United States Drug Enforcement Administration

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Treasury Inspector General of Tax (TIGTA) Special Agent in Charge Julie Parodi, IRS - Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Scott O’Briant, and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Kulwant Lasher, 54, an owner of...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Eduardo Medina-Mendoza, aka Eduardo Nunez Medina, 48, of Guerrero, Mexico, entered a guilty plea yesterday to conspiring to manufacture or cultivate, to distribute, and to possess with intent...

FRENSO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Sokha Bhopal, aka Balwinder Singh Bhopal, 51, of Punjab, India, was sentenced on March 14, 2011, to seven years and two months in prison to be...

BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg sentenced Eric Griffin, 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to more than 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervisedrelease, for possession with intent to distribute heroin. The sentence was announced by Special Agent in Charge Ava Cooper-Davis of the...

BALTIMORE, MD. - At least 425 law enforcement officers from DEA, Baltimore Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Baltimore County Police Department participated in an enforcement operation resulting in the seizure of heroin, marijuana, guns and approximately $69,000 in cash. Thirty-eight defendants...

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today against Timothy Duane, 30, for failure to appear, adding the a fifth criminal charge to four pending drug charges...

SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Daniel Salinas, 30; Juan Oscar Martinez-Arias, 22; Antonio Sanchez-Gaona, 24; and Edgardo Solorio-Camacho, 26; of Mexico, with conspiracy...

WASHINGTON, D.C - . - Thirty-five members and associates of the Barrio (BA) gang have been charged in a third superseding indictment unsealed today with various counts of racketeering, murder, drug offenses, money laundering and obstruction of justice, announced Administrator Michele Leonhart of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA). Of the...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - A federal grand jury in San Francisco has charged 15 individuals with committing racketeering, extortionate extension of credit, and narcotics offenses at and through two Bay Area casino card clubs, Artichoke Joe’s Casino and Oaks Card (the casinos), United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. The indictment...

SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that, following a lengthy investigation, Alejandro Fletes-Lopez, 28, of Acampo, and 12 others were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with the intent...