Press Releases

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Major Mexican Drug Trafficking Ring Broken Up

February 25, 2011

SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that, following a lengthy investigation, Alejandro Fletes-Lopez, 28, of Acampo, and 12 others were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with the intent...

February 25, 2011

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New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty To Possessing Oxycodone For Sale Illegally Obtained On 29 Trips To Florida

February 24, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting 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 a Rio Grande, N.J., man admitted today to traveling to Florida to...

February 24, 2011

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Two Indicted For Conspiracy To Possess With Intent To Distribute Heroin And Methamphetamine

February 10, 2011

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that a federal grand jury returned a one-count indictment today charging Gerardo Norzagaray-Pereda, 31, of Mexico, and Armando Sanchez-Ornelas, 23, of Phoenix, with conspiracy to possess with intent to...

February 10, 2011

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Trenton Man Sentenced To 188 Months In Prison For Heroin Distribution Conspiracy

February 03, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., Acting 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 a leader of a heroin distribution organization operating in Trenton, N.J., was sentenced...

February 03, 2011

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Five Men Face Federal Charges Following Raid Of Heroin Mill

February 03, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting 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 five men arrested in a police raid last week on a heroin...

February 03, 2011

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Merced Methamphetamine Trafficker Indicted

January 31, 2011

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced today that a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Jesus Jimenez Rincon, 37, of Portland, Ore., with possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. This case is...

January 31, 2011

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Perfume Store Owner Charged With Laundering Millions Of Dollars For Mexican Narcotics Trafficking Organizations

January 18, 2011

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting 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 charges today against Vikram Datta, the owner of multiple retail perfume stores...

January 18, 2011

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Convictions Of Two Modesto Men For Growing And Selling Marijuana

January 04, 2011

FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of Ricardo Montes, 29, and Luke Scarmazzo, 29, both of Modesto. On May 15, 2008, following a three-week trial, a federal jury found...

January 04, 2011