DEA Archived Press Releases

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Abington Man Sentenced To Five Years In Prison For Oxycodone Conspiracy

BOSTON – An Abington man was sentenced on June 18th in federal court in Boston for conspiring to distribute oxycodone pills. Kenneth Veiga, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 60 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In April...
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Large-Scale Counterfeit Pill Manufacturer Charged With Drug Offenses And Pandemic Loan Fraud

BOSTON – A Cambridge man was arrested on July 18th in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms of counterfeit pills. Schuyler...
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Dominican Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking

CONCORD, N.H. – A Dominican man was arrested in connection with a drug trafficking offense, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Maikol Yordan Saldivar-Diaz, 28, was charged by complaint with one count of Distribution of Controlled Substances, namely fentanyl and methamphetamine. Saldivar-Diaz was arrested on July 17, 2024, and will...
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Arizona Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution in New Hampshire

CONCORD, N.H. – An Arizona man distributing methamphetamine shipped through the United State Postal Service (USPS) into New Hampshire was sentenced today in federal court in Concord to 90 months’ imprisonment, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Michael Bowling, 49, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Samantha D. Elliott...
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New York Man Appears on Federal Drug Charge

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamonty Brister, 29, of Queens, New York, appeared in United States District Court in Burlington on a complaint charging him with a federal drug offense. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered that Brister be...
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New Hampshire Man Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking

BOSTON – A member of a nationwide drug trafficking ring has been sentenced in federal court in Boston. Throughout the investigation over 160 pounds of pure methamphetamine, as well as an AK-47, a Glock with no serial number, two loaded Smith & Wesson handguns and over 4,200 rounds of ammunition...
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Middletown Man Admits Trafficking Meth

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that JASON FABEL, 46, of Middletown, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in Hartford...
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Georgia Woman Sentenced To Nine Months In Prison For Role In Drug Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Georgia woman has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for her involvement in trafficking cocaine and cocaine base as part of a larger drug trafficking conspiracy. Tatiana Morrissey, 39, of Atlanta, Ga., was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to nine months in...
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Revere Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years In Prison For Cocaine Offenses

BOSTON – A Revere man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for cocaine related offenses. Francisco Restrepo Mesa, 55, was sentenced on July 10, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to 68 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. In...
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New London Man Charged with Cocaine Distribution and Firearm Possession Offenses

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport has returned an indictment charging LUIS OLIVER-GARCIA, also known as “Bebo,”...