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Fish Toxin Buyer Linked to Murder Plot

Man after puffer fish poison was seeking hit man

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(Newser) – An Illinois man busted trying to buy enough puffer fish toxin to kill dozens of people had been seeking to hire a hit man on the internet to kill a mystery woman, reports the Chicago Tribune. The financial planner sent emails to people offering $8,000 for the murder, authorities said. He was arrested yesterday when police found six empty vials of the deadly puffer fish neurotoxin in his home.

Puffer fish toxin is one of the deadliest poisons in nature, more than a thousand times more toxic than cyanide.
Puffer fish toxin is one of the deadliest poisons in nature, more than a thousand times more toxic than cyanide.   ((c) spakattacks)
The 35-year-old man, who posed as a doctor to buy the toxin, could face up to 10 years in jail for its possession.
The 35-year-old man, who posed as a doctor to buy the toxin, could face up to 10 years in jail for its possession.   ((c) _e.t)
Authorities allege that a man arrested with a large quantity of a deadly fish toxin had spent years trying to hire a hit man from the Internet.
Authorities allege that a man arrested with a large quantity of a deadly fish toxin had spent years trying to hire a hit man from the Internet.   ((c) gurdonark)
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