SAN DIEGO , CA - Agencies with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force announced the arrest of six suspects and a record 32-ton marijuana seizure Wednesday in connection with the discovery of the most elaborate smuggling tunnel uncovered along the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years. Investigators say the passageway found...

SAN DIEGO , CA - Investigators on the multi-agency San Diego Tunnel Task Force continued sifting through evidence Wednesday at a warehouse in Otay Mesa’s industrial park housing the U.S. entrance to a sophisticated passageway that runs beneath the border to a warehouse more than 400 yards away in Tijuana...

SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES, CA - The final tally is in from the 3rd National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, October 29, 2011. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 34 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County. Over the course of...

SAN DIEGO, CA - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) would like to announce that the third National Prescription Take-Back will be held on October 29, 2011 from 10 am to 2 pm. DEA and its law enforcement and community partners will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman, San Diego Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced today the arrests of 60 defendants as part of a takedown targeting Mexican and Iraqi drug trafficking organizations called Operation Shadowbox. In January of 2011, El Cajon PD...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Acting Special Agent in Charge William R. Sherman, San Diego Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Bonnie Dumanis, District Attorney for San Diego County announced today the arrests of 23 defendants as part of “Project Delirium,” a national takedown targeting Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations...

BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Spring Hill, Florida man has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Tony Darrell Fuzz pleaded guilty to possession with intent to...

SAN DIEGO, CA - The final tally is in from the second National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, April 30, 2011. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 29 locations in San Diego County and five locations in Imperial County. Over the course of four hours, 5,890.5...

CRYSTAL CITY, TX -- - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced that federal, state and local authorities have arrested 10 individuals in the Crystal City area on federal drug trafficking charges. Those arrested yesterday include: 24-year-old...

SAN DIEGO, CA - Alberto Benjamin Arellano-Felix, an alleged leader of the Arellano-Felix (AFO), was extradited today by the government of Mexico to the United States to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges in the Southern District of California. The extradition was announced by U.S. Attorney Laura E...