PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

24 People Indicted for Cross-County Marijuana Distribution and Money Laundering Conspiracies, Firearms Offenses, and Other Crimes

January 31, 2023
… and others shipped thousands of kilograms of marijuana from a small shipping store called Fast Pack & Ship in … the packages to the recipients.  Singletary and Coles are from New York, but moved to Fresno and, as alleged, … principally operated their marijuana distribution scheme from California.  Recipients of the packages of marijuana in …
January 31, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Record-Breaking Seizure: Over 70 Kilograms Of Heroin, $2 Million Cash And Firearm Recovered In The Fieldston Section Of The Bronx

May 19, 2015
… The massive load of narcotics and cash was recovered from a vehicle and an apartment in the Fieldston section of … received sizable shipments of heroin at least once a month from suppliers in Culican, Mexico, an area controlled by the … Cruz Francisco and a third individual as they travelled from 210 West 251st St. to an industrial parking lot off of …
May 19, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

FAST KCO Memorial Unveiled In Honor of Fallen DEA Special Agents and Military Personnel Ahead of 24th Anniversary of September 11

September 05, 2025
… heroin production labs, effectively depriving revenue from the Taliban. The most notable FAST missions were: … hosted family, friends, and colleagues – including members from FAST, KCO and the military – as well as leadership from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of …
September 05, 2025
STORY

DEA Seizes Record-Setting Number of Fentanyl Pills in Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 07, 2025
… blow against the Sinaloa Cartel that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens from the scourge of fentanyl,” said Attorney General Pamela …
May 07, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

April 20, 2023
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. “Every day, the men and women of the DEA work to protect Americans from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
April 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
October 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

New Boston Man Sentenced for East Texas Drug Trafficking Crimes

June 05, 2020
… in court, on June 7, 2018, law enforcement officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and supporting law … drug trafficking ring; smuggling large quantities of drugs from Mexico to cities across the United States and returning … States currency. Moya described how he received drugs from his brother, Jose Roberto Moya. He also explained that …
June 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Department of Treasury Designates Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act

May 12, 2021
… U.S. financial system to launder illicit proceeds derived from narcotics sales. In 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office … traffickers are often motivated by the potential profit from the illegal drug trade,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Matt … are a significant step towards preventing this DTO from profiting from its illegal drug trafficking.” According …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Laconia Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

February 27, 2023
… were involved in a conspiracy to ship methamphetamine from Arizona to New Hampshire.  In May of 2019, Drug … agents were alerted to suspicious parcels sent from co-defendants Heather Dubeau and Gary Sewell in Arizona … and multiple firearms.  Miles was legally prohibited from possessing firearms by virtue of a prior felony …
February 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Meriden Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine Through the Mail

February 16, 2023
… used the U.S. Mail to ship kilogram quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut. According to court … identified suspicious parcels that were being mailed from Puerto Rico to an address in Meriden.  On October 26, … identified Mercado after he picked up a parcel from that location.  After Mercado picked up another parcel …
February 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

April 20, 2023
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. “Every day, the men and women of the DEA work to protect Americans from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
April 20, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Kansas City felon charged with illegal firearm

July 31, 2020
… and was the passenger in a vehicle that attempted to flee from police officers after the robbery, until it caused a collision with another vehicle. Dorch was released from prison in October 2019 after serving a five-year … parked her car and went inside the business. Deputies from the U.S. Marshals Service and agents from the Bureau of …
July 31, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Honduran National Extradited to the United States for Fentanyl Trafficking

January 24, 2025
… Charge Bob P. Beris announced. Estrada Cruz was extradited from Honduras to the United States to face the charges against him. The indictment stems from a two-year DEA-led multi-agency investigation into a … powder trafficked into the Eastern District of California from Estrada Cruz’s co-conspirators. Those co-conspirators – …
January 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Justice Department Sues Stockton-based Nurse Practitioner to Stop Her Sale of Illegal Opioid Prescriptions

January 14, 2025
… announced. The lawsuit asks the Court to prohibit Rubinger from prescribing controlled substances and to impose civil … between Nov. 1, 2019, and June 17, 2024, Rubinger traveled from city to city, providing a range of services from intravenous flushes to prescriptions for controlled …
January 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 07, 2023
… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
November 07, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Hosts 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 27, 2023
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers an easy, no-cost … medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—from their homes.  These medications can be a gateway to … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend.  Removing unnecessary …
October 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Southeastern Connecticut Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison

October 25, 2023
… release, for trafficking large quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail for distribution in … each typically containing two kilograms of cocaine, from U.S. Post Offices in Puerto Rico to various “drop … two others to serve as “runners” who retrieved parcels from the drop addresses and delivered them to Crespo-Febus.  …
October 25, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Convicted Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Fentanyl, Firearms and Ammunition

October 13, 2023
… with police officers in Manchester during his flight from his crime spree.  The message from the courthouse today was clear: this dangerous conduct … of speed on the wrong side of the road prior to jumping from his moving vehicle in order to flee from the pursuing …
October 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Z-43 Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Tons of Cocaine into United States

September 21, 2023
… high-ranking members of Mexican drug cartels who profit from the sale of dangerous drugs to our citizens and … This enabled them to control the importation of drugs from countries including Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia … into the United States. The investigation revealed that from 2007 to 2014, Guizar-Valencia was responsible for …
September 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Groton Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

August 03, 2023
… in a conspiracy to receive large quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico through the U.S. Mail for distribution in … of parcels, typically containing two kilograms of cocaine, from U.S. Post Offices in Puerto Rico to various “drop … as the primary “runner” for Crespo-Febus, picked up parcels from the drop addresses and delivered them to Crespo-Febus …
August 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Three Men Pled Guilty to Federal Charges Involving Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises

July 17, 2023
… Craft pled guilty to drug and firearms charges arising from a drug trafficking venture run out of a motel … Inn at 7640 Central Avenue SE and was the on-site manager from September 2017 to March 2018, when Bhula leased the property from Patel and took over as the on-site manager.  Craft …
July 17, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Four Meth Traffickers Sentenced to a Total of 50 Years in Federal Prison

March 06, 2023
… the conspiracy, obtaining large amounts of methamphetamine from his source of supply, Kirkland. Kirkland shipped the meth from California to Evansville via U.S. mail. Mobley then … of meth in an infant’s room. Mobley is legally prohibited from possessing a firearm due to his previous state …
March 06, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

35 Years for Second Drug and Weapons Conviction

August 12, 2021
… (low quality), Mr. Lopez promised to get the second ounce from another location. Mr. Lopez retrieved additional meth from his brother’s residence and handed it off to the CI at … informed law enforcement that Mr. Lopez was traveling back from California with a load of methamphetamine. DEA agents …
August 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealer Sentenced to 27 Years for Meth Trafficking

February 03, 2023
… operated mainly out of Arizona, obtained methamphetamine from Mexico and trafficked both methamphetamine and heroin from the southwest border to the Central District of … personally transported ice methamphetamine from Arizona to the Peoria area, where he then used a …
February 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Reading Man Sentenced for Role in Meth Trafficking Conspiracy

February 23, 2022
… methamphetamine. In late 2018, Smith began purchasing meth from two meth dealers in Boston which evolved into a … allowed Smith to pay wholesale cost for meth being shipped from Phoenix. In April 2019, investigators seized a two-pound package of meth from Phoenix that was being shipped to Massachusetts. Smith …
February 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

New Britain man sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for cocaine and firearm offenses

February 14, 2019
… and firearm possession offenses.     This matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … also known as “Frizz,” of Middletown, to purchase cocaine from suppliers, including Omar Rivera, convert some of the … multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Mail from Puerto Rico.  Quiros’s operation was assisted by …
February 14, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Launch of outreach and education campaign to combat cartels using youth to smuggle drugs

July 16, 2018
… Counties to prevent middle and high school students from acting as drug mules for cartels. Billboards, located … the rising number of incidents in which drugs were seized from minors at ports of entry in the Southern District of … Protection, there was a 153 percent spike in drug seizures from minors from FY 2016 to FY 2017, from 39 to 99. With …
July 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day scheduled for October 26

October 24, 2019
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at more than 6,036 sites nationwide … pain relievers said they were given, bought or taken from a friend or relative. Of these misusers, 40 percent got their most recently used prescription pain relievers from a friend or relative for free, while the remainder …
October 24, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Maryland drug dealer sentenced to more than 15 years for heroin distribution conspiracy

June 22, 2018
… 720-431-8836 Jimolo Coates continued to sell heroin from jail (PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.)  - Jimolo Coates, a.k.a. “Lo,” … Kiara Scott, to provide the heroin to and collect payment from Kusalonis. Coates also admitted to selling … heroin to Charles Adams, who frequently transported heroin from Annapolis to Plattsburgh with Kusalonis, following …
June 22, 2018