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 Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record
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www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/local_news/article/0,1891,TRN_5784_2955247,00.html
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Update: Numbers for drug bust not accurate
Times Record News
Police seize millions in drugs
Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record
By Jessica Langdon/Times Record News
June 11, 2004
Investigators look over psilocybin mushrooms seized during a search Tuesday in Clay County. Officers seized a total of 25 pounds during their investigation.
Mushroom Seizure by the Numbers
Psilocybin mushrooms seized: 25 pounds
Dosage units: 1.13 million
Total value: $11.35 million
Drug officers from several agencies made a rare find in Clay County this week.
They made a mushroom bust bigger than anything the North Texas Drug Task Force has seen before.
Investigators Tuesday turned up 25 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms - hallucinogenic drugs - with a street value topping $11 million.
One Clay County residence housed 21 pounds of the mushrooms, investigators said.
"We were kind of amazed at the value," Wichita Falls police Sgt. Cindy Walker said.
Investigators said if it wasn't the largest seizure of its kind in North Texas, it was one of the largest.
Wichita Falls undercover officers, Department of Public Safety narcotics officers and the Clay County Sheriff's Department conducted the investigation.
Task Force Investigator Chris Taylor said the probe started after an arrest in Dallas-Fort Worth several weeks ago produced some information.
One person was arrested in Wichita County, he said, and another arrest was pending in Clay County.
"It was involving the mushrooms that were being grown in the Petrolia area that were going to other parts of the state," Taylor said. He said officers tracked distribution all the way to Austin.
Joe Ben Patrick, 53, of Clay County was charged with unlawful delivery or manufacture with intent to deliver a simulated controlled substance in connection with an incident June 8. His bond was set at $10,000, and he was not being held Thursday in the Wichita County Jail.
There is no field test for psilocybin mushrooms, and investigators are waiting for results of other tests, which is why the charge addresses a "simulated controlled substance."
The arrest affidavit gave this description of the incident:
Someone cooperating with the investigation arranged to have 3 pounds of mushrooms delivered.
The person who delivered those mushrooms also cooperated, saying he's bought mushrooms in the past from the suspect in this case. He said that's where the 3 pounds of mushrooms he delivered came from.
That witness arranged with the suspect to have 1 pound delivered, the affidavit said. That led to the search warrant in Clay County, a press release from the Wichita Falls Police Department stated. Officers found "where the psilocybin mushrooms were being cultivated," the release stated. They seized the mushrooms and hauled the evidence away in bags and glass jars. The jars filled a roomful of shelves.
"I think we made a significant dent," said Jim Blake, a DPS narcotics investigator, "even though we didn't know we were having the problem."
Taylor said drug officers - used to working with drugs like methamphetamine - haven't had that many run-ins with mushrooms. He's only seen a few cases in nearly 10 years.
"I've even seized some from people on the streets before," Sgt. Walker said - but never anything of this magnitude.
"We were very lucky that day," Blake said.
Crime reporter Jessica Langdon can be reached at (940) 763-7530 or by email at langdonj(at)TimesRecordNews.com.
Copyright 2004, Times Record News. All Rights Reserved.
Edited by cerealrat (06/18/04 07:22 AM)
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: cerealrat]
#2785473 - 06/11/04 03:16 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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11.3 million for 25 lbs? That means 1/8th is $3500 ?? Is my math wrong or what???
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: Redo]
#2785487 - 06/11/04 03:19 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Someone give these cops a better deal
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: cerealrat]
#2785668 - 06/11/04 04:04 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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That math is just wrong... or shrooms are worth a lot more than I thought.
Perhaps it is intentional misinformation.
The guy's bond was set at $10,000... he's obviously no millionare.
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: Cervantes]
#2785823 - 06/11/04 05:15 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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1.13 million doses of 25 lbs is .010035... grams each dose, maybe they just had a big crack bust there too???
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: Redo]
#2785903 - 06/11/04 05:48 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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"I think we made a significant dent," said Jim Blake, a DPS narcotics investigator, "even though we didn't know we were having the problem."
That statement makes me think this guy is about as sharp as a bowling ball 
We don't know we have a problem? Yet, we really contributed to some kind of cause!! Idiots!
And yes, those must be really good mushrooms... 25lb @ 1.13M
I bet its those really rare mushrooms, you know the ones with the "golden flakes" on them  HAHAHAHAHA
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: Redo]
#2785968 - 06/11/04 06:26 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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nah its all true!
25 lbs is indeed over a million doses
$1.000 is indeed a not unheard of price for a gram..
Its just that they forget the mushrooms. They equate psilocybin with the mushroom. To a Texan cop "psilocybin mushrooms" means these mushrooms are psilocybin.
A 10mg "street-dose" of Psilocybin for $10 is quite on the mark.
Its just the police who are off.
Dollar bills contain measurable amounts of cocaine.. Lets call 'em cocaine and seize all of them  You can call a ten-dollar bill "$10 worth of coke" or "drug money". 
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: Wiccan_Seeker]
#2786030 - 06/11/04 06:56 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah, the psilocybin percentage is usually around 1%, or .035 grams per 'average trip'. So I guess the shrooms WERE pure psilocybin =b, mmm, what I would do for 25 lbs of psilocybin lol.
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: cerealrat]
#2786056 - 06/11/04 07:07 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've never seen a mushroom bust on the news that got the price anyway near the actual price. The highest mushrooms would ever go for around here would be, say, $40 an eighth, and the normal price for those without connections is 30 to 35. In Texas I'd guess it'd be even lower, since mushrooms can be found growing naturally if one knows how to look. They always jack it up to make it seem more significant
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: Ravus]
#2786441 - 06/11/04 09:54 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Totally ignoring the fact that the price goes down in bulk :P
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: HarveyWalbanger]
#2786538 - 06/11/04 10:36 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I realize that, which is why the estimated price should be even lower, but assuming they're basing their estimates on the highest, most jacked up price for individual units, they're still way too high. Must make the public feel good
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: cerealrat]
#2786762 - 06/11/04 11:47 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i found this interesting- "there is no field test for psilocybin"
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: cerealrat]
#2787214 - 06/12/04 07:07 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Those are some mighty expensive mushrooms!  
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: ToiletDuk]
#2789542 - 06/13/04 08:04 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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no shit the numbers dont lie but the cops have it down to a science
clay county is just a few miles up the hwy from me... what street are they getting over 900$ a gram.
their calling 1/100th of a gram in weight a 'single dose' at $10@
id be one pissed hippy if i payed 10 bucks for 1/100th of a gram!
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: morbydvisns]
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on reco [Re: matts]
#2789612 - 06/13/04 09:38 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Thats some cheap LSD.
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: cerealrat]
#2797874 - 06/16/04 02:26 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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[q] "I think we made a significant dent," said Jim Blake, a DPS narcotics investigator, "even though we didn't know we were having the problem." [/q]
so, no one is getting fuked up and trashing shit or killing people, but since they found it... there must be a problem?!?!?!?
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: cerealrat]
#2799463 - 06/16/04 02:24 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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i am appalled. i am so fucking appaled, and outraged by their lack of information, and their stupid remarks... i can believe now just how stupid a group of people can be, when they dont want to pay attention to their thoughts and words. this is ridiculous.
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: cerealrat]
#2799665 - 06/16/04 03:21 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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we should stop calling the officers pigs, its insulting to the animals, after all, they are one of the smartest in the barnyard.
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Re: Sizeable mushroom bust said to be one of biggest on record [Re: automan]
#2803469 - 06/17/04 07:29 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Numbers for drug bust not accurate [Re: cerealrat]
#2804344 - 06/18/04 01:07 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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http://www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/local_news/article/0,1891,TRN_5784_2972302,00.html
Numbers for drug bust not accurate
Computing error led to overestimation of mushroom doses seized
By Jessica Langdon/Times Record News
June 18, 2004
A calculating glitch appears to have caused the dollar amount to mushroom into the millions on a major psilocybin mushroom bust in North Texas.
The 25 pounds of mushrooms seized last week were worth only a fraction of the money authorities originally believed, police said.
The original figure topped $11 million. The North Texas Regional Drug Task Force said that amount was about 25 times too high.
The Task Force, the Wichita Falls Police Department's Organized Crime Unit, Department of Public Safety narcotics officers and the Clay County Sheriff's Department worked together on the investigation. They say the mushroom distribution operation stretched from Wichita Falls to Austin.
The investigation resulted in a large find - 21 pounds of mushrooms - at a Clay County home June 8. Officers also seized a few more pounds from other related incidents, they said.
Drug investigators originally thought the 25 pounds of mushrooms held 1.13 million dosage units, making them worth $11.35 million.
Those are the numbers the DPS computerized reporting system came up with, WFPD Sgt. Cindy Walker said.
But that magic $11 million number didn't go with the magic mushrooms after all - a glitch in the reporting system caused it to calculate the figures as it would for LSD, instead, Walker said. The system separates LSD and "other hallucinogenic drugs," DPS narcotics investigator Jim Blake said after the bust.
Walker said something went wrong in the calculation, and the dosage unit used to determine the value of psilocybin mushrooms is a quarter of a gram. That would add up to 45,400 dosage units in this case instead of more than 1 million. The lower number makes the total value closer to $454,000 at $10 per dosage unit, Walker said.
The Drug Enforcement Agency uses ounces as a basis for figuring out value, and the agency said the prices vary. The United States Department of Justice's Web site says psilocybin mushrooms generally sell for $20 per [ of an ounce, and for $100-$150 per ounce.
Eating the mushrooms causes hallucinations and affects the senses, the DEA reported. It said the drugs can make colors seem brighter and create a mixing of senses like "hearing a color." The drug can also make it hard to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. They're not as popular as many other drugs, the agency said, but they do pop up where young crowds gather - college campuses, parties and raves.
Investigators said the mushrooms were cultivated at the Clay County residence. Officers have made one arrest so far in the local case.
Joe Ben Patrick, 53, of Clay County was charged with unlawful delivery or manufacture with intent to deliver a simulated controlled substance in connection with the June 8 incident. Bond was set at $10,000. He was free from the Wichita County Jail Thursday.
Investigators were still looking into the incident and expected to make another arrest in connection with the case.
Crime reporter Jessica Langdon can be reached at (940) 763-7530 or by email at langdonj(at)TimesRecordNews.com.
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Re: Numbers for drug bust not accurate [Re: Anno]
#2804605 - 06/18/04 03:57 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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***Drug investigators originally thought the 25 pounds of mushrooms held 1.13 million dosage units, making them worth $11.35 million.
Those are the numbers the DPS computerized reporting system came up with, WFPD Sgt. Cindy Walker said.
Walker said something went wrong in the calculation,***
I think the hick-to-hightech interface was at fault here.
"Psilocybin mushrooms are Psilocybin in mushroom form. It's, like, LSD."
***The drug can also make it hard to tell the difference between fantasy and reality.***
Reality being that the factual 21 lbs of mushrooms are the 25 lbs used in the corrected calculation, ofcourse.
It's 0.01gr/no its 0.25gr/no its an ounce!
If these cops were to use drugs it'd be a busy day at the ER.
If I were the IRS i'd take a closer look at their tax forms, them having officially declared something to be worth over 1.000 times its actual market value.
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Re: Numbers for drug bust not accurate [Re: Anno]
#2804640 - 06/18/04 04:51 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Drug investigators originally thought the 25 pounds of mushrooms held 1.13 million dosage units, making them worth $11.35 million.
Those are the numbers the DPS computerized reporting system came up with, WFPD Sgt. Cindy Walker said.
But that magic $11 million number didn't go with the magic mushrooms after all - a glitch in the reporting system caused it to calculate the figures as it would for LSD.
Hmm... that doesn't make sense either, 25 pounds of LSD is only 1.13 million doses? Find another excuse.
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Re: Numbers for drug bust not accurate [Re: @cro]
#2809306 - 06/19/04 05:36 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Maybe they forgot how to read their report before its published.
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