SPOKANE, Wash. - Arnulfo Gomez Tejeda, 39, of Pasco, Washington, was sentenced on May 13, 2014, after having previously pleaded guilty on September 12, 2013, to possession with intent to distribute heroin. Tejeda was sentenced to an 18 year term of imprisonment, to be followed by a 10 year term...

SEATTLE - The tenant who rented the basement of a home in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, and his heroin supplier, have both been charged with gun and drug crimes after selling heroin and a firearm to a person working with law enforcement. At the time of the arrests last week, law...

SEATTLE - Americansnationwide showed their support for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day program by dropping off more prescription pills than ever. After seven previous Take Back Days spread over almost four years, 780,158 - ( 390 - tons) of pills were brought to the...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - An Indianapolis man is facing federal narcotic charges in connection with the seizure of more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana. Earlier today, Martin Gonzalez-Medina, 50, of Indianapolis, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court with possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Gonzalez-Medina...

BOISE, Idaho - Gilberto Duran-Contreras, 51, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty on April 22, 2014, in federal court to unlawfully manufacturing more than 1,000 marijuana plants, and damage to government land. According to the plea agreement, on September 15, 2013, Duran-Contreras was arrested on Hwy 21 near Lowman, a few...

MINNEAPOLIS - In a major enforcement operation starting in the pre-dawn hours this morning, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its law enforcement partners arrested dozens of individuals facing charges for their alleged roles in supplying and distributing heroin in Minnesota. Some of the individuals connected to this investigation were arrested...

SEATTLE - The leader of a marijuana manufacturing and distribution conspiracy was sentenced today to five years in prison for drug and money laundering charges. Scott Johnson, 48, of Bellingham, Washington also forfeited property in Whatcom County and Priest River Idaho, as well as multiple luxury vehicles, snowmobiles, boats and...

CHICAGO - -A high-level member of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico pleaded guilty a year ago to participating in a vast narcotics trafficking conspiracy and is cooperating with the United States, federal law enforcement officials announced. A written plea agreement with the defendant, Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, was made public today...

APR 09 - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - On April 3, 2014, an Anchorage jury convicted Loren Kent Dodds, 48, of Palmer, Alaska, of one count of manufacturing marijuana. The jury also returned a verdict forfeiting Dodds' residence to the government because it was used to facilitate his marijuana growing operation. According...

BOISE, Idaho - Andrew Polney, 52, of Boise, Idaho, was sentenced on April 7, 2014, in U.S. District Court to 130 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Polney was also sentenced to 60 months in prison followed...