UP: Police arrest 4 in Lucknow for selling drugs through dark web in exchange for bitcoins

The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested four men for supplying prohibited drugs in the international market through the dark web.

The accused supplied the prohibited drugs through a courier and accepted payment in bitcoins. (Representative Image)

By Santosh Kumar Sharma: The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a group of four men in Lucknow for supplying illegal drugs through the dark web to an international gang in exchange for bitcoin.

The gang’s modus operandi was to supply the drugs they purchased from adjoining areas of Lucknow to international buyers. The demand for the kind of drugs required was communicated through the dark web to the gang members.

The accused supplied the prohibited drugs through a courier and accepted payment in bitcoins.

The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UPSTF) has arrested Faijan Khan, Suffian, Ashraf Khan and Sarthak Verma, while the fifth gang member, Sumit Sharma, is still absconding.

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