United States Drug Enforcement Administration

GREENBELT, Md. - - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jose Joaquin Morales, age 37, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 262 months in prison followed by six years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute heroin and marijuana while he was in prison. Judge Titus enhanced Morales’ sentence upon finding...

WASHINGTON - - Six Colombian nationals were indicted today by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent James Terry Watson. “Special Agent Watson was a brave public servant who dedicated his life to protecting the country...

BALTIMORE - -- A federal grand jury has returned three indictments charging 16 defendants - eight in a conspiracy to distribute prescription drugs, heroin and cocaine around the Baltimore metropolitan area and the remaining defendants in conspiracies to commit armed home invasions, residential burglaries and commercial burglaries. The indictments were...

WASHINGTON - - The Drug Enforcement Administration congratulates the Government of Mexico on the arrest of Miguel Trevino Morales. Trevino Morales, the head of the notoriously violent and vicious Los Zetas cartel, has been a wanted man for years. His ruthless leadership has now come to an end. Thanks to...

Extradition of Colombian Narcotics Kingpin Defendant allegedly worked with two Colombian terrorist organizations to manufacture and distribute hundreds of tons of cocaine per year, and laundered millions of dollars in drug proceeds (WASHINGTON) - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), Preet Bharara, Loretta E. Lynch...

Nationwide enforcement actions targeted dangerous new and emerging class of chemicals from overseas WASHINGTON - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners announced enforcement operations in 35 states targeting the upper echelon of dangerous designer synthetic drug trafficking organizations that have operated without regard for the law...

WASHINGTON - Michele M. Leonhart, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement ("DEA"), and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced today a settlement of a civil forfeiture and money laundering lawsuit brought by the United States against the Lebanese Canadian ("LCB") and its assets. The Government’s action, filed on December...

WASHINGTON - -“The Drug Enforcement Administration is grateful for the outstanding work of the Colombian National Police, the Special Investigative Unit and the Attorney General’s Office that led to the swift arrest of these suspects,” said DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart. “We will never forget Special Agent Watson and his...

BALTIMORE - - U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles, Jr. sentenced Antonio Lamont Johnson, a/k/a Tracey Johnson, age 44, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 13 years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute heroin. The sentence was announced by...