United States Drug Enforcement Administration

NEW ORLEANS – DEA New Orleans Division Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley will announce that New Orleans and the surrounding parishes of Jefferson and St. Bernard will be the next region where the DEA will implement its 360 Strategy, a comprehensive approach to address prescription opioid abuse, heroin...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A Montgomery, Ala., man, Cody Eugene Mobley, 29, was convicted last week of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley, U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson and Montgomery Police Chief...

NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities. DEA continues...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Dozens of members of a white supremacist gang allegedly responsible for multiple acts of violence were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of Arkansas. The indictment alleges that the New Aryan Empire is a racketeering enterprise, which committed violent acts—attempted murder...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The final three members of a drug trafficking organization based in Lee County were sentenced in federal court last week, announced Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge Andy Langan with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. Marquis Lanez Miller, Lester...

PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Philadelphia Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jon Wilson announced today that the DEA and Jennifer Lewis-Hall from PHL 17 will be hosting a Youth Drug Summit at Temple University on Nov. 27, 2018, as part of the DEA’s 360 Strategy. Over 350...

MOBILE, Ala. – A twenty-three count indictment charging 18 members and associates of a Selma-based street gang known as the “MLK Gang” with narcotics conspiracy and firearms offenses was unsealed yesterday, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam and United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of...

BATON ROUGE, La. – A federal grand jury recently returned a five-count indictment charging Donovan J. Barker, age 59, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with aiding and abetting a conspiracy to distribute tramadol and carisoprodol, international money laundering, unlawful money transmitting, and possession of tramadol. On Oct. 25, 2018, Barker made...

PHILADELPHIA -- Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jon Wilson of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Philadelphia Field Division announced today that 39,615 pounds of prescription drugs were collected across Pennsylvania and Delaware by the DEA and its partners during the Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018...

NEW ORLEANS – With the robust participation of Americans nationwide, DEA and its law enforcement partners have now surpassed its 10 million pound goal and collected nearly 11 million pounds of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications over the course of 16 successful DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back events...