A drug dealer who sold ‘date rape’ drug GHB over the dark web has been convicted after he googled ‘best drugs for sex’. 

Wuwuoritsetan Orimolade, 30, of Deans Way, Edgware, was part of a group called ‘The OxyMen’ who sold illicit drugs across 14 dark web marketplaces. 

Investigators found that ‘The OxyMen’ were behind at least 2,585 deals for the sale of liquid and powder GHB, methylamphetamine, Ritalin, modafinil, ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis. 

Police said Orimolade managed the online side of the business, taking orders from the dark web marketplaces, listing and pricing products and managing the cryptocurrency accounts. 

Neal Sharpe, 56, of Valley Drive, Edgware, is said to have been the “orchestrator of the group”, buying, holding and selling the drugs. 

Sharpe was arrested in April 2022 and when officers searched his home and a storage unit in Neasden they found drugs valued at up to £375,000. 

Orimolade was arrested three months later and investigators from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) found that his devices contained Telegram messages discussing the bulk sale of diazepam, Xanax, Clonazepam, zoplicone, codeine, tapentadol, Ritalin and cocaine. 

His online searches included the questions: ‘Where can you find people to have sex with on drugs?’, ‘Best drugs for sex?’, ‘Opiate overdose symptoms’ and ‘What is ksaol used for?’. 

On Thursday (March 28) Orimolade was found guilty of conspiracy to supply cocaine, oxycodone, LSD and crystal methylamphetamine following a trial at St Albans Magistrates’ Court. 

Sharpe had admitted his role in the operation after being charged with possession with intent of oxycodone, MDMA, methylamphetamine, cocaine, dihydrocodeine, butanediol, methylmethcathinone, bromazolam, diazepan and clonazepam. 

The pair will be sentenced at St Albans Crown Court on May 31. 

Detective Constable Andy Day, from ERSOU’s Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU), said: “Police forces across the region are working hard to tackle those using spiking drugs, and our specialist teams are also targeting those supplying these incredibly dangerous substances. 

“Orimolade and Sharpe paid no regard to the consequences of supplying the drugs and were solely focused on the money they thought they could make without detection. 

“It is a really positive outcome that they have both been convicted.”