United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - After an investigation that began in November 2014, members of the DEA Ventura Resident Office and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit shut down a major cocaine distribution organization that was operating in and around San Luis Obispo County. Investigators served search warrants over...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today a toll-free tip line where the general public in the United States, Mexico, Central and South America can report any information that could aid in the apprehension of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman-Loera, who escaped a Mexican prison in...

MARION, Ohio - A nine-count federal indictment was filed charging a Marion man with selling heroin and fentanyl that resulted in an overdose death, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Special Agent in Charge Joseph P. Reagan. Eric L...

CONCORD, N.H. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Acting United States Attorney Donald Feith announced that Mohamed Alam, 62, of North Andover, Massachusetts, was sentenced today to one year probation in U.S. District Court after pleading guilty to Causing...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - DEA, Special Agent in Charge James P. Shroba announced today that a man who imported pseudoephedrine from Canada to Iowa in order to manufacture methamphetamine was sentenced on August 3, 2015, to more than 12 years in federal prison. Roger Hettinger, age 42, from Manchester, Iowa...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Lamar Jones, also known as “Cream,” 31, of New Haven, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District...

SAN FRANCISO - Sterigenics International LLC and its parent, Sterigenics U.S., LLC, agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that the companies failed to keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to controlled substances, announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration...

STAMFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alan Wilson, 24, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty today in Hartford federal court...

LOS ANGELES - A man linked to one of the most notorious organized crime rings in Israel and who on his own operated “a vast international criminal conspiracy engaged in drug trafficking and money laundering” was sentenced today to 384 months in federal prison. Matsri was found guilty by a...

MADISON, Wis. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Melvin R. Thomas, 37, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of heroin with intent...