Connecticut authorities seize $8.5 million worth of illegal mushrooms from Burlington home
BURLINGTON, Conn. -- Millions of dollars worth of psychedelic mushrooms were seized from a Connecticut home Thursday.
The Connecticut State Police say detectives were sent to a home on Lyon Road in Burlington after receiving a tip that the resident was running an illegal psilocybin mushroom-growing operation.
When they arrived, police say detectives saw ventilation equipment that is often used in illegal laboratories.
The resident, identified as 21-year-old Westen Soule, took investigators to a detached garage where he was growing mushrooms, but he claimed they were not illegal.
Investigators obtained a search warrant and found a psilocybin mushroom-growing factory inside Soule's house.
State Police say Soule had about $8.5 million worth of mushrooms.
Soule was arrested and charges with possession with intent to sell/distribute narcotics and operation of a drug factory.
