I still think there is a lot more to this case. The risk of losing on both sides was way too high for a drug dealer. Why wouldn't they just request the data

I still think there is a lot more to this case. The risk of losing on both sides was way too high for a drug dealer. Why wouldn't they just request the data using Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty? They had no problem doing it for the kickasstorrents guy (https://torrentfreak.com/images/KAT-complaint.pdf https://torrentfreak.com/images/KAT-complaint.pdf).