Indian Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Busts Dark Web Drug Ring, Seizes Over $82,000 Worth of Crypto Assets

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) of India recently announced the dismantling of the country's "most active dark web drug gang," arresting a 35-year-old engineer named Edison suspected of operating the network alone. In an operation codenamed MELON, the NCB seized 1,127 LSD stamps, 131 grams of ketamine, and over $82,000 worth of crypto assets (mainly $USDT), and stated that the gang laundered money through the privacy coin Monero to evade tracking. Edison allegedly sent over 10,000 LSD stamps to various parts of India each month through the dark web platform, becoming one of the largest drug suppliers in the area. [Decrypt]