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Gang sold £4m of counterfeit drugs made in garages and sheds on dark web

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Ten members of the group have been convicted over the operation, which produced counterfeit versions of medicines such as Xanax.

Ten people have been convicted over a business that sold more than £4m worth of counterfeit drugs made in garages and garden sheds on the dark web. Brian Pitts, 29 - who used the alias 'Milkman' online - ran the gang with his girlfriend Katie Harlow, 26, and his father-in-law Lee Lloyd, 47, from their base in Thailand.

We found evidence the group had purchased over two tonnes of bulking agent, which made up over 90% of the tablets. 'The weight of active ingredients purchased was up 220kg. And the profit in Bitcoin also ran into millions.' The group also included Mark Bayley, 62, and Deborah Bellingham, 57, whose addresses in Wolverhampton and Tipton were used as manufacturing sites, and Anthony Pitts, 40, from Tipton, who fixed the presses.

 

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