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Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads To Federal Prison

… Texas - Rafael Cardenas Vela has been ordered to prison for 20 years following his conviction related to his … in a long term drug conspiracy, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. … which represented the proceeds from the distribution and sale of cocaine and marijuana in the United States. Once the …
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Laredo-Based Kingpin With Ties To Los Zetas Sentenced To Life In Federal Prison

… Laredo-Based Kingpin With Ties To Los Zetas Sentenced To Life In Federal … Daniel Obregon, 35, has been sentenced to life in prison for his role as a leader/organizer in a drug and money … use of bank accounts and in relation to the purchase and sale of vehicles and real property which were designed in …
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Four South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses

… South Arkansas Men Sentenced To A Total Of Over 31 Years For Unrelated Drug Trafficking Offenses November 21, 2014 … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … who could obtain large quantities of methamphetamine for sale.  Bennett informed the CI that the source of supply …
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63 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Ponce

… 63 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of Ponce March 12, … & Tobago Port-of-Spain - (868) 628-8136 Defendants face a forfeiture allegation of 10 million dollars car031214-01.jpg … that facilitators would act as intermediaries in drug sale transactions when clients did not want to go into the …
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Thirty-Three Alleged Gang Members Arrested In Early Morning Raids By Local, State And Federal Officials

… Thirty-Three Alleged Gang Members Arrested In Early Morning Raids By Local, State And Federal Officials … Fidel.ArroyoJr@dea.gov Division Contacts Illinois Rockford - (815) 987-4494 Springfield - (217) 585-2750 Indiana … to interdict gang controlled street level narcotics sales initiated this investigation.  As the investigation …
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Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gang And Gun Violence In Palm Beach

… Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gang And Gun Violence In Palm Beach July 28, 2011 Miami Contact Info Contact Us … of illegal firearms and narcotics (including the unlawful sale of prescription drugs). The proactive investigation …
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Underground Steroid Distribution Ring Busted Raw Steroid Materials From China; 11 Search Warrants; Cash, Bank Accounts And Weapons Seized

… Underground Steroid Distribution Ring Busted Raw Steroid Materials From China; 11 Search … phx041814-03.jpg phx041814-04.jpg PHOENIX - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman today … The investigation represents one of the largest steroid enforcement actions in Arizona and took place in conjunction …
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“Pill Mill” Distributor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … by Special Agent in Charge Karl C. Colder of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Washington Field Division United … kept the profits from the pill mill operations and from the sales of oxycodone in cash.  According to the indictments, …
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Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring

… Multiple Defendants Charged In Allegheny County-Beaver County Prescription Drug Ring … a serious threat to our communities and children. In 2011 for example, there were 2.3 million persons age 12 and older … continue to target those who would profit from the illegal sales of prescription drugs without regard to the damage it …
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D.C. Area Pharmacist Indicted And Arrested On Charges Involving Illegal Pharmaceutical Shipments

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … arrest followed his indictment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The defendant, also known as … of Minnesota Avenue NE. Between June 2006 and June 2010, sales income for online transactions totaled at least $8.3 …
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Baltimore Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to … cocaine, and in laundering the proceeds from the cocaine sales. In Los Angeles, expensive apartments with gated …
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Six Indicted In Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And "Crystal Meth" In New York City And Pennsylvania

… Six Indicted In Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And "Crystal … J. Hunt, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, announced the indictment … and potentially lethal heroin and methamphetamine from wholesalers to street level dealers. Working closely with the …
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Eleven Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Cocaine Trafficking In Orange, Rockland, And Bronx Counties

… N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Division, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph A. … an entrenched group of alleged drug dealers.  Their alleged sales of narcotics in public locations affected communities …
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2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia

… To US From Columbia January 27, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 … - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division, Bridget G. … Conspiracy in the Second Degree, two counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree, two …
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Sands Point Cardiologist Sentenced For Vicious Assault-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor

… Sands Point Cardiologist Sentenced For Vicious Assault-for-Hire Plot Against Rival Doctor … of a Weapon in the 1st (a B violent felony), Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Control (a C felony), Arson in …
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Nine Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin And Oxycodone In Staten Island, New York

… Nine Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Heroin … were unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging nine … activity or trafficking in our communities including the sale of heroin and prescription drugs like oxycodone which …
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Nine Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over The Internet

… Nine Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Controlled Substances Over The … View Bob P. Beris Bio Bob P. Beris, Domestic Northern California in Bakersfield, Fresno, Oakland, Sacramento, San … and call centers that placed outbound calls pushing the sale of the drugs listed on the Safescripts website.  Napoli …
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Multi-Agency Compliance Operation Results in Seizure of Illegal Products

… Multi-Agency Compliance Operation Results in Seizure of Illegal Products March 12, 2026 San Diego … @DEASanDiegoDiv James M. Nunnallee Domestic Southern California in the Carlsbad, Imperial County, and San Ysidro … in compliance with state law and to prevent the unlawful sale of regulated or controlled substances within the …
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Husband and Wife Sentenced for Federal Fentanyl & Firearm crimes

… Husband and Wife Sentenced for Federal Fentanyl & Firearm crimes January 28, 2026 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) 362-3364 (571) 362-3364 - Option 5 … that Kevin Powell was packaging and preparing drugs for sale, including two large kilogram presses; a total of five …
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Mississippi Repeat Offender Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution

… Mississippi Repeat Offender Sentenced for Cocaine Distribution January 05, 2026 New Orleans … Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … Anthony Williams, a/k/a “Big Ant”, 45, of was convicted of sale and distribution of cocaine.  Williams was sentenced as …
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Dominican National Pleads Guilty of Unlawful Reentry into the U.S. and for Distributing Fentanyl and Meth

… Pleads Guilty of Unlawful Reentry into the U.S. and for Distributing Fentanyl and Meth October 16, 2025 New … to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … from De Jesus Guerrero in New Hampshire. Through two sales in August, De Jesus Guerrero sold the cooperator …
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Husband and Wife Convicted of Federal Charges Relating to Drug and Firearm Investigation

… leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit Operation Engage Fort Lauderdale Miles D. Aley Special Agent In Charge View … were announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin … that Kevin Powell was packaging and preparing drugs for sale, including two large kilogram presses, a total of five …
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Four L.A. County Men Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Distribute Vast Quantities of Meth, Fentanyl

… Four L.A. County Men Arrested for Allegedly Conspiring to Distribute Vast Quantities of … About Drugs Just Think Twice Operation Engage Southern California Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging … local restaurant.  Lopez-Martinez and Felix negotiated the sale of controlled substances with drug customers. Mendoza …
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Wilson Man Sentenced to 10 Years on Fentanyl and Firearm Charges

… A Wilson man was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for charges related to the sale of narcotics and possession of a firearm by convicted …
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Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Amerisource Bergen Corp. and Subsidiaries for Controlled Substances Act Violations

… Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Amerisource Bergen Corp. and Subsidiaries for Controlled Substances Act Violations December 29, 2022 … “For years, AmerisourceBergen put its profits from opioid sales over the safety of Americans,” U.S. Attorney for the …
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San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under the U.S./Mexico border

… San Diego Tunnel Task Force uncovers sophisticated cross-border drug tunnel under … the U.S./Mexico border March 31, 2020 San Diego Contact Info Contact Us (858) 616-4100 (571) 324-6204 Kelly McKay … County from the dangers associated with the importation, sales, and use of illegal drugs, as well as the violent …
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling Over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

… and Minaya are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Taryn A. Merkl. Jones … defendants engaged in multiple transactions involving the sale of at least 50 illegal firearms in Brooklyn between …
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Four Gun Traffickers Charged with Selling over 50 Firearms in Brooklyn

… and Minaya are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Taryn A. Merkl. Jones … defendants engaged in multiple transactions involving the sale of at least 50 illegal firearms in Brooklyn between …
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Bronx Gang Member Charged with Murder, Attempted Murder, and Racketeering

… NEW YORK CITY – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Keechant L. Sewell, … attempted murder, robbery, interstate transportation and sale of stolen property, access device fraud, wire fraud, …
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12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… 12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled September 09, 2021 New York … – Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division and New York … made arrangements for the delivery of the narcotics for resale. Calderon, Martinez, and Torres are all charged as …