A million dollars worth of shrooms found in Berkeley home

Berkeley police responding to a call about a bickering couple said Monday they found nearly 700 pounds of psilocybin "magic" mushrooms with a street value of $1 million in the house, alongside a massive cultivation and sales operation of the illegal drugs.

"I've been a cop for 17 years, and it's very rare to see mushrooms in this quantity," said Sgt. Andrew Frankel, spokesman for the Berkeley Police Department.

Police went to the home in the 1700 block of Alcatraz Avenue at 10 p.m. Saturday after receiving a call about a domestic disturbance.

Inside, a 37-year-old woman and her 35-year-old boyfriend refused to open the door, police said Monday in a statement.

"After a short time, the two exited the house and were detained," the statement said. Officers then entered the house to see if anyone else was inside.

"In plain view were psilocybin mushrooms in various stages of cultivation, as well as storage and distribution materials," police said.

The officers got a search warrant and seized 677 pounds of the mind-altering mushrooms, more than $3,000 in cash, and evidence indicating a "large-scale psychedelic mushroom processing operation," the statement said.

"It certainly makes you wonder what sparked the argument," Frankel said. "I don't think they were fighting over the TV remote control."

The couple, whose names have not been released, were arrested and booked into the Alameda County Jail on narcotics-related charges.


SOURCE: http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/1-million-worth-of-magic-mushrooms-found-12228202.php


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[189 Points] Elisa-Yamaha:

“It certainly makes you wonder what sparked the argument,” Frankel said. “I don’t think they were fighting over the TV remote control.”

professional comment.


[154 Points] rojopantelones:

Lmao they weighed the substrate and everything. That's like 7 pounds dry. Because 700 pounds of wet substrate as seen in the pics will produce like 70 wet pounds of shrooms and they dry to be 7 pounds max.

Edit: Still a shit ton of shrooms


[57 Points] stabBarbie:

“After a short time, the two exited the house and were detained,” the statement said. Officers then entered the house to see if anyone else was inside.

Is this legal ?


[31 Points] Stealthrow:

I hate police for this reason. Such a worthless use of tax dollars.


[20 Points] ForLol_Serious:

They weren't arguing with each other they were yelling at the pink elephant


[14 Points] Didymos_Black:

$1428/lb? Is that the going rate? Shit, I give much of what I grow to friends for free.


[14 Points] fleduvius:

So they'll be in prison next year when California voters legalize shrooms.


[11 Points] gangstahippy:

700 lb's in a regular size home..

thats not even remotely believable.. legal barn oyster mushroom operations don't even push out 700 lb's.


[8 Points] None:

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[7 Points] AGiantBlkCok:

I love how they justified searching the house by "Well you know we had to check the house for any potential victims"

They could have said "We just wanted to make sure there were no dead babies inside"

I hope the charges are dismissed.


[5 Points] EatSheets:

Tough lesson not to trip balls with all your drugs


[2 Points] basgin:

$1,000,000 !!! that's a one bigg'a shroom.


[2 Points] quisp65:

I don't think they dried em before they weighed and then someone calculated the weight for the going rate of dried shrooms.


[2 Points] immaseeya:

"1700 Block of Alcatraz Ave"


[1 Points] missalfa:

so thats why the prices are too damn high on the markets


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] Riverboarder:

$89.00 an oz.? First time I've seen a low estimate by LEO. $89 is a cheap .25 in my area!


[1 Points] throwahooawayyfoe:

677 pounds of mushrooms. Even if that was wet weight, you'd still be looking at well over 100 pounds of finished product. That house must have been filled to the brim with grow tubs for them to be running that much.


[1 Points] TreyWait:

Strictly for personal use.


[1 Points] Blue_Palasky:

Gotta love those inflated street values


[1 Points] DooshNozzzle:

They still massively inflated the total weight, looks like they included the weight of substrate, but wow they actually gave it an accurate value. Instead of working it out at $40 an eighth and going from there, they went with like 350 a quap.


[1 Points] yevkessem:

I didn't think mushrooms were that in demand