PRESS RELEASE

Dominican National Arrested For Conspiring To Distribute Nearly 65,000 Fentanyl Pills

May 29, 2025
… was later convicted of in May 2018. He was ordered removed from the United States in November 2018. It is alleged that, … to conduct a controlled purchase of 65,000 fentanyl pills from a known drug trafficker. It is alleged that, on April … Garcia’s fingerprints matched two latent prints developed from the plastic bags containing the pills. The fentanyl …
May 29, 2025
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Stamford Man Charged with Narcotics Distribution and Ammunition Possession Offenses

May 29, 2025
… law enforcement made three controlled purchases of fentanyl from Elie in December 2024 and January 2025.  On January 22, … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.  Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task …
May 29, 2025
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Complaint Filed Against Houston Pharmacy and its Owners for Violations of the Controlled Substances Act

April 28, 2025
… J. Ganjei. The complaint seeks civil monetary penalties from Nnwood Pharmacy and names Nnwood’s owners Cheryl Brew … substances that physicians located hundreds of miles from the pharmacy’s location had allegedly prescribed. It … to numerous male customers whose prescriptions originated from doctors specializing in obstetrics and gynecology care, …
April 28, 2025
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DEA’s National Take Back Day Returns April 26 to Help Prevent Prescription Drug Misuse

April 23, 2025
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities across the … safely remove expired, unwanted, or unused medications from their homes—medications that might otherwise be … of our community by keeping addictive medications away from those who might abuse them.” DEA and its partners will …
April 23, 2025
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Washington Man Who Distributed Large Amounts of Fentanyl in the Tri-Cities Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison

April 21, 2025
… two controlled purchases of fentanyl and methamphetamine from Cantu and Gaspar totaling nearly two pounds of … and children inside the home were exposed to the fumes from this dangerous controlled substance. During a search of … their work in removing these dangerous drugs and firearms from Eastern Washington communities.” This case was …
April 21, 2025
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Twenty-seven defendants charged in takedown of Newark open air drug market

June 18, 2019
… their illegal operation. The charges and arrests resulted from a long-running wiretap investigation led by the U.S. … in the heart of a residential community, just two blocks from the Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, an Irvington public school serving children from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade. The organization made …
June 18, 2019
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Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network

June 29, 2021
… network obtained thousands of kilograms of methamphetamine from the Sinaloa Cartel to smuggle across the international … quantities of methamphetamine and numerous firearms from making their way to the streets of San Diego and other … and local law enforcement agencies. Agents and officers from the United States Marshals Service, Homeland Security …
June 29, 2021
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DEA-led operation nets more than 600 arrests targeting the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación

March 11, 2020
… “Menchito,” and second in command of CJNG, was extradited from Mexico to the United States on charges of alleged drug … impact on the fabric of our local communities. The proceeds from the local distribution of these narcotics are … Special Operations Division, federal prosecutors from the Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section of the …
March 11, 2020
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13 arrested in Colombia for distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the U.S.

May 28, 2019
… Force operation.    With just a handful of special agents from the Dallas DEA field office working these international … conspired to import thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia and Mexico into the United States and Europe … case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys from the Eastern District of Texas.   An indictment is not …
May 28, 2019
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Indictment Charges 14 New Haven Area Residents with Charges Related to Counterfeit Pill Production, Narcotics Trafficking

April 11, 2023
… documents and statements made in court, this matter stems from an investigation by the FBI’s New Haven Safe … The DEA Tactical Diversion Squad is composed of personnel from the DEA and the Manchester, Glastonbury, West Haven, … Departments.  The FBI Task Force includes participants from the FBI, the Connecticut State Police, the Connecticut …
April 11, 2023
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Holbrook Man Sentenced For Cocaine Trafficking; Boston Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Distribution

June 06, 2022
… Echevarria as a drug trafficker who purchased cocaine from co-defendants and wholesale drug suppliers Winston … a call in April 2020, Echevarria received a “cooking class” from McGhee in which McGhee instructed him on how to convert … recovered a ripped plastic bag containing a white residue from the outer area of Muhammad’s buttocks. Of the …
June 06, 2022
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St. Louis Area Doctors Accused of Illegally Administering Ketamine

January 11, 2024
… StLouisDiversionOutreach@dea.gov ST. LOUIS – Two doctors from the St. Louis area were indicted Wednesday and accused … location, the indictment says. Dr. Ali was also suspended from participation in the Missouri Medicaid program in … of our ability to ensure these individuals are prevented from risking lives within our communities.” The conspiracy …
January 11, 2024
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record

November 07, 2022
… partners have stepped up our efforts to stop fentanyl from reaching our communities,” said Special Agent in Charge … trafficking organizations will go to any length to profit from the misery of our citizens. We’ll continue to take down … organizations, seizing and stopping $13.7 million from reaching criminal organization leaders. Fentanyl, a …
November 07, 2022
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U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Relating to Firearms Trafficking and Distribution of Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Pills Containing Fentanyl

December 20, 2023
… to safeguard our communities.  I commend the men and women from NYPD, DEA, HSI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the … Force, every day in preventing deadly narcotics and weapons from reaching the streets and the community.”     According …
December 20, 2023
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Defendant Charged in Connection with Narcotics Manufacturing and Distribution Center

June 01, 2023
… not only removed substantial quantities of deadly narcotics from the streets, but it also hit drug dealers in their … saved the lives of countless New Yorkers suffering from addiction.  Thanks to the work of our law enforcement … Task Force, which is comprised of law enforcement officers from the DEA, HSI, US Postal Inspection Service, New York …
June 01, 2023
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Multi-Agency Investigation Shuts Down Violent Drug Trafficking Ring

December 14, 2022
… law enforcement agencies utilized information collected from a long-term narcotics investigation to execute search … and seizures are the results of months of hard work from the numerous law enforcement agencies and our Special … many agencies that helped to remove these violent offenders from our community,” said Rochester Police Chief David …
December 14, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Man Charged with April 2018 Mount Vernon Murder

May 12, 2022
… brought by this Office and MUJAAHID is serving a sentence from a prior federal conviction in this District. The … arrest again shows that Mount Vernon continues to benefit from the partnership the MVPD has formed with its Federal … them. On or about April 30, 2018, BAZEMORE acquired a gun from MUJAAHID, and then BAZEMORE stalked and shot Tasheen …
May 12, 2022
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Four Poughkeepsie individuals charged in White Plains Federal Court with narcotics offenses

March 25, 2020
… containing fentanyl.  Three firearms were also recovered from Nicholas’s residence.  DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray … today and statements made in court proceedings [1] : From at least September 2018 till February 2020, Michael …
March 25, 2020
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Two Mexican drug traffickers charged with the murder of a Mexican soldier and conspiring to import cocaine into the United States

January 29, 2020
… Photo of fifty caliber rifle adn ammunition seized from Truck.jpeg NEW YORK – DEA New York Division Special … DEA agents began tracking an aircraft traveling northbound from the Caribbean Coast of Venezuela. The aircraft landed …
January 29, 2020
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Second leader of major opioid trafficking organization sentenced in Rochester

March 04, 2019
… imported bulk quantities of furanyl fentanyl and U-47700 from overseas suppliers China. They ordered the furanyl … to transport 5,330 blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl from Elmira to North Carolina in October 2016. On Oct. 25, … can with a false bottom containing the 5,330 blue pills from inside Prettyman’s vehicle.             In early 2017, …
March 04, 2019
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Doctor convicted on nine counts in connection with oxycodone and fentanyl diversion scheme

February 22, 2019
… drug dealing is all the more shocking coming as it did from a licensed medical professional who has taken an oath … filed in the case, and evidence introduced at trial:   From approximately 2015 until his arrest in November 2017, …
February 22, 2019
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DEA Heroin Enforcement Team, Long Island Heroin Task Force, ATF, Nassau County Police Department and Suffolk County DA team up to arrest 19 members of drug ring

November 08, 2018
… and the Long Island Heroin Task Force, comprising officers from the Suffolk County Police Department, Nassau County … gang members, removed large amounts of illegal drugs from our streets and confiscated illegal weapons, thus … agencies, we will continue to remove these criminals from our communities and I congratulate all on a job well …
November 08, 2018
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Head of deadly Elmira opioid trafficking ring pleads guilty

October 26, 2018
… imported bulk quantities of furanyl fentanyl and U-47700 from overseas suppliers in China. They ordered the furanyl … to transport 5,330 blue pills containing furanyl fentanyl from Elmira to North Carolina in October 2016. On Oct. 25, … can with a false bottom containing the 5,330 blue pills from inside Prettyman’s vehicle. In early 2017, Thatcher …
October 26, 2018
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Eleven defendants charged in federal court with committing narcotics and firearms offenses in the Bronx

October 29, 2018
… supports the NYPD in their efforts to protect New Yorkers from drug traffickers and the associated violence,” said … trade,” said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman. “From feeding the opioid crisis through the sale of …
October 29, 2018
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Large-scale Cocaine Importers Sentenced to Federal Prison

March 05, 2025
… Liberty, Richmond, and Tattnall counties, and elsewhere, from as early as January 2016. Led by Daniel Morales-Jimenez … quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs from and through Puerto Rico, into Florida and the Southern … as a kilo-quantity distributor who obtained cocaine from Morales-Jimenez, arranging importation into the …
March 05, 2025
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Leader Of Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 22.5 Years In Prison

February 08, 2025
… Perez was ordered to forfeit his rights to the residence from which Perez distributed fentanyl. “Fentanyl kills over … oxycodone pills containing fentanyl.  Perez fled from Rhode Island to New York upon hearing of the searches … in the same location. This co-located model enables agents from different agencies to collaborate on …
February 08, 2025
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Two Members of Multi-State Drug Trafficking Rings Linked to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms

January 31, 2025
… three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona. Earlier … was led by the FBI with critical investigative teamwork from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Homeland … Department of Corrections and significant local assistance from the Tacoma Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s …
January 31, 2025
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U.S. Attorney's Office and DEA Announce Federal Charges Against Albuquerque Based Drug Trafficking Organization

October 29, 2024
… Albuquerque Classics. Throughout 2024, undercover agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted … purchases of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine from the brothers,  Gastelum , Chavey , and Vargas . In … Administration investigated this case with assistance from the Internal Revenue Service. Assistant United States …
October 29, 2024
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Leaders of Dangerous Mexican Drug Cartel Responsible for Extreme Violence Charged with International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

October 16, 2024
… criminal organizations to protect our citizens from their unlawful actions,” said HSI Executive Associate … (DEA) Houston Field Division. “The DEA has never wavered from the global fight against this vicious, ruthless cartel … DEA Houston Division investigated the case, with assistance from the DEA Mexico City Country Office. HSI New York …
October 16, 2024
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Mexican National Trafficking Counterfeit Fentanyl Pills Sentenced to 12 Years

September 10, 2024
… thousands of fentanyl pills to Rocky Mount, tried to flee from deputies, and ditched their ride in a Battleboro field. … Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) received information from a confidential source that a large shipment of … how our partnerships effectively remove dangerous criminals from harming our communities. Teamwork is the only way we …
September 10, 2024