DEA Archived Press Releases

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Honduran Citizen Indicted In Marijuana Grow House Conspiracy

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces a federal indictment charging Jose Luis Panameno-(49, a citizen of Honduras) with conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and...
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Last Individual Sentenced As Part Of Operation Woodchop

ORLANDO, Fla. - United States Chief District Judge Anne C. Conway sentenced Willie (35, Apopka) last week to three years in federal prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute BZP (a drug that mimics the effects of “Ecstasy”). In March 2010, agents with...
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Whatcom County Resident Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Smuggle Massive Cocaine Shipment To Canada

SEATTLE - A 52 year old resident of Custer, Whatcom County, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his role as a drug courier in a massive, international drug smuggling scheme. Glen Stewart was convicted...
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Zephyrhills Man Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison For Methamphetamine Trafficking

NOV 07 - (TAMPA, FL) Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and David Gee, Sheriff, Hillsborough County Sheriff's (HCSO), announced today that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced George Arthur...
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Nine More Drug Traffickers Sentenced In Operation Sooner Or Later

NOV 06 - ( JACKSONVILLE, Fla - .) Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced nine individuals this week to federal prison...
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Medford Man Sentenced To More Than Three Years In Prison On Federal Marijuana Charges

MEDFORD, Ore. - Today, Donald Galvan, 48, of Central Point, Oregon, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for conspiracy to manufacture and distribute 100 or more kilograms of marijuana. The charge stemmed from an April 2011 traffic stop in Texas where police seized 43 pounds of marijuana. The...
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Three Family Members Sentenced For Cocaine Charges

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell sentenced Maxine (44, Orlando), Martovous (35, St. Petersburg), and Cornelius (33, St...
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Members Of Pasco County Oxycodone Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced In Federal Court

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, and Chris Nocco, Sheriff, Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Kathy (52, Hudson)...
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Celebrate Red Ribbon Week

MIAMI - Red Ribbon Week is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention program reaching millions of Americans during the last week of October every year. During Red Ribbon, young people in communities across the nation pledge to live drug free lifestyles by wearing red ribbons and participating in community-wide...
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Operation Snake Oil Seized Vehicles Sold For Over $1.9 Million At Local Miami Auction

MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, announced that on October 18, 2012, 44 personal properties previously seized from Vincent Colangelo, a rogue pain clinic owner, were auctioned off in Miami, Florida. The auction brought in a total of $ 1,927,020, which...