FRESNO, Calif. - Adam Christopher Vega, 30, of Bakersfield, was arrested late Friday in Bakersfield after being charged in a seven-count federal indictment alleging that he and four co-conspirators trafficked in methamphetamine and marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner...

FRESNO, Calif. - Manjot Nanner, 32, a resident of Fresno and Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute cocaine, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court documents, Nanner helped set up a Fresno trucking company...

FRESNO, Calif. - Victor Torres, 28, of Selma, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill to five years and 10 months in prison for methamphetamine trafficking, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced. According to court...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and (NIST) today announced appointments to a newly created National Commission on Forensic Science. Members of the commission will work to improve the practice of forensic science by developing guidance concerning the intersections...

FRESNO, Calif.) - Today, one marijuana cultivator entered a guilty plea and one was sentenced for their involvement in separate cases resulting from Operation Mercury, a six-county eradication and enforcement effort that focused on large-scale marijuana cultivation operations on agricultural land in the Central Valley, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent...

WASHINGTON - - "Those who aspire to see their own or others' children accomplish great things in life or who want to live in a nation of increasing prosperity should be very concerned about the increase in marijuana use by teenagers, including the fact that a staggering 12 percent of...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lynn Farrell Smith, 63, of Stockton was sentenced to 42 months in prison today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. for offenses involving the cultivation and sale of marijuana via storefronts in Sacramento and Stockton, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Jay Fitzpatrick...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - Mikhael Issa Kamar, aka Michael Kamar, 51, of Bakersfield, appeared today in federal court for arraignment on a three-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Fresno on December 12, 2013, charging him with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute, distributing, and possessing...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) is now utilizing Twitter to reach a larger audience and provide the latest news, tips, and useful information. Please consider following us at https://www.twitter.com/deanews To sign up for email updates from DEA, please visit: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOJDEA/subscriber/new To submit a tip about possible drug trafficking...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Matthew Davies, 35, of Stockton, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. to five years in prison and a $100,000 fine for offenses involving the cultivation and sale of marijuana via dispensaries in Sacramento and Stockton, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner...