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British Man Convicted for Dark Web Drug Trafficking Linked to U.S. Navy Deaths

British Man Convicted for Dark Web Drug Trafficking Linked to U.S. Navy Deaths

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

Paul Anthony Nicholls, a 47-year-old British national living in Vancouver, was convicted in Georgia for his role in a dark web drug trafficking operation that led to the overdose deaths of two U.S. Navy servicemen in 2017. The investigation, conducted by the RCMP, revealed Nicholls conspired to distribute fentanyl analogues and other controlled substances through the dark web platform 'Dream Market.'

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