United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Caribbean Division, announced the arrest of two individuals in possession crack, cocaine of multiple firearms and ammunition. On April 9, 2011, Mancio VICENTE-Lucas and Josue DIAZ-Bermudez were arrested by DEA and PRPD Agents...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Department of Homeland (DHS) law enforcement officers arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers Thursday, seizing 155 pounds of cocaine with a street value of approximately $1.6 million and a 20-foot (vola) following a multi-agency at-sea interdiction in the Mona Passage. The crew...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) has partnered with Local Law Enforcement Agencies to give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) marine interdiction agents stopped a vessel off the coast of Puerto Rico that was transporting 290 pounds of cocaine, as a result of an operation coordinated by the Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF) member agencies. During a routine patrol, a CBP...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - On February 10, 2011, a federal grand jury indicted nine individuals as a result of an investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), jointly with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today United States Attorney Rosa Emilia...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - EDWARD DAVIS - , age 30, a resident of Tangipahoa Parish, was sentenced today in federal court by U. S. District Judge Stanwood Duval to over 15 (185 months) imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. In addition...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - DEWAYNE COOPER - , age 38, LEONARD WHITE - , age 33, CHARLES WADE - , age 30, GENERIO ALLEN - , age 26, all residents of New Orleans, La and CASSANDRA BATISTE - , age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas pled guilty today in...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - U.S. Coast Guardsmen and U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) agents, working jointly with DEA lead Caribbean Corridor Strike (CCSF), arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers and seized approximately 95 kilograms of cocaine and an 18-foot (yola), following an at-sea interdiction Monday in the Mona Passage. The...

NEW ORLEANS, LA. - DESHON SIGNAL - , age 34, a resident of Laplace, Louisiana, pled guilty today in federal court before U. S. District Carl Barber to a six-count indictment charging him with distribution of crack cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute crack cocaine of cocaine, felon-in-possession of...

LAFAYETTE, LA. - Demetrio Regalado, AKA “Dee” 24, leader of a drug trafficking organization based out of Vermilion Parish, was sentenced January 23, 2011 to 25 years in prison and five years supervised release following imprisonment. The sentence is a result of Regalado’s plea of guilty to conspiracy to possess...