DEA Archived Press Releases

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Federal Drug Case Targets Members Of Compton Street Gang Accused Of Selling Marijuana, Prescription Drugs

LOS ANGELES, CA - A federal wiretap investigation into two Compton-based drug trafficking organizations resulted this week in the arrest of eight people charged with distributing marijuana and illicit prescription drugs locally and across the nation. Two criminal complaints filed last week in United States District Court charge a total...
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Multi-Agency Law Enforcement Operation Tackles Gang And Gun Violence In Palm Beach

WEST PALM BEACH, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael McAuliffe, Palm Beach County State Attorney, Hugo J. Barrera, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco and (ATF)...
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Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties To Mexico Indicted On Meth Charges

TAMPA,FL. - - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announced the indictment charging: Daniel Fajardo, age 27, of Sumter County, Fla.; Orlando Ramirez-Arrellano, age 27, of Sumter County, Fla.; Jose Zoto-Perez, age 26, of Atlanta, Ga.; Juan...
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Former Confidential Informant Pleads Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

ORLANDO, FL. -- - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and United States Attorney Robert E. O'Neill announces that Agapito Gonzalez-Ramirez, age 43, of San Benito, Texas, pled guilty today to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute and distribute marijuana. Gonzalez-Ramirez...
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Doctor Pleads Guilty To 18 Drug Trafficking Charges For Dispensing Narcotics Without Examining “Patients”

LOS ANGELES, CA - A medical doctor who maintained clinics in Downey and the Westlake District pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal narcotics charges for distributing powerful and addictive painkillers to “patients” he did not examine and who simply paid cash for prescriptions. Nazar Al Bussam, 72, of Newport Coast...
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More Than Thirteen Thousand Marijuana Plants Seized In Southern Utah

ST. GEORGE, UT. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that on July 16, 2011, the DEA, along with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, seized 13,806 marijuana plants found growing in the mountains outside of Veyo, Utah, and arrested 38 defendants who were in the process of...
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Southern Nevada HIDTA Task Force Makes Record Seizure Of Methamphetamine

LAS VEGAS, NV -- - Law enforcement officials announced today the seizure of 208 pounds of methamphetamine, 4.3 pounds of heroin, approximately $280,000.00 in U.S. Currency, nine vehicles, five handguns and one shotgun as part of an investigation targeting an international drug trafficking organization operating in the Las Vegas Area...
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Seven Indicted In Broward Pharmacy Takedown

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Albert Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward County, announce the indictment of seven South Florida residents for their participation in the illegal distribution of...
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Boynton Beach Police Officer Indicted

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the indictment of Boynton (Fla.) Police Officer David Britto, 28. The indictment alleges that from June 2009 until March 4...
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Drug Kingpin Sentenced

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, today announced that Edgar Vallejo-Guarin -...