When the Bengaluru city police arrested a youngster trio on Tuesday they were shocked to find them peddling drugs bought through the darknet market.
The Police arrested J Manikantan, 24; Debyendu Roy, 26; and Jag Saipravesh, 23. They claimed that they sold these drugs to students of reputed engineering colleges in the city.
Darknet markets are websites that can be accessed only using special software to remain anonymous and browsed without leaving a digital footprint.
Police arrested the trio when they were trying to sell drugs to a police informant. Cops seized Ecstasy, lSD, charas and ganja, two laptops, mobile phones and two-wheelers from the gang.
During investigation, the trio claimed they received Ecstasy through courier after they ordered it from Agora Marketplace, a website, by paying online. He said, “They use special software to access the website, which keeps the identity of both buyer and seller anonymous. Tracing the IP address is also proving to be difficult.”
According to sources in the Cyberwing police, as they do all transactions online using fake profiles it was difficult to trace the users.