PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Drug Trafficker & Leader Of Helicopter Smuggling Ring Who Fought Extradition For Years Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison

June 10, 2016
… across the northern border with Canada in devices ranging from helicopters to backpacks was sentenced today in U.S. … of a cross border drug smuggling ring that operated from at least 2007-2009.  Doak was extradited to the U.S. in … co-conspirators have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 years in prison to 18 months in prison.  The case …
June 10, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Boise Doctor Convicted Of Controlled Substance Delivery Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison

September 09, 2016
… testified that Minas’s practice transitioned over time from a standard family practice to one catering to patients … pending trial. During that time, Minas has been prohibited from writing prescriptions and from engaging in the practice of medicine except for the …
September 09, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And Partners Hold Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday

October 18, 2016
… injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine cabinet. When the results of the 11 …
October 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis Hosts A Private Screening For The Video "Chasing The Dragon"

February 18, 2016
… of over 70 school superintendents, principals and educators from both public and private schools in the greater St. Louis area, as well as, members from several local coalitions who are in active partnership … mother who lost a daughter to heroin and an epidemiologist from the Department of Health. The panel took lots of …
February 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Perez-Heredia Sentenced For Methamphetamine Trafficking In Iowa, Minnesota

May 18, 2017
… Daniel Perez-Heredia. Perez-Heredia, 29, a resident alien from Worthington, MN, was sentenced to more than five years … contained at least 150 grams of (pure) methamphetamine from 2015 through September 2016 in Minnesota and Iowa.  In … (1) Purchased up to one-ounce quantities of methamphetamine from Rogelio Garcia-Jimenez for redistribution; (2) Traded …
May 18, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

OCDETF Cases Net Two Large Prison Sentences For Drug Traffickers

January 16, 2018
… to Special Agent Shroba, Geovany Calderon-Osorio, 24, from Fairmont City, Illinois, received a sentenced of 144 … have committed multiple firearm violations. Investigators from the DEA, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and … transported via private aircraft or commercial vehicles, from California to cities like St. Louis and Boston, among …
January 16, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Pittsburgh Cocaine Ringleader Sentenced To 30 Years

May 02, 2011
… judge called a "large-scale" drug ring in Linmar supplied from Detroit and other cities. Mr. Dorsett refused comment … at least 60 kilograms of cocaine and 10 kilograms of crack from 2003, when he got out of the Beaver County Jail, and … a feud between Mr. Dorsett's Linmar gang and a rival gang from nearby Griffith Heights. Mr. Cain was from Griffith …
May 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Philadelphia Doctor Pleads Guilty To Running Pill Mill

July 09, 2013
… Medical Society, Inc. (“WMS”), ran a prescription pill mill from June of 2008 through February 18, 2010.  Gosnell wrote … give it to WMS staff who would then collect cash and “tips” from customers.  Gosnell went from writing several hundred prescriptions for controlled …
July 09, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Drug Traffickers Indicted

September 03, 2013
… intent to distribute 12 kilos of heroin, which was seized from the organization’s heroin stash house located at 3901 … coordinated and supervised the transportation and delivery from Mexico to Philadelphia where he oversaw distribution of … heroin for the organization and was awaiting cash payments from Philadelphia area heroin distributors.  The indictment …
September 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 57 Months Imprisonment In Drug Conspiracy Case

October 23, 2013
… that involved the importation of cocaine and heroin from Panama and Afghanistan.  United States District Judge … five kilograms of cocaine and one kilogram of heroin from the Republic of Panama into the United States, in … smuggled or attempted to smuggle heroin and cocaine from Panama to Delaware.  He acknowledged making cocaine and …
October 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

October 17, 2016
… Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov Twice-annual event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. October 22 SAN DIEGO - America is … injury-related death in the United States, eclipsing deaths from motor vehicle crashes or firearms.  The majority of … drug abusers report that they obtain their drugs from friends and family, including from the home medicine …
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Dealer Sentenced For Structuring Drug Proceedshirteenth Defendant Pleads Guilty In Idaho Meth Case

January 27, 2011
… Carolina, when he committed the offense. The case arose from an investigation into the distribution of marijuana and … of shipments containing marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms from Michael James Walsh in Eugene. Walsh was a distributor … to people in multiple states. Upon receiving the shipments from Walsh, Yaun sold the marijuana and mushrooms and …
January 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Southern Illinois Woman Pleads Guilty To Possession Of A Listed Chemical Knowing It Would Be Used To Manufacture A Controlled Substance

February 03, 2011
… States Code, Section 841(c)(2). The violation took place from or about June 19, 2008, through May 21, 2010, in Saline … at Benton. At her plea, WENZEL admitted to the court that from Jun 19, 2008, through May 21, 2010, she would purchase or obtain from others pseudoephedrine pills for use in manufacturing …
February 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Receives 19 Year Prison Sentence For Two Cocaine Conspiracies

April 09, 2013
… a total of approximately 8.5 kilograms of cocaine from Burbank, California, to Alaska. Law enforcement … the second box of cocaine that Dimmer had sent to Hernandez from Burbank. Dimmer concealed the kilograms of cocaine sent from Burbank in rather unique retro-looking Crosley Stereo …
April 09, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Southern Oregon Martial Arts Instructor Sentenced To Federal Prison On Marijuana Charges

June 03, 2013
… of marijuana weights and prices per pound sold, ranging from $18,000 to $29,000. Agents also discovered that … either did not use marijuana or never received marijuana from Hisamoto. Further investigation revealed that Hisamoto sold the marijuana to buyers from California. Hisamoto recruited co-defendants Charlie …
June 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Lane County Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 168 Months In Prison

July 26, 2013
… possess and distribute methamphetamine.  Upon his release from prison, he will be placed on supervised release for … enforcement conducted multiple purchases of methamphetamine from an individual who was acting as a courier for … departed the stash house and law enforcement seized $20,000 from a hidden compartment inside his vehicle. Mendoza-Diaz …
July 26, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Five People Arrested; Charged With Illegal Marijuana Grow In Boise County

September 19, 2013
… law enforcement at a camp located approximately 100 meters from the marijuana grow site. According to the complaints, … hundred marijuana plants that had already been harvested from the growing operation. Investigators also located and … investigators removed over 4,800 marijuana plants from the dispersed grow site. If convicted, the defendants …
September 19, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sentenced For Drug Shipments

December 05, 2016
… Central Valley, pleaded guilty to laundering the proceeds from the sale of synthetic drugs. Court documents indicate that from September 2012 to May 2013, New, Middleton, Douglas … enterprise that imported raw synthetic cannabinoids from China containing AM-2201 and XLR11 that they processed …
December 05, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Marijuana Growers In Siskiyou County Arrested For Conspiring To Bribe Sheriff

August 31, 2017
… of $1 million was contingent on Yang securing and profiting from certain out-of-state marijuana licenses, Yang and … a total of $80,000 if he would exempt eight properties from the Siskiyou County ban against outdoor marijuana grows. They sought protection from raids or other law enforcement actions on these eight …
August 31, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S Prescription Drug Take-Back Effort-- A Big Success

October 02, 2015
… are shocking-approximately 46,000 Americans die each year from drug-related deaths.  More than half of those are from heroin and prescription opioids,” said Acting DEA … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
October 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Kern County Drug Traffickers Indicted

January 31, 2013
… were returned today in two separate cases originating from Kern County involving large quantities of controlled … half pound of heroin, and one and a half pounds of cocaine from a residence in northeast Bakersfield where both men … packaging material, and ammunition and seized $3,179 from Hernandez’s residence on the property. If convicted, …
January 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Sentenced For Laundering Drug Proceeds

April 22, 2013
… of supervised release, for structuring proceeds derived from an interstate drug trafficking operation, Drug … court documents, Gable structured $693,905 in cash derived from the sales of marijuana grown in Fresno and shipped to … to obtain California medical marijuana recommendations from a local physician for the purpose of growing marijuana, …
April 22, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Two Men Indicted For Sanger Marijuana Cultivation Operation Bullet Holes In Thieves’ Truck Lead To Defendants

October 25, 2012
… they responded to a call regarding men unloading marijuana from a pickup truck on East Ashlan Avenue in Sanger. In … detectives found four men unloading 150 pounds of marijuana from the flatbed of a pickup truck and hanging it in a barn. … been shot at with a rifle when they were stealing marijuana from a grow site in the area of Zediker and Shaw Avenues in …
October 25, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 05, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023.  … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same timeframe. These reductions in …
December 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

December 03, 2025
… commitment to protecting American lives and communities from the devastating impacts of fentanyl, which claimed … contained a potentially lethal dose, a significant drop from 76% of pills tested just two years prior in FY 2023. … fentanyl powder purity decreased to 10.3%, down from 19.5% during the same time period. These reductions in …
December 03, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Court Sentenced Clayton Woman for Laundering Millions for Cartels and Moving Kilo Quantities of Narcotics

August 25, 2025
… court documents and other information presented in court, from June 2021 to June 2024, Rodriguez-Flores distributed … of cocaine and methamphetamine that had been shipped from Mexico and laundered the proceeds from the sale of these drugs back to Mexico. In January …
August 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Gun and drug trafficking ring dismantled in the Bronx

February 13, 2020
… repeatedly referenced their ability to obtain guns from Pennsylvania and bring them into New York to be sold. … directly to undercover officers on three other occasions from June 22, 2019 through Dec. 27, 2019.  Rafael Cruz … of heroin to undercover officers on four occasions spanning from Aug. 7, 2019 through Sept.5, 2019. The investigation …
February 13, 2020
STORY

In Memoriam: Pope Francis—A Global Voice Against Drug Trafficking and Addiction

April 21, 2025
… addiction. His commitment to protecting the most vulnerable—from the barrios of Buenos Aires to the streets of Rome—will … Rome, more than 100 senior drug law enforcement officials from around the world were received at the Vatican by His … line against the cartels and criminal networks profiting from human misery. True to his word, Pope Francis followed …
April 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Awareness Day

May 06, 2024
… has ever faced.  In 2022 alone, 107,941 Americans died from drug poisonings, with a staggering 70% of those deaths … exhibit will have extended hours on Tuesday, May 7, from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. “Americans today are experiencing … fentanyl. The only safe medications are ones that come from licensed and accredited medical professionals. For more …
May 06, 2024
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July 15, 2021
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July 15, 2021