DEA Archived Press Releases

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New Haven Man Sentenced To More Than Seven Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Crack

AUG 29 - ( NEW HAVEN, Conn.) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Mark Fuller, 50, of New Haven, was sentenced today by United States...
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Berlin Man Charged With Marijuana Trafficking, Money Laundering And Tax Evasion

BOSTON - A Berlin man was charged today with conspiring to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, as well as money laundering and tax evasion. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and John G...
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Woman Arrested In Prague On Charges Of Conspiring To Bribe U.S. Air Force Contract Administrator

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lida Amin, 39, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Dublin, Calif., was arrested Wednesday in Prague, Czech Republic, by Czech authorities pursuant to a U.S. request for her provisional arrest with a view toward extradition, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney...
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Woodbridge Doctor Pays $45,000 To Settle Allegations Under The Controlled Substances Act

AUG 28 - ( HARTFORD, Conn.) - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Avijit Mitra, M.D., with an office at 270 Amity Road in Woodbridge...
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Twelve Charged With Conspiracy To Commit Murder

RICHMOND, Calif. - The Drug Enforcement Administration Oakland Resident Office in cooperation with the Richmond Police Department and the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office arrested twenty-three members of a violent street gang based in Richmond, California. As a result of this four month long investigation, murders and violence in...
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Fresno Man Pleads Guilty In Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Ring And Money Laundering

FRESNO, Calif. - Damone Kelley, 45, of Fresno, is the last of seven defendants to plead guilty today for his involvement in a drug and money laundering ring that extended from Fresno to Alabama and Georgia, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B...
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Tulare County AG Marijuana Grower Pleads Guilty

FRESNO, Calif. - Gerardo Morales, 23, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown on a 20-acre agricultural parcel in Alpaugh, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, on May...
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Madera Marijuana Grower Indicted

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a single count indictment today, charging Phouvanh Vongsenekeo, 25, of Phoenix, with manufacturing and possessing with the intent to distribute one hundred or more marijuana plants and one hundred or more kilograms of marijuana, between July 9, 2013, and August 9, 2013...
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290 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Seized In Stanislaus County Two Indicted

FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today charging Victor Torres-Romero, 24, of Ceres, and Luis Bartolo Madriz-Sandoval, 32, of Everett, Wash., with conspiring to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced...
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Arrest In Tehama And Glenn Counties Leads To Federal Cocaine Trafficking Charges

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today, charging Andres Guzman, 27, of Southern California, with possessing cocaine with intent to distribute, Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C. Balzano and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, on August 1, 2013...