United States Drug Enforcement Administration

(SANTA ANA, Calif.) -Two Orange County men were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges that allege they were part of a far-reaching conspiracy to smuggle, manufacture and distribute millions of dollars’ worth of analogue drugs, commonly called “spice” and “bath salts.” The men were taken into custody pursuant...

LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles-area doctor has agreed to plead guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge for illegally distributing the powerful painkiller best known by the brand names Vicodin and Norco. Dr. Andrew Sun, 78, of La Mirada, will enter guilty pleas to one count of distribution of...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Mike Davis and United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas Conner Eldridge, announced that six defendants were sentenced this week as a result of drug- trafficking charges. The six individuals sentenced were originally charged in a...

RENO, Nev. - -A Reno man was sentenced this week to nine years in prison for distributing synthetic cannabinoids out of his convenience store and storing large quantities of the substance for distribution in his home. Iqbal Singh-Sidhu, 34, was convicted by a federal jury in February 2014 of distribution...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Keith Brown and United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, Conner Eldridge announced that eleven individuals have been sentenced to a combined total of over 93 years in prison for drug-trafficking offenses stemming from an investigation known...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A federal judge today sentenced a Birmingham man to 20 years in prison for selling heroin that caused the 2013 death of a Northport man, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Clay A. Morris and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance. Harold Donald Mims, 31...

LOS ANGELES - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 35,(17.5 tons) of medication as part of the 8th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, April 26th, and provided...

JACKSON, Miss. - Kelvin Robinson, 46, of Bolton, Mississippi, was sentenced in U.S. District Court on May 15, 2014 to 172 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, and 120 months in prison for money laundering, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent in Charge Floyd H...

NEW ORLEANS - On April 26, 2014, the New Orleans Field (NOFD) participated in the 8th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, with 245 collection sites within the division, so that the public could discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs. Over the course of four hours 33,980 pounds of...

LOS ANGELES - Manuel Valencia, 30, the “shotcaller” of a South Los Angeles street gang, pleaded guilty today to federal racketeering and drug trafficking charges for his role in orchestrating the day-to-day activities of the gang controlled by an incarcerated member of the Mexican Mafia. The Harpys gang, which claims...