Canberra teen imported tens-of-thousands of dollars in drugs he bought online

A Canberra teen built a drug business worth tens-of-thousands of dollars by importing illicit substances and selling them to high school students and peers.

The teen, who cannot be named due to his youth, sold cannabis, MDMA, cocaine, and LSD worth tens-of-thousands of dollars over for about a year.

A police raid on his home in May located drugs, $14,035 in cash, and paraphernalia, including scales.

The ACT Supreme Court heard the 17-year-old started by buying and selling cannabis at school.

He was so successful that he expanded his business to hard drugs, which he imported into Australia from overseas.

Court documents said the teen would order the drugs online and pay for the shipments with bitcoins, which he obtained via a bank account in his name.

He would then have the drugs shipped to a PO Box in his name.

In total, he imported 64.4 grams of MDMA, 1.21...

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