DEA Archived Press Releases

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83 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking In The Municipality Of San Juan

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - On March 1st, 2012, a federal grand jury returned two separate indictments against 83 individuals as a result of two investigations led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD), announced today by United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez. According to the...
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Former Watertown Police Officer Charged With Passing False Prescriptions Using Another’s Identity

BOSTON - A Framingham man was charged in federal court in connection to crimes committed while in his official capacity as a Watertown police officer. John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Carmen...
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Man Indicted In International Drug Conspiracy Extradited To Boston From Colombia

BOSTON - - John J. Arvanitis, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that a man from Colombia, charged in an international cocaine conspiracy in 2010, made his initial appearance in federal court today after he...
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More Operation Mercury Convictions

FRESNO, Calif. - Operation Mercury, a multicounty marijuana initiative focusing on agricultural marijuana grows, has resulted in the guilty plea today of Christopher Gallegos, 19, of Temecula, and the sentencing today of Ramon Manjarrez Del Vaal, 37, of Sinaloa, Mexico, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce C...
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Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty To Drug And Firearms Crimes

FRESNO, Calif. - Manuel Vasquez, 30, a Fresno bail bondsman who resided in Selma, pleaded guilty today to participating in a long-term methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy and aiding and abetting a convicted felon, Edwan Dablan, 37, of Kingsburg, to possess multiple firearms, Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Bruce...
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Heroin Pipeline From The Bronx To Otsego County Shut Down

OTSEGO COUNTY, N.Y. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Brian R. Crowell, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr, Oneonta Police Chief Dennis R. Nayor and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of a major trafficking ring...
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Seventeen Defendants Facing Federal Narcotics Or Firearms Charges Alleging Nexus Of Guns And Drugs In Chicago

CHICAGO) - Seventeen defendants are facing federal narcotics and/or firearms charges which demonstrate again the intersection of drugs and illegal gun possession in Chicago. An investigation by the Chicago Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of alleged drug-trafficking by a father and son that started less than a...
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Pekin Man Charged With Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy

PEORIA, Ill. - A Pekin man faces federal charges of conspiracy to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin resulting in three deaths. Anthony Mansini, 22, of the 4400 block of Meadow Drive, made his initial appearance in federal court yesterday and was ordered to remain in the custody of the...
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Attorney General Eric Holder Visits The US Virgin Islands

US, Virgin Islands - On February 19, 2013, Caribbean Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Pedro J. Janer, St. Thomas Resident Agent in Charge Eric Barnard and St. Croix Resident Agent in Charge Timothy Williams met with Attorney (AG) Eric Holder along with a host of other federal agency heads...
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Jose E. Toledo-Bayouth Arrested For Drug Trafficking

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Today, United States Magistrate Judge Bruce McGiverin authorized a criminal complaint against José E. Toledo-Bayouth for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of a mixture and substance containing cocaine, announced Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney for the District...