Federal authorities have seized a significant amount of methamphetamine at the Texas-Mexico border, hidden in a papaya shipment. According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), officers discovered 369 packages containing a total of 606 pounds of methamphetamine. In a separate operation, the FBI and DOJ arrested 23-year-old Ru-Siang 'Pharoah' Lin at JFK Airport in New York for allegedly running a dark web marketplace for drugs. This marketplace, known as Incognito Market and jokingly referred to as Lehman Brothers, facilitated $100 million in transactions primarily using Bitcoin and Monero. Lin could face life in prison if convicted.
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Arrested Saturday at JFK in New York, Ru-Siang “Pharoah” Lin could face life in prison for allegedly running a darkweb marketplace for drugs that saw $100 million in transactions. Read more: https://t.co/jFixzc4wvr
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The DOJ just busted a modern day Silk Road clone which was used to facilitate drug deals. Primary payment methods were #Bitcoin $BTC and #Monero $XMR. Incognito Market even joked about being formerly known as Lehman Brothers. After getting arrested, I guess they weren't as… https://t.co/RlfQxVziZi https://t.co/yVbOPTUzxK
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According to a release from CBP, during the examination officers discovered 369 packages containing a total of 606 pounds of methamphetamine. https://t.co/7AdYuszU1c
At Texas-Mexico border, feds seize meth smuggled in papaya shipment https://t.co/PxifnqkM3R