DEA Archived Press Releases

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Caribbean Narcotics Traffickers Found Guilty By A Federal Jury

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent In (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces today that a federal jury found Yugool (61, Guyana) and Desmond (54, Guyana) guilty of two counts of...
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Two Virgin Islands Residents Indicted On Drug Trafficking Charges

NOV 20 (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division; Vito S. Guarino, SAC, DEA, Caribbean Division; and Angel M. Melendez, SAC, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security (ICE-HSI), San Juan and U.S. Virgin Islands; Wifredo A. Ferrer, United...
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Ocala Man Pleads Guilty To Federal Drug, Firearm And Theft Charges

OCALA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that William Deboris Gordon, (41, Ocala) pleaded guilty to charges of attempted possession of five kilograms or...
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Plummer Woman Sentenced For Conspiring To Distribute Meth

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho - -Vanessa Louise Wagner, 30, of Plummer, Idaho, was sentenced today to 90 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Wagner to forfeit $5,600. She pleaded...
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DEA And Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announce Charges Against Senior South American Counterterrorism Figure For Attempting To Support Hezbollah

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC) Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York today announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment against Dino Bouterse, a citizen of Suriname who held himself out as Commander...
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Lakeland Man Found Guilty Of Trafficking In Methamphetamine

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Ricky (Lakeland) guilty of distribution of methamphetamine and possession with intent to...
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 13.8 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

SEATTLE - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday, residents across the country turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were available in...
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Americans Turn Out In Droves For DEA’s Seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

MIAMI - The American people have again responded in droves to the most recent DEA-led National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Last Saturday citizens turned in 647,211 (324 tons) of expired and unwanted medications for safe and proper disposal at the 5,683 take-back sites that were available in all 50 states...
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Idaho Dentist Pleads Guilty To Prescription Drug Fraud

BOISE, Idaho - Rahil Akhtar, 37, of Eagle, Idaho, pleaded guilty on November 4, 2013, in federal court to one count of acquiring and obtaining a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud and deception. Akhtar was a dentist licensed to practice in the state of Idaho. According to court documents, from...
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Two Plead Guilty In Connection With Sunshine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Scheme

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida announces today that Delmer Holmes (44) and Patricia (74), both of Naples, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit...