PRESS RELEASE

Cartel transportation head sentenced to federal prison

May 16, 2019
… can feel safer.”    “Montemayor came to the United States from Mexico and used his skills, hard work, and the … in this country to build a successful trucking company from the ground up,” said U.S. Attorney Byung J. “BJay” … Texas, that specialized in moving goods across the border from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and then into and across the …
May 16, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

September 17, 2021
… recovery, or a new start. Not only do these schemes profit from desperation, but they often leave their victims even … prosecuted by Health Care Fraud and ARPO Strike Force teams from the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, in coordination … with 31 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices nationwide, and agents from DEA, HHS-OIG, FBI, and other federal and state law …
September 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacy Robber Sentenced To 141 Months For Conviction On Federal Hobbs Act, Drug Trafficking And Firearms Charges

December 11, 2015
… and we will continue to lock up anyone trying to profit from the sale of these dangerous and highly addictive … distribute.  The charges against Hurtado and Montano arose from the Jan. 6, 2015, armed robbery of the Smith’s Pharmacy … and stealing bottles of Oxycodone and other drugs from the pharmacy’s inventory. Hurtado also pleaded guilty …
December 11, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Announced Following Wisconsin Drug Trafficking And Illegal Gambling Investigation

June 02, 2011
… On Tuesday, May 24th, over 150 law enforcement officers from the following agencies: Milwaukee High Intensity Drug … and DEA. The Milwaukee HIDTA is comprised of personnel from the MPD, DEA, Wisconsin Department of Justice, FBI, and … of pounds of marijuana have been transported by couriers from Seattle and Vancouver, B.C. to Minnesota, Southeast …
June 02, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Forty-One Defendants Charged With Conspiracy To Traffic Heroin And Prescription Opioids To Upper Midwest Indian Reservations

May 28, 2015
… drugs to the Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservations from Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis ST. PAUL, Minn. - ― … in the arrests of a criminal organization that prospered from poisoning many people on the White Earth Nation. Many … families and communities have been damaged or destroyed from this poison. Now, the hard work of healing and wellness …
May 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Four Horsemen Results In Millions Going Back To Law Enforcement Agencies

February 03, 2011
… Division today, millions of dollars in seized assets from the two-year investigation code-named Operation Four … G. Benson. “The seizure of large sums of U.S. currency from this organization severely disrupted its operations. … to combat the traffic and the problems that evolve there from,” said Lawrenceville Police Chief Randy Johnson. “The …
February 03, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Former Physician Indicted For Selling Amphetamine Diet Pills To Patients After Losing Medical License

August 17, 2016
… disease who died while taking amphetamine pills obtained from the former doctor. Bernhard, 66, was arrested at his … medical license and used it to order controlled substances from a wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, including … health problems, routinely received phendimetrazine pills from Bernhard. The investigation revealed she was typically …
August 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel-Connected Drug Distribution Ring That Used Semi-Trucks to Transport Huge Loads Disrupted With Multiple Arrests

August 25, 2025
… Luthy Miller. The drug traffickers transported narcotics from Mexico, via California, sometimes using a semi-truck to … seized hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine and fentanyl from this group that could have yielded a staggering 6.9 … Eder Ramirez Pino, 33, distributor previously removed from the U.S. Rosendo Vazquez Medrano, 37, a redistributor …
August 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Drug Trafficking Ring Connected to Aryan Prison Gangs Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison

May 12, 2025
… along with more than $81,000 in cash proceeds from drug trafficking. The stash house property also … possessed firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition. From May of 2021 until December 2022, Gill laundered at …
May 12, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Operation Engage Spokane

March 28, 2025
… The CDC estimates that over 104,000 people in the U.S. died from drug overdoses in the 12-month period ending on … seizures of counterfeit fentanyl pills increased by 264% from Fiscal Year 2020 to Fiscal Year 2021. Counterfeit pill …
March 28, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And New Jersey State Police Take Down International Drug Ring In “Operation Next Day Air”

October 17, 2013
… Davis allegedly directed his organization’s drug operations from various locations in Jamaica, California, and New … shipping operation and sent large quantities of drugs from California to New Jersey, in close consultation with … the customers, most of whom purchased kilogram quantities from the Davis Organization, and collected the money from …
October 17, 2013
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Family Summit
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025
August 26, 2025 - August 27, 2025

DEA El Paso to host Family Summit in Church Rock

2:00 PM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
Church Rock, NM
WHEN: Tuesday Aug. 26 from 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. MST. WHERE: Red Rock Park, Church Rock, New Mexico WHAT: Summit for New Mexico and West Texas families who have suffered the terrible loss of a loved one to fentanyl or other illicit...
STORY

DEA’s 2019 National Red Ribbon Rally

October 09, 2019
… 300 people, including 150 middle and high school students from the metropolitan DC area filled the Headquarters … of Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena; invited guests from other federal agencies; DEA’s prevention partners; and … with Polaris Dance Institute; and a musical selection from the H-B Woodlawn Chamber Singers.      The rally …
October 09, 2019
GENERAL INFORMATION

Miami news 2007

July 15, 2021
… 11, 2007 DEA Suspends Lakeland Branch of Drug Company From Distributing Controlled Substances October 5, 2007 1st … April 24, 2007 DEA Suspends Orlando Branch of Drug Company from Distributing Controlled Substances April 18, 2007 …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Jasper County Felon Sentenced for Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Crimes

August 27, 2025
… one being an AR style pistol.  One of the firearms seized from McMahon’s residence was stolen.   McMahon was operating … such as scales and bags used for distribution, seized from McMahon indicated that he was dealing significant … McMahon is a convicted felon and prohibited by federal law from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition. This case …
August 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Sacramento Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Fentanyl and Meth Trafficking

July 21, 2025
… of fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone “M-30” pills from Mexico and distributing them in northern California and … Jose Lopez-Zamora, which law enforcement later seized from one of the organization’s distributors. After supplying … and 10 have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 19 months to 27 years. Jose Aguilar Saucedo is …
July 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Warwick Man Admits to Trafficking Fentanyl-Laced Pills Disguised as Percocet

July 08, 2025
… DEA made two controlled purchases of fentanyl-laced pills from Quintanilha. On September 28, 2023, law enforcement … a bag of suspected crack cocaine, and $5,830 in cash from his residence; 1,003 fentanyl-laced pills (109.9 grams) from a Pawtucket apartment he used to store narcotic drugs; …
July 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Charges filed against leader of Northeast Philadelphia heroin distribution ring and six others

June 24, 2020
… Force (HIDTA). According to the federal criminal complaint, from February until June 2020, the defendants operated a … Teesdale Street residence. Lee would transport the drugs from Philadelphia in her vehicle to a stash house in …
June 24, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Major fentanyl and heroin mill dismantled in Harrison, N.J.

March 21, 2019
… was awarded a $2.8 million grant for this Task Force from the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented …   “We prevented countless doses of fentanyl and heroin from reaching drug users by taking down this mill, and given … efforts of the detectives, analysts, and forensic experts from the State Police as well as our local and county …
March 21, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Second Largest Border Meth Bust in History on Southern Border

October 11, 2020
… forces – prevent over $7 million worth of deadly drugs from entering our country; thus saving countless lives from addiction and overdose deaths,” said DEA Special Agent … to our mission; they continue to stop dangerous drugs from entering our communities." CBP officers later extracted …
October 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Pain Management Doctor Pleads Guilty To Tax Evasion

November 23, 2021
… 2015 through 2017, in connection with false deductions from a scheme involving his issuance of hundreds of business … pattern of fabricating false business expenses to conceal from the IRS large portions of his substantial income earned …
November 23, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Narcotrafficker Sentenced for Distributing Over 30,000 Kilos of Cocaine in the U.S.

August 04, 2021
… those individuals and organizations who seek to profit from selling dangerous controlled substances that tear at … our community.” According to court filings and proceedings, from 2009 through 2014, Ordonez participated in a massive … for trafficking tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from laboratories in the Colombian jungle to intermediary …
August 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Queens Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Health Care Fraud and Narcotics Distribution

May 27, 2021
… today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Harris Hussnain, 41, from Queens, New York and the owner of a pharmacy in Queens, … DEA stands committed to protecting our healthcare system from fraud, all while keeping our communities safe. I … and dangerously dispensing opioid pills and stealing from Medicare and Medicaid, Hussnain has been brought to …
May 27, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of large drug trafficking organization and five associates sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking

December 18, 2019
… According to admissions made as part of his guilty plea, from March 2017 and continuing to June 2017, Hull directed … this investigation, law-enforcement agents seized firearms from the residence of Cody Stafford and Dustin Henderson. … demonstrates our unending resolve to remove drug dealers from the communities here in the greater Baton Rouge area …
December 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant Sentenced in Gang-Related South Georgia Meth-Trafficking Conspiracy

January 05, 2023
… Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Operation Stranded Bandit grew from prior gang investigations Methamphetamine DEA Stock … affiliations, is a vital part of protecting our communities from violent crime.” Sheppard, Sharpe and Hamilton are among … 2020, the indictment describes an investigation that grew from other major gang-related drug trafficking prosecutions …
January 05, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Holyoke Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy

November 29, 2022
… pistols and bullet-proof vest, among other things seized from defendant’s residence BOSTON – A Holyoke man associated … into our communities, agents also seized deadly firearms from his home – including a fully automatic AR-15 machinegun … and harm. Stopping the flow of illegal narcotics from entering into our communities remains the most critical …
November 29, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $900,000 Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

June 07, 2024
… cocaine between 2019 and 2022. Harris, who obtained cocaine from sources throughout the country, admitted that he made … was cash deposits. Harris also gambled with proceeds from his drug trade. Records received from several casinos in the Kansas City area and Las Vegas, …
June 07, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Three Missouri Men Sentenced for Conspiracy to Distribute Nearly 83 Pounds of Fentanyl

October 17, 2023
… Conspiracy Resulted in Several Overdose Deaths from Fentanyl Laced with Xylazine, Other Dangerous … a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Greene County, Mo., from Jan. 31, 2019, to May 18, 2020. Huddleston pleaded … transported at least 300 grams of fentanyl by vehicle from either St. Louis or Chicago to Springfield twice a …
October 17, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Scheme to Transport Stolen Catalytic Converters Across State Lines Results in Prison Time

June 13, 2023
… million. Kaltenbach stole at least 80 catalytic converters from numerous victims throughout the entire southwest region of Missouri, from January 2020 and throughout 2021. He sold the stolen … In July 2021, Kaltenbach stole a catalytic converter from a victim’s car in Rogersville and was captured on …
June 13, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Four Southern Missouri Men Sentenced for Meth Conspiracy

October 28, 2022
… participating in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine from Feb. 28, 2017, to Feb. 28, 2020. Dodson and Pyatt obtained methamphetamine from co-defendant James W. Fithen, Jr., also known as … who acquired kilogram-level quantities of methamphetamine from Mexico. Dodson and Pyatt then distributed the …
October 28, 2022