Pilot Peter Holmes bought drugs from dark web after watching A Current Affair
A FORMER pilot hooked on prescription pills ordered drugs from the ‘dark web’ after learning about it from A Current Affair.
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A FORMER pilot hooked on prescription pills ordered drugs from the ‘dark web’ after learning about it from A Current Affair.
The Red Hill man, who used to fly air ambulances, secretly got Xanax pills sent to a Mornington PO box via the hidden underground online network.
But an alert postman tipped off police, and he was caught.
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Peter Andrew Holmes pleaded guilty to a drug possession charge at Frankston Magistrates’ Court on yesterday.
He also pleaded guilty to illegally owning a Taser.
The court heard on June 20 this year a suspicious package addressed to Holmes arrived at the post office and police were called.
They checked the box, found 50 Xanax tablets, and resealed it.
A few days later it was picked up, which led to a search of Holmes’ property.
Nothing was found at his house, as his family had become aware of the drugs and destroyed them, but he admitted he had ordered the pills.
He said after he saw a segment on the Channel 9 program A Current Affair about the dark web he found out how to access drugs, ordered some Xanax and paid for it with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin.
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The court heard he had set up the post office box in December 2016, and although it was likely he had received several shipments, he had only been charged with one count of possession.
His defence lawyer said the former air ambulance pilot, who now ran a business operating drones, had a long history of depression he tried to deal with by self-medicating.
Magistrate Tim Gattuso said there was a level of secretive planning which had gone into the crime which involved setting up a discreet PO Box and buying drugs through the dark web.
But he said Holmes was not a historical criminal offender and he had done something about his addiction by getting counselling.
He was fined $1250. No conviction was recorded.
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