DEA Archived Press Releases

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Ten Defendants Charged In Drug Conspiracy Indictment For Allegedly Distributing Thousands Of Addictive Opiate Pain Pills In North Jersey

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman announced that 10 individuals, including the alleged ringleader, were indicted today for allegedly operating a Paterson-based drug ring that illegally distributed over one thousand pills...
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Federal Jury Convicts Brothers In Synthetic Drug Distribution Conspiracy

DALLAS - A federal jury in Dallas has convicted two brothers on multiple felony offenses stemming from their operation of a dangerous, designer synthetic drug trafficking organization, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Following a nearly two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Jane J...
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Dominican National Sentenced To 39 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Dominican national who was extradited from Canada earlier this year was sentenced today to 39 months in...
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Alleged Members Of Large Heroin Trafficking Ring Charged

ASBURY PARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced federal and state law enforcement authorities today arrested 14 alleged members and suppliers of a large-scale drug trafficking...
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Camden Drug Trafficking Organization Charged With Selling Heroin, Methamphetamine And Assault Weapons

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced that four members of a drug trafficking organization allegedly responsible for distributing heroin and crystal methamphetamine in the...
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Member Of A Major Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy Is Sentenced To Serve 18 Years In Federal Prison On Conspiracy And Money Laundering Convictions

DALLAS - A member of a major methamphetamine distribution conspiracy that operated in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and elsewhere since October 2012, was sentenced this afternoon in federal court in Dallas, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. Adiel Fuentes, a/k/a “Mack,” 34, of Dallas...
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Bergen County, N.J., Man Sentenced To 17 Months In Prison In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced today a Bergen County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 17 months in prison for his role in one...
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Monmouth County, N.J. Doctor Admits Structuring And Tax Charges

TRENTON, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U. S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced a Monmouth County, New Jersey, doctor today admitted he structured transactions in order to avoid reporting requirements and...
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Federal Grand Jury Criminal Indictments Announced

TULSA, Okla - The results of the September 2014 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return...
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Cooperative Investigation Nets Record Methamphetamine Seizure In Pennsville

SALEM, N.J. - Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan and Pennsville Police Chief Allen Cummings announce the arrest of an Oregon man and one of Salem County’s largest seizures of methamphetamine. On September 2, 2014, Juan Martinez-(AKA: Rudy A. Figueroa-Alvarado), 33 of Madras, Oregon was arrested and charged with possession...