United States Drug Enforcement Administration

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Several South Texas men and one from Houston have been arrested on charges including a marijuana trafficking conspiracy and laundering monetary instruments during an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) dubbed “Operation Black Mask,” announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. (Houston...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced today that Dennis Sica pleaded guilty today in White Plains federal court to participating in a...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and Joseph D’Amico, Superintendent of the New York State Police, announced today the indictment...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), announced that Thomas Hoey, Jr., who led a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy for over five years, which...

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division, Jonathan Kay, Phyllis C. Borzi, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employee Benefits (DOL), and Shantelle P...

LAREDO, Texas - Luis Macias-Molinas, 32, Ricardo Rosas Jr., 27, and Manuel Aguilar, aka Chino, 25, all of Laredo, have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for drug trafficking and gun related charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S...

McALLEN, Texas - Noel Pena, 29, a Rio Grande City Police Department investigator, has been arrested and made his initial appearance on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

McALLEN, Texas - Alejandro Morales-Flores, 60, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Houston, has entered a plea of guilty in McAllen federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. On Oct. 24...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr., Western District of New York, announced today that Mohammed W. Akram, 27, of Rochester, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent...

WASHINGTON - Three members of an international synthetic drug-trafficking organization-responsible for selling synthetic drugs with brand names like Twilite, Passion Sense, Stoopid, Black Diamond, and Platinum-were arrested in Los Angeles on April 14, 2015. The federal charges were unsealed in the Northern District of New York today. According to documents...