DEA Archived Press Releases

Press Releases before January 20, 2025
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Silver Spring Man Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in OCDETF Cocaine Conspiracy

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced that today U.S. District Court Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Franklin Alma, age 29, of Silver Spring, Maryland to 151 months in prison followed by 4 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams...
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Silver Spring Man Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison for Distribution of Cocaine

Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, announced today that U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Tat Kim Huynh, age 33, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to 188 months in prison followed by 5 years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams...
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Pakistan Father Sentenced to Life and Son Sentenced to 30 Years in International Heroin Trafficking Scheme

FEB 16-- Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of DEA’s Washington Division, Shawn A. Johnson, announced the sentencing of Muzaffar Khan Afridi, age 59, to life in prison and his son, Alamdar Khan Afridi, age 29, to 30 years in prison on charges relating to their family’s international heroin trafficking organization...
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DEA Distributes Funds to Local Agencies

FEB 2 -- A DEA asset seizure made in March 2003 recently was distributed to the Virginia law enforcement agencies that participated in the large-scale marijuana investigation - dubbed Operation Weed B Truckin. Paul McNulty, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, presented the asset sharing checks to...
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Nine Indicted in Maryland Drug Conspiracy

FEB 2-- SAC Shawn A. Johnson of DEA’s Washington Division announced that an indictment was returned by a federal grand jury charging a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack). The indictment was returned on January 23, 2006. As unsealed, the one-count indictment charges the following individuals, who were...
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Final Defendant in Oxycontin Ring Pleads Guilty During Trial

JAN 19 -- Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that William Henry Muldrow, age 61, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and more than five grams of crack cocaine in connection...