DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

NEW YORK, NY. - DEA Special Operations Division Special Agent in-Charge Derek Maltz and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the extraditions of Siavosh Henareh and Cetin Aksu from Romania, on charges of conspiring to provide narcotics and, in the case of...
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More Than Two Dozen Connecticut Residents Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses

NEW HAVEN, CT. - David B. Fein , United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in New England, Guy N. Thomas, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field...
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Drug Robbery Crew Member Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery, Conspiracy, And Narcotics Trafficking Crew Netted More Than 250 Kilograms Of Cocaine And $1 Million In Drug Proceeds In Over 100 Robberies

BROOKLYN, NY. - On November 9, 2011, in federal court in Brooklyn, Nelson Nolasco pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, and the use of a firearm in connection with his participation in multiple armed robberies of narcotics traffickers in the New York City...
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Crack Distributor Convicted In Plattsburgh, New York

PLATTSBURGH, NY. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced today that on November 8, 2011 a jury sitting in Albany, New York found Hector Morales, age 32, of Troy, New York...
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International Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Convicted In New York Of Terrorism Crimes Bout Convicted On All Four Counts, Including Conspiring To Kill Americans And Conspiring To Provide Material Support To Terrorists

NEW YORK, NY. - DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart hailed the news that international arms dealer Viktor Bout was found guilty Wednesday of conspiring to sell millions of dollars worth of weapons to the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de (FARC) - a designated foreign terrorist organization based in Colombia - to be...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Doctor And Associates As Members Of A Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone And Cocaine

WHITE PLAINS, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the arrests today of Fernando DeJesus, Efrain DeJesus, Felix Rodriguez, Carol Reynolds...
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International Narcotics Trafficker And Money International Trafficker Convicted On Narcotics Conspiracy Charges In Manhattan Federal Court Defendant Was Top Lieutenant To Colombian Drug Kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe

MANHATTAN, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement ("DEA") and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jose Mosquera-Prado, 36, a top lieutenant of Colombian drug kingpin Francisco Gonzalez Uribe, was...
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Rhode Island Auto Dealer Pleads Guilty To Money Laundering

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The president of a used auto dealership in Providence pled guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence to money laundering. Domingo A. Lopez, 50, of Warwick, was arrested in November 2010 following a Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation into the sale of vehicles from Espaillat Motors...
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Central Falls Man Charged In Drug Probe By DEA And Woonsocket Police

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An undercover investigation by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Woonsocket Police into the alleged distribution of crack cocaine in Woonsocket has resulted in the arrest of a Central Falls man previously convicted twice on felony drug charges. Eddie Torie Barr, 35, charged by way of a Criminal...
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Bridgeport Man Sentenced To More Than Nine Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Cocaine

HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Terence McNichol, also known as “Peanut,” 37, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert...