Three dead, one injured in Coram from suspected bad batch of narcotics, police warn
CORAM — The Suffolk County Police Department issued a warning Friday after three people died and one person was seriously injured from apparent overdoses tied to a suspected bad batch of narcotics.…
Border Patrol Seizes Over $480,000 in Narcotics in One Vehicle
MURRIETA, Calif – San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents seized nearly 126 pounds of narcotics with a value of approximately $483,000 from a single vehicle stop last week. San Diego Sector Border…
CBP Officers in Louisville Seize Over 1,600 Pounds of Narcotics in February
LOUISVILLE, Ky— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers are working 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep Americans safe from the dangerous items and activities that threaten communities…
CBP Officers Seize More Than 540 Pounds of Narcotics
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry intercepted approximately 302 pounds of marijuana, 177 pounds of methamphetamine, 61 pounds of cocaine,…
Three Hudson County Men Charged with Narcotics and Firearms Related Offenses Inside Jersey City Apartment Building
NEWARK, N.J. – Three Hudson County, New Jersey, men were charged by complaint with narcotics and firearms related violations, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger announced today. Shiquwan Johnson, aka “Big Shy,” 37, is…
Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $495K
EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics that totaled over $495,000 in street value in two separate, unrelated enforcement actions. “These seizures…
Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $1.9M
EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry recently seized hard narcotics that totaled over $1,900,000 in street value. “Once…
Otay Mesa CBP Officers Seize Narcotics Concealed within a Not-So Raddish-ing Shipment
OTAY MESA, Calif., – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers assigned to the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility seized a large quantity of narcotics concealed within a shipment of radishes, January 29. …
Jamestown Woman Pleads Guilty For Her Role In Narcotics Conspiracy
CONTACT: Barbara Burns PHONE: (716) 843-5817 FAX #: (716) 551-3051 BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that Katie Calimeri,…
Border Patrol Seizes $4 Million in Narcotics in One Day
U.S. Border Patrol K-9 detects the presences of narcotics in vehicle. The detection resulted to the discovery of 250 pounds of fentanyl pills on January 24, 2023 near Pine Valley, California. SAN…
Sixteen Members Of A Washington Heights Narcotics Crew Charged With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Ivan J. Arvelo, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), Keechant Sewell,…
Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $520K
EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics in two separate unrelated enforcement actions that totaled over $520,000 in street value. “Our frontline…
Eagle Pass CBP Officers Seize Hard Narcotics Worth Over $800K
EAGLE PASS, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics in two separate unrelated enforcement actions that totaled over $800,000 in street value. “Officers at…
4.3 Tons of Narcotics, 6,084 Seizures, 9,130 Agriculture and Biological Interceptions, More Than $105 Million in Fake Merchandise: Fiscal Year 2022 Yields Big Enforcement Numbers for Cincinnati CBP
CINCINNATI— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and specialists in Cincinnati posted record-breaking numbers of enforcement actions during Fiscal Year 2022. From October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022, Cincinnati seized…
Louisville CBP Seize Over $260M in Counterfeits & More Than 21,000 Pounds of Narcotics in Fiscal Year 2022
LOUISVILLE, Ky—During a 12-month timeframe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized thousands and thousands of packages that contain counterfeit items, agricultural pests, or narcotics shipped from criminals…
CBP Officers Seize $2 Million in Hard Narcotics at Laredo Port of Entry
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge seized hard narcotics that totaled over $2,000,000 in street value. “Narcotic interdiction continues to…
South Florida Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Unlawfully Dispensing Narcotics
MIAMI – Dr. Ronald Lubetsky was sentenced today to five years in prison by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks for unlawfully dispensing narcotics—specifically oxycodone and morphine. Lubetsky was convicted at trial…
Five Narcotics Traffickers Extradited From Curaçao to Face International Cocaine Distribution and Importation Charges
Later today, Jo-Andy Christepher Marie Balentina, Joell Charles Marie Balentina, Sheriann Ann Marie Bryan, Leon George Hall, and Edlyson Reuel Elias Sophia will be arraigned at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on…
Woodbridge Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Narcotics to 14-Year-Old
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Woodbridge man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing a Schedule II controlled substance to a person under age twenty-one. According to court documents, in April of 2022, Latae’veion Woods,…
Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More Than 12 Years on Bribery, Firearms, and Narcotics Charges
TUCSON, Ariz. – Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, 36, of Vail, Arizona, was sentenced on December 14, by United States District Judge James A. Soto, to 152 months in prison and ordered to pay…
Shelton Man Sentenced to 66 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Narcotics in Bridgeport
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that ANTHONY SMALL, also known as “Whompy,” 31, of Shelton, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Alvin W.…