Sebastian Adcock allegedly trafficked more than 15 kinds of drugs on the dark web
A former private school boy and personal trainer allegedly trafficked in more than 15 different drugs over the dark web, court documents allege.
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An Adelaide Hills personal trainer allegedly behind a dark web drug operation allegedly trafficked in more than fifteen different illegal substances, according to court documents.
In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday, Sebastian Scott Adcock, 25, heard prosecutors would be withdrawing 26 drug trafficking charges against him, but the remaining 33 charges would proceed as originally laid.
Mr Adcock, from Nairne, is now facing 31 counts of trafficking in a controlled drug, one count of money laundering and one count of contravening an order by failing to provide passwords to his electronic devices.
In documents released to The Advertiser, police allege Mr Adcock had been trafficking commercial quantities of drugs between August and September last year.
The drugs Mr Adcock is accused of trafficking include cocaine, heroin, ketamine, MDMA, LSD, and other illicit substances.
He has also been charged with money laundering, with police alleging he exchanged cryptocurrency for controlled substances.
In a press conference in October last year, SA Police said they seized more than $1.5 million in cryptocurrency and a $40,000 diamond ring after foiling the alleged dark web operation based in the Adelaide Hills.
They allege Mr Adcock had been importing drugs from overseas and peddling them on an online marketplace under the handle DopamineDealer and several different aliases.
An $80,000 car and approximately $10,000 in cash were also claimed as proceeds of crime.
Police said they had monitored Mr Adcock’s actions since March 2023 before searching a home and two storage units in the Adelaide Hills between September 20 and 22 last year.
Customers were able to place drug orders using cryptocurrency while the vendor would prepare the shipments from one of the storage units, police said.
According to Mr Adcock’s social media, he is currently self-employed as a personal trainer, having previously attended Cornerstone College in Mount Barker in 2015.
Now on strict home detention bail, Mr Adcock appeared in court in person for the first time on Thursday.
Chief Magistrate Mary-Louise Hribal heard prosecutors would be continuing with the remaining charges, but negotiations with Mr Adcock’s lawyer James Caldicott had not yet commenced.
Mr Adcock will return to court to answer the charges in November.
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