DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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15 Individuals arrested on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges

CONCORD, N.H – Brian D. Boyle Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today that 15 individuals were arrested on federal drug trafficking and firearm offenses. The arrests are the culmination of a year-long investigation into drug trafficking in...
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Dillingham man indicted on federal drug trafficking charges

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Andrew Madison Straley III, 50, of Dillingham, Alaska, was named in the indictment charging him with possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance. Straley is currently awaiting a court appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge on the federal charge. According to the criminal complaint, on...
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DEA Los Angeles announces new opioid and overdose prevention efforts as part of DEA 360 Strategy

LOS ANGELES – As the greater Los Angeles area continues to be hamstrung by an opioid epidemic that has seen approximately 500 overdose deaths this year, the DEA in Los Angeles has announced a new comprehensive opioid strategy. At a press conference on Dec. 18, 2018, the DEA in Los...
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Warren County doctor sentenced for illegally distributing opioids and Medicare fraud

ST. LOUIS – Dr. Philip Dean, 62, a resident of Warren County, Missouri, was sentenced today to 40 months of imprisonment and ordered to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs in the amount of $312,377. Dr. Dean previously pled guilty today to two felony charges, illegally distributing opiate...
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Three men sentenced to federal prison for roles in drug trafficking conspiracy

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that three men have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to import and distribute methamphetamine in Ketchikan, Alaska. Neptali Yadao Dadia, 41, of Ketchikan, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess...
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Multi-state international drug trafficking organization targeted in 18-month investigation

TACOMA, Wash. - A law enforcement operation making arrests and serving search warrants over the last two days targeted a multi-state drug trafficking network led by drug cartel members in Mexico, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. The drug trafficking organization distributing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine was active in...
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Belmont man sentenced to nine years in prison for methamphetamine trafficking

CONCORD, N.H. – Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s New England Division Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced that Joseph C. Callahan, 36, of Belmont, New Hampshire, was sentenced in federal court to nine years in federal prison for possessing over five grams of...
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Methamphetamine seizures rise in DEA's Omaha Division

OMAHA, Neb., – As the nation recognizes National Methamphetamine Awareness Day today, the Drug Enforcement Administration's Omaha Division announces that it has seen a three percent increase in methamphetamine seizures in one year. The division, which includes Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota, registered 817 pounds of seized...
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Owasso doctor guilty of pill-sharing conspiracies

TULSA , Okla. – An Owasso physician pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to leading multiple conspiracies to write fraudulent opioid prescriptions in an effort to support his drug habit. Special Agent in Charge Clyde E. Shelley, Jr., of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and United States Attorney Trent...
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40-plus white supremacist street gang members indicted

SAVANNAH, Ga. - More than 40 associates of the notorious Ghost Face Gangsters, a violent, white supremacist criminal street gang operated largely from inside prisons, have been indicted on federal charges related to drug trafficking and firearms possession throughout eastern Georgia and beyond. A 93-page, 83-count federal grand jury indictment...