SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted 23 individuals, 22 of whom are Bay Area residents, for their respective roles in a conspiracy to engage in an extensive drug trafficking network, announced U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and United States Attorney Brian J...

LOS ANGELES - Capping a nearly three-year investigation, federal, state and local law enforcement authorities this morning took into custody a total of 21 members and associates of Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal street gang commonly called MS-13 that was formed in Los Angeles about 30 years ago. Those arrested...

FRESNO, Calif. - Logan August, 30, of Bakersfield, and Derrick Penney, 34, of Star, Idaho, former deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute marijuana. According to court documents, between June 2014 and October 2014, while sworn...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and 110 of its law enforcement and community partners collected 32,965 pounds from 176 Northern California sites on Saturday, April 29, 2017. Across the nation 900,386 (450 tons) was collected from nearly 5,500 sites. Marking the 13th National Prescription Take Back Day since...

LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and more than 4,200 of its law enforcement and community partners collected more unused prescription drugs than at any of the 12 previous National Prescription Drug Take Back Day events. On Saturday, April 29, the event brought in 900,386 (450 tons) at...

LOS ANGELES - Two men were arrested Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport and charged in federal court with attempting to smuggle heroin in luggage on two commercial airline flights. Cristian Santos, 21, of Compton, California was arrested by special agents with the Drug Enforcement (DEA) after boarding a Delta...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Victor Francisco Ramirez, Jr., 20, of San Jose was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The sentence was announced by Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin and...

SAN FRANCISCO - Epati Malauulu, 42, of Suisun City, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John J. Martin announced. According to court documents...

SAN FRANCISCO - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...

LOS ANGELES - Addictive prescription drugs that are thrown away or left untended on shelves and in drawers at home are often stolen and either abused or sold by family members and visitors. That’s why the DEA and thousands of its state, local, and tribal law enforcement and community partners...