UK Man Imprisoned for Importing Cocaine

A UK man was sentenced to over two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to importing cocaine purchased through the dark web.

The sentencing of 47-year-old Wayne Withers resulted from information provided to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit by the FBI in early 2021. The information was acquired following the seizure of AlphaBay in 2017 and showed that Withers had purchased four grams of cocaine from a Brazilian vendor on the now-defunct marketplace.
The prosecution told the …

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