SAN DIEGO - This morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) San Diego Field Division's Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department and Health Advocates Rejecting Marijuana, (HARM) announce the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2013. During calendar year 2013, NTF...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - In November 2010, special agents with the Imperial County Narcotic Task (ICNTF) initiated a California State wiretap investigation into the importation and transportation activities of a Drug Trafficking (DTO) based in Mexicali, Baja California (BCN), Mexico. Dubbed Operation Cerberus, this investigation targeted Sinaloa Cartel...

ATLANTA - Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution. Hugh Maddux, the former owner of a dental practice in Newnan, Ga., has been sentenced for drug distribution. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Atlanta...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, October 26, 2013, turned in 10,029.84 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent...

ATLANTA - Georgians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, October 26, 2013, turned in 8,153.25 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, October 26, 2013, turned in 10,880 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. Harry S. Sommers, the Special...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolinians participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) seventh National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on Saturday, October 26, 2013, turned in 5,527.18 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. Harry S. Sommers, the Special...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 7th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, October 26, 2013. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 40 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four...

SAN DIEGO - Three suspects are facing federal charges following the seizure of more than eight tons of marijuana and several hundred pounds of cocaine linked to an elaborate cross border tunnel shut down Wednesday night during an operation by federal and local law enforcement agencies. The newly completed tunnel...

SAN DIEGO - - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) would like to announce that the 7th National Prescription Take Back will be held on October 26, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse...