DEA Archived Press Releases

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Two Dozen Charged After DEA Task Force Takes Down Coast To Coast Narcotics Distribution Ring

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Britain Police Chief James Wardwell and Wethersfield Police Chief James Cetran today announced that 24 individuals have been charged...
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Danbury Woman Sentenced To 57 Months In Federal Prison For Trafficking Oxycodone

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Vasiliki Papadakos, 61, of Danbury, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Warren W. Eginton in...
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Meriden Man Sentenced To 30 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine And Oxycodone

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Andrew Melillo, 28, of Meriden, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New...
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Two Men Admit Trafficking Marijuana

HARTFORD, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Oves St. Orbin Wright, 56, of Massapequa, N.Y., and Kevin J. Dunbar, 45, of Manchester, have...
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Ten Charged After Investigation Into Danbury-Area Home Invasion Drug Robberies

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Danbury Police Chief Alan D. Baker today announced that a federal grand jury sitting in Bridgeport has returned...
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New York City Man Sentenced To 145 Months In Federal Prison For Heroin And Firearms Convictions

BURLINGTON, Vt. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that, on October 17, 2013, Videsh Raghoonanan, a.k.a. “Bush,” 26, of Queens, New York was sentenced to 145...
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Manchester Man Sentenced To Twelve Years In Federal Prison For Drug And Gun Charges

CONCORD, N.H. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and States Attorney John P. Kacavas announced that Raymond Negron, 32, of Manchester, New Hampshire was sentenced in United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to twelve years in...
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New Haven Man Sentenced To 63 Months In Federal Prison For Distributing Heroin And Crack Cocaine

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jesus Morales, also known as “Cano,” 41, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior U.S...
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Five Santa Fe Residents Arrested On Federal Oxycodone Trafficking Charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Five residents of Santa Fe, N.M., were arrested earlier today based on a 16-count federal indictment charging them with Oxycodone trafficking offenses. Two other Santa Fe residents were arrested on federal marijuana trafficking charges and another individual was arrested on state narcotics trafficking charges. The arrests were...
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El Paso Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Federal Prison For Firearms Straw Purchasing And Smuggling Operation

EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso this morning, U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 25-year-old Julio Adrian Pesqueira-Galaviz, to the statutory maximum of 15 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for his leadership role in a scheme to illegally purchase firearms in the U.S...