PRESS RELEASE

Arnoldo Rueda-Medina, Aka “La Minsa,” Faces Federal Charges In Dallas For Role In Cocaine And Methamphetamine Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

January 27, 2017
… including “La Minsa,” arrived in the United States today from Mexico to face criminal charges in connection with his … The act also prohibits U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with Rueda-Medina, … and it certainly worked here.”  The indictment alleges that from approximately September 2008 to October 21, 2009, in …
January 27, 2017
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Three DEA Operation “Meilky Way” Defendants Sentenced In Methamphetamine Distribution Case Ring Leader Sentenced To 35 Years Imprisonment

February 07, 2013
… and northeast Arkansas. The methamphetamine was smuggled from Mexico to Arkansas for distribution. In total, law … case," stated Thyer. "It is a high priority to remove meth from our communities. More importantly, that we dismantle … today, justice has prevailed to prevent this operation from re-establishing itself.  Additionally, the …
February 07, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Israeli Organized Crime Figure Sentenced To 32 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering And Extortion

July 31, 2015
… [Paniry] was middle management, taking orders directly from Matsri and making sure the dirty work was done, whether … using ‘hawala’ transactions to move cash instantaneously from New York to Los Angeles, and from Vancouver to Los Angeles.” The evidence presented at …
July 31, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Jury Finds Warehouse Manager And Truck Driver Guilty In Drug Conspiracy

November 04, 2015
… During trial, the government presented testimony from 13 witnesses and admitted more than 300 exhibits to prove their guilt in the drug conspiracy which occurred from June 2011 through June 2013. Ortega was a warehouse … drivers used by the organization to transport marijuana from Laredo to Dallas.   Ortega was a warehouse manager in …
November 04, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2016 Drug Threat Assessment: Fentanyl-related Overdose Deaths Rising At An Alarming Rate

December 06, 2016
… Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2016 National Drug Threat (NDTA) , which details … communities. These gangs receive deadly drugs like heroin from regional cartel affiliates and then supply them to … reporting 10,574 people in the United States died in 2014 from heroin overdoses. 2 Deaths in the “synthetic opioids” …
December 06, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

2 Named In Major Los Angeles-Detroit Heroin, Cocaine Trafficking Operation

April 04, 2017
… LOS ANGELES - As part of a DEA investigation stemming from a multi-kilogram narcotics seizure at Los Angeles … trafficking organization that shipped cocaine and heroin from Los Angeles to Detroit. A Pasadena resident - Kevin … transport narcotics and made arrangements for her to travel from Detroit to Los Angeles. Once in Los Angeles in early …
April 04, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

DEA-Led Operation Pill Nation Targets Rogue Pain Clinics In South Florida

February 24, 2011
… mia022411_fig2.jpg MIAMI, FL. - DEA Agents, with assistance from its federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, … arrests are the first in Operation Pill Nation resulting from 340 undercover buys of prescription drugs from over 60 doctors in more than 40 “pill mills” conducted …
February 24, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To 33 Months In Prison For Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

July 30, 2014
… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (New Jersey Task Force).   An …
July 30, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take Back

July 28, 2015
… (571) 362-4737 nofdoutreach@dea.gov Event will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
July 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Date Rape Drug Distributor Pleads Guilty

October 28, 2015
… University to order the butanediol, or date rape drug, from the manufacturer.  Howard then sold the date rape drug … to continuing the efforts to keep our streets safe from this type of predator.” "Those who take advantage of … chemicals. The Auburn Police Division solicited assistance from ALEA, FBI, DEA, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to bring …
October 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Former Governor Of Mexican State Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 131 Months In Prison For Money Laundering In Connection With Narcotics Bribes

June 28, 2013
… of dollars in narcotics bribe payments that he received from the Juarez Cartel - one of Mexico’s most notorious and … and other countries. Villanueva Madrid, 65, was extradited from Mexico in May 2010. He pled guilty on August 2, 2012, …
June 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Heroin Crew And 12 Members Arrested In A Two Day Enforcement Operation

August 28, 2013
… poison.  This organization epitomizes the flow of heroin from New York City suppliers to drug gangs throughout the … costs, and overdose deaths. I commend the men and woman from the NYSP, Syracuse Police Department, Onondaga County … Force who worked tirelessly to make our communities safer from these heroin traffickers.”  Over a two day period, …
August 28, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 115 Months For Drug Trafficking And Attempting To Assassinate Criminal Associate Over Drug Debt

January 10, 2014
… Bajram Lajqi imported hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and shot a former associate multiple times … guilty plea to trafficking hundreds of pounds of marijuana from Canada and using a firearm in connection with drug … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
January 10, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

New York City Police Officer Indicted On Narcotics Conspiracy And Official Misconduct Charges

December 04, 2014
… ATF.  DETF Group T 33 is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, the NYPD and the New York State Police. A … together inside a vehicle in the vicinity of an auto body shop located at 1617 Stillwell Avenue. ALSTON removed cocaine from a hidden compartment in the vehicle and handed it to …
December 04, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA And IRS Present Bay Area Law Enforcement Agencies With More Than $1.2 Million In Cash

December 22, 2011
… Police Department today as a result of assets seized from a joint drug and money laundering investigation … is a task force comprised of law enforcement officers from the California Department of Justice Bureau of Narcotic … represent the agencies share of $1,897,458.12, seized from bank accounts related to a case involving Local …
December 22, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Federally Licensed Gun Dealer Convicted Supplied Guns To Upstate Drug Gangs

June 10, 2011
… of John B. Rumble, Jr., a federal firearms (FFL), stemming from a seven-count indictment that charged Rumble with one … job is hard enough in trying to stop illegal gun runners from selling their weapons under the radar. It is even more … safer.” “This highly successful prosecution resulted from a well-coordinated investigative effort involving the …
June 10, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Undercover Operation Nabs Two Defendants Charged In Federal Court With Distribution Of Synthetic Drug Known As “Bath Salts”

February 15, 2013
… Distribution of over $100,000 worth of Bath Salts sold from headshop in Kingston, NY WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -  Brian R. Crowell, … of our law enforcement partners to protect our communities from this dangerous drug and to prosecute those who …
February 15, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces The Extradition Of Dominican Republic Former Drug Control Operations Chief

April 08, 2013
… National Directorate for Drug (the “DNCD”), was extradited from the Dominican Republic on charges of conspiracy to … Friday and previously filed in Manhattan federal court: From 2001 to May 2005, Hiraldo-Guerrero conspired with …
April 08, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Bonanno Associate Pleads Guilty To Narcotics Trafficking Crimes Carrying Sentence Of 10 Years To Life

May 06, 2013
… John Venizelos, also known as “John V,” “Big Man” and “John from Staten Island,” an alleged associate of the Bonanno … $148,480 and two firearms that federal agents seized from his residence. The guilty plea was announced by Loretta … connection with his attempts to dissuade a co-conspirator from cooperating with law enforcement by, among other …
May 06, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Corrupt Colombian Government Employee And Criminal Defense Attorney Extradited In Obstruction Of Justice Case

May 23, 2013
… arrested in Colombia on provisional arrest warrants issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition was … Task Force which is comprised of agents and officers from the DEA, New York Police Department and the New York State Police.  The defendants’ extradition resulted from an investigation which revealed that through his …
May 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Houston Doctor And Pharmacist Guilty In Pill Distribution Network Dispensed Approximately 1.6 Million Dosage Units Of Oxycodone In A Two-year-period

February 14, 2017
… former patients who explained that they drove for six hours from the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, area to see Evans to obtain … During the trial, the jury heard testimony for 14 days from 15 witnesses, including other doctors who appeared as … and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He saw patients from Louisiana and other states, prescribed oxycodone and …
February 14, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Equitable Sharing Program “Takes The Profit Out Of Crime And Benefits Public Safety”

May 19, 2017
… to distributors and retail outlets throughout the U.S. and from his six smoke shops in Fresno, Visalia and Bakersfield. The misbranded … of crime and benefits public safety. The proceeds seized from this criminal organization and distributed to law …
May 19, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Three Tampa Residents Plead Guilty For Their Involvement In A Conspiracy To Import A Synthetic Cannabinoid, XLR-11, A/k/a "Spice", And Drug Paraphernalia

August 12, 2015
… a/k/a “Spice,” and paraphernalia to the United States from China, before United States Chief Magistrate Judge … Ahmed Yehia Khalifa, 28, and Ahmed Maher Elhelw, 25, both from Tampa, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import a … and drug paraphernalia. After having received consent from Hossain, law enforcement searched a storage facility …
August 12, 2015
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Bakersfield Police Narcotics Detective Charged With Bribery, Drug Trafficking, Obstruction, And Filing False Tax Returns

November 20, 2015
… The indictment charges that Diaz, in exchange for bribes from the dealer, provided the dealer with intelligence on … and attempted to provide the dealer protection from search, seizure, arrest and prosecution. The indictment … Detective Diaz has been on paid administrative leave from the Bakersfield Police Department since this …
November 20, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Canadian Trucker Convicted Of Conspiracy To Distribute Marijuana

November 20, 2012
… his arrest in Idaho when he tried to cross into the U.S. from Canada. The investigation into this international drug … every month.  The marijuana was smuggled into the U.S. from Canada and distributed across the country to … Georgia and New Jersey, among other locations.  Proceeds from the marijuana distribution were used to purchase …
November 20, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Three-Day Operation Targets Violent Areas To Find Murder, Violent Crime Suspects

August 08, 2011
… areas of the city for three days to attack violent crime. From August 3 - 5, this year’s violent crime initiative … officers, Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies, as well as agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and six other federal …
August 08, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Eldon Man Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Meth Conspiracy, Attempted Jail Escape

January 24, 2014
… intent to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to escape from custody, and attempted escape from custody. Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Law … Fulton at speeds up to 163 miles per hour. Atterberry fled from his vehicle and was apprehended after a brief chase on …
January 24, 2014
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Miami News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Grow House Operation Indicted December 9, 2009 Nineteen From Hallandale Beach Area Charged in Joint Federal-State … for Importing 300 Kilograms of Cocaine into the U.S. from the Bahamas October 30, 2009 19 Sentenced in Operation …
July 15, 2021
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CY 2021 Fentanyl Profiling Program (FPP)

August 22, 2022
Publication
… analyses on fentanyl and fentanyl-related samples obtained from seizures throughout the United States. This report … market share, but is rather a snapshot of samples submitted from the eight DEA regional and sub-regional laboratories. …
August 22, 2022
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Coronavirus-stamped heroin/fentanyl glassines seized in the Bronx: Six individuals charged

May 08, 2020
… “Antrax” and “95” Close up coronavirus.jpg Items seized from Heroin-Fentanyl Mill_0.jpg Stamps used on branded … livery car.  Surveillance units followed the cab away from the location and stopped it in the vicinity of the … containing loose powder suspected to be heroin/fentanyl from inside the bag. Soon afterwards, Dariel Fermin, Morillo …
May 08, 2020