United States Drug Enforcement Administration

HOUSTON – The Department of Justice has announced a coordinated health care fraud enforcement operation across the state of Texas involving charges against a total of 58 individuals, several of which are charged in Houston. They were allegedly involved in Medicare fraud schemes and networks of “pill mill” clinics resulting...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 23-year-old Corpus Christi man has been ordered to federal prison for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking offense, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. A federal...

HOUSTON -- Federal and state authorities announced the arrests of 16 individuals stemming from two separate investigations into narcotics trafficking in the Waco and Bell County, Texas areas Sept. 13, 2019. The first investigation resulted in nine arrests and three prior arrests based on five federal grand jury indictments unsealed...

HOUSTON – A federal jury sitting in Houston has convicted a 34-year-old man for conspiracy and methamphetamine smuggling, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division Special Agent in Charge William Glaspy and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The jury deliberated for less than three hours following a three-day trial before convicting...

McALLEN, Texas – Two men face up to life in prison following their convictions of drug crimes, carjacking, robbery and firearms offenses, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. The McAllen jury deliberated for five hours before convicting...

AUSTIN, Texas – In Austin yesterday, a federal judge sentenced the last of 35 defendants convicted of his role in a Austin-based drug trafficking conspiracy, announced DEA Houston Division Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI San Antonio Division Special Agent in Charge Christopher...

HOUSTON A Houston-area man who posed as a physician at an unregistered pain clinic was found guilty today for his role at a “pill mill” at which he and his co-conspirators illegally prescribed hundreds of thousands of doses of opioids and other controlled substances. Special Agent in Charge Will R...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 35-year-old Edinburg man has pleaded guilty to possessing with the intent to distribute more than 25 kilograms of methamphetamine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division, and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. On July 7, 2019, Sarafin...

WASHINGTON – A total of 41 individuals have been charged in nine indictments for their alleged involvement in a network of “pill mill” clinics and pharmacies. Those charged include medical providers, clinic owners and managers, pharmacists, pharmacy owners and managers as well as drug dealers and traffickers. Their actions allegedly...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 24-year-old Galveston resident has been sentenced in Corpus Christi federal court for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute almost six kilograms of pure methamphetamine, announced United States Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Will R. Glaspy, Houston Division, and U.S. Attorney Ryan K...