BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In our continued efforts to stop the supply of illegal drugs, make our communities safer and protect the lives of our children, DEA and our law enforcement partners constantly monitor drug trends, demand shifts and drug supply increases. As such, our criminal intelligence networks have indicated an...

NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that New Orleans and the surrounding parishes of Jefferson and St. Bernard will be the 16th pilot city to be part of a comprehensive law enforcement and prevention “360 Strategy,” designed to help cities dealing with the heroin and prescription drug...

NEW ORLEANS – DEA New Orleans Division Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley will announce that New Orleans and the surrounding parishes of Jefferson and St. Bernard will be the next region where the DEA will implement its 360 Strategy, a comprehensive approach to address prescription opioid abuse, heroin...

GREEN BAY, Wis. – United States Attorney Matthew D. Krueger for the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that on April 2, 2019, a federal indictment was issued against Christopher D. Bania, 26, of Hobart, Wis. Bania was charged with possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, maintaining a residence...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A Montgomery, Ala., man, Cody Eugene Mobley, 29, was convicted last week of federal drug trafficking and firearms charges, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Brad L. Byerley, U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr., ATF Special Agent in Charge Marcus Watson and Montgomery Police Chief...

MADISON, Wis. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Farooq Shahzad, 50, Madison, Wis., was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 30 months in federal prison and fined $1,000,000 for conspiring to distribute synthetic cannabinoids and possessing...

MILWAUKEE - U.S. Attorney Matthew D. Krueger of the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced that three defendants were arrested in Buenos Aires, Argentina yesterday. These defendants are wanted in the United States to face charges in the Eastern District of Wisconsin for operating numerous illegal online pharmacies and conspiring to...

NEW ORLEANS – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities. DEA continues...

CHICAGO — 35 individuals are facing criminal charges as part of a joint federal and state investigation into heroin and fentanyl trafficking in Chicago. During the multi-year investigation, dubbed “Operation Road Rage,” law enforcement seized a kilogram of heroin, most of which contained fentanyl, approximately $100,000 in cash, five firearms...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Dozens of members of a white supremacist gang allegedly responsible for multiple acts of violence were charged in a superseding indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of Arkansas. The indictment alleges that the New Aryan Empire is a racketeering enterprise, which committed violent acts—attempted murder...