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Rob Kennedy

South Shields accountancy student jailed over £4.3m worldwide dark web drugs supply network

Drugs worth more than £4 million were seized when police busted a worldwide dark web supply network based in the North East.

A large-scale distribution operation was supplying narcotics around the globe in a complex and sophisticated operation being run by an organised crime group. A court heard the National Crime Agency intercepted packages of drugs destined for the USA, Norway, Israel and various UK addresses.

And when they busted the "command and control" centre in Washington, Mubinar Rahman was revealed as a vital cog in the wheel of the operation. Now the accountancy student has paid a heavy price for his involvement after he was jailed for nine years at Newcastle Crown Court.

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