PRESS RELEASE

Four of Chapo’s Sons Indicted for Large-Scale Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering and Violent Crimes as Alleged Leaders of Sinaloa Cartel

April 18, 2023
… Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. The charges stem from a decades-long, multi-district investigation by the … obtained and transported multi-ton quantities of cocaine from and through Central and South America, including … dismantling one of the strongest drug trafficking cartels from the top down.” “Today, the Justice Department is …
April 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Dozens arrested in and around City of Lawrence as part of Project Safe Neighborhood Sweep

October 04, 2018
… by ICE and will be processed administratively for removal from the United States, and 14 are currently at large. The … involved more than 200 federal law enforcement agents from all over New England, including the Drug Enforcement … of Lawrence/Lynn, for federal probation violation resulting from a felon in possession of a firearm convictions; Wilmer …
October 04, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

13 Arrested in Connection with an LSD, Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme Occurring in the West Campus Area of the University of Texas at Austin

December 04, 2020
… the course of this investigation, two of the targets died from drug overdoses,” said U.S. Attorney Sofer. “When … unless under licensed medical care and sourced from a licensed pharmacy.  A miniscule amount, as small as a … streets of Austin. This has potentially saved many people from the dangers and risks associated with illegal drug use …
December 04, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

45 Individuals Indicted For Participating In Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

April 25, 2018
… Albert Angelucci and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray from the District of New Hampshire today announced that 45 … bags of fentanyl and were returning drug proceeds made from the sales. On April 18, 2018, the following individuals … pursuing Drug Trafficking Organizations who are coming from out of state to distribute this poison to the citizens …
April 25, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Eight Violent Drug Traffickers Charged With Six Murders And Multiple Trafficking, Firearms And Racketeering Offenses

May 02, 2017
… criminal enterprise involved in the trafficking of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the Bronx, New York according to … 13 and 14 of the indictment.  Laboy had recently resigned from the Puerto Rico Police Department when he allegedly … a drug trade that funneled massive quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York,” Kim said.  “Frighteningly, …
May 02, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Racketeering Indictment Targets Santa Fe Springs-Based Street Gang That Operates Under Control Of Mexican Mafia

June 14, 2016
… in Pelican Bay State Prison) allegedly issued instructions from prison that directed and authorized gangsters under his … others who disobeyed directives, collect extortion payments from drug dealers and commit acts of violence.  The … The Task Force received assistance during today’s takedown from the United States Marshals Service, the Multi-Agency …
June 14, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 49,000 Pounds On 10th Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

October 02, 2015
… Due to late reporting, the statistics changed dramatically from 25,000 to over 49,000 pounds! NEW ORLEANS - On the … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.  The DEA’s NTBI events are …
October 02, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Veterans Affairs Employees Charged With Stealing And Selling Prescription Drugs

February 08, 2017
… to steal prescription medications, including opioids, from the VA John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital in … Nikita Neal, 42, of Little Rock with eight counts stemming from a scheme to order oxycodone, hydrocodone, Viagra, … Cialis, and promethazine syrup with codeine and divert them from the VA for street distribution. “The abuse of …
February 08, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Traffickers Used Bronx Day Care: Kilo Of Cocaine, Oxycodone Pills And Firearm Seized; 3 Arrests

September 12, 2013
… crack-cocaine, a loaded firearm and approximately $180,000 from a house containing a licensed day care center, Fun … the residential area occupied by Hanley and Vasquez. A door from this apartment leads down to a basement apartment, … duty and protecting our city’s children and their families from these traffickers who intentionally put children in …
September 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Results Of Violent Crime Reduction Partnership Announced

November 28, 2012
… in August. Agents purchased more than 55 firearms directly from the alleged firearm traffickers before the firearms … in investigating and removing many violent offenders from city streets, and has disrupted the flow of unlawful … able to remove a significant number of dangerous felons from the neighborhoods they were plaguing.    “The results …
November 28, 2012
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Laboratory Testing Identifies New Soft/Pliable Form of Fentanyl

December 15, 2025
… and other adulterants, with purity levels ranging from less than 1% to over 20%. Even at low concentrations, … be lethal. This newly identified form of fentanyl differs from traditional samples, which are typically powders or …
December 15, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged narcotics trafficker extradited to the United States to face international cocaine distribution charges

October 08, 2020
… American lives by sending multi-ton quantities of cocaine from the jungles of Colombia to the United States, with assistance from a designated foreign terrorist organization, the FARC. …
October 08, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Texas Man Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Federal Prison for Dealing Meth

August 14, 2025
… drug trafficking organization, transporting methamphetamine from Mexico into the U.S., and was paid $1,500 per trip. … 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 14, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

St. Louis County Man Who Sold Fentanyl that Killed Twins Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

May 09, 2025
… Task Force began responding to texts to that victim’s phone from Charles. The detective supplied the name of an … 12 capsules containing para-fluorofentanyl and fentanyl from Charleston for $100 on March 27, 2023, at a gas station … in St. Charles County. Charleston took those 12 capsules from a bag of about 30 more. He was arrested later that day. …
May 09, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican National Sentenced to 60 Months for Drug Conspiracy

May 01, 2025
… drug deal. While the methamphetamine was being retrieved from a nearby stash house, Puentes-Melendez discussed … 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 01, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Texas Man Sentenced to More Than Five Years in Prison for Oxycodone Conspiracy and Structuring Cash Transactions

April 05, 2025
… Gonsalves and John Campbell. Russell obtained these pills from a variety of sources in the Houston, Texas area. On March 13, 2023 Russell traveled from Houston to Boston to meet with Veiga where they met in … to be less than $10,000 in an attempt to evade the bank from reporting the deposit to the Internal Revenue Service.  …
April 05, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

New Jersey Pharmacy Admits Illegal Distribution of Prescription Opioids and Kickback Scheme

August 03, 2022
… Dunn Meadow had contracts with and received payments from pharmaceutical companies that marketed and sold TIRF medications, including INSYS Pharma Inc. From 2015 through 2019, Dunn Meadow dispensed prescription …
August 03, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Reveals Criminal Drug Networks Are Flooding the U.S. with Deadly Fentanyl

December 17, 2021
… announced the results of a public safety surge that lasted from September 29, 2021, through December 14, 2021. The … fake prescription pills, using chemicals sourced largely from China. These fake prescription pills are designed to … prescribed by a trusted medical professional that you get from a licensed pharmacist. All other pills are unsafe and …
December 17, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Ocean Beach Drug Dealer Sentenced to 12.5 Years for His Role in Fatal Overdose

September 23, 2022
… that is delivered loud and clear.” “Removing fake pills from our communities and those who distribute them are our … to be over,” said U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman. “We know from the DEA’s analysis of seized pills that more than 40 … can do our part in removing these illegal and lethal drugs from the streets, the public can only benefit if we also do …
September 23, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

San Diego Pharmacy Pays $105,000 Penalty for Illegitimately Dispensing Opioids

January 20, 2022
… Balboa Pharmacy and the United States. The settlement stems from the United States’ continued efforts to combat the … combination of drugs; patients who received prescriptions from multiple prescribers, which sometimes were for the same … are the last line of defense protecting the public from addictive opioids and other controlled substances,” …
January 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

San Diego Doctor Pays $200,000 to Resolve Allegations that He Wrote Illegitimate Opioid Prescriptions

September 02, 2021
… by Dr. Wynn and the United States.  The settlement stems from the United States’ continued efforts to combat the … standard of care, DEA will vigorously pursue information from the public about the doctors who are not,” said DEA … Charge John W. Callery. “DEA will always protect the public from doctors who put their patients in harm’s way.” The DEA …
September 02, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Pacific Beach resident pleads guilty to distributing fentanyl that caused two overdoses, one of them fatal

October 24, 2019
… of the fentanyl - also fatally overdosed that weekend from the same batch.    Kol, a Cambodian national living … different and then became woozy and nearly lost his balance from the effects of it. Despite his own troubling experience … his remaining fentanyl powder down the toilet. J.E. died from the fentanyl powder Kol sold to him. J.H. had to be …
October 24, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Man Pleads Guilty to Heroin and Fentanyl Trafficking

January 28, 2022
… sell illegal drugs to a young woman who ultimately passed from an overdose of those drugs which were laced with deadly … of the defendant which removes a dangerous drug dealer from our communities. I would like to thank and congratulate … with Riddick in which she appeared to be ordering heroin from the defendant. On September 15, 2020, during the …
January 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Long Island Doctor Convicted of Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

October 07, 2021
… health, and instead, risked their lives while they suffered from substance abuse,” stated DEA Special Agent-in-Charge … as well as patients who had just been discharged from the hospital following an overdose. In addition, Dr. …
October 07, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Member of large drug trafficking organization sentenced to over 10 years in federal prison

January 22, 2020
… customer, who received ounce amounts of methamphetamine from Lawson. During this investigation, agents identified … of cocaine, which Lawson distributed later to two customers from Mississippi. "With this conviction and sentencing, DEA … investigation was led by the DEA with invaluable assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, …
January 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Attorney General William P. Barr Joins DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea to Announce results of Operation Crystal Shield

September 10, 2020
… devotion of DEA and our partners to protect our communities from the scourge of drug trafficking and violent crime under … trafficked into and within the United States.  From FY 2017 to FY 2019, DEA domestic seizures o f …
September 10, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Convicts Colchester Man of Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon

February 16, 2023
… mother-in-law reported she had received a Snapchat video from Martin in which he brandished a firearm and made … will be determined by the sentencing judge with guidance from the advisory Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The … community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and …
February 16, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges 5 Men with Fentanyl Trafficking Offenses

December 20, 2022
… and the transportation and laundering of cash proceeds from their drug trafficking activity.  It is alleged that, … of a minivan Rosario-Ramirez was driving and seized $92,000 from a hidden compartment in the minivan.  Hernandez-Rivas … by the DEA’s Hartford Task Force, which includes personnel from the DEA Hartford Resident Office, the Connecticut State …
December 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Bloomfield Man Guilty of Multiple Narcotics Trafficking Offenses

October 26, 2022
… the guilty verdicts yesterday afternoon. This matter stems from an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement … As part of the investigation, law enforcement seized from Wiley jewelry valued at more than $100,000, and a 2021 … Marshals Service.  The HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut …
October 26, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican National Involved In New Haven Drug Ring Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison

October 13, 2022
… of imprisonment for trafficking cocaine. This matter stems from a joint investigation headed by the DEA New Haven Task … in which he conspired with others to purchase narcotics from suppliers and then distribute the drugs to other … sentencing. The DEA New Haven Task Force includes personnel from the DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, Internal Revenue …
October 13, 2022