<p>Anything common between the trio of Dark Net, Bitcoin, Wickr Me and milk powder containers? Nothing, you may say. </p>.<p>Well, a combination of these was used to run a sophisticated drug racket spanning two continents. The Bengaluru police on Friday announced that they had busted the racket by arresting a man from Kolkata. </p>.<p>Atif Salim (25) was peddling hydro ganja, a highly processed variety of marijuana that he procured from a Canadian drug cartel. Their marketplace was Dark Net, a network of secret websites. The communication happened through Wickr Me, an end-to-end encrypted messaging platform. Bitcoin was the currency that changed hands. </p>.<p>But what stumped the police was the innocuous supply chain.</p>.<p>Concealed beneath layers of chocolates and jelly candies, the drug was packed in baby milk containers.</p>.<p>The package was then put in Amazon wrapping and delivered through the DTDC courier company. </p>.<p>Each baby milk container stored 14 packets of marijuana, weighing 2.7 kg. In the Indian market, the drug was sold for Rs 3,000 to 4,000 per gram. </p>.<p>Salim kept one-fourth of the supply for himself and delivered the rest to customers identified by the drug cartel. </p>.<p>He made hash oil from his share of the drug and sold it to customers in Bengaluru and other cities in the country. </p>.<p>Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said they had seized marijuana worth Rs 1 crore from Salim.</p>.<p>According to Rao, the peddlers flavoured marijuana in chocolate and mint to attract beginners and get them hooked. </p>.<p>The CCB seized 12 such chocolates, besides 100 tubes mixed with hash oil that’s used in e-cigarettes and three small marijuana crushers used to make powder. </p>.<p>A Škoda automobile, a two-wheeler, a weighing machine and Rs 1 lakh in cash were also confiscated, added Rao. </p>
<p>Anything common between the trio of Dark Net, Bitcoin, Wickr Me and milk powder containers? Nothing, you may say. </p>.<p>Well, a combination of these was used to run a sophisticated drug racket spanning two continents. The Bengaluru police on Friday announced that they had busted the racket by arresting a man from Kolkata. </p>.<p>Atif Salim (25) was peddling hydro ganja, a highly processed variety of marijuana that he procured from a Canadian drug cartel. Their marketplace was Dark Net, a network of secret websites. The communication happened through Wickr Me, an end-to-end encrypted messaging platform. Bitcoin was the currency that changed hands. </p>.<p>But what stumped the police was the innocuous supply chain.</p>.<p>Concealed beneath layers of chocolates and jelly candies, the drug was packed in baby milk containers.</p>.<p>The package was then put in Amazon wrapping and delivered through the DTDC courier company. </p>.<p>Each baby milk container stored 14 packets of marijuana, weighing 2.7 kg. In the Indian market, the drug was sold for Rs 3,000 to 4,000 per gram. </p>.<p>Salim kept one-fourth of the supply for himself and delivered the rest to customers identified by the drug cartel. </p>.<p>He made hash oil from his share of the drug and sold it to customers in Bengaluru and other cities in the country. </p>.<p>Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao said they had seized marijuana worth Rs 1 crore from Salim.</p>.<p>According to Rao, the peddlers flavoured marijuana in chocolate and mint to attract beginners and get them hooked. </p>.<p>The CCB seized 12 such chocolates, besides 100 tubes mixed with hash oil that’s used in e-cigarettes and three small marijuana crushers used to make powder. </p>.<p>A Škoda automobile, a two-wheeler, a weighing machine and Rs 1 lakh in cash were also confiscated, added Rao. </p>
