PRESS RELEASE

Indiana Man Sentenced to 200 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses

July 02, 2025
… currency . As a convicted felon, Broadus was prohibited from possessing the firearms, and he illegally possessed the … This case was investigated by the DEA with assistance from the Fort Wayne Police Department.  The case was …
July 02, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Revere Man Pleads Guilty To Role In International Money Laundering Organization

June 01, 2025
… to court documents, law enforcement received information from a confidential source about large-scale international … the time of his arrest $100,000 in drug proceeds was seized from Hunter’s possession. A subsequent search of his …
June 01, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Set for Saturday

April 25, 2025
… unneeded prescription drug medication Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at a Take Back Day location near them. … Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., offering communities a safe, …
April 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Three Plead Guilty To Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracy Charges

April 25, 2025
… addition, two Glock firearms and ammunition were recovered from Nagle, Jr.’s house in close proximity to oxycodone … At the time, Nagle, Jr. was a felon who was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. Nagle, Jr. purchased …
April 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Engage Spokane: Several Large-Scale Distributors of Counterfeit Pills Charged in Federal Court

April 11, 2022
… Indicted on November 2, 2021 on conspiracy charges stemming from distribution of fentanyl in Spokane, Washington. … : Indicted on January 7, 2020 on charges stemming from a conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in the Tri-cities …
April 11, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Attorney Announces Conviction of Chappaqua Man

March 18, 2022
… March 5, 2020, the Firearm, which was loaded, was recovered from inside a wall of Deejay White’s MCC cell.  On or about … the Inspector General New York Field Office, Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of …
March 18, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Narcotics dealer charged with fentanyl overdose death

November 13, 2019
… with fentanyl, which led to yet another needless death from an overdose.  HSI is committed to working with the … enforcement officers later purchased additional narcotics from both Joiles and Rosario, including fentanyl pills …
November 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve men charged in Syracuse-based heroin/fentanyl trafficking conspiracy

May 17, 2019
… to investigate and prosecute those who profit from the tragedy of addiction.”   In connection with this … Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office and investigators from the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office. This …
May 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two-week trial leads to conviction of drug trafficker for conspiring to import cocaine in shipment of chili peppers

February 14, 2019
… for their excellent work in preventing illegal narcotics from being distributed in our country.”   “Drug traffickers … importing company as a front to transport cocaine from Baez’s source of supply in the Dominican Republic. Baez …
February 14, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging 14 Defendants with Drug Conspiracy, Racketeering, and Firearms Charges

March 27, 2025
… 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 …
March 27, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Fourteen Indicted in Multi-State Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Linked to Deadly Fentanyl Distributed to Members of the Lummi Nation in Washington

October 03, 2024
… is that a family drug trafficking organization expanded from Seattle beyond Washington state to locations across the … of the fentanyl crisis and the proliferation of guns from drug trafficking organizations,” said Deputy Chief Eric …
October 03, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Notorious Mexican Cartel Leader Convicted for International Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses

September 24, 2024
… importing large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico into the United States. Oseguera-Gonzalez was … this case.” According to the evidence presented at trial, from 2012 to 2015, Oseguera-Gonzalez oversaw the manufacture …
September 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Ten Defendants Charged in Augusta-Area Drug Trafficking Operation

November 28, 2022
… investigation that identified a pipeline of illegal drugs from Mexico routed through Atlanta and into the greater … led to multiple searches and evidence seizures from residences, vehicles, and hotel rooms. Those charged in …
November 28, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Affiliates of notorious white supremacist street gang plead guilty to federal charges

March 20, 2019
… Gangsters, a violent criminal street gang largely operated from inside Georgia’s prison system. The multi-agency … and the Bloomingdale Police Department, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.   The case is being …
March 20, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Cartel Leader Heads to Prison for Over $2M Drug Seizures

July 01, 2022
… were concealed in similar manner. The seizures spanned from July 18, 2017, through Sept. 10, 2019. The wholesale … Hiracheta-Cruz, 38, and Armando Animas Hernandez, 33, all from Michoacan and or Nuevo Leon, Mexico, were sentenced …
July 01, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Red Ribbon Week Education Reaches Thousands Across the Midwest

November 02, 2021
… joined the mayor of Fargo, North Dakota and representatives from the Fargo Police Department and Fargo Cass Public … Dakota, welcomed DEA investigators who spoke with students from kindergarten through high school about the importance …
November 02, 2021
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Trafficker Planning Airdrop of Cocaine Arrives in New York from Dominican Republic September 28, 2009 Former Senior JFK … NY June 23, 2009 United States Recovers $4.3 Million From Narcotics Money Laundering June 12, 2009 Five Arrested …
July 15, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Members of Violent Gang Charged with Racketeering and Firearms Offenses

May 06, 2021
… work of our NYPD officers, federal partners and prosecutors from the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern … to hold these subjects accountable and remove this threat from our neighborhoods.” According to the allegations in the …
May 06, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Texas health care fraud and opioid takedown results in charges against 58

September 18, 2019
… down pills mills and rooting out corruption in health care. From Lufkin to Laredo and Dallas to Del Rio, one of us will … to become bloated by fraud.”   “Every dollar stolen from Medicare through fraud comes out of the pocket of …
September 18, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Two investigations in Waco net 16 arrests today on federal firearms and narcotic trafficking charges

September 12, 2019
… announced the arrests of 16 individuals stemming from two separate investigations into narcotics trafficking … DEA and HSI, resulted in seven (7) arrests today stemming from a single federal grand jury indictment unsealed today …
September 12, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Members Of Grant County Methamphetamine Trafficking Ring Arrested On Federal Charges

April 30, 2015
… tools and resources to keep our smaller communities safe from drug trafficking organizations that think they can go … offenses, and a firearms offense.  Count 1 alleges that from March 2014 through April 2015, all 12 defendants …
April 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Greenville Man Sentenced To 84 Months In Federal Prison For Role In Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

February 07, 2018
… for $26,500 per kilogram. Torres obtained the cocaine from codefendants Miguel Angel Almazan-Loya and Jose Juan … Administration investigated the case with assistance from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and the City of …
February 07, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Sour/Kush Yields Multiple Arrests, Weapons, Narcotics, And Currency

October 27, 2011
… are notably stronger in odor and the resulting intoxication from a higher concentration of “THC” or Tetrahydrocannabinol … in this 11-month investigation,” said Prosecutor Valdes. “From the onset, this investigation was designed to identify …
October 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Man Pleads Guilty In New York To Conspiring With Iranian Military Officials To Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador To The United States

October 17, 2012
… connection with his guilty plea, Arbabsiar admitted that, from the spring of 2011 to the fall of 2011, he conspired … as necessary to do so.   Arbabsiar traveled to and from the United States, Mexico and Iran and was in telephone …
October 17, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Agency Heads Announce Major Criminal Action Against Cartel

May 19, 2011
… of multi-ton quantities of marijuana and illegal aliens from Mexico into the United States through the San Miguel … weapons in the San Miguel vicinity which were en-route from Phoenix, Arizona to Valencia-Rodriguez in Mexico. The …
May 19, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Dominican Republic official extradited to the United States to face narcotics trafficking charges

October 09, 2020
… warrant based on an indictment and extradition request from the Eastern District of New York. Abreu Navarro was …
October 09, 2020
DRUG FACT SHEET

Synthetic Opioids

January 25, 2025
Synthetic Opioids
Synthetic opioids are substances that are synthesized in a laboratory and that act on the same targets in the brain as natural opioids (e.g., morphine and codeine) to produce analgesic (pain relief) effects. In contrast, natural opioids are naturally occurring substances extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of...
January 25, 2025
GENERAL INFORMATION

Special Agent Eligibility Quiz

January 22, 2025
… conferences; researching, collecting and analyzing data from a variety of sources relating to investigations; …
January 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Statement Regarding The Release Of Rafael Caro-Quintero

August 09, 2013
… to release infamous drug trafficker Rafael Caro-Quintero from a Mexican prison.  Caro-Quintero had been serving a 40 …
August 09, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Statement On Arrest Of Omar Trevino Morales

March 04, 2015
… serve as yet another warning that no criminal is immune from arrest and prosecution. Omar Trevino Morales …
March 04, 2015