved in this case.  In addition to 16 of the …
April 07, 2021
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Two men indicted for importing cocaine in Port of Savannah

July 11, 2019
… There is no parole in the federal system.   In June, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, in … and the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Augusta Fire Department, seized packages containing … holding a shipping container that had been transported from the Port of Savannah. Pujols and Ramos were taken into …
July 11, 2019