DEA Archived Press Releases

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Multi-agency Investigation Targets Methamphetamine And Firearm Trafficking In Southeastern New Mexico

ROSWELL, N.M. - In spring 2017, federal, state and local agencies joined forces to disrupt and dismantle a criminal organization that allegedly was trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine and numerous firearms in southeastern New Mexico. Acting U.S. Attorney James D. Tierney, Acting Special Agent in Charge Steve Borak of the...
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Ricardo Castang Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Narcotics Trafficking And Fake Sweepstakes Scheme Targeting Elderly Victims

NEW YORK - Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor announced today the sentencing of Ricardo Castang to 10 years in prison for Attempted Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the First Degree and Scheme to Defraud in the First Degree. A long-term investigation into the trafficking...
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North County Woman Sentenced On Methamphetamine Related Charge

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Cayla Wujek, 25, formerly of Lewis County, was sentenced yesterday to serve 66 months imprisonment for possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used to manufacture methamphetamine, announced Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the...
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Grand Jury Indictment Of 17 Members Of A Multi-state Organization

MINEOLA, N.Y. - Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division announced that 17 people have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly selling and trafficking heroin and cocaine throughout Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, Upstate...
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Eleven Defendants Taken Into Custody Following Early Morning Roundup, A 12th Defendant Still Being Sought By Police

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division, Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Adam S. Cohen, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that a federal jury has returned an indictment charging 12 defendants with conspiracy...
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

EL PASO - This afternoon, U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne T. Berton ordered 36 year-old Martin Arody Sanchez Aguirre held without bond pending trial on federal drug trafficking charges. Sanchez Aguirre is one of five individuals indicted earlier this month for trafficking in cocaine and heroin throughout the El Paso area...
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Long Island Convenience Store Owner And Clerks Arrested For Drug Trafficking

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Osman Ak, Murat Ak and Mehmet Akpinar, with drug trafficking conspiracy and substantive acts of drug trafficking in connection with their sale of controlled substances from 2013 through 2015 at Eyup Gas...
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Crackdown On Methamphetamine Traffickers In Upstate New York

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Interstate methamphetamine traffickers and local producers face federal and state charges in a series of cases that resulted in the arrests of 31 people in September. The announcement was made by James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting United States...
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Gang Member Sentenced To 42 Years For Murder Of 17-year-old And Other Crimes

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jason Moye, aka “Tall Jay,” was sentenced this afternoon to a term of 444 months in prison, which...
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Schenectady Man Sentenced For Crack Distribution

ALBANY, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith announced that Nicholas “Netti” Khan, 24, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine. Senior United States District...