‘TURBO’ ECSTASY KILLING TEENS
CAR-THEMED Ecstasy pills which have killed two teenagers are flooding our streets, the Daily Star Sunday can reveal.
The “Rolls-Royce” and “Tesla” tablets – branded to attract youngsters – are being sold in thousands on the so-called Dark Web.
But teenagers have no idea how strong the “turbocharged” substances really are.
This month Drake Morgan-Baines,
19, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest and brain seizure after taking a Tesla pill at a nightclub in Bristol.
Weeks earlier Morgan Miller-Smith,
16, died after “dropping” pink RollsRoyce tablets at a Halloween rave in Conwy, North Wales.
They are the latest in a line of Ecstasy deaths in the UK.
But cash-hungry dealers are continuing to peddle the pills. They are pressing them in home labs or shipping them from Germany and Amsterdam.
They are then flogging them in bulk – some even posting them via Royal Mail – on encrypted drug markets to youngsters who pay using the web currency Bitcoin.
Our investigators found scores of UK sellers on the Dark Web – a corner of the internet where dealers can ply their trade anonymously.
One UK vendor was offering 15 blue Tesla pills laced with 250mg of MDMA – double the average dosage for an Ecstasy tablet – for just £55.
The post read: “We would like to present our BLUE TESLA XTC PILLS
230-250MG. These are brand new in to us. We have been informed that these are one of the cleanest pills around.
“*CAUTION* – THESE PILLS ARE A LOT STRONGER THAN OUR REGULAR XTC PILLS.”
Another UK seller was offering five for £22.50. He posted: “Nice pills. Bit strong for me – I only needed half.”
Vendors from Germany offered them more cheaply, with one setting his price at £95 for 50.
On one market, which we are not naming, there were a staggering 391 listings for Tesla pills of all colours.
We found 398 listings for the deadly pink Rolls-Royce tablets. A UK-only vendor listed five for £20 with free next day delivery.
He wrote: “Our goal is speedy/ discreet delivery, top quality and happy customer.”
Another offered 25 250mg yellow Rolls-Royce pills for £61.25 – just £2.45 per tablet. His post read: “Our team of experts are ready and waiting, poised like a stalking cheetah, eager to cater your every whim.”
A report last year from the RAND drug policy research centre revealed the UK has the largest number of online drug dealers in Europe.