Royal Mail postmen unknowingly deliver drugs parcels bought from the dark web
'Millions of pounds of drugs are bought online every day' via the dark web and shipped to punters anonymously
ROYAL Mail postmen are unknowingly delivering drug parcels bought from the dark web, it has been revealed.
"Millions of pounds of drugs are bought online every day" via the dark web and shipped to punters anonymously, found.
Reporters successfully obtained MDMA, cannabis and dangerous ex-legal high Spice on the dark web using Bitcoin.
They used free software called a "Tor browser" to conceal their identity from surveillance when ordering drugs online.
Deliveries to a PO box took around a week to arrive.
While post workers admitted they have "definitely handled suspect packages", they said there is "nothing they could do" to stop the illegal trade.
One, known only as Patrick, said workers "don't have drug dogs to sell every parcel" and said they are forced to "deliver it and take the risk".
Another said he had never once seen a drug dog in his 14 years in the business.
Shockingly users said there is a "99 per cent" certainty drugs ordered online will reach them.
Royal Mail said it does not knowingly carry any illegal items in its network.
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The Home Office is investing £1.9m to "increase understanding" and "keep up with new and changing forms of crime".
Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee and Labour MP, Yvette Cooper said: "We need to know there's a proper approach to enforcement taking place. Newsbeat.
"One of the things we want to know is how the police are able to co-operate with different organisations.
"What is happening to link up [the police] with postal services or with customs or with other organisations? What's the government doing to lead this?"
Newsbeat said they gave the drugs to a government-approved lab for testing and destruction after ordering.
In a statement, the Home Office said: "We have committed to spending £1.9bn on cybersecurity over the next five years, including boosting the capabilities of the National Crime Agency's National Cyber Crime Unit, increasing their ability to investigate the most serious cyber crime."
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "Where Royal Mail has any suspicion that illegal items are being sent through our system, we work closely with the police and other authorities including the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to assist their investigations and to prevent such activities from happening."
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