DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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San Diego Resident Sentenced to 15 Years for His Role in Fatal Fentanyl Overdose

SAN DIEGO - Drug dealer Saul Caro was sentenced in federal court today to 15 years in prison for providing the fentanyl that resulted in the overdose death of a 35-year-old business owner who lived in downtown San Diego. Caro pleaded guilty on June 1, 2022, admitting that he sold...
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Ten Charged with Crack Cocaine Distribution in Mount Vernon

WESTCHESTER, N.Y. – Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frank A. Tarentino III, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of...
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DEA Teams up with more than 4,300 Partners to Remove Unneeded Prescription Medications from Communities

NEW YORK CITY – On Oct. 29, 2022, communities across the country demonstrated their continued support for DEA’s bi-annual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by safely disposing of more than 647,000 pounds of unneeded medications at nearly 5,000 collection sites across the country. Since its inception in 2010, DEA’s...
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Utica Man Sentenced to 33 Months for Fentanyl Conspiracy and Distribution

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Daequon D. Perkins, 26, of Utica, New York, was sentenced Thursday to 33 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl, and distribution of a mixture and substance containing fentanyl. The announcement...
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Approximately 50 Pounds of Fentanyl/Heroin Seized at Drug Stash Apartment in the Bronx

NEW YORK CITY – A Bronx man was arrested in connection with the seizure of approximately 23 kilograms of heroin/fentanyl (50 pounds) from an apartment located near Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. The narcotics carry an estimated street value of $7 million. Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special...
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Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Ring Dismantled in Western New York

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and Special Agent in Charge Frank A. Tarentino III, Drug Enforcement Administration New York Division announced the takedown of a drug trafficking operation that flooded communities in Western New York with cocaine and fentanyl pills. As alleged in the 129-count indictment...
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Montenegrin National Charged with Maritime Narcotrafficking of Over 20 Tons of Cocaine

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – An indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Goran Gogic with one count of conspiracy to violate the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act and three counts of violating the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. Gogic, a citizen of Montenegro, and a former heavyweight boxer...
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DEA Gears Up for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

SAN DIEGO - The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 23rd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide, to include 23 drop-off locations in San...
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DEA Gears Up for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

NEW YORK CITY – The Drug Enforcement Administration will host its 23rd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event offers anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than 4,000 local drop-off locations nationwide. For more than a decade, DEA’s...
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Prison Sentence Announced for Queens Man on Narcotics and Gun Possession Charges

NEW YORK CITY. – Bridget G. Brennan, New York City’s Special Narcotics Prosecutor, today announced the prison sentence of Terry Barbour in connection with the possession of more than 18 kilograms of narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and seven semi-automatic guns. Barbour previously pleaded guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to...