From The Guardian 3 hours ago ........
'Clandestine' magic mushroom lab in Sydney apartment uncovered
The largest alleged magic mushroom lab ever found in an apartment by NSW police has been dismantled.
Detectives have charged four people and conducted seven search warrants after an investigation into an alleged criminal syndicate manufacturing and supplying prohibited drugs across Sydney, NSW police said.
At 8:30am yesterday, police stopped a vehicle in Sydney Olympic Park and arrested two men, aged 45 and 30.
The older man was charged with 10 offences relating to “the supply of large commercial quantities of drugs”. The younger man was charged with four offences relating to “the supply of large commercial quantities of drugs”.
At 9.30am, detectives arrested a 28-year-old man at a cafe in West Ryde. He was charged with supplying a prohibited drug in an indictable and commercial quantity.
All three men were refused bail to appear in Burwood local court today.
At 9.50am, detectives searched a Pyrmont property and discovered a “clandestine laboratory” producing psilocybin (also known as magic mushrooms).
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A magic mushroom lab has been dismantled and four charged after investigation into a drug supply syndicate in Sydney. Photograph: NSW Police
The laboratory “is the largest magic mushroom lab found by NSW police in a residential apartment”, police alleged.
A 45-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and charged with five offences relating to “the supply of large commercial quantities of drugs”. She was refused bail to appear in Downing Centre local court today.
Search warrants were also executed at Oatlands, Campsie, Epping, Rydalmere, West Ryde and Pyrmont. Police seized “a large amount of prohibited drugs” including 100 bags of magic mushrooms.
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