WASHINGTON, Nov 13 — Police have arrested 354 people and seized large quantities of drugs, guns and cash in a major global crackdown on users of the “dark web,” US and European officials said yesterday.

Europol, the EU police body, said it coordinated a worldwide sting, codenamed “Operation TorNado,” with law enforcement partners between May 2025 and October 2026 that resulted in hundreds of raids across the globe.

Most of the arrests came in the US (132), followed by Britain (59), Hungary (45), Germany (41) and France (23).

“Operation TorNado confronted one of the most urgent public safety threats of our time: the trafficking of fentanyl and other deadly drugs through the dark web,” FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia said.