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 <p class="is-style-lead">Australian <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="police" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/police.html">police</a> have arrested a 25-year-old man for reportedly selling illegal drugs on the dark web.</p>
 <p>The arrest was made in Adelaide Hills, South Australia. Police also seized <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a> assets worth approximately $1.5 million and tens of thousands of dollars in cash.</p>
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 <p>Detective Superintendent Adam Rice stated that the drug <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="dealer" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/dealer.html">dealer</a> was laundering money through digital currencies.</p>
 <p>Additionally, the individual was found to be selling a dangerous drug called “nitazene.” However, the criminal’s identity has not been revealed.</p>
 <p>Per the&nbsp;report, the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="police" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/police.html">police</a> have gathered five kilograms of nitazene, “the largest seized in Australia to date.”</p>
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  <p>“They are highly toxic drugs, similar to fentanyl, but which have never been approved for human consumption and they have [a] huge risk of overdose.”&nbsp;</p> <cite>Detective Superintendent Adam Rice added.</cite>
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 <p>The detective stated that two overdose incidents were linked to nitazene. However, the 25-year-old seller is not connected to those cases.&nbsp;</p>
 <p>This is not the only instance of dark web users engaging in illegal activities with <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="crypto" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/crypto.html">crypto</a>currencies.</p>
 <p>In July, a woman was arrested in an&nbsp;attempt to kill her ex-husband&nbsp;with a crypto-paid hitman. The 38-year-old Kristy Lynn Felkins paid Besa Mafia $5,000 in Bitcoin (BTC) for the murder operation.</p>
 <p>Last year, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) warned that around&nbsp;487 million WhatsApp phone numbers could be auctioned&nbsp;on the dark web.&nbsp;</p>
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Australian police seize $1.5m in crypto from dark web drug dealer

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