PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Three indicted in large-scale heroin ring

October 07, 2020
… contained in the indictment as well as information from detention hearings, defendants Azusena Maribel … collector who, on a daily basis, received calls and texts from dozens of street-level customers. Sierra took heroin … runners to meet with, make deliveries to, and collect money from customers, and collected money at the end of the day. …
October 07, 2020
STORY

Law enforcement agency cooperation strikes a blow to the crime element in Roswell, New Mexico

January 08, 2021
… point for cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine smuggled from the New Mexico/Texas border to cities throughout the … four vehicles, and approximately $6,000 in U.S. currency from various members of the DTO. Prior to this operation, … when we work together to safeguard and protect the public from those who endanger it.” On El Paso …
January 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Three Operation Wu Block methamphetamine dealers sentenced

October 14, 2020
… caught pushing this deadly, highly addictive illegal drug from our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Charlie Peeler. … returned indictments charging a total of 82 defendants, up from the original 68 reported at the announcement of this … U.S. Attorney Tamara Jarrett is prosecuting cases arising from this investigation for the Government. The DEA …
October 14, 2020
STORY

DEA Celebrates 45 Years

July 10, 2018
… seizing tens of billions of dollars of assets from traffickers and strong bonds with our international and … DEA’s work, hundreds of thousands of people have been saved from drug addiction and death and communities have been … far too many people still become addicted - and often die - from drugs today. This includes drugs we were fighting 45 …
July 10, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases annual National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of overdoses.  … the first part of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources such as drug investigations and …
March 02, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Red Ribbon Rally

February 25, 2022
… Fox Young Marines Color Guard, Eat at Joe’s acapella group from Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C. and invited guests from other federal agencies, the military, DEA’s prevention partners, and students from H.B. Woodlawn Secondary Program, Arlington, Virginia.  …
February 25, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Defendants Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine in Middle Georgia

July 10, 2025
… Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, with assistance from the Bibb, Peach and Monroe County Sheriff’s Offices, … seized nearly eleven kilograms of methamphetamine resulting from a separate investigation into Julian Coker’s drug … Informants (CI) to conduct three methamphetamine buys from Mendez and two heroin buys from Willis; the substances …
July 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Arrested In El Paso On Federal Drug Trafficking/Firearms Charges

September 28, 2012
… in conspiracies to distribute marijuana and cocaine from Mexico in New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, … bulk quantities of marijuana and quantities of cocaine from Mexico to New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana and … also seeks forfeiture of property and proceeds derived from or involved in the defendants’ illegal activities. The …
September 28, 2012
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

Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

September 29, 2020
… by delaying and preventing Marin Zamora’s extradition from Venezuela to the United States.  According to … as the head of Interpol, McTurk-Mora solicited bribes from traffickers arrested in Venezuela to prevent their … who lined their pockets by protecting drug traffickers from detection and arrest enabled the entry of enormous …
September 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces 19th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

October 19, 2020
… that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Collection sites will adhere … DEA will also accept vape pens or other e-cigarette devices from individual consumers, only after the batteries are …
October 19, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Attorney General Barr announces Timothy J. Shea as new Acting Administrator of Drug Enforcement Administration

May 19, 2020
… Shea served as Associate Deputy Attorney General from 1990 to 1992 and as Counselor to the Attorney General … a crackdown targeting violent crime in seven U.S. cities. From 1992 to 1997, Shea served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney …
May 19, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Portland Man Sentenced To Almost Seven Years For Trafficking Bath Salts And Opiates

January 10, 2017
… the charges on April 1, 2016. According to court records, from February through May 2015, Day was involved in a … heroin, and fentanyl. Heroin and fentanyl were obtained from sources in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and bath salts were obtained through the mail from a source outside the United States.  Day and his …
January 10, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

November 29, 2012
… 11, 2012. According to evidence presented at trial, from early 2011 until his arrest on October 18, 2011, Coronado sold large quantities of methamphetamine from his home in Riverview to lower-level dealers. The … multiple-ounce quantities of high purity methamphetamine from Corona for purposes of distribution. Corona previously …
November 29, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Third National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects 188.5 Tons

November 03, 2011
… partners have removed 995,185 (498.5 tons) of medication from circulation in the past 13 months. “The amount of … majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs obtain them from family and friends for free, including from the home medicine cabinet. Many Americans simply do not …
November 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Six Colombian Nationals Charged With Murder Of DEA Agent

July 19, 2013
… He was a hero, in every sense of the word, who was taken from us far too suddenly and far too soon," said Attorney … cooperation with Colombian authorities, and with assistance from INTERPOL and the Justice Department’s Office of … Affairs.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael P. Ben’Ary from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of …
July 19, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Tip Line, Wanted Poster For Chapo

August 05, 2015
… term. However, on January 19, 2001, Guzman-Loera escaped from the federal maximum security prison in Jalisco, Mexico. While on the run from Mexican authorities, Guzman-Loerare-established himself … Sinaloa, Mexico. On July 11, 2015, he again escaped from Altiplano federal maximum security prison in the State …
August 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Lawrence Man Sentenced On Federal Drug Charges

June 25, 2015
… with the intent to distribute. In May 2013, detectives from the Nashua Police Department conducted a controlled purchase of cocaine from the defendant. During a subsequent search of the vehicle from which that transaction occurred, officers located a …
June 25, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Coarsegold Cannabis Cultivator Convicted

March 15, 2011
… Johnson 571-387-5018 46th Federal Conviction Stemming from Multi-agency Operation Trident FRESNO, CA - United … Coarsegold, Calif. This is the latest conviction stemming from Operation Trident, a multi-agency marijuana enforcement … of approximately 639,042 marijuana plants, primarily from public lands in the Sierra foothills and mountains, and …
March 15, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Dover Man Arrested After Receiving Large Shipment Of Marijuana

February 14, 2013
… after the occupants refused to answer the door. Recovered from the residence were over four pounds of marijuana from a box that had just been delivered from California. Also recovered were 12 grams of marijuana …
February 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

More Than 13 Tons Prescription Drugs Turned In By Northern California And Central Valley Residents

May 06, 2016
… drug abusers report in surveys that they get their drugs from friends and family.  Americans understand that cleaning out old prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, kitchen drawers, and bedside tables … drug overdoses-78 a day-in (the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).  Eight …
May 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Public Response To DEA’s 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Remains Robust

September 30, 2015
… Akilah Johnson 571-387-5018 SAN FRANCISCO - Results from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s 10th National … on the event.  Approximately 151 tons has been collected from the region during the ten prescription drug take-back … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
September 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Crawfordville Felon Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison for Drug and Gun Charges

November 14, 2025
… did a great job removing this violent, drug-dealing felon from our streets, and my office will continue to support … Attorney General Pam Bondi promised to Take Back America from the drug traffickers who have flooded our communities … during which methamphetamine and a handgun were purchased from the defendant, investigators executed a search warrant …
November 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Defendant Convicted and Sentenced in Long-Term Methamphetamine Trafficking Investigation in Washington County

July 23, 2025
… County Sheriff’s Office. Court documents reflect that from 2019 through 2022, Taylor received large quantities of methamphetamine from a source in Georgia and distributed those drugs to … in Georgia or recruited subordinate drug dealers and users from the area to travel and pick up the drugs for him.  He …
July 23, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker in Western Washington, Caught Twice with Kilos of Drugs and Firearms, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

May 28, 2025
… as Key Cog in Drug Distribution Conspiracy Stretching from Colombia to Mexico and into Washington State SEATTLE – … this investigation, federal and state investigators worked from the streets of Seattle to drug suppliers in Mexico and … methamphetamine, cocaine, and two firearms were seized from his vehicle. When Duarte Garcia’s car was searched on …
May 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Halifax County Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Distributing Narcotics in Halifax County

April 25, 2025
… Office (HCSO) conducted a series of controlled purchases from Covington from April 2023 to May 2024. Specifically, on July 20, 2023, … a purchase of more than 80 grams of pure methamphetamine from Covington using a confidential source of information.  …
April 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA & DA Sini: 15 gang members & associates indicted for alleged drug distribution ring

October 28, 2020
… Force, we have indicted 15 individuals on charges ranging from drug trafficking to weapons possession. This … to reducing violent crime and reclaiming our communities from menacing drug trafficking networks and gangs." "My … and their continued partnership to keep Long Island safe from gangs." The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, …
October 28, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

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

September 30, 2022
… 36 Million Lethal Doses of Fentanyl Removed from Communities between May and September On September 27, … 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 30, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Delivery Service Responsible for Three Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison

October 04, 2023
… was fully aware that a customer had previously overdosed from the deadly fentanyl Ortega laced into his product yet … dangerous drugs in New York City via a crew of workers from at least in or about 2015 to in or about February … any of the three victims – Ortega received a text message from a different customer warning Ortega that his drugs had …
October 04, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacy owner charged with illegally distributing oxycodone and operating a health care fraud and kickback scheme

September 12, 2019
… health care fraud, and providing “kickbacks” to customers from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to induce them to obtain substances from his pharmacy.  Paulsen will be presented before U.S. …
September 12, 2019