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...

Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney William N. Nettles stated today that Tywaun D. Thomas, 32, of Georgetown, S.C., has been charged in a two-count Indictment for possession with intent to distribute heroin and distribution of heroin. The maximum penalty Thomas could receive is a fine of $2,000,000 and/or imprisonment...

Columbia, SC. - United States Attorney Bill Nettles stated today that Kenneth Clark, 50, of Spartanburg, Anna L. Huckeba, 24, of Moore, and Ryan E. Sarquist, 28, of Moore, pled guilty today in federal court in Anderson, S.C., to conspiracy to sell controlled substances, a violation of 21 U.S.C. §...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - A 23-count indictment was returned and four informations were unsealed today charging a total of eight defendants, including Philadelphia physician Dr. Kermit B. Gosnell and members of his former staff, in a drug conspiracy case. Gosnell is charged with illegally prescribing highly-addictive painkillers and sedatives outside the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant United States Attorney Jerry Kitchen, David Harmon of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Dennis B. Mabry of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Mike Perez of the Department of Homeland Security were recognized by Attorney General Eric Holder and Executive Office for U.S. (EOUSA) Director H. Marshall...

SAN DIEGO, CA - This afternoon, the DEA San Diego Field Division’s Narcotics Task (NTF) along with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department and Health Advocates Rejecting (HARM) announced the total amount of illegal marijuana plants seized in San Diego County in 2011. During calendar year 2011, NTF and our...

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...

DENVER, CO - Earlier this week the Drug Enforcement (DEA)-led Southwest Drug Task Force and the 22 nd Judicial District Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force arrested five people responsible for trafficking highly pure methamphetamine in the Cortez area, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Merrill announced...

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...