DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Two Passaic County men charged in seizure of over 20 kilograms of cocaine

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced two Passaic County, N.J., men are charged in connection with the seizure of more than 20 kilograms of cocaine. Carlos Nieves, 24, and Yocadis...
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Member of violent Grape Street Crips gang sentenced to 19 years for witness intimidation and racketeering conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a member of the New Jersey set of the Grape Street Crips was sentenced today to 19 years in federal prison for his participation...
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DEA arrests six on drug charges, including MS-13 gang member

PHOENIX – Doug Coleman, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Arizona, announces the arrest of six subjects, including an admitted MS-13 gang member, and seizure of drugs and multiple weapons after a joint task force investigation with the Scottsdale Police Department. Agents and detectives initiated the...
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Four charged in conspiracy to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced four people have been charged for their respective roles in a conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine. Victoria Irizarry, 30, of...
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Hudson County man sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in cocaine distribution conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. – DEA New Jersey Division Special Agent in Charge Susan A. Gibson and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito announced a Jersey City man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a cocaine distribution conspiracy operating in Jersey City...
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Meth on the rise in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. – In August 2018, the DEA Intelligence Program, in conjunction with the NY/NJ High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area program and the NJ State Police Regional Operations Intelligence Center’s Drug Monitoring Initiative assessed the methamphetamine drug threat in New Jersey. The results of the program show that state law...
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Bergen County, New Jersey, man charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin

NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced a Bergen County, New Jersey, man who was arrested with three kilograms of heroin, a loaded, stolen Glock 22 pistol...
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Pharmacist gets 10 years in prison on DEA case

PHOENIX – The DEA today announced the sentencing of former pharmacist, Vilawoe Aku Boadu, to ten years in prison and pharmacy technician, Zinka Sisic, to four years in prison, after DEA agents arrested both individuals and closed two Phoenix area pharmacies last year. Both women were convicted on federal drug...
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Grape Street Crips member arrested for attempted murder in aid of racketeering and RICO conspiracy

NEWARK, N.J. – A member of the New Jersey Grape Street Crips who was arrested earlier this week in Durham, North Carolina, on charges that include RICO conspiracy, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder had his initial appearance in federal court today, announced Special Agent in Charge Valerie A...
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Two Hunterdon County women sentenced for distributing opioids

TRENTON, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division, Valerie A. Nickerson, and U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, announced two Hunterdon County, New Jersey, women were sentenced today to federal prison terms for their respective roles in an oxycodone...