United States Drug Enforcement Administration

PLANO, Texas – A 64 year old former physician and 60 year old registered nurse have been convicted of drug trafficking charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Joe Brown today. Tad W...

SAN DIEGO – Suspected drug dealer Trevon Lucas was indicted by a federal grand jury for distributing fentanyl that caused the death of a La Jolla resident, identified only as C.A.S. in court filings. According to statements made by prosecutors at his detention hearing yesterday, C.A.S. was found dead in...

SHERMAN, Texas – A 57-year-old Sherman, Texas doctor has pleaded guilty to federal drug distribution and fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas, Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Dallas Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas Joseph...

SAN DIEGO – Jose Atalo Felix-Beltran, Arturo Felix-Beltran (U.S. citizens), and Osvaldo Felix-Beltran (U.S. resident) living in Indio, California, were arraigned in federal court on September 14, 2018 on charges that they conspired to distribute over 20,000 pills of fentanyl, a Schedule II drug. These three defendants are brothers who...

SAN DIEGO – The Drug Enforcement Administration joined the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, San Diego Police Department, San Diego County Health and Human Services and the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office today to warn the public about a spate of deaths in beach communities connected to cocaine...

SAN DIEGO – Lahkwinder Singh was sentenced in federal court on Sept. 7, 2018, to 36 months in federal prison and a forfeiture of $1,955,521 to the United States for structuring approximately $2,955,521 in currency transactions with domestic financial institutions. The 36-month sentence is one of the longest imposed in...

SAN DIEGO – Two defendants, Gregory Amos and Christopher Hernandez, were charged this week in connection with a March 2018 explosion and fire resulting from their operation of a butane hash oil lab in a residential Vista neighborhood. Amos and Hernandez are scheduled to be arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge...

SAN DIEGO – Two gang members of the Westside Crips pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2018, for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving sex trafficking, narcotics trafficking, and other violent crimes as well as possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute. “One of the top priorities...

TULSA, Okla.— Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney Trent Shores announced that a federal grand jury indicted 22 people for their roles in drug trafficking and money laundering operations that included the use of Casa Herrera, a local money...

SHERMAN, Texas – A jury has found two Chinese nationals guilty of maritime drug smuggling, announced Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr. of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. FeiShang Liang, 52, and KanHua Wu, 51, both of the...