Cops ‘bust first magic mushroom factory’ found in UK for more than 20 years

POLICE have busted what is believed to be the first magic mushroom factory found in the UK for more than 20 years. Officers discovered the mind-bending fungi growing in at least 11 silver soil trays. The find was made in a raid on a house in Huntingdon, Cambs. Cops also found cannabis plants, cash and […]

POLICE have busted what is believed to be the first magic mushroom factory found in the UK for more than 20 years.

Officers discovered the mind-bending fungi growing in at least 11 silver soil trays.

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Police have busted what is believed to be the first magic mushroom factory found in the UK for more than 20 years[/caption]

The find was made in a raid on a house in Huntingdon, Cambs.

Cops also found cannabis plants, cash and drugs paraphernalia. The total street value of the drugs was more than £5,500.

A man of 26 and a woman, 24, were arrested on suspicion of production and possessing drugs with intent to supply and money laundering. They have been bailed until April 6.

Magic mushrooms — toadstools with hallucinogenic properties — have been deemed a Class A drug  since 2005.

PC Tom Russell of Huntingdon Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “We use ­information submitted by the public as well as our own intelligence to carry out drugs warrants.”

The last known UK magic mushroom factory find was in an industrial unit in 1998.

Richard Wilson, of ­Watford, Hertfordshire, was jailed for a year.

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The total street value of the drugs found by cops was more than £5,500[/caption]

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The last known UK magic mushroom factory find was in an industrial unit in 1998[/caption]

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