United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEW ORLEANS - Six years after the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) launched its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day; Americans continue to turn out in large numbers to rid their homes of unused medications. On October 22, 2016, DEA’s 12th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, the New Orleans Field (NOFD)...

(MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (“NYPD”), and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (“DEA”), announced that...

TRENTON, N.J. - - Belarmino Amaya, 58, of Hesperia, California, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Michael A. Toto in Middlesex County. Amaya pleaded guilty to first-degree charges of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and money laundering. The 12-year sentence includes four...

(ALBANY, N.Y. - Shukri Abdullah, 44, of Albany, New York, pled guilty Thursday to possessing synthetic cannabinoids with the intent to distribute them. The announcement was made by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S Attorney Richard S. Hartunian. As part...

NEW ORLEANS - After collecting and destroying about 6.4 million pounds-about 3,200 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past six years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially dangerous, unwanted...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Cinthia Banegas-Ruiz, 23, was sentenced to serve 46 months in federal prison today for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. According to court documents, in January...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Jose Maria Calderon, 48, of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced to serve 65 months in federal prison Wednesday for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the...

(SYRACUSE - - Derrick Wilson, 36, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today to serve a 336 (28 years) term of imprisonment, followed by 10 years of supervised release. The sentence was announced jointly by Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt, New York Division, Drug Enforcement (DEA), United States...

(SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - - Three men were arrested and five kilograms of cocaine were seized on Saturday in Utica, New York when Special Agents and Officers of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York State Police, and local law enforcement agencies ended a long-term investigation of drug trafficking in...

ALBANY, N.Y. - - District Attorney P. David Soares and James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), New York Division announced today that Manuel Luna, 51, of Queens, was found guilty after a jury trial of one Count of Operating as a Major Trafficker, a Class...