DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Four Laredo Men Sentenced For Trafficking Narcotics

LAREDO, Texas - Four Laredoans have been ordered to prison for their roles in a conspiracy to traffic drugs from Laredo to the Dallas area via the use of tractor trailers, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Javier...
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Undocumented Alien Gets 25 Years For Trafficking Meth

HOUSTON - A 28-year-old Mexican citizen who illegally resided in Houston was ordered to federal prison for his conviction of trafficking nearly six kilograms of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Jesus Ortiz-Flores pleaded guilty Aug. 12...
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22 Alleged Gang Members Indicted For Multiple Violent Crimes

HOUSTON - More than a dozen alleged members and associates of the Southwest Cholos street gang are set to appear in federal court on a variety of charges to include sex trafficking, drug trafficking, selling firearms, human smuggling and identity theft, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will...
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Houston Men Sent To Prison For Distributing Meth

HOUSTON - Three local men have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Marco Zuniga, 25, Frank Flores, 25, Chance Nutt, 40, and...
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Buffalo Doctor Charged With Unlawfully Prescribing Controlled Substances Resulting In The Deaths Of Six Patients

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr., Adam S. Cohen, FBI Special Agent in Charge and Scott J. Lampert, HHS Inspector General’s New York Office announced today that a federal grand jury has returned a 166-count superseding...
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

WASHINGTON - Americans nationwide did their part to reduce the opioid crisis by bringing the DEA and its more than 4,200 local and tribal law enforcement partners a record-setting 912,305 pounds-456 tons-of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs for disposal at more than 5,300 collection sites. That is...
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Brooklyn Man Arrested In Albany County With Fentanyl

ALBANY, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Albany County Sheriff Craig D. Apple, Sr. reports the arrest of a Brooklyn man on felony drug possession charges. On Thursday November 2, 2017 Albany County Sheriff’s Investigators...
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Houston Man Sentenced For Beaumont Drug Trafficking Violations

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 27-year-old Houston man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Cody Edward Drawhorn pleaded guilty on Mar. 20...
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Louisiana Couple Sentenced For Trafficking Drugs Through East Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas - A Leesville, LA, couple have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today. Lola Michelle Jackson, 38, and her husband, John...
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Doctor, Office Administrator And Nurse Practitioner Selling Prescriptions For Fentanyl And Oxycodone

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA); Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New...