SAN JOSE — Two 36-year-old San Jose men have been arrested on suspicion of selling drugs on the dark web following a months-long probe, according to authorities.The investigation kicked off on Nov. 27, 2023, two days after officers stopped one of the men near Alum Rock Avenue and South White Road and found firearms and illegal narcotics in his vehicle, San Jose police spokesperson Stacie Shih said in a news release Thursday.
Detectives eventually determined the man was selling drugs on the dark web and accepting cryptocurrency as the only form of payment, Shih said. They also identified a second suspect.Searches of their homes turned up “several hundred grams” of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, psilocybin, MDMA, morphine, Xanax and Cialis, according to Shih.