United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MCALLEN, Texas - Four local residents and two Mexican nationals have been ordered to federal prison for their respective roles in laundering drug proceeds, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Roosevelt Faz, 49, and Ted Cantu, 48, both of...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Twenty-eight individuals are facing drug trafficking and money laundering charges as the result of a federal investigation targeting a Mexican drug trafficking (DTO) responsible for importing large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, and cocaine from Mexico and distributing the drugs in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois...

APR 28 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the DEA’s New England Division, and Acting United States Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced that Roger Belanger, 59, of Corinna, Maine, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to 11 years in prison...

APR 28 - BURLINGTON, Vt. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment yesterday charging Brian Folks, 42, of and Winooski, Vermont and New York City with four counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion, and one count of sex trafficking of a minor. Michael J. Ferguson...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - U.S. Attorney Jill Westmoreland Rose announced today that the federal court in the Western District of North Carolina has ordered the final forfeiture of a Henderson County residence used in the illegal distribution of oxycodone and other narcotics. The forfeiture of the residence to the United States...

BEAUMONT, Texas - A 35-year-old Port Arthur, Texas man has been found guilty by a jury for federal violations related to the murder of a Port Acres woman in the Eastern District of Texas, announced DEA Special Agent-in-Charge of the Houston Division, Joseph M. Arabit, and Acting U.S. Attorney Brit...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

DETROIT, Mich. - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

DEA’s Denver Field Division teams with Law Enforcement and Community Organizations to provide safe, easy to access disposal of old prescription drugs. DENVER - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by...