PRESS RELEASE

Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty To Participating In Dona Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring

December 22, 2016
… in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy that existed from at least March 31, 2016 until Sept. 20, 2016.  The … him with distributing cocaine.  Velazquez admitted that from March 31, 2016 through Sept. 20, 2016, he agreed with … of supply in Mexico for cocaine he previously obtained from the source; ·         On Aug. 25, 2016, Velasquez …
December 22, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

New Orleans Field Division Collects Over 29,000 Pounds On Ninth Prescription Drug Take-Back DayNew Disposal Rules Now In Effect Provide For Convenient, Ongoing Disposal Opportunities For Patients’ Unwanted Pharmaceuticals; Law Enforcement Agencies May

November 06, 2014
… abuse prescription drugs dropped in 2013 to 6.5 million from 6.8 million in 2012, that is still more than double the … Use and Health.  In addition, 22,134 Americans died in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers, says the Centers for Disease …
November 06, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

53 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

October 09, 2012
… According to count one of the superseding indictment, from on or about September 2010 through on or about November … L. De Jesús-Gómez and others, as legitimate income derived from the activities of Luquillo Boat Glass, Inc. These three … their co-conspirators would use private vessels and vessels from the Puerto Rico Maritime Transportation Authority to …
October 09, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Four Charged In Large Scale Heroin/Fentanyl Trafficking Ring

August 25, 2017
… specially outfitted with “hides” to conceal the drugs from law enforcement. “DEA is committed to investigating and … This was an important investigation that led investigators from Boston to Cape Cod and removed suspected deadly fentanyl-laced pills from the streets. Those pills would have put lives at risk. …
August 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Key Atlanta Drug Distributors Sentenced

July 23, 2013
… in the distribution chain and stopped key players from continuing to sell cocaine throughout Georgia,” said … enforcement led to the removal of dangerous drugs and guns from our community.” “IRS Criminal Investigation not only … five defendants to be sentenced in this case, which arose from an investigation of regional cocaine distributors in …
July 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Former Heart Surgeon Convicted Of Unlawfully Prescribing And Dispensing Oxycodone

September 30, 2015
… 815-4513 ROME, Ga. - James Earl Chapman, Jr., a doctor from Macon, Georgia, has been convicted after a two-week … I am pleased with the hard work that went into this case from the investigation to the successful prosecution. It …
September 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Cartel Leaders Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, A.k.a. “La Barbie,” And Carlos Montemayor Gonzalez, Extradited To The U.S.

September 30, 2015
… and money laundering, are among 13 defendants extradited from Mexico this afternoon to face pending charges in the … high-level discussions among law enforcement officials from the start of the tenures of Attorney General Loretta E. … accused of supplying tractor trailer trucks full of cocaine from Mexico to the Eastern United States on behalf of the …
September 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Second Of Cape Cod Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years For Oxycodone Trafficking Scheme

June 12, 2015
… a significant drug organization in a community suffering from opiate abuse.”  “This investigation resulted in the … of a drug trafficking conspiracy.  The charges stemmed from a three-year conspiracy involving hundreds of thousands … multi-thousand-pill loads of 30-milligram oxycodone pills from South Florida to New England by plane and by car.  The …
June 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Perryville Pharmacist Sent To Prison For 10 Years, To Pay $850,000 For Role In Pill Scheme

September 27, 2017
… to unlawfully distribute prescription opioid pills from his drug store, his participation in a scheme to … in the amount of $850,000 representing unlawful proceeds from the offense, which includes $54,000 in restitution to … without an effective prescription, healthcare (resulting from falsely billing Medicare Part D for patients’ claims), …
September 27, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Probe Leads To Discovery Of Cross-Border Drug Tunnel In San Luis, AZ

July 12, 2012
… the Length of 2 Football Fields SAN LUIS, AZ - Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the U.S. … in a storage room hidden beneath a large water tank. From the floor, the tunnel plunged more than 55 feet into …
July 12, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking Drugs To The United States

August 01, 2016
… La Oficina Nacional Antidrogas allegedly received payments from narcotics traffickers BROOKLYN, N.Y. - An indictment … and relates to Reverol’s and Molina’s alleged activities from January 2008 to December 2010, when they served as the … Security (HSI), New York. According to court documents, from January 2008 to December 2010, in their then official …
August 01, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

New York Doctor Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Unlawfully Dispensing Nearly 1 Million Oxycodone Pills

September 28, 2016
… also ordered to forfeit $2,046,600 in cash fees collected from “patients” during the period of the conspiracy, … including more than $1.75 million in cash recovered from Mirilashvili’s home at the time of his arrest.  …
September 28, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Drug Kingpin With Ties To The Rizutto And Bonanno Crime Families, The Hells Angels And The Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 20 Years To Life And $1 Billion In Forfeiture

May 31, 2013
… in narcotics proceeds that federal agents seized from multiple locations in New York, California, … transported tens of thousands of pounds of marijuana from outdoor growers in British Colombia to Montreal, … run by the Hells Angels and Native American co-conspirators from the Akwesasne Mohawk Reservation along the …
May 31, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers

October 23, 2013
… distribution of oxycodone and other controlled substances from three pharmacies in New York and New Jersey to … the Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:   From at least November 2011 up to and including October …
October 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled

March 15, 2013
… distributed large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico to Washington state was dismantled today with … spanned a large area of the state with operations ranging from Everett to Vancouver, Washington and from Aberdeen on the coast to the Tri-Cities in Eastern …
March 15, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Task Force Uncovers Heroin Stash In The Bronx, NY: $30 Million Worth Of Heroin Seized

September 28, 2015
… of 46 kilograms of (141 lbs.). On September 26, 2015 a team from the DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force - … Today's seizure will keep millions of packages of heroin from hitting the streets. I thank our law enforcement … said, “This seizure prevented a staggering amount of heroin from flooding our neighborhoods with this highly addictive …
September 28, 2015
STORY

Recent DEA Seizures of Pill Presses

April 09, 2024
…   Louisville Field Division On January 31, 2024, DEA agents from the Louisville Field Division executed two search … $14,000 U.S. currency. This TDP 5 pill press was ordered from VitaminShack. One arrest was made in connection to this … a suppressor, and body armor. The excipients were ordered from Amazon, and the punches and dies were ordered from …
April 09, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

More than $1.2 million worth of heroin seized; 15 indicted during operation tied to 15 overdoses, three fatal

December 17, 2019
… a drug operation that allegedly sold heroin to customers from Nassau, Suffolk and New York City. The drugs were allegedly sold from the parking lot of the Gateway Shopping Center in East … other dealers charged in this indictment allegedly traveled from towns on Long Island, including Garden City, Valley …
December 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

DEA New York Division and NY Attorney General Announce Takedown of Major Gun Trafficking Operation in Queens

October 25, 2024
… Office of the Attorney General (OAG) recovered 184 firearms from the operation, which transported weapons from Goldsboro, North Carolina to New York City where they … used in crimes in New York City are illegally trafficked from other states with lax gun laws along the Iron Pipeline …
October 25, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Holds National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Turn the Tide Against the U.S. Opioid Epidemic

October 19, 2021
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers free and anonymous … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease … Back Day has removed more than 7,000 tons of medication from circulation since its inception. These efforts are …
October 19, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

24 People Indicted for Cross-County Marijuana Distribution and Money Laundering Conspiracies, Firearms Offenses, and Other Crimes

January 31, 2023
… and others shipped thousands of kilograms of marijuana from a small shipping store called Fast Pack & Ship in … the packages to the recipients.  Singletary and Coles are from New York, but moved to Fresno and, as alleged, … principally operated their marijuana distribution scheme from California.  Recipients of the packages of marijuana in …
January 31, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Record-Breaking Seizure: Over 70 Kilograms Of Heroin, $2 Million Cash And Firearm Recovered In The Fieldston Section Of The Bronx

May 19, 2015
… The massive load of narcotics and cash was recovered from a vehicle and an apartment in the Fieldston section of … received sizable shipments of heroin at least once a month from suppliers in Culican, Mexico, an area controlled by the … Cruz Francisco and a third individual as they travelled from 210 West 251st St. to an industrial parking lot off of …
May 19, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

FAST KCO Memorial Unveiled In Honor of Fallen DEA Special Agents and Military Personnel Ahead of 24th Anniversary of September 11

September 05, 2025
… heroin production labs, effectively depriving revenue from the Taliban. The most notable FAST missions were: … hosted family, friends, and colleagues – including members from FAST, KCO and the military – as well as leadership from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of …
September 05, 2025
STORY

DEA Seizes Record-Setting Number of Fentanyl Pills in Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 07, 2025
… blow against the Sinaloa Cartel that removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens from the scourge of fentanyl,” said Attorney General Pamela …
May 07, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to Remove Unneeded Prescriptions, Prevent Addiction

April 20, 2023
… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 22, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal … for a nonmedical purpose obtained that medication from a family member or friend. “Every day, the men and women of the DEA work to protect Americans from deadly drugs and drug poisonings,” said DEA …
April 20, 2023
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

New Boston Man Sentenced for East Texas Drug Trafficking Crimes

June 05, 2020
… in court, on June 7, 2018, law enforcement officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration and supporting law … drug trafficking ring; smuggling large quantities of drugs from Mexico to cities across the United States and returning … States currency. Moya described how he received drugs from his brother, Jose Roberto Moya. He also explained that …
June 05, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Department of Treasury Designates Sinaloa-based Mexican Narcotics Trafficker Under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Act

May 12, 2021
… U.S. financial system to launder illicit proceeds derived from narcotics sales. In 2016, the U.S. Attorney’s Office … traffickers are often motivated by the potential profit from the illegal drug trade,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Matt … are a significant step towards preventing this DTO from profiting from its illegal drug trafficking.” According …
May 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Laconia Man Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy and Firearm Charges

February 27, 2023
… were involved in a conspiracy to ship methamphetamine from Arizona to New Hampshire.  In May of 2019, Drug … agents were alerted to suspicious parcels sent from co-defendants Heather Dubeau and Gary Sewell in Arizona … and multiple firearms.  Miles was legally prohibited from possessing firearms by virtue of a prior felony …
February 27, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Meriden Man Sentenced to More Than 4 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Cocaine Through the Mail

February 16, 2023
… used the U.S. Mail to ship kilogram quantities of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Connecticut. According to court … identified suspicious parcels that were being mailed from Puerto Rico to an address in Meriden.  On October 26, … identified Mercado after he picked up a parcel from that location.  After Mercado picked up another parcel …
February 16, 2023