ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Romero, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Romero will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Romero was one of five men...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Robert Romero, 26, of Santa Fe, N.M., pleaded guilty today to federal narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Romero will be sentenced to ten years in federal prison followed by four years of supervised release. Romero was one of five men...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Yesterday the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Customs and Border (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security (HSI), Federal Bureau of (FBI), Internal Revenue (IRS) and other federal, state, and local partners announced the culmination of Project Synergy Phase II, an ongoing effort targeting every level of the dangerous...

LAS CRUCES, N.M. - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Pawan Kumar Jain, 61, of Las Cruces, N.M., with the unlawful dispensing of opioid pain medication and health care fraud charges, announced by Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit of the DEA’s El Paso Field Division...

ST.LOUIS - The Executive Board of the Midwest HIDTA has recognized Omaha DEA's Task Force Tactical Diversion Squad with the 2013 Outstanding Prescription Drug Investigative Effort Award for 2013. This award is given to the initiative or group that exhibits outstanding investigative results in utilizing the cooperative spirit and tenets...

JAN 24 (LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Thirty-nine individuals residing in Eddy, Chaves and Lincoln Counties, N.M., and one from west Texas are facing drug trafficking and firearms charges as the result of a multi-agency investigation targeting drug traffickers in southeastern New Mexico. The investigation culminated this morning when 27 of...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge James Shroba and United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Tammy Dickinson, announced today that an Eldon, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a large-scale conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in the Cole...

ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) St. Louis Division announced that Charles W. Scallion, 41, of Carbondale, Ill., was sentenced in United States District Court in Benton on a one-count indictment charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine. This announcement was also made by Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge James Shroba and United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Tammy Dickinson, announced that a Kansas City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy that was responsible for distributing hundreds of...

JAN 10 (MIDLAND, Texas) - Yesterday, authorities arrested 22 of the 35 individuals yesterday on federal and state drug charges announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph A. Arabit, El Paso Division; United States Attorney Robert Pitman, Midland County District Attorney Teresa J. Clingman; and Midland Police Chief...