Record-breaking 'Darknet' fentanyl bust nabs 288 suspects and $53.4M worldwide, DOJ says
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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday announced a record-breaking darknet opioid takedown that nabbed 288 suspects worldwide and seized more than $53.4 million.
The Justice Department said Operation SpecTor was conducted across the United States, Europe and South America in an "unprecedented international enforcement operation." In the United States, officials made 153 arrests, seized 104 illegal guns and seized more than 200,000 pills, including those containing fentanyl. Chris Pandolfo is a writer for Fox News Digital. Send tips to chris.pandolfo@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @ChrisCPandolfo.
"Operation SpecTor was a coordinated international law enforcement effort, spanning three continents, to disrupt drug trafficking on the dark web and represents the most funds seized and the highest number of arrests in any coordinated international action led by the Justice Department against drug traffickers on the dark web," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.
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