DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Members of international drug trafficking conspiracy sentenced to prison

SEATTLE - Three members of an international drug trafficking organization were sentenced on June 18, 2019, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to prison terms ranging from 24 to 32 months for distributing more than a thousand kilograms of illegal marijuana. The defendants pleaded guilty in March 2019, admitting in...
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Two California men sentenced for Ketchikan drug trafficking conspiracy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two California men have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to transport methamphetamine and heroin from the Lower 48 to Ketchikan for distribution. Arthur Castillo, 32, of Fresno, California, and Alfonso Francisco Sandoval, 32, of Clovis, California, were both sentenced in Juneau on...
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Southern Oregon man sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for marijuana trafficking

PORTLAND, Ore.—Daniel Stewart Gregg, 67, of Ashland, Oregon, was sentenced on May 23, 2019, to 46 months in federal prison and two years’ supervised release for engaging in a conspiracy to traffic Oregon-grown marijuana across state lines. According to court documents, in 2015, Illinois law enforcement seized a 354 pound...
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Two more plead guilty for roles in interstate marijuana trafficking conspiracy

PORTLAND, Ore.—In related criminal cases, Cole Williams Griffiths and Raleigh Dragon Lau pleaded guilty on April 22, 2019, for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Hood River, Oregon and Portland to Virginia, Texas, and Florida. Drug proceeds, in the form of bulk U.S. currency, were returned...