Prosecution seeks prison terms for Sleeppills.net workers
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Dutch prosecutors sought prison sentences of 10 years and 6.5 years for two Breda men accused of roles in the illegal drug website Sleeppills.net. One allegedly packed orders and managed a stock including 400,000 pills, 6,000 ecstasy tablets and amphetamines from his mother's home; the other, a PostNL employee, allegedly brought parcels into the company’s delivery system. He is also suspected of importing and dealing large quantities of cocaine. Both denied knowing they were helping supply contaminated pills.
The website sold purported oxycodone that in fact contained nitazenes, prosecutors said. At least three deaths may be linked to the pills, while 13 deaths involving nitazenes have been recorded in blood samples in the Netherlands. Investigators found 5,000 orders on a suspect’s laptop, including 550 for oxycodone, with deliveries also sent to Spain, Denmark and Belgium. Three suspected leaders of the website were arrested the previous week, and the Hague court is due to rule on 17 November.