DALLAS - Nancy Pineda, 27, of Farmers Branch, Texas, remains in federal custody today following her arrest late Friday evening by investigators with the Farmers Branch Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration on a federal criminal complaint stemming from her selling the heroin that caused a...

DALLAS - Following a law enforcement operation this morning, led by officers with the Lubbock Police Department and special agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA), three Lubbock, Texas residents were arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, a...

NORTH TEXAS and Okla. - DEA reprises this weekend one of its most popular community programs: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. On Saturday October 22 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. the public can dispose of their unused, unwanted prescription medications at one of 4,700 collection sites nationwide, operated...

NEW ORLEANS - After collecting and destroying about 6.4 million pounds-about 3,200 tons-of unused prescription drugs in the past six years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is continuing its efforts to take back unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications. The DEA invites the public to bring their potentially dangerous, unwanted...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Cinthia Banegas-Ruiz, 23, was sentenced to serve 46 months in federal prison today for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. According to court documents, in January...

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Jose Maria Calderon, 48, of Springdale, Arkansas, was sentenced to serve 65 months in federal prison Wednesday for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Matthew Barden and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the...

FORT SMITH, Ark. - A major drug trafficker was sentenced to serve 12 ½ years in federal prison today, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Stephen G. Azzam and Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. Jose Mendez-Alvarado, 39, of Fort Smith, was sentenced to 150 months in...

AMARILLO, Texas - A couple arrested earlier this year after a traffic stop in Carson County, Texas, and then found to have 3,825 grams of heroin in bundles in a suitcase in the cargo section of their vehicle, have been sentenced, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District...

DALLAS - During a week that the Department of Justice has designated as National Heroin and Opioid Awareness Week, in which it seeks to prevent new victims from succumbing to addiction and highlight its ongoing commitment to hold traffickers accountable, a federal grand jury in Dallas returned a superseding indictment...

JACKSON, Miss. - Multiple defendants face conspiracy and drug charges in the Southern District of Mississippi, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Stephen G. Azzam. The multi-count indictment is the result of a two-year investigation by the federal Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) in this district...