The eBay for drugs: 'Silk Road' website allows drug users to buy heroin and cannabis by mail order from all over the …

Posted: Published on November 20th, 2012

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The drugs are being disguised inside packages and being innocently delivered by Royal Mail Silk Road is known as the eBay of the drugs world and allows people to find the best price and also rate the people who sold it to them Royal Mail say they have security procedures in place to intercept this post The site has 14m annual sales worldwide

By Martin Robinson

PUBLISHED: 09:01 EST, 19 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:59 EST, 19 November 2012

Class A drugs are being delivered to homes across the UK by Royal Mail to customers who have bought them online like they were using Amazon or eBay, it has been revealed.

Ecstasy, heroin, cannabis and cocaine are all on offer on the website Silk Road, and users say it is easier and safer than buying drugs from dealers on street corners.

UK shoppers can choose their illegal drugs with the click of a mouse and then wait for a neatly packaged parcel, with drugs disguised inside, to fall through their letter box.

Illegal: Silk Road - a website known as the eBay for drugs - allows people to buy drugs like this block cannabis online and have it sent to them by Royal Mail

Scheme: The website is set up like an online store, allowing customers to find the drugs they want at the best price

Silk Road is an illegal replica online marketplace like eBay, with buyers and sellers, dispute and resolution services and feedback ratings.

The website is accessed via a programme called Tor which enables all members to remain anonymous online and uses an 'onion' system to make sure their IP address is always hidden from police.

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