DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Long Island convenience store owner sentenced to prison for selling K2 drug from his convenience store

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Osman Ak was sentenced by United States District Judge Denis R. Hurley to a year and one day in prison, to be followed by three years’ supervised release, for selling the illegal drug K2, also known as “spice”...
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DEA, DA SINI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service & DA’S East End Drug Task Force announce takedown of alleged Montauk Drug distribution ring

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. – The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the United States Postal Inspection Service and members of the District Attorney’s Office’s East End Drug Task Force today announced the arrest of 16 individuals in connection with an alleged narcotics ring operating in the...
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Officials unveil Chicago’s action plan for attacking Mexican drug cartels

CHICAGO – The Chicago Drug Enforcement Administration, along with multiple high-level Mexican Government counterparts, the Chicago Police Department and various federal, state and local law enforcement partners, today unveiled an action plan for attacking Mexican drug cartels. The announcement came after a series of high level meetings took place at...
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DEA investigation led to arrest of cocaine trafficker

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that Dolores Plumer, 39, of Orchard Park, N.Y., was charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, cocaine. The charge...
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Buffalo man convicted on state murder charge

BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Jeffrey Brown, 43, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and distribute, 100 grams or more of heroin, was sentenced to serve 120 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge...
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Approximately $150K in Narcotics Disguised as Children’s Gifts Recovered in Brooklyn and the Bronx: Three Indicted

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) New York Division, Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill, Angel M. Melendez, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement, Homeland...
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Two members of drug Trafficking ring plead guilty

ROCHESTER, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Leitscha Poncedeleon, 28, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, five kilograms or more of cocaine, before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci. The charge carries a minimum...
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Parolee is convicted on multiple drug charges

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Special Agent in Charge James Hunt, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division announced today that a federal jury convicted Michael Elder, 38, of Tonawanda, N.Y., of possession with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of crack cocaine, possession...
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North Tonawanda man caught, arrested with 30 kilos of cocaine hidden in a car

James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II announced one arrest and the seizure of approximately 30 kilograms of suspected cocaine hidden in a car on Grand Island, New York...
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North Tonawanda man arrested, caught with 30 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a car

BUFFALO, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New York Division, and U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II announced one arrest and the seizure of approximately 30 kilograms of suspected cocaine hidden in a car on Grand...