• Flying Squid
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    281 year ago

    The Reuters reporters didn’t make fentanyl, had no intention to do so, and arranged for safe destruction of the chemicals and other materials they purchased

    Nerds.

    • Capt. Wolf
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      161 year ago

      What, did nobody keep the receipt to do a return?

      “Nah, it’s only $3,600… Just throw it in the trash!”

      Yo… Reuters, if you’re just throwing a month’s wages away, I’ve got some bills to pay…

      • @elliot_crane@lemmy.world
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        151 year ago

        I mean… the article says the seller was located in China and using a pseudonym to communicate over Telegram and accepting payments in cryptocurrency. All to ship precursor chemicals in packages disguised as electronics. I wouldn’t exactly be surprised if the seller didn’t have a return policy.