United States Drug Enforcement Administration

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that David Miller, 40, of Springfield, Missouri., and Corey A. Stienbarger, 27, of Nixa, Missouri were sentenced to prison by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool for their part in a conspiracy...

OMAHA, Neb. - -Darrin Thimmesch, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Omaha’s District Office announced today that Javier Martinez, 50, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, received a 72 month prison sentence after having previously pled guilty to the charge of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence handed down today is the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan and Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim today announced that Lajbar Lajward Khan, a/k/a “Haji Lajaward,” and Amal Said Alam Shah, a/k/a “Haji Zar Mohammad,” pled guilty to conspiring...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today released the 2017 edition of Drugs of Abuse, A DEA Resource Guide. The Drugs of Abuse guide is released on a periodic basis and designed to be a reliable resource on the most commonly abused and misused drugs in the United...

ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent in (SAC) of the St. Louis Division Office, announced that on Friday, June 16, 2017, Rodney B. Smith, 43, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced to 147 months in the Bureau of Prisons for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in...

ST. LOUIS - - James Shroba, Special Agent-in-(SAC) of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) St. Louis Division Office, announced today that that three Nixa, Mo., residents have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, which resulted in the murder of Mexican national, Oscar Adan...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - - Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-(ASAC) of DEA’s Kansas City District Office, announced today that Nelson Olmeda, also known as “Diego,” 27, of Rosenberg, Texas, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool, District Court Judge of the United States District Court, Western District of...

WASHINGTON - China’s National Narcotics Control Commission today announced scheduling controls against four new psychoactive substances/fentanyl-class substances - U-47700, MT-45, PMMA, and 4,4’ DMAR. The scheduling controls will take effect on July 1, 2017. This announcement is the culmination of ongoing collaboration between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Government...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-(ASAC) of DEA’s Kansas City’s District Office announced on June 15, 2017, that DEA had secured 19 separate guilty pleas from Kansas City metropolitan residents resulting from a 4.3 million dollar methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. These 19 guilty pleas were the remaining subjects...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - -Troy Derby, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of DEA’s Kansas City District Office announced that on June 6, 2017, a Fulton, Mo., man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than $6.6 million of synthetic cannabinoids, also known as K2...