United States Drug Enforcement Administration

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police (NYPD), today announced the...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - An indictment and two complaints were unsealed today in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York charging nine defendants with conspiring to distribute heroin and/or oxycodone in Staten Island, New York. Eight defendants were arrested earlier today in Staten Island and...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A Texas man was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight and a half years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley and United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finely. David Wayne Carlisle, 41, of Marshall, Texas, was...

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - - Carl J. Kotowski, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division and Robert L. Capers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced today the arrests of nine defendants for their role in an international steroid distribution ring. The charges against the...

FEB 22 - PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Brandon Lancaster, 21, of Norridgewock, Maine, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to distributing oxycodone. According to court...

FEB 22 - HARTFORD, 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, today announced that Isaiah Hart, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Michael...

DALLAS, Texas - Jose Luis Martinez-Martinez, 41, of Desoto, Texas, made his initial appearance last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul D. Stickney on a complaint, unsealed today, charging possession with intent to distribute. The charging was announced jointly by Dallas Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge, Clyde Shelley...

FEB 21 - BANGOR, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson Special Agent-in-Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Bradford Christopher, 36, of Alna, Maine was sentenced in U.S. District Court by Judge John A. Woodcock Jr. to two years...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Metin Metlu Sado, age 48, of Encinitas, California, was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison and ordered to pay a $9,900.00 fine on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced DEA Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the...

WASHINGTON D.C. - China’s National Narcotics Control Commission announced this week that scheduling controls against four fentanyl-class substances - carfentanil, furanyl fentanyl, valeryl fentanyl, and acryl fentanyl - will begin on March 1, 2017. This announcement is the culmination of ongoing collaboration between the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Government...