BOISE, Idaho - Adam Daniel Schreiner, 25, of Boise, Idaho, the owner/operator of Bernen's Pipe Shop, LLC, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of offering drug paraphernalia for sale. Schreiner is the seventh person to plead guilty to the charge in federal court over the past two...

SEATTLE - Two brothers who, with other fugitive brothers, led a Mexico based drug smuggling and distribution ring were sentenced on September 7, 2012, in U.S. District Court in Seattle to over a decade in prison. One of the leaders, Orlando Olais Rocha, 32, of Lynnwood, Washington was sentenced to...

ANCHORAGE, AK - Seven men and one woman were arrested on August 30, 2012, during a joint federal and state takedown in Anchorage, Alaska; Atlanta, Georgia; and Rochester, New York. Eleven individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Anchorage on August 22, 2012, on charges of conspiracy to...

BOISE, ID - Two Boise men pled guilty this week to charges of offering drug paraphernalia for sale at their business locations. Yoke Fee Chan, 31, and Bradley Berquist, 30, were indicted separately by a federal grand jury in Boise on May 9. Chan is the owner and operator of...

CINCINNATI, OH - Teams of local law enforcement officers and federal agents this morning arrested seven people charged in complaints filed in U.S. District Court alleging that they conspired to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. The crime carries a punishment of at least ten years and up to...

SEATTLE, WA - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration sent notification letters to the operators and property owners of 23 marijuana store fronts located in school zones. The letters informed the owner/operators that such enterprises operating as “dispensaries” within 1,000 feet of a school, playground or other prohibited area could result...

ANCHORAGE, AK - On June 20, 2012, Brackston Moores, 32, of Anchorage, was sentenced to 160 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Chief United States District Judge Ralph R. Beistline imposed the sentence on Moores. According to information presented to the court, Moores conspired with Anchorage co-defendants Ryan...

BOISE, ID. - Miguel Beltran-Marquez, 35, of Caldwell, Idaho, was sentenced on June 14, 2012, to 188 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge also ordered Beltran-Marquez to serve five years of supervised release following his prison term and to pay a $1,000...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - During two separate drug interdictions DEA Philadelphia Drug Interdiction Group 8 seized three kilograms of cocaine concealed in “Lite Brite” toys at Philadelphia International Airport. The couriers were travelling from San Juan, Puerto Rico and utilized hot mustard and sheets of bounce in an attempt to throw...