DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Former FARC Guerilla Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Providing Material Support To A Foreign Terrorist Organization

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, announced that Yarlei Bañol-Ramos, a former guerilla for the 57th Front of the Fuerzas Armadas...
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Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty To Manufacturing Marijuana Plants

BUFFALO, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that Russell D. Biery, 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to conspiracy...
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Former Police Officer Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 15 Months In Prison For Participating In Drug Robbery Conspiracy

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration WILBERT L. PLUMMER and United States Attorney PREET BHARARA for the Southern District of New York announced that former New York City police officer MIGUEL BURGOS was sentenced Friday, September 9...
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New York Field Division Special Agent In Charge John P. Gilbride Retires

MANHATTAN, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride announced his retirement on Wednesday, August 17, 2011. Mr. Gilbride has overseen the largest DEA office in the world for over six years. Throughout those years, the New York...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Guilty Pleas Of Two Colombian Narcotics Traffickers Defendants Were High-Ranking Members Of Organization Headed By Colombian Drug Kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe

MANHATTAN, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Division and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that HECTOR FABIO OSPINO-ROSERO and JOHN FREDY NORENA-CORREA, two high-ranking members of the narcotics trafficking...
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Man Arrested In Hammondsport, New York With More Than Two Pounds Of Cocaine

ROCHESTER, NY. - John P. Gilbride, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field (DEA) and Joel R. Ordway, Steuben County Sheriff”s Office announced the arrest of an Hammondsport man after a year-long investigation into drug trafficking in the central Steuben County area. Vincent S. Long, age 48...
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Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher Michael Coke Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court

MANHATTAN, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration John P. Gilbride and United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York announced that Christopher Michael Coke, the leader of the Jamaica-based international criminal organization, "Shower Posse," also...
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20 Charged With Conspiracy To Distribute Synthetic Drug “Molly”

NEW YORK, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced the unsealing of an indictment today in United States District Court charging 20 individuals who have been charged with...
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Two Charged In 154 Pound Cocaine Seizure Destined For East Coast

Two Southern California men were charged today in a federal narcotics case stemming from their involvement in a conspiracy to transport 70 kilograms of cocaine from California to North Carolina. Bobby Ray Palacios, 40, of Buena Park, and Jose Carlos Rios, 43, of Pomona, were arrested Friday night after delivering...
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Simi Valley Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Narcotics Charge

A Simi Valley man pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge of distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in death, while admitting in court that he distributed drugs that killed two people and nearly killed two others who overdosed. David Ryan Tejera, 23, pleaded guilty to the federal charge...