Oct 2, 2013 1:43 PM

Feds Arrest Alleged 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' the Brain Behind the Silk Road Drug Site

The FBI has arrested the San Francisco man they say ran Silk Road, the notorious underground digital bazaar that allowed traffickers to anonymously peddle heroin, cocaine and nearly anything else illegal.

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