DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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DEA Agents Arrest Four Men On Federal Charges Of Distributing Narcotics, Including Pills Manufactured With A Fentanyl Analogue

LOS ANGELES - Capping a year-long investigation, special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration have arrested four Southland men on federal narcotics and money laundering charges. The subjects of the investigation allegedly imported a powerful synthetic opiate from China and produced their own pills that were then distributed in bulk...
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DEA St. Louis Launches Dance Team In Ferguson, Missouri

ST. LOUIS - -The Karlovsky and Company Dance performed at the Ferguson Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis as a kick-off to the DEA Youth Dance Program that will be providing free 20-week dance classes at three locations in the Greater St. Louis area. The Karlovsky and Company...
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St. Louis Hosts A Private Screening For The Video "Chasing The Dragon"

ST. LOUIS - -The St. Louis DEA division and FBI offices hosted a private movie screening of the DEA/FBI produced “Chasing the Dragon” video. The invited audience consisted of over 70 school superintendents, principals and educators from both public and private schools in the greater St. Louis area, as well...
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Doctor Receives 30 Years To Life In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

LOS ANGELES - A Rowland Heights doctor was sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison for prescribing large amounts of addictive and dangerous drugs to patients with no legitimate need, three of whom died of overdoses. Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng, 46, was sentenced by Los Angeles County Superior...
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Glendora Doctor Pleads Guilty To Distributing Addictive Painkillers And Transferring Proceeds To An Off-Shore Bank Account

LOS ANGELES - A medical doctor who served as the face of a sham Los Angeles clinic pleaded guilty today to federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges connected to her illegal distribution of the powerful painkiller best known by the brand name OxyContin. Dr. Madhu Garg, 64, of Glendora...
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DEA Announces “360 Strategy” In St. Louis To Address Heroin, Prescription Drugs And Violent Crime

ST. LOUIS - -The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that St. Louis will be the second pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy” to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug abuse epidemic, and its associated violent crime. DEA...
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Doctor Who Made Over $1.3 Million Selling Unlawful Prescriptions For Pain Meds Sentenced To Prison

LAS VEGAS - A local doctor who sold prescriptions for pain medications to persons who did not have a medical necessity for them, and deposited the cash proceeds in a manner designed to avoid tax laws, has been sentenced to two years in prison, three years of supervised release, and...
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Santa Barbara Doctor Sentenced To Over 27 Years In Federal Prison For Prescribing Exorbitant Quantities Of Dangerous Narcotics

SANTA ANA, Calif. - A Santa Barbara-area physician who wrote numerous prescriptions for powerful painkillers for “patients” - many of whom were drug addicts, and some of whom died from drug overdoses - was sentenced today to 327 months in federal prison by United States District Judge Cormac J. Carney...
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Drug Courier Sentenced To Prison After Chase With Highway Patrol

TOPEKA, Kansas - - James Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that a drug courier who was trying to outrun the Kansas Highway Patrol, driving at 111 miles per hour, was sentenced Monday to 47 months in federal prison. Miguel Torres, 22, Kansas City...
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Doctor Convicted Of Three Murders In Prescription Drug Overdose Case

LOS ANGELES - A Rowland Heights doctor was convicted today of three counts of second-degree murder for prescribing massive quantities of addictive and dangerous drugs to patients with no legitimate need, three of whom died of overdoses. A jury of ten women and two men found Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng...