DEA Archived Press Releases

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Long Island Convenience Store Owner And Clerks Arrested For Drug Trafficking

BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A four-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Central Islip, New York, charging Osman Ak, Murat Ak and Mehmet Akpinar, with drug trafficking conspiracy and substantive acts of drug trafficking in connection with their sale of controlled substances from 2013 through 2015 at Eyup Gas...
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Detention Ordered For El Paso Defendant Charged In Cocaine/heroin Trafficking Indictment

EL PASO - This afternoon, U.S. Magistrate Judge Anne T. Berton ordered 36 year-old Martin Arody Sanchez Aguirre held without bond pending trial on federal drug trafficking charges. Sanchez Aguirre is one of five individuals indicted earlier this month for trafficking in cocaine and heroin throughout the El Paso area...
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Gang Member Sentenced To 42 Years For Murder Of 17-year-old And Other Crimes

NEW YORK - James J. Hunt, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Jason Moye, aka “Tall Jay,” was sentenced this afternoon to a term of 444 months in prison, which...
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Perryville Pharmacist Sent To Prison For 10 Years, To Pay $850,000 For Role In Pill Scheme

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Christopher Grant Watson, 44, of Perryville, a former pharmacist and owner of Perry County Food and Drug Store, will be spending the next 10 years in federal prison, announced Stephen G. Azzam, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New Orleans Division, Patrick C...
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Fourth Bandido Pleads Guilty To Federal Charge In Connection With The Murder Of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh In 2006

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 35-year-old Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle (OMO) San Antonio Centro Chapter member Norberto Serna, Jr. (aka “Hammer”) of San Antonio pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with the murder of Hells Angel Anthony Benesh in 2006 announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in...
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Registration For The DEA 360 “Power Of You” Event Is Open

DAYTON, Ohio - The DEA 360 “Power of You” event will be held on October 16th, 2017, at the Nutter Center on the campus of Wright State University, in Fairborn, Ohio. Register to attend at Eventbrite.com.
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Schenectady Man Sentenced For Crack Distribution

ALBANY, N.Y. - James J. Hunt, the Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Acting United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith announced that Nicholas “Netti” Khan, 24, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced today to 92 months in prison for distributing crack cocaine. Senior United States District...
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Man Sentenced To 35 Years For Meth Trafficking From Houston To Louisiana

HOUSTON - A native of Louisiana has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting...
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Former Gulf Cartel Leader Convicted Of Drug Conspiracy And Assaults On Federal Officers

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Jorge Costilla-Sanchez has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana as well as two counts of assault on a federal officer, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Will Glaspy, Houston Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. Costilla-Sanchez, 46...
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Rutherford County Man Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison For Crack And Firearms Offenses

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - On June 19, 2017, Allen Carney, 30, of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was sentenced to serve 240 months in prison by the Honorable Harry S. Mattice, Jr., U.S. District Judge. Following a March 2017 jury trial, Carney was convicted of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine, possession of...