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PRESS RELEASE

Brothers Plead Guilty For Roles In Drug Conspiracy

November 07, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced Enrique Done of Newark today admitted his involvement in conspiring to possess and distribute...
November 07, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Member Of Organization That Smuggled Cocaine On Commercial Airlines Sentenced To 70 Months

October 31, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that an extradited member of an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the...
October 31, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Twelve Indicted For Alleged Drug Trafficking In Odessa Area

October 28, 2011
MIDLAND, TX. -- - Joseph D. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration -- El Paso Division and United States and Attorney Robert Pitman announced that 12 individuals have been indicted on cocaine trafficking charges. Ten of the 12 are now in custody. The individuals arrested by...
October 28, 2011
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Operation Sour/Kush Yields Multiple Arrests, Weapons, Narcotics, And Currency

October 27, 2011
PATERSON, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Clifton Police Chief Gary F. Giardina, and Acting Passaic Police Chief Richard Diaz, announced the stunning results of a nearly year-long...
October 27, 2011
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Leader Of Cocaine Smuggling Organization Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Use Commercial Airlines To Smuggle Drugs From West Indies To England Through The United States

October 24, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced the extradited leader of an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the...
October 24, 2011
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Federal Jury Convicts El Paso Pharmacist In Drug Distribution Scheme

October 19, 2011
EL PASO, TX -- - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that a federal jury this afternoon returned a guilty verdict against an El Paso pharmacist for illegally dispensing controlled substances. Jurors found Peter Victor Ayika, 55, guilty of...
October 19, 2011
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Bloods Street Gang Leader Charged With Possessing Weapons And Conspiring To Distribute Drugs

October 07, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that an alleged leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street...
October 07, 2011
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Texas Businessman Found Guilty Of Laundering Millions Of Dollars For A Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organization

September 28, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell , the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Vikram Datta, the owner of multiple retail perfume stores located on the...
September 28, 2011
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Eighty-Four Defendants Charged With Drug Trafficking Offenses As A Result Of DEA "MET" Operation In Roswell, New Mexico

September 23, 2011
ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- - Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit and United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales announced that 57 Roswell residents have been charged with federal drug trafficking offenses in 45 federal indictments and six federal criminal complaints that were unsealed yesterday. Another 27 Roswell...
September 23, 2011
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New Jersey Man Sentenced To 87 Months In Prison For Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally

September 12, 2011
CAMDEN, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman , the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced a Rio Grande, N.J., man who traveled to Florida 29 times to illegally...
September 12, 2011
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