PRESS RELEASE

Final Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Marijuana Cultivation Scheme In Sacramento And Elk Grove Residences

January 21, 2016
… to court documents, from April 2012 to January 2013, law enforcement observed Peng and Chen and others traveling …
January 21, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Tenth And Final Defendant From Butte County Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced To Federal Prison

January 28, 2016
… Aguilar was arrested at his residence in August 2013, where law enforcement officers found 15 cellphones, five guns, and …
January 28, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Convicts Schenectady Felon Of Drug Conspiracy

May 18, 2017
… on Paige Street, adjacent to a children’s daycare.  Law enforcement officers recovered more than 80 grams of …
May 18, 2017
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Bakersfield Marijuana Business Owner Pleads Guilty

December 18, 2012
… and operated Nature’s Medicinal. Court records show that law enforcement executed search and seizure warrants on the …
December 18, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Ten Members Of Fraudulent Prescription Ring Arrested

December 20, 2012
… substantial assistance from a number of state and local law enforcement agencies who provided intelligence, …
December 20, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Bakersfield Marijuana Store Owner Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

January 29, 2013
… into account a number of variables. Court records show that law enforcement executed search and seizure warrants on the …
January 29, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Mendota Marijuana Cultivator Indicted

February 14, 2013
… that the marijuana grow was in violation of federal law and Fresno County Ordinance 11-008. In August, the DEA … plants growing inside the residence, powered by the unlawful diversion of electricity. Robles was found during the …
February 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Six Indicted For Fresno And Madera County Methamphetamine Distribution Ring

December 22, 2011
… High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), consisting of law enforcement agents from the Federal Bureau of …
December 22, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Fresno County Man Sent To Prison For Mortgage Fraud Scheme

September 04, 2012
… is scheduled for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill on October 1, 2012. Last month, Xi A. … Three of the houses caught on fire as a result of the unlawful diversion of electricity. This case is the product of … the combined expertise of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. The U.S. Drug Enforcement …
September 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Fifth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Results In Another Big Haul

October 04, 2012
… 29, in Northern and Central California, 107 state and local law enforcement partners, working at 156 locations, …
October 04, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

More Indictments In Operation Mercury Targeting Marijuana Grown On Agricultural Land

October 04, 2012
… proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. On …
October 04, 2012
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Bakersfield Marijuana Storefront Owner And Employee Indicted

October 18, 2012
… indicted today for conspiring to violate federal narcotics laws, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in …
October 18, 2012
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Vallejo Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison

May 05, 2011
… cocaine into the Vallejo community and his flight from law enforcement were “extremely serious” circumstances and …
May 05, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Two Sentenced For Heroin Offenses

May 31, 2011
… the combined expertise of federal, state, and local law enforcement in targeting significant drug trafficking …
May 31, 2011
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Three Indicted For Cultivating Purported “Medical” Marijuana, Shipping It To Other States For Millions In Cash

September 15, 2011
… Texas, and Massachusetts. None of those states have laws permitting the possession of marijuana for medical …
September 15, 2011
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Madera Vineyard Marijuana Cultivator Sentenced For Firearm Possession

October 14, 2011
… D. Williams announced that United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an … in Madera. According to court documents, on June 16, 2010, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Avenue …
October 14, 2011
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Two Fresno Men Charged With Drug Conspiracy

October 20, 2011
… to them and was purportedly for their own medicinal use. Law enforcement agents previously found large marijuana …
October 20, 2011
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March 28, 2025
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March 28, 2025
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Jury Convicts Vallejo Man of Drug and Gun Offenses

April 08, 2025
… pills with a buyer who testified at trial. Federal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant at …
April 08, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA to hold 20th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

April 21, 2021
… @DEAPhiladelphia Thomas Hodnett Domestic Pennsylvania and Delaware Additional Division Info Community Outreach: Frank J. … order to maintain the safety of all participants and local law enforcement.  DEA and its partners will collect tablets, …
April 21, 2021
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Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Over 250 Kilograms of Cocaine

October 11, 2022
… of cocaine from Puerto Rico to New Jersey on Nov. 18, 2018. Law enforcement officers intercepted that shipment after the …
October 11, 2022
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National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Results in DEA and Partners Collecting Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Unneeded Medications in an Effort to Prevent Addiction and Reduce Overdose Deaths

May 24, 2022
… at 5,144 collection sites. Since 2010, DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, has collected nearly 16 million …
May 24, 2022
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Dominican Republic Citizen Extradited to the United States on Money Laundering Charges

May 20, 2022
… of the illegal drug proceeds and to avoid scrutiny by law enforcement and banking institutions. The money …
May 20, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Former Passaic County Man Admits Laundering Drug Proceeds

February 15, 2022
… hide the source of the illegal cash and avoid scrutiny by law enforcement and banks. The charge of money laundering …
February 15, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Passaic County Man Admits Role in Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

January 07, 2022
… and Colombia, all while attempting to avoid scrutiny by law enforcement and U.S. banks. The charge of aiding and …
January 07, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Two Passaic County Men Plead Guilty to Illegal Money Transmitting Scheme

October 26, 2021
… Republic and Colombia while attempting to avoid scrutiny by law enforcement and U.S. banks. The charge of aiding and …
October 26, 2021
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44 Month Sentence for Passaic County Man Sentenced in Heroin Conspiracy

June 22, 2021
… and the analysis of telephone call detail records, law enforcement officers determined that from September 2018 …
June 22, 2021
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Essex County Man Gets Eight Years for Role in $23 Million Money Laundering Scheme

June 22, 2021
… hide the source of the illegal cash and avoid scrutiny by law enforcement and banks. Deleon-Batista was previously …
June 22, 2021
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Three People Charged in Interstate Gun Trafficking Conspiracy

May 19, 2021
… resident. On May 18, 2021, Washington attempted to thwart law enforcement from recovering certain of these firearms. …
May 19, 2021
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Paterson Man Admits Distributing Heroin That Caused Death of New York Resident

April 22, 2021
… male, Victim-1, who was later pronounced dead at the scene. Law enforcement agents observed nine empty glassine …
April 22, 2021