`` But the good thing is we nipped this thing in the bud NEW : `` It 's been freaking crazy , '' police spokesman says of global interest in case . NEW : three men plot to castrate and kill Ruane and Three others , police say . NEW : Plot masterminded by an imprisoned child killer with a Bieber tattoo , officials say . NEW : Scheme unravels when three conspirators get lost at Canadian border .
NEW : `` It 's been freaking crazy , '' police spokesman says of global interest in case . NEW : three men plot to castrate and kill Ruane and Three others , police say . NEW : Plot masterminded by an imprisoned child killer with a Bieber tattoo , officials say . NEW : Scheme unravels when three conspirators get lost at Canadian border .