DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
1999 Results - Showing 1871 to 1880
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against 16 Alleged Members Of Bronx Armed Robbery Crew That Impersonated Police Officers

MANHATTAN - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), and Joseph A. D’Amico...
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International Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 280 Months In Prison

MANHATTAN - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Brian R. Crowell the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) New York Division announced that Jose Mosquera-Prado, a top lieutenant of Colombian drug kingpin Francisco Gonzalez-Uribe, was sentenced today in Manhattan...
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Pearl River Man Charged With Illegal Distribution Of Oxymorphone Causing The Overdose Death Of 21-Year Old Man

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge, New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Longworth, the Commissioner of Westchester County Department of Public Safety, Thomas Zugibe, Rockland County District Attorney...
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DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force And NJSP Search Of Quiet Neighborhood Home Uncovers Heroin Mill And $6 Million Of Heroin

CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) New York Drug Enforcement Task (NYDETF) and New Jersey State (NJSP) detectives assigned to the Drug Trafficking North Unit executed a search warrant at 423 Nelson Avenue, an upscale residential neighborhood on December 20th. As they were about to approach...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 13 Members And Associates Of Lower East Side Narcotics Organization With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney, Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Raymond W. Kelly, Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD)...
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Owner Of Tebbs Headshops Pleads Guilty In Federal Court To Selling Bath Salts

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge, New York Division U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian announced that John Tebbetts, 33, of, Floyd, NY, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court in Syracuse to possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances...
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Doctor Who Supplied Oxycodone Ring Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 36 Months In Prison

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that Diana Williamson, a doctor who supplied an oxycodone trafficking organization with fake...
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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 Extradition Of Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Linked To Los Zetas Drug Cartel

MANHATTAN - - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Division and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the extradition of Horst Walther Overdick-Mejia from Guatemala. Overdick-Mejia was charged in January 2012 with...
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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...