Doctor’s double life as ‘Imperial Storm Trooper’ who peddled drugs on darkish internet
A health care provider has been jailed after getting caught promoting medicine utilizing the title of a traditional Star Wars character.
Shoaib Ahmad received busted when the cops discovered medicine despatched to a mailbox he rented below a faux title however paid for along with his personal checking account. And moderately comically, he was actually into Star Wars and referred to as himself “Imperial Storm Trooper” and “IST” on the darkish internet, the place folks cannot see who you might be.
He made a great deal of money, greater than £250,000 in only one yr, by promoting medicine for Bitcoin. The police additionally discovered he was working with one other drug supplier from Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth-based Marc Ward was arrested in June, 2017. When questioned, he revealed his plans to give up dealing and shared that Ahmad’s alias, the Imperial Storm Trooper, could be amongst these taking up his counterfeit Xanax commerce.
After Ward’s arrest, Ahmad was caught by French border officers with 46kg of ecstasy tablets price over 615,000 euros. Ahmad was then jailed for six years in France.
The French authorities tipped off West Midlands Police about Ahmad’s arrest. Cops discovered a stash of medication and digital units at his Halesowen residence, which linked him to the Imperial Storm Trooper profile and his unlawful on-line drug offers.
Ahmad was extradited from France to the UK in July 2021 and was placed on remand awaiting trial. He pleaded responsible in June this yr and was jailed final Monday (December 11) for a complete of 17 offences referring to possession and intent to produce managed substances.
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Detective Constable Holly Percival from the cyber-crime group stated: “To the outside world Shoaib Ahmad was a respected professional and very far from most people’s idea of a drug dealer. Behind the scenes however, within the secretive community operating on the dark web, he was heavily involved in selling illegal drugs.
“We are as relentless in our pursuit of those that perform crimes in our on-line world as we’re tackling those that offend on the streets. We have the technical experience and useful resource to tackle these criminals and we’re decided to disrupt the drug trades wherever it takes place. Ahmad’s seize is testomony to our resolve.”
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