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Federal jury convicts Colombian national for international cocaine smuggling conspiracy

… Miami.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2100 North Commerce Parkway Miami , FL 33326 … 30 to 40 bales of cocaine onboard a go-fast vessel from Colombia to Honduras following a known smuggling route …
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Staten Island man sentenced to 12 years for illegally distributing oxycodone

… Staten Island man sentenced to 12 years for illegally distributing oxycodone … street prices even higher in other parts of the country.    From at least approximately January 2012 until his arrest in …
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Drug Trafficking Indictments Bring Multiple Federal Charges for Narcotics, Firearms

… Drug Trafficking Indictments Bring Multiple Federal Charges for Narcotics, Firearms … conspiracy that brought large amounts of narcotics from Atlanta for distribution in the Augusta area. The …
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Jury finds Fresno man guilty on six counts of drug and sex trafficking offenses

… man guilty on six counts of drug and sex trafficking offenses May 10, 2019 San Francisco Contact Info Contact Us …    “It excites me to see ruthless gang members removed from our society, especially those like Filiberto Chavez who …
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Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth Bust

… Hobbs Woman Sentenced for High-Speed Chase that led to Fentanyl and Meth … attempted a second traffic stop, however the driver fled from officers over the Texas border. Deputies from the …
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New Haven man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing drugs, including fentanyl pills

… New Haven man sentenced to 6 years in prison for distributing drugs, … Diversion Squad revealed that Hill was obtaining cocaine from a source in the Bronx, New York, and heroin from a …
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Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

… Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with Drug … 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 …
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DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 26th

… DEA Denver and partners in the Rocky Mountain Region hold … 571-387-5079 Steffan W. Tubbs Recruiter Name Special Agent Seth McMullen (571) 387-3643 … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to …
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Lead defendant gets 20 years in major Statesboro drug trafficking investigation

… Lead defendant gets 20 years in major Statesboro drug trafficking … Atlanta.Division.Recruiting@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United … call for help, this poly-drug trafficker was removed from the streets and will spend well-deserved time in …
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DEA and partners hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27

… Name Elizabeth Borruel (915) 832-6000 ElPasoSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 660 … remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they are vulnerable to …
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Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons offenses

… Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, … that the Cártel de Los Soles sought to recruit terrorists from Hizballah and Hamas to assist in planning and carrying …
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Catonsville Dentist Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Selling 140,000 Hydrocodone Pills

… Catonsville Dentist Sentenced To 30 Months In Prison For Selling 140,000 … an order of forfeiture of $157,350, the amount of proceeds from Riley’s drug dealing, and ordered Riley to pay a …
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Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy

… Former Police Detective And His Wife Sentenced In Drug Conspiracy January 09, 2013 Philadelphia … phones utilized by Gary Moorefield. The wiretaps, conducted from the end of July 2010 through mid-September 2010, …
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International Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled

… Scheme To Extort Americans By Impersonating DEA Special Agents Foiled May 28, 2014 Headquarters Contact Info Contact … authorities in the Dominican Republic, acting on requests from the United States, located and arrested 17 of the …
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Former Union General Hospital CEO and two Blairsville doctors sentenced to federal prison for illegally prescribing and obtaining pain pills

… Former Union General Hospital CEO and two Blairsville doctors sentenced to … among law enforcement agencies keeps drug users and dealers from hiding across state lines to conduct their illegal …
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Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison

… Major Black Tar Heroin Supplier Sentenced To Over 24 Years In Prison January 19, 2011 … “Huntington has suffered a number of tragic deaths from heroin overdoses. We can’t bring back the lives that …
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San Jose man sentenced to 102 months for conspiracy to distribute drugs and other crimes

… San Jose man sentenced to 102 months for conspiracy to distribute drugs … 2019. According to the plea agreement, Torres admitted that from January 2017 to April 2017, he conspired with others to …
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Doctor sentenced to prison for prescribing narcotics to non-patients

… Doctor sentenced to prison for prescribing narcotics to non-patients … he was arrested at Miami International Airport by agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as he waited …
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Five Defendants Charged in Manhattan Federal Court for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused the Fatal Overdoses of Three 19-Year-Olds

… Five Defendants Charged in Manhattan Federal Court for Distributing Fentanyl that Caused the Fatal Overdoses of Three … commitment to our fellow New Yorker: we will fight fentanyl from flowing onto our streets and bring to justice the …
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Former Honduran congressman Tony Hernández convicted of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and related firearms and false-statements offenses

… into the United States and related firearms and false-statements offenses October 21, 2019 Headquarters Contact Info … justice regardless of social status. No one is exempt from being held accountable for predatory criminal …
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Mariah Ferry sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and brutal beating of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money

… Mariah Ferry sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for kidnapping and … of two victims suspected of stealing drugs and money from the home of co-defendant, Chase Smothermon, 32, of …
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Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison

… Dominican National involved in drug importation schemes sentenced to 12 years in prison November 19, 2019 New England … others to transport approximately 1600 kilograms of cocaine from South America to the U.S.  On Aug. 6, 2016, a private …
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Pilot And Passenger Of Plane That Crashed At Yoakum County Airport After Refueling Plead Guilty To Drug Charge

… Pilot And Passenger Of Plane That Crashed At Yoakum County Airport After … Recruiter Name SA Lorie Valdez 571-324-7440 DallasSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us … day before the crash, Cangelosi flew a commercial airline from Houston, Texas, to Sacramento, California, where she …
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Two More Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

… Two More Defendants Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Plead Guilty to Federal … grams of pure meth. On April 3, 2023, Perales traveled from Carlsbad to El Paso to pick up 1,974 net grams of …
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Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 Kilograms of Cocaine, $1.3 Million in Cash, and a Firearm

… Law Enforcement Arrested Three Defendants and Seized Approximately 120 … taking six million dollars’ worth of cocaine sales away from alleged drug traffickers while saving lives. Over one … of cocaine and over $1 million in suspected proceeds from illegal narcotics trafficking, disrupting the operation …
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Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Across Virginia

… Danville Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute … for redistribution. Co-conspirators Bendi Annette Davis, 49 from Ringgold, VA, Steven Ray Dove, 43 from Danville, VA, Steven Wayne Flynn, 43 from Orange, VA, …
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación

… nets more than 600 arrests targeting Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación March 11, 2020 Miami Contact Info Contact Us (571) … and internationally, to protect Florida’s communities from being harmed and destroyed.”    The Justice Department …
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Rhode Island man sentenced to 179 months for trafficking heroin into Southeastern Connecticut

… Rhode Island man sentenced to 179 months for trafficking heroin into Southeastern … the evidence introduced during the trial, this matter stems from an investigation that began after several heroin …
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Worldwide Drug Trafficker Sentenced

… Worldwide Drug Trafficker Sentenced February 20, 2014 San Francisco Contact Info Contact … conspiring to launder money. According to court documents, from June 1, 2008, through September 8, 2011, Malik sold …
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Notorious street market for narcotics dismantled in Bronx: major trafficker among 14 charged; two guns recovered

… York Contact Info Contact Us (212) 337-3900 862-373-3557 Kenneth.M.Heino@dea.gov Kenneth M. Heino Recruiter Name SA … During the time frame of the charged conspiracy, which ran from Aug. 21, 2019 to Feb.12, 2020, members of the drug …