United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEW YORK – The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey S. Berman, the Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division, Raymond P. Donovan, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of Homeland Security Investigations, Peter C. Fitzhugh, Superintendent...

MIAMI - Alvaro Estuardo Cobar Bustamante, the director of a national Guatemalan bank, was arrested today on a charge of money laundering, and a money laundering case against Manuel Antonio Baldizon Mendez, a former candidate for president of Guatemala was unsealed. The criminal complaint and indictment charging Cobar Bustamante with...

OCALA, Fla., - A federal jury has found Kevin Gene Hart 31, Ocala guilty of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, one kilogram or more of heroin, and 400 grams or more of fentanyl. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 15 years, up to life, in...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Tammeco Cargill, an armed enforcer for the Nineties Crew street gang, was sentenced to 121 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Raymond J. Dearie for racketeering and racketeering conspiracy, including predicate acts of drug trafficking and passport fraud in federal court in Brooklyn. Previously, on Aug...

TAMPA, Fla. - Timothy CathCart, 33, of Pasco County, pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing detectable amounts of fentanyl and norfentanyl, the use of which resulted in serious bodily injury to three individuals. CathCart faces a minimum...

NEW YORK - Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Peter C. Fitzhugh, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations, Raymond Donovan, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S...

MIAMI – The Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of dangerous counterfeit pills killing Americans. Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid that is lethal in minute doses, for distribution throughout North America. Based on a sampling of tablets...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Richard Earl Carroll, 55, of Hilliard, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019. According to court documents, multiple witnesses identified Carroll as a methamphetamine supplier in Nassau County...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Richard Earl Carroll,55, of Hilliard, Fla., was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Carroll had pleaded guilty on July 26, 2019. According to court documents, multiple witnesses identified Carroll as a methamphetamine supplier in Nassau County...

ALBANY, N.Y. – Edwin Rodriguez, aka “Chaka,” 31, of Amsterdam, was indicted on Oct. 30 on charges that he distributed heroin mixed with fentanyl on two occasions, and possessed and intended to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin mixed with fentanyl. The announcement was made by United States Attorney...