DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
84 Results - Showing 1 to 10
PRESS RELEASE

Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

As part of an ongoing investigation into fentanyl/heroin trafficking in New York City, federal, state and local law enforcement officers recovered over 13 pounds of drug mixtures, including fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, from inside a packaging mill. The drugs are estimated to carry a street value of over...
PRESS RELEASE

Bridgeport Drug Trafficker Sentenced

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that FRANK JAMONT BEST, also known as “JB,” and “Cash,” 50, of Bridgeport, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to approximately 37 months of imprisonment, time already served, and...
PRESS RELEASE

11 Charged with Trafficking Drugs in Southwestern Connecticut, Firearm Offenses

STAMFORD, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw today announced that the following 11 individuals have been charged with federal offenses stemming from...
PRESS RELEASE

Operation Overdrive in Tampa Leads to Dozens of Arrests and Significant Drug Seizures

TAMPA – Today, a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)-led joint task force, designed to bring justice to Tampa’s most violent drug traffickers, announced the results of a 5-month, concentrated law enforcement effort. Deanne Reuter, the DEA Miami Field Division Special Agent in Charge (SAC), and Roger Handberg, United States Attorney (USA)...
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Trafficker Sentenced to More Than 10 Years in Federal Prison

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JASON COX, 50, formerly of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Savannah, Georgia, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Victor A. Bolden in New Haven to 125 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised...
PRESS RELEASE

Atlantic City Investigation Leads to Arrest and Recovery of Guns and Drugs.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - The Drug Enforcement Administration - New Jersey Field Division (DEA NJFD) and the Atlantic City Police Department (ACPD) recently concluded a cooperative investigation leading to the arrest of an Atlantic City resident and the recovery of guns and drugs. On November 15, 2023, detectives of the...
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

SAVANNAH, GA: The leader of a drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed kilos of cocaine and large amounts of other illegal drugs throughout the coastal Georgia area has been sentenced to more than 25 years in federal prison, concluding prosecution of Operation Deadlier Catch. Joseph Bulloch, a/k/a “Lil Joe,” 34, of...
PRESS RELEASE

Atlantic County Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Role in Drug DitributionSCHEME

CAMDEN, N.J. – An Atlantic County, New Jersey, man was sentenced to 168 months in prison for his role in a drug distribution scheme, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Cheryl Ortiz and U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today. Ricardo Clavijo, 42, of...
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Indicted With 24 Federal Arrests

TACOMA, Wash. – Twenty-seven people were indicted by a grand jury for drug trafficking, and many of those in the indictment are tied to the “Aryan Family,” a white supremacist prison gang, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Twenty-four of the defendants have been arrested over the last five days in...
PRESS RELEASE

Indictment Charges Eight Members of Alleged D.C. Drug Gang With Conspiracy

WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today charging eight individuals in a drug conspiracy. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and officers with the Metropolitan Police and Prince George’s County Police Departments arrested seven of the defendants yesterday. Melvin Grayson, 49, of District...