Andrew C. Tartaglino

Andrew C. Tartaglino (January 28, 1926 – November 21, 1997)[1] was an American federal government official.

He served as the deputy chief of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (USDEA).

[2] Tartaglino served as chief inspector of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, only to be promoted as deputy director of operations.

[6] Back in the United States, Tartaglino oversaw the arrest of 39 employees of Strasenburgh Prescription Products, a subsidiary of the Philadelphia-based Pennwalt Corporation, for exporting amphetamine tablets to its Mexican subsidiary, Laboratorios Strasenburgh de Mexico, which were later sold in the U.S. states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Colorado, Mississippi and Arkansas, under the brand name of Bifetamina.

[8] Tartaglino served as deputy chief of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration from 1973 to 1975.

[2][3] His funeral was held at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, and he was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.