DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Two Men Detained In Federal Custody In Record Seizure Of Crystal Methamphetamine

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Peter F. Neronha, United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island announced today that Juan Carlos Espejo Sanchez, 40, of Providence, R.I., and Doneri Aguilar Sandoval, 52, of Attleboro, Mass...
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British Citizen Extradited To United States To Face Charges Of Conspiring To Traffic Cocaine On Commercial Airlines Cocaine Smuggled From The West Indies To England Via The United States

NEWARK, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a man from Great Britain made his initial court appearance today following his extradition...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 10 Individuals In Multi-Million Dollar Internet Pharmacy Fraud Scheme Two Pharmacists Were Allegedly Paid At Least $13 Million By Bogus Online Pharmacy Operators For Filling Invalid Prescriptions Issued By

NEWARK, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced charges against two pharmacists, Peter J. Riccio and Lena Lasher; three physicians...
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Former Employee Of Exeter Hospital Indicted In Connection With Hepatitis C Outbreak

CONCORD, N.H. - David M. Kwiatkowski, 33, a former employee of Exeter Hospital, has been indicted for his alleged role in causing the Hepatitis C outbreak that infected patients in New Hampshire as well as other states, announced United States Attorney John P. Kacavas. Kwiatkowski has been charged with seven...
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Ringleader And 14 Others Arrested In Takedown Of Paterson Narcotics Supply Ring Allegedly Distributed Millions Of Dollars In Heroin

PATERSON, N.J. - Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced the arrest of the alleged ringleader and 14 other defendants in the takedown of a major narcotics supply network that allegedly was distributing millions of dollars in heroin out of a number of heroin processing “mills” and stash houses in Paterson...
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Pennsylvania Doctor Sentenced To 12 Months In Prison For Illegally Selling Prescriptions From New Jersey Office

TRENTON, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Dr. Augustine S. Lee was sentenced today to one year and one day...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two Alleged International Narcotics Traffickers Defendants Allegedly Conspired To Transport Cocaine Worth $30 Million In A U.S. Aircraft.

NEWARK - Robert G. Koval, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Rawson Edward Watson, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and Nicolas Epskamp, a...
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Meriden Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To 20 Years In Federal Prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Armando Cardona, 71, of Meriden, Conn., was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Alfred V...
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New York Man Convicted Of Federal Drug Charges

PORTLAND, Maine - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Hasan Worthy, 36, of New York, New York, was found guilty following a seven day jury trial in the U.S. District...
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Adilson Reyes Sentenced To More Than 11 Years In Federal Prison

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England; United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island, Peter F. Neronha and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced that Adilson A. Reyes, 31, of Utah, one of three men...