PRESS RELEASE

New Haven Man Sentenced to 21 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine Pills, Violating Supervised Release

December 02, 2025
… Ogman’s sentence to time served, and he was released from prison.   Ogman resumed his drug trafficking activity … purchases of methamphetamine pills and crack cocaine from Ogman from November 2023 through April 2024. Ogman was arrested on …
December 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Hosts Tribal Focused Family Summit

September 20, 2025
… Cultural Initiative and was followed by drug trend reports from the DEA and local law enforcement agencies. Twenty high … Teenagers and adults came together for a performance from World Champion Wichita War Dancer Greg Victors and … Summit allowed us an opportunity to connect with and hear from several of our Midwestern Tribal community members,” …
September 20, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Violent Bridgeport Gang Member Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison

September 04, 2025
… customers, and others, sold narcotics, and stole cars from inside and outside Connecticut, often using the cars to … In November 2019, O.N.E. members stole a Lexus Rx350 from Rye, New York.  In early December 2019, O.N.E. members … gangs were convicted of federal offenses stemming from this investigation, which solved eight murders and …
September 04, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Gainesville Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

August 18, 2025
… a machinegun. Johnson was prohibited under state law from possessing a firearm due to his prior criminal history. … Officers obtained search warrants and reviewed material from Johnson’s cellphone, as well as his social media … criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime. Operation Take Back …
August 18, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

July 30, 2025
… Orders Marijuana Rescheduling: Hearing Participants Order from DEA Administrator Marijuana Rescheduling: Hearing Authorization Order from DEA Administrator Schedules of Controlled Substances: …
July 30, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Victim Witness Assistance Program

May 08, 2025
… During evidence collection, photographs are taken from the child's perspective, of illegal drugs and/or … the following rights: The right to be reasonably protected from the accused. The right to reasonable, accurate, and … or escape of the accused. The right not to be excluded from any such  public court proceedings, unless the court, …
May 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Two Indicted for Packaging Fentanyl in Inwood: Deadly Drug Mixtures Seized

April 11, 2025
… Force (NYDETF) Group T-12, comprised of agents and officers from DEA New York Division, the New York City Police … (NYPD) and the New York State Police, with assistance from SNP’s Investigators Unit. NEGRUM and CASTILLO were … one kilogram brick (over two pounds) of powdered narcotics from a hidden trap compartment. Subsequent DEA laboratory …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Eleven Muskogee defendants indicted in federal drug conspiracy

April 03, 2019
… 841(b)(1)(B), and 841(b)(1)(C), with punishment ranging from not less than 10 years imprisonment to not more than … intent to cause and induce any person to withhold testimony from an official proceeding, contrary to Title 18, United … 1512(b)(1), 1512(k), and 1512(j). The charges arose from a joint investigation by the Federal Bureau of …
April 03, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve Charged With Operating An Open Drug Market Inside A Bronx Apartment Building And Carrying Firearms

June 27, 2022
… aka “Fred,” in connection with their distributing narcotics from the lobby and apartments of a residential building in … cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin, in the Bronx, including from inside 2685 Valentine Avenue, from March 2019 through June 2022.  Plaza, Sinclair, Green, …
June 27, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Colombian Drug Kingpin and Paramilitary Leader Pleads Guilty

November 02, 2021
… work tirelessly to avert narcotics, terrorism and threats from the kind of violent, overseas criminal enterprises that … presented during the plea proceeding, the guilty plea stems from Rendon Herrera’s role, since the late 1990’s, as a … main guerilla group, and sought to remove FARC sympathizers from positions of power and influence in Colombia. To …
November 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-agency investigation leads to arrest of 5, seizure of 17 kilograms of cocaine, 2 kilograms of heroin, 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, 9 guns, $1.5 million of drug proceeds

June 29, 2020
… kilograms of heroin, and 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills from reaching the streets of Suffolk County. This was … of heroin, and 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills, seized from this alleged trafficking operation. The cocaine has an … The search warrants were executed by law enforcement agents from DEA’s Long Island District Office which includes the …
June 29, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

DEA and FBI offices dismantle drug trafficking organizations in New York and Connecticut

October 11, 2018
… on our communities.  As alleged, these defendants profited from trafficking cocaine and methamphetamines at the expense … removing a significant number of dangerous drug traffickers from the streets of our city.” As alleged in the Indictment …
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Final Defendant Arrested During 2023 Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Offenses

April 18, 2024
… possession of an ice chest which he knew to contain drugs from a co-conspirator in Mexico. Cerezo-Espidio was supposed … Administration investigated this case with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Bureau of … Pecos Valley Drug Task Force, with enforcement assistance from the United States Marshal Service, Carlsbad Police …
April 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Organized Drug Crime Ring Attempted to Flood Alaskan Villages with Fentanyl, 54 Indicted

January 25, 2024
… distributors of the drug trafficking enterprise in Alaska. From February 2022 to July 2023, law enforcement intercepted … to send drug packages through the U.S. Postal Service from Oregon and California to Alaska. Distributors located …
January 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa-based narcotics distributor designated under the Kingpin Act for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine in Oregon

May 12, 2021
… role in trafficking fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest. Efrain Mendivil … active trafficker of heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl from Mexico to Oregon. Together, these drugs, particularly … Area (HIDTA) Interdiction Taskforce with assistance from the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations. It is …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

March 01, 2018
… in Doña Ana County, N.M. At the time, Hanes was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because of his status … died as the result of the gunshot wound. After fleeing from the scene of the shooting, Hanes and his passengers … Office and New Mexico State Police, with assistance from the 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office. The …
March 01, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Six Charged In Multi-state Cocaine Trafficking Scheme: Upper West Side Apartment Served As Base Of Operation

April 05, 2018
… Division Office Task Force Group D-13, with assistance from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Manhattan District … Gonzalez, an alleged cocaine distributor who operated from an apartment at 472 Columbus Avenue in Manhattan’s … to customers in vehicles with out of state license plates from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. …
April 05, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Pawankumar Jain Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

February 11, 2016
… care fraud.  In his plea agreement, Jain acknowledged that from June 2007 through Feb. 2012, he was a licensed … exams and [that he] did not document a therapeutic benefit from the narcotics he was prescribing for her.”  Jain’s plea … of drug overdoses that annually kills thousands of people from every background and income level.  While this plea …
February 11, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Seven South Florida Residents Charged In Conspiracy To Distribute Performance Enhancing Drugs To Underage High School And Professional Athletes

August 05, 2014
… Carlos Nuñez - , 48, of Fort Lauderdale. The charges stem from an over 21-month-long investigation by DEA, which … the same group of people who occasionally worked together from 2008 through 2012. In addition, the investigation also … on the promise of playing better, recovering faster from injury and having more energy,” said U.S. Attorney …
August 05, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Arrests Azusa Gang Members Responsible For Narcotics Trafficking And Campaign Of Hate Crimes Targeting African-Americans

June 07, 2011
… would use violence in order to prevent African-Americans from moving into the City,” according to the indictment. Six … racist incidents alleged in the indictment span a period from 1992 until May 2010, when an African-American high school student was beaten as he walked home from school. “The Azusa 13 gang waged a campaign of hate …
June 07, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Law Enforcement Kicking Off The New Year With Record Breaking Heroin Seizures

February 07, 2016
… significant change in drug overdose death rates from 2013-2014: New Hampshire’s drug overdose rate increased … nationwide and hit the Northeast like a tidal wave, from Maine to Montauk.  New York drug law enforcement has … huge loads of heroin and thereby prevent this deadly drug from further flooding our region. While a public health …
February 07, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Mill In The Bronx, NY: $8 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

January 31, 2014
… worth $8 million last night. On January 30th, 2014, a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force - … shutdown,” “iPhone”, and “Olympics 2012.” Also recovered from the heroin mill were scales, 18 coffee grinders, rubber … magnitude of the heroin problem confronting us. We’ve heard from public officials throughout the Northeast of soaring …
January 31, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 27 In The Fordham/Kingsbridge Neighborhoods Of The Bronx, Including 20 Members And Associates Of The Trinitarios Street Gang, With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

July 24, 2014
… to combat gang violence and reclaim these neighborhoods from drug trafficking.” ATF Special Agent in Charge Thomas … in Manhattan federal court. According to Indictment One, from approximately 2009 to the present, the Trinitarios … District Judge Michael H. Dolinger. Today’s charges stem from a long-term investigation, “Operation Patria,” …
July 24, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Three Current And Former Rikers Island Correction Officers Indicted For Trafficking In Narcotics, Bribery And Smuggling Contraband In Jail

July 29, 2014
… with cash “courier fees.” The fees that were charged ranged from $500 to $900. The pair then smuggled this contraband to … pills to an inmate in February 2014. Gifth resigned from the Corrections Department in April 2014. Special … to serve the public. I thank the investigators and agents from DOI, DEA, NYPD and all our partner agencies for the …
July 29, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Sacramento Man Sentenced to over 4 Years in Prison for Fentanyl Pill Distribution

August 29, 2025
… by the Drug Enforcement Administration, with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations, the Federal Bureau of … 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 …
August 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Louisville, Kentucky Man Found Guilty of Methamphetamine Distribution

April 11, 2025
… and Joshua Porter are prosecuting the case, with assistance from paralegal specialist Aaron Cooper. This conviction is a … 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 …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Bridgeport Man Pleads Guilty to Drug and Firearm Offenses

April 06, 2025
… controlled purchases of fentanyl, heroin, and crack cocaine from Herman. Herman was arrested on September 15, 2022.  At … state court to narcotics and manslaughter charges stemming from an overdose death investigation. The DEA’s HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
April 06, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Pharmacist Admits Filling Counterfeit Prescriptions Selling Oxycodone and Codeine in Exchange for Cash

June 28, 2022
… they were false or counterfeit and that he was prohibited from dispensing controlled substances without a valid prescription. Duncan accepted cash payments from his conspirators in exchange for filling the fraudulent …
June 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA announces launch of Project Safeguard

October 20, 2020
… are inextricably linked,” said Acting Administrator Shea.  “From the extreme levels of violence in Mexican cartels, to … that have little regard for human life, and profit from the pain and suffering of our people. Along with our …
October 20, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of international money laundering organization in Dominican Republic arraigned on federal charges

September 29, 2020
… other charges related to the same international conspiracy. From August 2016 through July 2020, Velazquez-Cordero … York, and Florida to pick up millions in cash drug proceeds from drug trafficking organizations operating in the U.S. …
September 29, 2020