DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Superseding Indictment Returned For The Drug Related Murder Of New Orleanian Tamira Johnson

NEW ORLEANS - Don Brooks, age 19, and Antoine Brooks, age 21, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged in a 9-count superseding indictment. In addition to the charges brought in the original indictment, the charges in the superseding indictment include discharging a firearm in furtherance of a drug...
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Three DEA Operation “Meilky Way” Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Case Ring Leader Sentenced To 35 Years Imprisonment

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Today, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) William J. Bryant and Christopher R. Thyer, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced United States District Judge J. Leon Holmes sentenced Michael Meilke, age 38...
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DEA Shreveport Investigation Exposes Mansfield Cocaine, Meth Distribution Scheme

SHREVEPORT, La. - Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph W. Shepherd announced today that a year-long undercover investigation resulted in 15 people being charged for distributing cocaine and methamphetamine in the Mansfield area. The charges and arrests are part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF)...