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Submariner Smugglers Extradited from Colombia to Face International Cocaine Distribution Charges

New York - This afternoon, in federal court in Brooklyn, Elkin Armando Alomia Quiñones, Luis Alberto Arboleda Escobar, Diego Luis Obregon Aguirre, Edwin Obregon Castro, Juan Matias Obregon Castro, Rodrigo Obregon Saavedra and Narjel Paredes, all citizens of Colombia, will be arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge James R. Cho...
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DEA New York Enforcement Division Announces Takedown of Brooklyn Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficker

NEW YORK – DEA New York Enforcement Division Special Agent in Charge Farhana Islam, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and New York State Police Superintendent Stephen James announced the arrest and indictment of Azer Arslanouk, 36, of Ocean Township, New Jersey, for illegally selling fentanyl and cocaine in Brooklyn...
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Attorney General Alan Wilson Announces Indictments in State Grand Jury Operation ‘Ganjapreneur’ Involving Marijuana and Illegal THC Products Being Sold Openly in SC Businesses

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced today in the drug trafficking investigation known as “Ganjapreneur” that the South Carolina State Grand Jury has issued the first indictments directly resulting from the searches and seizures of Midlands area distributorships and vape shops on December 9, 2025. In...
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Bronx Man Charged with the Fatal Fentanyl Poisoning of a 12 Year Old Boy

New York - Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) New York Enforcement Division, Farhana Islam, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced today the unsealing of...
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Six Arrested at Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Mill in the Bronx, New York

Six men were arrested during a court-authorized search of a fentanyl and heroin packaging mill located inside an apartment in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx. Approximately three kilograms of fentanyl (over six pounds), carrying an estimated street value of over $500,000, was seized during a court-authorized search. The organization...
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DEA New York Delivers Major Blow to Drug Cartels, Advancing a Fentanyl Free America in 2026

NEW YORK – Marking a powerful start to 2026, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration dealt a significant blow to drug trafficking networks during Phase II of our nationwide Operation Fentanyl Free America. Between January 12 and February 10, 2026, DEA seized more than 4.7 million fentanyl pills and nearly 2,396...
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Mexican Illegal Alien and Convicted Felon Both Face Federal Charges After Norcross Drug Busts

Atlanta – Benjamin Alberto Lozoya, a convicted felon, and Arturo Carreno-Rivera, an illegal alien from Mexico, face federal charges after law enforcement seized at least 30 pounds of fentanyl, 10 pounds of methamphetamine, and two loaded firearms in drug trafficking operations in Norcross, Georgia this week. “The defendants conducted their...
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Union County Man Sentenced to More than 10 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dezmond Tobias Tucker, 31, of Union, has been sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison for distribution of fentanyl. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that in October of 2023, investigators with the Union Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration caught Tucker selling fentanyl...
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Prolific Fentanyl Dealer with Alleged Cartel Ties Faces Federal Charges

Atlanta – Kevin Martinez appeared in federal court earlier today on charges related to his alleged distribution of significant quantities of fentanyl in the metro-Atlanta area. Martinez allegedly operated under the direction of the La Nueva Familia Michoacana drug cartel. “Martinez allegedly worked on behalf of a terrorist drug cartel...
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Illegal Alien Faces Federal Charges for Distributing Kilograms of Purple Fentanyl

ATLANTA – Martin Armando Gonzalez-Martinez, an illegal alien working directly with Mexico-based drug traffickers, appeared in federal court on charges related to his distribution of purple fentanyl in the Atlanta area. “Fentanyl is so extremely dangerous that just a couple milligrams can be lethal,” said U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg...

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