(CHICAGO) - More than 50 individuals, including an alleged Mexico-based drug trafficker and a Wisconsin-based courier, are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl sales in Chicago. The investigation, dubbed “Operation Full Circle,” centered on drug sales on the city’s West...

(CHICAGO) - Two suburban Chicago residents have been charged with federal drug offenses for illegally selling fentanyl or fentanyl precursors over the internet, and authorities have seized their websites. Liangfu “Larry” Huang used his company, Ark Pharm Inc., to sell controlled substances – including a fentanyl precursor – over the...

CHICAGO - An Elmwood Park man has been charged with federal drug offenses for allegedly importing a fentanyl analogue from China to the Chicago area. Rolando Estrada, 42, imported furanyl fentanyl from China in the summer of 2016, according to an indictment returned this week in federal court in Chicago...

CHICAGO - Today, Special Agent in Charge Brian M. McKnight, along with United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker announced the sentencing of Marco Antonio Avila, 30, to 26 years in prison for his leadership role in a Rochester-based methamphetamine and cocaine distribution organization. AVILA, who pleaded guilty on May 30...

CHICAGO - A federal judge in Chicago has sentenced a suburban man to 16 years in prison for leading a Chicago-area cell of an international drug trafficking organization. Jesus Salgado ran a stash house in Bensenville where heroin and cash from drug sales were stored. He also sold drugs in...

CHICAGO - Americans nationwide did their part to drop off a record number of unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications during the DEA’s 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, at close to 6,000 sites across the country. Together with a record-setting amount of local, state and federal partners, DEA...

CHICAGO - Were you a participant? If so, the Drug Enforcement Administration and its national, tribal, and community partners give a special “THANK YOU” to all who participated in the 15th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 28, 2018. “Take Back Day helps to keep drugs out of...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The manager of a Springfield, Ill., establishment known as Mystic Enchantments has been arrested and charged by complaint in an ongoing investigation of distribution of synthetic cannabinoids, known as Spice or K2. Letha Dean, 71, of Salisbury, Ill., was arrested on April 13, and was ordered detained...

CHICAGO - The U.S. Attorney’s Office today charged three individuals with federal drug offenses for allegedly conspiring to sell synthetic cannabinoids at a Chicago convenience store. Fouad Masoud, Jamil Abdelrahman Jad Allah, and Adil Khan Mohammed conspired to sell the synthetic cannabinoids, known as “K2,” at King Mini Mart in...

CHICAGO - The vast majority of heroin consumed in the United States is produced by powerful Mexico-based transnational criminal (TCOs), such as the Sinaloa Cartel and New Generation Jalisco (CJNG), and transported to the United States across the Southwest Border. These TCOs are extremely dangerous, violent, and will continue to...