United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - A single count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tennessee last week was unsealed today, charging 24 defendants with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distributing diverted prescription pills, announced David Rivera, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee...

(SAN DIEGO) - - Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 56, the last of four brothers to be targeted by U.S. prosecutors for leading one of the world’s most notorious multi-national drug trafficking organizations, pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Diego to money laundering and conspiracy charges. The plea marks the conclusion...

(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) - - Stanley Smith, 61, of Douglas, Georgia, pled guilty yesterday before Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood for distributing drugs to his customers without a legitimate medical purpose. According to evidence presented during his guilty plea hearing, Smith owned and operated Malcolm’s Drug Store located...

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today Terrance Lamar Wiggins, a/k/a “T-Wig,” a/k/a “Barnwell” (32) was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Senior United States District Judge Margaret B. Seymour imposed the life sentence after a jury had found Wiggins guilty of...

(ATLANTA) - - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 12,605 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far more than...

(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) - - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 13,120 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was far...

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 4,701 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This exceeded the last...

(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) - - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) sixth National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, April 27, 2013, turned in 10,055 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than...

(SAN DIEGO) - - William R. Sherman, Special Agent in (SAC), San Diego Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) is announcing a new tip line and email address for the public to provide information concerning drug trafficking organizations operating in the San Diego and Southern California areas as well as...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 6th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 27, 2013. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 39 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...