DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Grand Jury Indicts 14 In L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring

LOS ANGELES, CA - Federal and state authorities this morning arrested 10 defendants - including two doctors - who are named in a federal indictment that alleges members of a drug trafficking organization illegally obtained and distributed more than 1 million OxyContin pills obtained largely through fraud against public insurance...
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Bloods Street Gang Leader Charged With Possessing Weapons And Conspiring To Distribute Drugs

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that an alleged leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street...
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Las Vegas Physician And Pharmacist Charged With Unlawful Sales Of Large Quantities Of Prescription Painkillers

LAS VEGAS, NV - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced that three men, including a Las Vegas physician, his assistant, and a local pharmacist, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that they conspired to unlawfully distribute large quantities of highly addictive prescription drugs in and around...
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell , the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Vikram Datta, the owner of multiple retail perfume stores located on the...
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally

CAMDEN, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Rio Grande, N.J., man who traveled to Florida 29 times to illegally...
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Union City Man Found Guilty Of Heroin Mill Conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Union City, N.J., man involved in a 2009 conspiracy to process, package...
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New Jersey Pharmacist Pleads Guilty In Illegal Pharmaceutical Drug Distribution Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Vincent Hsia, a pharmacist and the former proprietor of Lincoln Pharmacy Network in...
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Twin Sisters In Newark, New Jersey Charged With Operating Oxycodone Distribution Ring

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that twin sisters were arrested today at their residence in Newark, N.J. for...
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“Bloods” Leader Arrested, Charged With Possessing Arsenal Of Weapons Tied To Murders And Other Violent Acts In Newark

NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced an alleged leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the “Bloods” street...
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Mass. Couple Sentenced To 87 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute 17 Kilos Of Cocaine

TRENTON, N.J. - A Worcester, Mass., couple was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for traveling to Newark, N.J., to obtain approximately 17 kilos of cocaine that they planned to distribute in their home state, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Enrique Nunez, 37, and his wife, Rosa...