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Indian National Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New York City

NEW YORK - United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Assistant Director of the Counterintelligence and Espionage Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Roman Rozhavsky, Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Terrance C. Cole, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York...
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Schenectady Man Sentenced to 330 Months for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Crimes, and for Violating Supervised Release Conditions

ALBANY, NEW YORK – Jabree Jones, a.k.a. “Breezy,” age 33, of Schenectady, New York, was sentenced on January 9, 2026, to 300 months in prison for drug trafficking and firearms crimes, including a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, and possessing firearms in...
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Pill Press Machines, Over 16lbs of Alleged Fentanyl, Meth, Cocaine and Oxycodone Recovered in Queens: Three Arrested

Queens, N.Y. - Three men were charged with participating in a narcotics trafficking operation following an investigation that ran for several months and resulted in the seizure of three illegal pill pressing machines and over four kilograms (10 pounds) of fentanyl in powder and pill form from a residence in...
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24 Indicted: Some Of The Largest Methamphetamine Manufacturers, Distributors, Users In Central New York State Year Long Major Investigation Reveals Return Of Smurfing, Clandestine Laboratories – 16 Arrested Of 24 Indicted

SYRACUSE, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Richard S. Hartunian, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, and New York State Police Superintendent Joseph D’Amico announce the indictments of 24 in connection...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 34 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crews With Distributing Crack Cocaine

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Raymond W. Kelly, the Police Commissioner of the City of New (NYPD), late...
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Cocaine Drug Ring Dismantled In Albany

ALBANY, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced the arrest of twelve arrests for alleged cocaine drug trafficking organization. Saratoga Springs Police and the Drug Enforcement (DEA) have arrested twelve people on drug and conspiracy...
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Over 3,200 Marijuana Plants Seized And Operation Dismantled

SYRACUSE, NY. - Wilbert L. Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced the dismantlement and seizure of a marijuana grow operation located in Herkimer County. During a three month investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Syracuse Resident Office, and...
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26 Arrested In Niagara Falls Narcotics Roundup

BUFFALO, NY. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that 26 people have been arrested and charged in 26 separate Criminal Complaints with possession with intent to distribute and distribution...
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Texas Syndicate Members In San Antonio Indicted On Racketeering Charges

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 50 Members And Associates Of Trinitarios Street Gang With Racketeering, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses Defendants Include Seven Leaders Of Bronx-Based Gang

MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Wilbert L. Plummer, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New (NYPD), Joseph Anarumo...