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Dark-Web Drug Suspect Arrested, Extradited to Canada After International Manhunt
RCMP say the case led to 11 charges, including trafficking and firearms offences, after investigators tracked a dark-web network using cryptocurrency and Canada Post.
- The RCMP arrested 29-year-old Isaac Oliveira Scott in Germany in February 2026 after an international manhunt and extradited him to Canada to face charges related to drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
- Oliveira Scott was accused of using cryptocurrency, the dark web, and Canada Post to distribute illegal drugs and counterfeit fentanyl-laced pills across Canada.
- Another suspect, 28-year-old Treshaun Thompson, was charged in August 2025 with drug trafficking offenses but remains missing since September 2025.
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BC Man Extradited From Germany in Dark Web Drug Trafficking Case
A Victoria, B.C., man has been extradited to Canada after his arrest in Germany in connection with a four-year RCMP investigation into a drug trafficking network. Isaac Oliveira Scott, 29, was arrested in February on a Canada-wide warrant and Interpol Red Notice, the RCMP said in an April 14 press release. The investigation focused on alleged use of cryptocurrency, the dark web, and Canada Post to distribute fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills and …
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Man wanted in B.C. drug-ring case arrested in Germany, returned to Canada
Police say the investigation began in December 2022 when they learned of a group that was distributing pills containing illicit drugs across Canada using crypto currency, the dark web and
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