DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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16 Defendants Charged in Superseding Indictment Alleging Bulk Shipments of Cocaine to Canada, Four Murders

LOS ANGELES – A Canadian former Olympic snowboarder and 15 other defendants have been charged in a 16-count superseding indictment for allegedly running and participating in a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, to Canada and other...
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ATF/DEA/LAPD Take Down San Fernando Valley Drug Trafficking Ring

LOS ANGELES – Seven members of a San Fernando Valley drug trafficking crew were indicted on a 15-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran an operation that sold cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl. Law enforcement arrested four of the seven defendants earlier this morning. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms...
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South Dakota Takedown Nets Multiple Arrests, Weapons and Drugs

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Investigators with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) worked with state, local, tribal and federal law enforcement partners on an enforcement activity in six cities of eastern South Dakota earlier today, arresting 10 people on federal drug charges and four people on state drug charges. Agents located and...