The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it’s made a record number of arrests and seizures in a coordinated international effort to target fentanyl and opioid sales on the dark web.
Across the U.S. and eight other countries, authorities arrested 288 people. They seized 85 kilograms of drugs, 117 firearms and $53 million in cash and online currencies.
Garland said drug traffickers turn to the dark web to sell illegal drugs in exchange for cryptocurrency. The drugs may be advertised as brand-name pharmaceuticals but the pills can be counterfeit and laced with fentanyl. In the U.S. alone, 153 people were arrested. Authorities seized 104 illegal guns and over 200,000 pills, including ones containing fentanyl, the DOJ said.
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