Defendant in Tasmania's 'Biggest Drugs Bust' Paid with Bitcoin

Defendant in Tasmania's 'Biggest Drugs Bust' Paid with Bitcoin

A southern Tasmanian man has pleaded guilty to trafficking a controlled substance, following what the police have called the biggest drugs bust in the state's history. Nicholas Mark Stebbins trafficked drugs including amphetamines, MDMA and cocaine with an estimated street value of $11m between August 2012 and July 2014 - and paid for them with bitcoin. Hobart's Supreme Court heard that Stebbins helped arrange and pay for seven parcels filled with drugs to be posted to Tasmania from overseas. Crown prosecutor Darryl Coates said that the parcels, which were intercepted in Tasmania, Western....


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