Mega Merged Drug Bust Thread v2.0

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You do the crime, you do the time.

In 2012 the AFP arrested two foreign nationals for trafficking 350kg of cocaine and meth in a road roller, at a combined estimated street value of up to $237 million.

One man has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 20 years. Another man has been sentenced for 20 years with a non-parole period of 13 years.
 
Spektakulärer Fund: Leipziger Polizei schnappt Online-Drogenhändler

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eipzig - Es ist einer der größten Drogenfunde in Deutschland: Die Leipziger Ermittlungsbehörden haben offenbar einen 20-jährigen Dealer überführt, der über die Internetseite www.shiny-flakes.to in großem Stil Drogen verkauft haben soll. Wie die Polizei mitteilte, habe der Beschuldigte über die Internetseite "Shiny Flakes" ("Glitzernde Flocken") Tausende Kunden in der ganzen Welt beliefert. Die Ermittlungen seien über ein Jahr geführt worden.


Insgesamt stellte die Polizei 360 Kilogramm illegale Substanzen sicher, darunter Kokain, LSD, Ecstasy und Haschisch. Nach Angaben der Staatsanwaltschaft "alles außer Heroin". Gesamtwert: 4,1 Millionen Euro. Der 20-Jährige und ein 51-jähriger mutmaßlicher Komplize waren am 26. Februar bei einer Razzia festgenommen worden. Dabei fand die Polizei auch 48.000 Euro in bar. Am Mittwoch gab es bundesweit 38 weitere Hausdurchsuchungen, bei denen fünf Personen verhaftet wurden.
Eine Million Euro Umsatz in vier Monaten

Allein zwischen Oktober 2014 und Februar 2015 soll "Shiny Flakes" etwa eine Million Euro Umsatz gemacht haben. Die Gewinnmarge betrug bis zu 300 Prozent, wie ein Polizeisprecher SPIEGEL ONLINE bestätigte. Die Kunden sollen stets mit der Web-Währung Bitcoin bezahlt haben.

"Shiny Flakes" hatte in Konsumentenkreisen einen besonderen Stellenwert: Während fast alle Versandhändler von illegalen Drogen nur über das sogenannte "Darknet" agierten, verkaufte "Shiny Flakes" auch über das Clearweb, also über das ganz normale und von jedermann zugängliche Internet. Hinzu kam eine vergleichsweise ansprechende Präsentation der angebotenen Drogen.

Nach Angaben der Staatsanwaltschaft Leipzig gingen die Beschuldigten äußerst konspirativ vor. Die Lieferungen gingen ohne Absenderangaben an offenbar manipulierte Anschriften. Auf die Schliche kamen die Ermittler dem 20-Jährigen auch deshalb, weil einige Sendungen nicht ausreichend frankiert waren. Ein Polizeisprecher betonte, dass "allein der Bestellvorgang" illegal sei.

Nach der Polizeiaktion hat sich der Inhalt von www.shiny-flakes.to grundlegend geändert. Wer die Seite ansteuert, sieht eine Anzeige der Polizei Sachsen. Der Slogan: "Verdächtig gute Jobs".
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http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/just...fuehrt-web-dealer-shiny-flakes-a-1023174.html

Edit - Sorry it's in German, but you get the idea, someone or some group was busted with a massive amount of MDMA and pills (and LSD and hash I think it says).

If anyone knows German, feel free to summarise it for us :)
 
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eipzig - It is one of the largest drug discoveries in Germany: Leipzig investigating authorities have apparently transferred to a 20-year-old dealer who allegedly sold via the website www.shiny-flakes.to large-scale drug. Like the police, the accused on the website "Shiny Flakes" ("Glitter flakes") have supplied thousands of customers throughout the world. The investigations were carried out over a year.

Overall, the police found 360 kilograms of illegal substances safely, including cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and hashish. According to the prosecutor "everything except heroin". Total value: € 4.1 million. The 20-year-old and a 51-year-old alleged accomplice were arrested during a raid on 26 February. The police also found 48,000 euros in cash. On Wednesday there were 38 more nationwide raids, in which five people were arrested.

One million euros in sales in four months

Between October 2014 and February 2015 alone to "Shiny Flakes" have made about one million euros. The profit margin was up to 300 percent, a police spokesman confirmed SPIEGEL ONLINE. Customers should have always paid for with the web currency Bitcoin.

"Shiny Flakes" had a special place in consumer circles: While almost all mail order company of illegal drugs acted only on the so-called "darknet" sold "Shiny Flakes" via the Clearweb, that is about standard and accessible by anyone online. There was also a comparatively attractive presentation of the offered drugs.

According to the prosecution the accused Leipzig were still extremely conspiratorial. The delivery went without a return information to clearly manipulated addresses. On the ropes, investigators said 20-year-olds were also because some items were not sufficient postage. A police spokesman stressed that "only the order process" is illegal.

After the police action, the content has vonwww.shiny-flakes.to fundamentally changed. Who drives the side, sees an ad the police Saxony. The slogan: "Suspicious good jobs".
 
In reference to the the article above ^ here is a different interpretation of it:

GERMAN POLICE JUST MADE A GIGANTIC DARK-WEB DRUG BUST

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IF ANYONE HAD forgotten the sheer scale of the dark-web drug trade, German police just offered a helpful reminder. They’ve seized more than a third of a ton of narcotics from a single online drug seller—a haul that, despite its size, represents an insignificant dent in the burgeoning digital narcotics market known as Evolution.

Yesterday police in Leipzig announced that they raided 38 locations and arrested seven people across Germany associated with an online drug operation known to its online customers only as “Shiny-Flakes.” The bust began with the arrest of a 20-year-old Leipzig man in late February accused of leading the operation, German police say, along with a 51-year-old Bulgarian man who reportedly acted as the group’s courier from a supplier in Holland. In total, the police say they’ve seized cocaine, ecstasy, LSD, hash, marijuana, amphetamines and methamphetamines totaling up to over 700 pounds of illegal drugs. The group sold those products on the stealthy drug market Evolution, which has emerged over the last year as the top dark web black market, as well as on its own independent websites. Combined with an additional 100 pounds cops bought from the dealers as part of their investigation, police report they’ve taken close to $4.25 million worth of drugs from the group.

The blog Deep Dot Web, which closely tracks the online narcotics trade, calls the law enforcement operation the biggest Dark Web drug bust ever, though German police would only confirm that it’s the largest such bust to ever take place in Germany



The investigation, according to Leipzig police spokesperson Katharina Geyer, began nearly a year ago, and more arrests may still be in the works. “Our observation started in March 2014, and from this day on, we got more and more information about the dark net and Shiny-Flakes,” Geyer says. “The search of the [front man’s] room was the height of the investigation…it’s still going on.”

Police have seized control of two sites that Shiny-Flakes ran independently—one as a hidden service running on the Tor anonymity network, and another on the unprotected Internet. But Shiny-Flakes was also a well-known vendor on Evolution, the Dark Web drug market that has recently become the successor to the defunct Silk Road as the most popular market for anonymous drug sales online. In an October post to the Evolution user forums, Shiny-Flakes advertised that it sold all the drugs that police later seized from the group and many more, including Ketamine, Diazepam, Midazolam, Tramadol, Bromazepam and others. It promised that it would soon be offering new products including heroin, testosterone, and fentanyl, a powerful painkiller sometimes used an alternative to heroin.

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Geyer, the Leipzig police spokesperson, wouldn’t reveal the names of the suspects yet or provide any information about the investigation. But a drug operation as large as Shiny-Flakes’ would have multiple points of attack for law enforcement, from its suppliers to the website it ran without the protection of Tor.

On Evolution’s forums, users have been asking for weeks about Shiny-Flakes’ disappearance. News of his bust caused panic among some buyers; They worried the group may have kept information on its customers that police could use for further arrests.”People say Shiny had an EXCEL document with all the orders and addresses, nothing encrypted,” wrote one Evolution user named Jawz. “Guys please clean your houses and don’t believe that myth that the cops will only search houses of big customers.”

But despite the coup the Shiny-Flakes arrests and seizures represent for law enforcement, it’s worth noting that the group accounts for only a small fraction of a single market in the still-flourishing Dark Web drug economy. Evolution alone has nearly 20,000 drug listings, and a quick browse through the site shows dozens of vendors selling the same products that Shiny-Flakes offered, as well as weapons and stolen credit card information.

Even Operation Onymous, a massive operation that took down dozens of Dark Web drug sites including several popular markets last November, hasn’t stopped the growth of that illicit underground. Eight hundred pounds of narcotics on a table make for a powerful photo op. But tomorrow, the Dark Web’s black markets will go on with business as usual.
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Source: http://www.wired.com/2015/03/evolution-shiny-flakes-bust-heroin-cocaine-silk-road/
 
^ Danké, love the new pic and the vid.

Makes me sad seeing all those goodies going to waste. Imagine even having a small amount of all those. Daaammmnn.
 
I sadly agree. Some of the drugs available out there which are banned are healthier alternatives then booze and cigarettes. Ah well the government will wake up one day.
 
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Photo from a diffrent bust.


BSF seizes Bangladesh-bound drugs worth Rs.1 crore in Tripura

Security agencies in Tripura on Sunday seized three Bangladesh-bound trucks laden with 65,000 bottles of cough syrup estimated to be worth Rs.one crore, officials said here.

According to the Customs authorities and Border Security Force (BSF) officials, 65,000 bottles of Phensedyl cough syrup worth Rs.1 crore were concealed under fruit cartons in the trucks with Rajasthan and Punjab registration numbers.

"Acting on a tip off from its intelligence wing, BSF troopers along with Customs officials intercepted the three trucks at Bodjungnagar area (20km east of Agartala) and during search recovered 65,000 bottles of Phensedyl cough syrup," Customs inspector Sraban Shaurab told reporters here.

The drivers of the three trucks and their assistants managed to flee, he said.

Various cough syrups, which are used as substitute for liquor -- particularly by the young people, are frequently smuggled to Bangladesh in huge quantities through the northeastern states and West Bengal.

There is a huge demand for them in the neighbouring country.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/2015/fullnews-31589.html

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Rs.one crore = ~214,000 USD
 
"Emerged as the top dark web black market" lmao agora is twice the size of evolution but it makes for better news if the police put a dent in the biggest market..hey whatever makes the public feel "safer" i guess
 
Yeah, but -

He denied all involvement but a jury found him guilty and he was today sentenced to life in jail with a non-parole period of 20 years.
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He may be able to appeal against the severity of the sentence and a judge may say the initial sentence was too much and reduce it, otherwise after 20 years I'm sure he will be appealing for parole and quite possibly given it.
 
Kuna man could be facing life on drug charges

http://www.ktvb.com/story/news/crime/2015/04/07/dotson-arrest-pot-bust/25425141/

KUNA -- A Kuna man is facing felony charges after Ada County Sheriff's Office deputies raided his home, finding marijuana and ecstasy.
More than two pounds of pot, 79 ecstasy pills and 12 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms were seized.
Morgan Dotson, 19, had sold small amounts of marijuana, hash oil and cocaine to undercover officers on three occasions over the last month, deputies say.
Deputies served a search warrant on Dotson's home in the 400 block of Taper Court Monday morning.
The suspect was arrested and charged with felony counts of trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in marijuana and delivery of a controlled substance. He appeared in court Tuesday afternoon.
If convicted, he could face up to life in prison.
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pictures in link, such terrible laws.

Wonder how he had such an array if drugs in kuna...
 
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Idaho State Police Arrest Utah Man for Felony Trafficking of Heroin

http://idahostatepolice.blogspot.com/2015/04/idaho-state-police-arrest-utah-man-for.html?m=1



POCATELLO - The Idaho State Police have arrested a Utah man suspected of trafficking heroin from Utah to Idaho after a traffic stop on Wednesday evening.

On April 8th at about 7:30 p.m. an Idaho State Trooper stopped a 2006 Honda Civic traveling northbound on US91 in Franklin County near the Utah border for a traffic infraction. During the traffic stop the driver consented to a search of his vehicle. During the search the trooper found approximately 201.4 grams of brown heroin in the vehicle. The street value of the heroin is approximately sixty thousand dollars ($60,000).

The driver of the vehicle, Andres Avila-Rivera, 34 of Ogden, Utah was arrested for Felony Trafficking in Heroin in violation of section 37-2732B(6)(C), Idaho Code. If convicted, Avila-Rivera faces a mandatory minimum sentence of fifteen (15) years in prison and a fine of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

Avila-Rivera was booked into the Caribou County Jail and will be arraigned in Sixth Judicial District Court in Franklin County.
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Mandatory 15.
 
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