United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN DIEGO - On December 13, 2012, San Diego Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman and San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis announced the results of a 21-month operation, dubbed Operation Knight Stalker, which targeted legacy members of the La Familia Michoacá(LFM) drug cartel...

CINCINNATI - Nancy Sadler, 49, of West Portsmouth, Ohio was sentenced to 210 months in federal prison for operating Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC, a “pill mill” in Waverly, Ohio. Her husband, Lester, aka “Ape”, Sadler, 56, was sentenced to 151 months in prison followed by three years of...

SAN DIEGO - This morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) San Diego Field Division’s Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana, (HARM) announce the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2012. During calendar year 2012, NTF...

SAN DIEGO - In summer of 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Narcotics Task (NTF) Team 9 was conducting routine aerial surveillance when they happened to spot a remote marijuana farm in Julian. Agents cut down the massive crop with machetes, arrested four crop tenders and found lots of items left...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 5th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, September 29, 2012. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 38 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...

DALLAS, TX. - Today, Special Agent in Charge James L. Capra, of the Dallas Field Division’s Drug Enforcement (DEA), announces the local component of the 5th nationwide prescription drug “Take-Back” initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. The DEA, along with its law enforcement partners, will be...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Forty six people are in custody following Operation Cruel Summer in the Fallbrook area of San Diego County, 34 of those including a juvenile were arrested in today's sweep. Today's sweep was conducted from 6:00 a.m. to noon. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Violent Trafficker Team, (VTT)...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Eduardo Arellano-Felix, 55, one of the alleged members of the Arellano-Felix (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering, and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California. The extradition was announced by Acting Special...

SAN DIEGO, CA - On June 30 and July 1, 2012, DEA/(Narcotics Task Force) conducted a marijuana eradication operation in the unincorporated area of Warner Springs called Sunshine Summit. A State of California search warrant was obtained for the 40 acre parcel of private property which concealed the marijuana plants...