Press Releases

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Flight Attendant And Co-Conspirator Indicted For Heroin Smuggling

October 24, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces the grand jury indictment charging Carlos Luis Alomar-(43, Davenport) and Carla Michelle (33, Kissimmee) with conspiracy to possess...

October 24, 2013

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Owners Of Three Pharmacies, Pharmacists, And Others For Illegal Distribution Of Millions Of Dollars’ Worth Of Oxycodone And Other Painkillers Nine Individuals Allegedly Used New York And New Jersey

October 23, 2013

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, 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, today announced charges against nine individuals - Paul Wiseberg, Robert Kalaba, Gerald Wiseberg, Stephanie Tomasini, Lana...

October 23, 2013

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DEA And New Jersey State Police Take Down International Drug Ring In “Operation Next Day Air”

October 17, 2013

WEST TRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey State Police Crime Suppression South Unit and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) arrested nine people in connection with an international drug ring that was based in Jamaica and operated in New Jersey and California, supplying drugs across the United States. Members of this international...

October 17, 2013

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Latin Kings’ Second Crown Convicted In Orange County

September 30, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, announced today that on September 27, 2013, Jose M. Perez, (Miami, 39) also known as “Goofy,” was found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and directing...

September 30, 2013

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International Narcotics Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Conspiring To Distribute One Ton Of Cocaine Using A U.S.-Registered Aircraft

September 30, 2013

NEW YORK - Carl J. Kotowski, 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 Rawson Edward Watson, a citizen of the United Kingdom, pled guilty today in Manhattan...

September 30, 2013

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Alleged Gang Leader Arrested In Connection With Camden Drug Trafficking Operation

September 27, 2013

CAMDEN, N.J. - Carl J. Kotowski, 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 special agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration Camden High Intensity Drug Trafficking (HIDTA) Task Force...

September 27, 2013

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Colombian Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges

September 26, 2013

SEP 26 (TAMPA, Fla.) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that Camilo Torres-Martinez, aka (41, Colombia), pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import into the United...

September 26, 2013

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California Women Convicted Of Smuggling Drugs On Airplanes To Tampa

September 24, 2013

SEP 24 (TAMPA, Fla.) - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that a federal jury found Vanessa (39, El Cajon, California), Canetha (43, El Cajon, California)...

September 24, 2013

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Pasco County Pharmacist Sentenced For Illegally Distributing Pain Medications

September 24, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces that United States District Judge Susan Bucklew today sentenced Edward Benjamin Alister (59, Pasco County) to four years...

September 24, 2013

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Guatemalan Drug Smuggler Convicted

September 23, 2013

TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in (SAC), Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and A. Lee Bentley, III, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announce that a federal jury found Alma Lucrecia Hernandez-Preciado, a/k/a "La Tia," (40, Tecun Uman, Guatemala) guilty last week...

September 23, 2013