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December 2, 2008 4:18:58 AM CST



Fish Toxin Buyer Linked to Murder Plot

Posted Jul 2, 08 3:58 AM CDT in Crime & Courts US 

(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.

Source Chicago Tribune

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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.   ((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.   ((c) gurdonark)
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