DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Honduran National Sentenced To Federal Prison For Perjury

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, announced today that U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington sentenced Jimmy Samir Mendoza-(20, Honduras) to 15 months in federal prison...
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Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Chief Egidio Tinti of the (N.Y.) Police Department, announced the arrest today of...
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Two Members Of Manhattan Trinitarios Gang Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court For Racketeering And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today that Jonathan Feliz, the former leader of the Manhattan branch of the “Trinitarios,”...
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DEA Serves An Order To Show Cause On Walgreen’s Pharmacy In Fort Pierce

FEB 12 - (MIAMI) - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) today on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #04391, located at 2501 Virginia Avenue, Fort Pierce, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity...
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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Extradited To Tampa

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, announced the extradition from Guatemala of Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala). Extradition to Tampa was sought...
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DEA Serves Another Walgreens Pharmacy An Order To Show Cause

MIAMI - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field (MFD), served an Order to Show (OSC) yesterday on Walgreens Corporation d/b/a Walgreens #03836, located at 9332 U.S. Highway 19, Port Richey, (hereafter “registrant”). An OSC is served as a notice to a DEA registrant to provide them an opportunity to show...
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Fourteen Individuals Indicted In Marijuana Distribution 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 today the unsealing of a federal indictment charging 14 individuals with conspiring to distribute 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana...
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Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Oxycodone

TAMPA, Fla. - United States District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington yesterday sentenced Ihab "Steve" (42, Lutz) to 17 years in federal prison for illegally distributing Oxycodone. On August 21, 2012, a federal jury found Barsoum guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone outside the usual course of...
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DEA Inspects Five Family Owned Pharmacies In The Tampa And Lakeland Area

TAMPA, Fla. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division served Administrative Inspection (AIW) on five pharmacies located in the Tampa and Lakeland area. The five pharmacies are owned and operated by Victor Obi-Anadiume and his family. Superior Pharmacy LLC: 5416 Town N’ Country Blvd, Tampa, FL Superior Pharmacy LLC...
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Houston Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that Gerard Germaine Jackson, (34 of Houston, TX), entered a guilty plea this morning in United States District Court to...