United States Drug Enforcement Administration

BURLINGTON, VT – DEA New England Division Special Agent in Charge Brian D. Boyle and the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, Christina E. Nolan, announced today the results of an 18-month multi-agency enforcement operation targeting the illegal trafficking of firearms and drugs between Vermont and Western Massachusetts...

SPOKANE, Wash., - On October 21 - 22, 2020, United States Attorney William Hyslop and DEA Special Agent in Charge Keith Weis announced a coordinated Opioid Fentanyl Outreach initiative by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, community leaders, prevention specialists and school superintendents in Spokane and the Tri-Cities areas...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A 28-year-old resident of Los Fresnos has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction for large-scale meth trafficking, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Steven S. Whipple, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. Samuel Martinez pleaded guilty Aug. 29, 2019. Today, U.S. District Judge David...

DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea and local law enforcement officials announce the largest domestic seizure of methamphetamine in DEA history LOS ANGELES – At a press conference today, DEA Acting Administrator Timothy J. Shea and Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner announced the seizure of...

ATHENS, Ga – Three defendants guilty of distributing methamphetamine in the northeast Georgia region, arrested during the on-going large-scale “Operation Wu Block” investigation, were sentenced to federal prison today, said Charlie Peeler, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal sentenced three Operation...

ATLANTA - Mani Chulpayev, having been arrested in Ukraine and extradited to Atlanta, has been arraigned on federal charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering. “The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its law enforcement partners will continue to target drug traffickers and those who support them with...

BRUNSWICK, GA: A Port Wentworth man who laundered drug proceeds and helped distribute significant amounts of cocaine for a coastal Georgia drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Allen Grady , 43, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to 240 months...

BRUNSWICK, GA: An Appling County man with multiple prior convictions for selling narcotics has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison. Charlie Williams , 38, of Alma, Ga., was sentenced to 190 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood after pleading guilty to Possession...

SAVANNAH, GA: The second of two men charged in June 2019 after more than 45 pounds of cocaine were seized from a Savannah shipment has admitted guilt to a federal drug trafficking charge. Jimmy Alexander Pujols , a/k/a “El Gallo,” 35, pled guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute 5...

Charleston, S.C. --- United States Attorney Peter M. McCoy, Jr., announced today that Diamond Floyd, also known as “Dime-Bag”, 24, of Charleston, was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to three counts of drug trafficking and possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking. Evidence...