SAN DIEGO – Lahkwinder Singh was sentenced in federal court on Sept. 7, 2018, to 36 months in federal prison and a forfeiture of $1,955,521 to the United States for structuring approximately $2,955,521 in currency transactions with domestic financial institutions. The 36-month sentence is one of the longest imposed in...

SAN DIEGO – Two defendants, Gregory Amos and Christopher Hernandez, were charged this week in connection with a March 2018 explosion and fire resulting from their operation of a butane hash oil lab in a residential Vista neighborhood. Amos and Hernandez are scheduled to be arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge...

SAN DIEGO – Two gang members of the Westside Crips pleaded guilty on Aug. 31, 2018, for their participation in a racketeering conspiracy involving sex trafficking, narcotics trafficking, and other violent crimes as well as possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute. “One of the top priorities...

PHOENIX - Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and the Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced the conviction of 63-year-old Alphonso Taylor for Conspiracy, Illegally Conducting an Enterprise, and Transportation of Marijuana for Sale. DEA’s investigation into Taylor began in June 2013, when detectives and agents with the agency’s West Valley...

TUCSON – Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman announces last week’s sentencing of Valentin Guizar, 27, of Tucson, Ariz., to 92 months’ imprisonment for his role in a drug trafficking and money laundering organization. Guizar had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments...

(PHOENIX) - The DEA announced the arrest of two individuals as a result of a two-year investigation into a Douglas area drug trafficking ring. Agents from the DEA’s Sierra Vista Resident Office coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation today, serving three state of Arizona authorized warrants at two residences and one...

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Aaron M. Booker, 27, Joseph F. Booker Jr., 29, and Kaishawndra Lyons, 25, all of Pensacola, and Uy Nguyen, 35, of Vallejo, California, have been sentenced for charges arising from a multi-state drug and money laundering conspiracy. Joseph Booker was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison...

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Division of the DEA, along with federal and state law enforcement officials, have launched an outreach campaign in San Diego and Imperial Counties to prevent middle and high school students from acting as drug mules for cartels. Billboards, located in San Diego and Imperial...

(SAN DIEGO) - A pharmacy in Lakeside, California and its owners have paid $75,000 to resolve allegations that they failed to properly account for highly addictive and frequently abused opioids, including fentanyl. The settlement is with Archana Corporation and its owners Rajeshbhai Zalavadiya and Ramesh Rakholia. The Archana Corporation, Zalavadiya...

(SAN DIEGO) - Drug trafficker Salvador Ojeda-Amarillas, who fled during his 2009 trial and was arrested years later in Mexico, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 13, 2018 for smuggling 66 pounds of pure methamphetamine from Mexico and distributing it throughout San Diego. According to court records...