PRESS RELEASE

Multiple Defendants Indicted In Large Scale Drug Trafficking And International Money Laundering Conspiracies

November 03, 2014
… in Alaska and also working together to launder money from the United States into Mexico. The first indictment … of California, with conspiring to transport drug proceeds from the United States to conspirators in Mexico. The … Conspirators later mailed three more kilograms of heroin from Texas to Alaska using Canales’s address. Investigators …
November 03, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s Seventh Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 29, 2013
… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables and kitchen drawers. … (5.15 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 90 locations manned … with DEA on the event.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 58,000 …
October 29, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Treasury Continues Targeting Sinaloa Cartel Leadership

January 16, 2014
… these traffickers of their assets, draining the lifeblood from their criminal enterprises." Tapia Quintero oversees … purchase and transportation of cocaine and methamphetamine from Sinaloa into the U.S., specifically Arizona and … cell affiliated with Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman Loera from Sinaloa to Tijuana, Baja California via tractor …
January 16, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 14th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

October 26, 2017
… opioids in the past 12 months obtained the drug from a friend or relative.  “Disposing of leftover … is one of the best ways to prevent a member of your family from becoming a victim of the opioid epidemic,” said Tuggle. … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
October 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

13th Drug Take-Back Announced By DEA

April 28, 2017
… and Yuma areas Event Will Take Place Throughout Arizona from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, April 29th phx042817_fig1.jpg … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place April 29th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous Take-Back … by eliminating the availability of these drugs, starting from within their own homes.”  The National Prescription …
April 28, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Collected A Record Amount Of Unwanted Rx Medication In The State Of New York

May 03, 2013
… to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers. … prescription medications were collected in New York State from members of the public making a total of 742,497 pounds … York State the collection will be incinerated at an ‘energy-from-waste’ facility which is an environmentally safe method …
May 03, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Anchorage Couple Sentenced For Drug, Gun, And Money Laundering Charges

July 20, 2015
… Anchorage area. He regularly purchased both drugs on credit from his Anchorage-based supplier. After selling the drugs, … other items, which he later took affirmative steps to hide from law enforcement. Mr. Harris returned the remaining cash … he paid his supplier an additional $75,000 in cash earned from selling heroin and methamphetamine. In October 2013, …
July 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Organizer Of The Most Prolific Cocaine Network In Alaska Sentenced To 16 Years

March 29, 2016
… Infiltrated - Over 250 kilograms of Cocaine to Alaska from 2010 to 2014 ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Clarence Anthony … in Las Vegas, would obtain large quantities of cocaine from California, where he was from. He then paid employees at Las Vegas McCarran …
March 29, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Former Philadelphia Police Officer Sentenced To 16 Years For Drug Conspiracy

August 19, 2011
… a phony arrest was orchestrated in order to steal drugs from a drug dealer. At the time of the crime, Williams was a … launderer, but who was actually an undercover Special Agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Williams went to … by greed and who turn a blind eye to tragedies that stem from illicit drug use," said John J. Bryfonski, Special …
August 19, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Pennsylvania And Delaware Holding Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back Day In September

September 26, 2012
… unused, and unwanted medications on Saturday September 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The DEA will have more than 300 … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, and often come from the home medicine cabinet. The many convenient …
September 26, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty Verdict In Cocaine Conspiracy And A Conspiracy To Launder Drug Money

June 30, 2014
… recipient and trafficker of multiple kilograms of cocaine from California. AUSA Lenhardt indicated in court filings … revealed that Spence was initially obtaining cocaine from California by use of common couriers such as DHL, … changed the mechanism of transportation multiple times from tractor trailers and other vehicles, to flights from …
June 30, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Allan Peters Guilty Of Conspiracy To Distribute More Than 1,000 Kilograms Of Marijuana

January 30, 2014
… trial. During trial, the government offered evidence that from at least 2005 until 2011, Peters, Alan Forget, Cheryl … Border Patrol seized approximately 250 pounds of marijuana from Cheryl Lobdell in North Hudson, New York. On September … State Police seized approximately 240 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle operated by Alan Forget, after Forget led law …
January 30, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Maritime International Drug Transportation Organization Arraigned In Brooklyn

August 19, 2014
… on October 14, 2013, on a provisional arrest warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. The arraignment was … responsible for transporting shipments of cocaine from Colombia to locations in Central America and Mexico for … arranging boats and submarines that transported the cocaine from Colombia to other members of his organization in …
August 19, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Three-Time Felon Arrested While On Parole

September 04, 2014
… Division, the Albany DEA District Office with assistance from the Oneonta Police Department and New York State parole officers from the Utica office. In the fall of 2013, Sheriff’s Office … and December 2013, quantities of heroin were purchased from Collins by confidential sources during the narcotics …
September 04, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Former Bakersfield Detective Sentenced To Five Years

October 03, 2016
… criminal activity. During this time, Diaz received bribes from the informant in return for intelligence on law enforcement activities as well as protection from investigation and arrest. In addition to accepting … on duty, Diaz stopped a vehicle operated by two individuals from Yakima, Washington and used a BPD dog handler and …
October 03, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno Man Pleads Guilty In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Ring And Money Laundering

August 26, 2013
… in a drug and money laundering ring that extended from Fresno to Alabama and Georgia, Acting Special Agent in … the guilty plea, Kelley structured $65,298 in cash derived from an interstate marijuana-trafficking organization led by … Gable admitted to structuring $693,905 of drug proceeds from the distribution of marijuana in Birmingham. He is …
August 26, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Kingpin Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison: $6.5 Million “Crystal Meth” And Heroin Haul

June 03, 2015
… “crystal meth,” and five (11 lbs.) of heroin from Mexican suppliers. At the time of the guilty plea, … a two-week wiretap investigation. With authorization from the court, agents were able to record Mota’s calls and … of methamphetamine and heroin as it was being transferred from a tractor trailer to a car. Evidence suggested that …
June 03, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Imprisonment

January 15, 2016
… by Dinelle, ran a vast international marijuana operation from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, which operated from at least 2005 until 2008.  During the trial in federal … testified that Woods procured large quantities of marijuana from his sources in Canada, and with Dinelle, arranged for …
January 15, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Second Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Sentence

January 21, 2016
… Woods in running a vast international marijuana operation from Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, which operated from about 2005 until 2008. During the trial in federal … testified that Woods procured large quantities of marijuana from his sources in Canada, and with Dinelle, arranged for …
January 21, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Day Removes Almost 600,000 Pounds of Unneeded Prescription Medications Across the Country

November 07, 2023
… removed almost 17.9 million pounds of unneeded medications from communities across the country. According to a report … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. Removing unnecessary medications from the home can help prevent situations involving; not …
November 07, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

August 19, 2022
… the public on the serious dangers of fentanyl poisoning from fake pills and other illicit drugs.  DEA supports the … ever encountered,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.  “From large cities to rural America, no community is safe …
August 19, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Anne Milgram Sworn In As DEA Administrator

June 29, 2021
… safer and healthier,” said Administrator Milgram. From 2007 to 2010, Ms. Milgram served as the Attorney … Award for her work. After graduating summa cum laude from Rutgers University, Ms. Milgram received a master’s …
June 29, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Hero Joseph Piersante Honored By U.S. Secretary Of Defense

April 30, 2015
… to the Department of Defense. Piersante’s recovery from this life-threatening event has been nothing short of … Special Agent Piersante has received numerous awards from a variety of organizations, including the Federal Congressional Badge of Bravery - from the United States Congress, and from his alma mater, …
April 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Madera County Man Sentenced For Marijuana Cultivation And Being A Felon In Possession Of A Firearm

October 27, 2015
… were found inside. Officers seized two rifles and a shotgun from a gun safe along with high-capacity magazines and more … for that firearm. The serial numbers had been removed from two of the seized firearms, and one had been reported … had previously been convicted of crimes that prohibited him from possessing firearms. This case was the product of an …
October 27, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Three indicted in large-scale heroin ring

October 07, 2020
… contained in the indictment as well as information from detention hearings, defendants Azusena Maribel … collector who, on a daily basis, received calls and texts from dozens of street-level customers. Sierra took heroin … runners to meet with, make deliveries to, and collect money from customers, and collected money at the end of the day. …
October 07, 2020
STORY

Law enforcement agency cooperation strikes a blow to the crime element in Roswell, New Mexico

January 08, 2021
… point for cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine smuggled from the New Mexico/Texas border to cities throughout the … four vehicles, and approximately $6,000 in U.S. currency from various members of the DTO. Prior to this operation, … when we work together to safeguard and protect the public from those who endanger it.” On El Paso …
January 08, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Three Operation Wu Block methamphetamine dealers sentenced

October 14, 2020
… caught pushing this deadly, highly addictive illegal drug from our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Charlie Peeler. … returned indictments charging a total of 82 defendants, up from the original 68 reported at the announcement of this … U.S. Attorney Tamara Jarrett is prosecuting cases arising from this investigation for the Government. The DEA …
October 14, 2020
STORY

DEA Celebrates 45 Years

July 10, 2018
… seizing tens of billions of dollars of assets from traffickers and strong bonds with our international and … DEA’s work, hundreds of thousands of people have been saved from drug addiction and death and communities have been … far too many people still become addicted - and often die - from drugs today. This includes drugs we were fighting 45 …
July 10, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases annual National Drug Threat Assessment

March 02, 2021
… continue to evolve. While fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from China have decreased substantially following the DEA’s … period ending in July of 2020, a significant increase from 2019, when more than 70,000 people died of overdoses.  … the first part of 2020. The assessment gathers information from many data sources such as drug investigations and …
March 02, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

DEA Red Ribbon Rally

February 25, 2022
… Fox Young Marines Color Guard, Eat at Joe’s acapella group from Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C. and invited guests from other federal agencies, the military, DEA’s prevention partners, and students from H.B. Woodlawn Secondary Program, Arlington, Virginia.  …
February 25, 2022