CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Several South Texas men and one from Houston have been arrested on charges including a marijuana trafficking conspiracy and laundering monetary instruments during an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) dubbed “Operation Black Mask,” announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. (Houston...

LAREDO, Texas - Luis Macias-Molinas, 32, Ricardo Rosas Jr., 27, and Manuel Aguilar, aka Chino, 25, all of Laredo, have been ordered to federal prison following their convictions for drug trafficking and gun related charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S...

McALLEN, Texas - Noel Pena, 29, a Rio Grande City Police Department investigator, has been arrested and made his initial appearance on charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson...

(PORTLAND, Maine - Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Michael Serritella, 60, of Palm Harbor, Florida, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nancy Torresen to 30 months in prison to...

(BOSTON - An Acton woman pleaded guilty today to distributing 25B-NBOMe, a synthetic hallucinogen, also known as “N-Bomb” that is gaining popularity among young people. Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division, and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced that Mikayla...

McALLEN, Texas - Alejandro Morales-Flores, 60, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Houston, has entered a plea of guilty in McAllen federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. On Oct. 24...

(HARTFORD, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Alvaro Alvarado, 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford...

(BOSTON - Two Boston men were arrested Friday, April 10, 2015, on federal drugs charges for their roles in trafficking large quantities of heroin and cocaine. In the raid conducted by the DEA on the three locations used by the drug traffickers, federal agents seized six kilograms of heroin, one-and-a-half...

SAN ANTONIO - In San Antonio today, 46-year-old Esiquiel (aka “Cheke”), a former major drug trafficker in the Piedras Negras “Plaza,” pleaded guilty to his leadership role in the importation and distribution of thousands of kilograms of narcotics into the United States from Mexico announced DEA Special Agent in Charge...

(CONCORD, N.H. - Two men who were responsible for distributing large quantities of unlawful synthetic cannabinoid products have entered guilty pleas in federal court, announced NEFD Special Agent in Charge Michael J. Ferguson and United States Attorney John P. Kacavas. On March 31, 2015, Kyle Hurley, 32, pleaded guilty to...