United States Drug Enforcement Administration

DEL RIO, Texas - In Del Rio today Felipe Carmona-Rodriguez, 51, of Eagle Pass, Texas was sentenced on federal narcotics trafficking charges announced United States Attorney Richard L. Durbin, Jr., DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph Arabit, Houston Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Paul J. Fishman, U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man today admitted his role in a conspiracy to illegally obtain and distribute...

McALLEN, Texas - Two local men have been ordered to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Guadalupe Trevino Jr., 43, and Guadalupe Trevino...

HOUSTON - A grand jury sitting in Houston has returned an 11-count indictment against several individuals, to include current or former law enforcement officers, in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy, announced Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. U.S...

HOUSTON - A total of 16 people have been charged following a multi-year, multi-agency federal investigation into one of the largest synthetic cannabinoid trafficking enterprises in the country. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson made the announcement at a press conference in Houston today along with Special Agent in Charge Joseph M...

BEAUMONT, Texas - U.S. Attorney John M. Bales and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division announced today that 11 Jefferson County men are in custody following a lengthy investigation into drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas. On May 6, 2016, a combined...

NEWARK, N.J. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, announced that this past weekend’s National Prescription Take Back Day resulted in the collection and destruction of 17,785 pounds, or 8.8 tons, of expired, unused, and unwanted prescriptions throughout New Jersey...

LAREDO, Texas - A third defendant convicted in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and money laundering scheme has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

LAREDO, Texas - The second of 20 defendants convicted in a marijuana trafficking and money laundering conspiracy has been ordered to prison, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Erika Alvarez, 39, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, previously pleaded guilty...

SALEM, N.J. - -Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Salem County Prosecutor John T. Lenahan and Pennsville Police Chief Allen Cummings announce the arrest of a North Carolina man and Salem County’s largest seizure of heroin ever. On April 28, 2016...