DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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The U.S. Attorney For The District Of Montana Announces The Execution Of Twelve Criminal Search Warrants And Four Civil Seizure Warrants In Montana

MISSOULA, MT. - - The United States Attorney for the District of Montana, Michael W. Cotter, announced today the culmination of a 12‑month multi‑agency investigation into the drug trafficking activities of a criminal enterprise operating in the State of Montana. A total of 12 criminal search warrants were executed on...
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Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau...
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Floridians Dispose Of Nearly 15 Tons Of Prescription Drugs In 12 Hours

WESTON, FL. - During the third Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative on October 29, 2011, Floridians turned in approximately 10,205 (4 ½ tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs. DEA’s Miami Field Division partnered with its state and local counterparts to establish 129 collection sites across the...
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Thirteen Charged In Port Everglades Heroin And Cocaine Smuggling Conspiracy

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), and Al Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County...
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Four Defendants Charged In Colorado Marijuana Grow Operation

DENVER, CO. - Four Denver men were charged based on a Criminal Complaint for the distribution and possession with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants, United States Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Merrill announced today. The four defendants are Ha...
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Twenty-Four Indicted In Oxycodone Trafficking And Health Care Fraud Scheme

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector (HHS-OIG), José A. Gonzalez, IRS Special Agent in Charge, Director James...
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DEA And The Museum Of Science And Industry Open Powerful New Exhibit

MIAMI, FL. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) traveling museum exhibit, Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause, has arrived in Tampa. Installed at the Museum of Science and (MOSI), the 10,000-square-foot exhibit opens today and runs through September 3, 2012. Target America explores the science behind illegal drug...
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Three High-Level Colombian Narcotics Traffickers Indicted

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, and Michael Shea, Acting Special Agent in...
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Colombian Bacrim Narco-Traffickers Indicted On Cocaine Conspiracy Charges

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jay Bergman, Andean Regional Director, Drug Enforcement Administration, in conjunction with Viviane Morales Hoyos, Attorney General of Colombia, Director Oscar Naranjo...