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Tip for Darknet Drug Lords: Don't Wear Latex Gloves to the Post Office

posted by on Wednesday March 22 2017, @02:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the he-didn't-want-to-get-his-hands-dirty dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Delivery is the weakest link in the "dark web" drug trade: the postal habits of a large-scale trader have led to his undoing.

Chukwuemeka Okparaeke is accused of dealing in very nasty stuff: Fentanyl, a high-strength synthetic opioid the Centre for Disease Control says is 50 times the potency of heroin and was responsible for nearly 10,000 deaths in the US in 2015.

Okparaeke may have been a capable Tor user, but his logistical clue needed work: he was caught not because someone linked him to his handle ("Fentmaster", on a site called the AlphaBay Marketplace), but because wearing latex gloves while depositing large numbers of packages at US post offices got the attention of staff.

He was seen at several post offices in the Middletown area of New York, and because he was bulk-buying priority delivery stamps, staff had also viewed his driver's licence.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday March 22 2017, @05:17AM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 22 2017, @05:17AM (#482551) Journal

    I really doubt it was the gloves that triggered the whole thing.
    But, in case it is - take a tube of silicone sealant and smear a bit on the fingers, let it cure for a few minutes and you'll have the same effect as latex gloves with less visibility.
    Or superglue, or "liquid nails" or anything that can create a film temporary temporary stuck to you skin.

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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday March 22 2017, @01:47PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Wednesday March 22 2017, @01:47PM (#482701) Journal

    In grade school I remember we were making "fake skin" by coating the flat side of the hand (palms and fingers) with Elmers glue and see who could peel theirs off without ripping it. I also remember a tube of liquid gloves kicking around the basement. Something along the same lines as the elmers glue except you coated your whole hand and washed it off when finished.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jcross on Wednesday March 22 2017, @03:07PM (1 child)

    by jcross (4009) on Wednesday March 22 2017, @03:07PM (#482749)

    No need, just wear a snazzy outfit with quality leather gloves and nobody will think it's suspicious.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2017, @09:26PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 22 2017, @09:26PM (#482952)

      Or those thin work gloves like many handles-boxes-all-day types do.