DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Two men indicted for importing cocaine in Port of Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Two men have been charged in a four-count federal indictment for the June 2019 shipment of more than 45 pounds of cocaine through the Port of Savannah. Jimmy Alexander Pujols , aka “El Gallo,” 35, and Fausto Mendez Ramos, aka “Rudy Reyes Polanco,” 40, are charged with...
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Texas man sentenced to 11 years for cocaine conspiracy

MADISON, Wis. – United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Scott C. Blader announced that Gregory Smith, 51, of Houston, Texas, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 11 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. Smith...
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Member of New Haven drug trafficking ring sentenced to five years in federal prison

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham, announced that Stephen Jones, also known as “EVX” and “Stevie D,” 35, of New Haven, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Stefan...
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Chinese national pleads guilty for failing to report foreign national bank account

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Lili Bian, a 59-year old citizen of China and a lawful permanent resident of the United States living in Charlotte, appeared in federal court today and pleaded guilty to failing to report a foreign bank account with a balance exceeding $10,000, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western...
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Major investigations in multiple parishes result in dozens of defendants charged with multiple drug and gun crimes

NEW ORLEANS – Major investigations and arrest operations have taken place in Lafourche, Terrebonne and St. John Parishes over the past year, resulting in the indictments and arrests of over two dozen defendants facing multiple federal and state drug and gun charges, announced the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, the...
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Large-scale poly drug trafficking organization dismantled in Colorado

DENVER – In December of 2018, the Longmont Department of Public Safety Special Enforcement Unit began looking into the drug distribution activities of Joshua Ward, who resided in the city of Longmont. Utilizing various law enforcement investigative techniques, Longmont SEU identified numerous subjects in the northern Colorado region who were...
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Five Perrine residents arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking network

MIAMI – Five Perrine residents were arrested this morning for their involvement in a drug trafficking network believed to be the largest source of narcotics supply in the neighborhood of Perrine, as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Partnership initiative. The criminal complaint charges Tedrick “Ted” King...
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Ringleader who headed cocaine conspiracy between Puerto Rico and Buffalo pleads guilty

BUFFALO, NY – United States Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan announced today Cesar Rivera-Figueroa, aka Fat Boy, 28, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo to engaging in a continuing...
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Federal Jury finds Buffalo man guilty of multiple cocaine charges

BUFFALO, NY - U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. and Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division, Special Agent in Charge Raymond Donovan announced today that a federal jury has convicted Darryl M. Greene, 48, of Buffalo, New York, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, 500...
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Five Perrine residents arrested for their involvement in a drug trafficking network

MIAMI - Tedrick “Ted” King, 45, Wilhemnia Nottage, 35, Corey Evans, 28, Christopher McCollur, a/k/a “Block,” 32, Keyon Harris, 37, and Jonis Webster, a/k/a “J.J.,” 39, all of Miami-Dade County, were arrested this morning as part of the Southern District of Florida’s Violence Reduction Initiative for their involvement in a...