Liverpool Breaking Bad Fan Jailed For Buying Poison Online
A breaking bad fan from Liverpool has been jailed for eight years for trying to buy a deadly poison off the internet.
31-year-old Mohammad Ali was found guilty of attempting to possess a chemical weapon last month.
He had bought ricin off the dark web after being inspired by the TV show Breaking Bad.
What he didn't know was that he'd been in contact with an FBI agent and was arrested after a package (that he thought was the poison) was delivered to his home on Prescot Road.
As he was sentenced at the Old Bailey the judge told him he was setting an example saying;
It seems to me that this is the sort of case where a deterrent sentence has to be passed.
Everyone needs to know that the possession of a chemical weapon is extremely serious and long prison sentences will follow.''
Detective Chief Superintendent Tony Mole of the North West Counter Terrorism Unit said;
"Ali attempted to buy a deadly poison and we can only speculate on what he planned to use it for, but in any case such as this, we take swift and decisive action. "Thanks to the vigilance of officers from a number of different law enforcement agencies, we were able to intervene before this man did get hold of such a deadly substance from a genuine seller. "I want to reassure our communities that the North West Counter Terrorism Unit and local police are well aware of the potential dangers associated with internet activity on the 'dark web'. Law enforcement agencies use a range of investigative techniques to monitor and police unlawful internet activity."