|
vinsue
Grand Old Fart



Registered: 02/17/04
Posts: 17,953
Loc: The Garden State(NJ)
|
cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house 2
#23934513 - 12/17/16 04:57 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/trio-nabbed-cops-alleged-psychedelic-mushroom-sting-nyc-article-1.2913454
BY Ginger Adams Otis NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, December 16, 2016, 5:55 PM
Cops busted a trio of dealers suspected of selling psychedelic mushrooms in Brooklyn, netting law enforcement more than 250 pounds of funky fungi, authorities said Friday.
Three defendants were charged with possession of a controlled substance in the sting, which targeted a Sheepshead Bay grow house.
It took $2 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms off the streets, according to Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Vitali Yaromin, 50, of Sheepshead Bay, Nikita Medvedev, 26, of Staten Island and Maksym Lyushnenko, 47, of Sheepshead Bay were arrested Friday.
Their arraignments on charges of second- and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia were pending Friday night in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
They face up to 10 years in prison on the top count if convicted.
The bust required a joint effort from New York’s Drug Enforcement Administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and NYPD and state police, said Gonzalez.
The three men were arrested after law enforcement agents seized more than 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms and more than $30,000 in cash from two locations in Sheepshead Bay.
“This investigation exposed and dismantled a massive psychedelic mushroom grow house, keeping hundreds of pounds of this illegal and dangerous drug off the streets,” said Gonzalez.
The home-grown mushrooms were sold for a few hundred dollars an ounce, according to officials.
The first place agents raided was a private house on E. 13th St.
Detectives seized more than 200 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms a.k.a. psychedelic mushrooms, more than $30,000 in cash, more than 300 gift cards, one ounce of marijuana, and bank records, officials said.
At the second location, a private house on E. 11th St. in Sheepshead Bay, more than 50 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms, $400 cash and a 2007 Lexus 350 SUV were seized, agents said.

. . .
--------------------
"All mushrooms are edible; but some only once." Croatian proverb. BTW ... Have You Rated Ythans Mom Yet ?? ... ... HERE'S HOW ... (be nice) . ...
|
raulg45bdn
Stranger
Registered: 06/02/16
Posts: 4
Last seen: 6 years, 10 months
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: vinsue]
#23934581 - 12/17/16 06:09 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
wow so much danger
|
Hobbyist
Citizen


Registered: 08/15/10
Posts: 805
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: raulg45bdn] 4
#23934607 - 12/17/16 06:24 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
That's probably everything they had right there, they just threw the mason jars on the scales.
-------------------- Everything i say is completely hypothetical...
|
Morel Guy
Stranger


Registered: 01/23/13
Posts: 15,577
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: Hobbyist]
#23934676 - 12/17/16 07:10 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Hobbyist said: That's probably everything they had right there, they just threw the mason jars on the scales.
I agree. They charge stack to make the suspect look bad and the police look 'good'.
-------------------- "in sterquiliniis invenitur in stercore invenitur" In filth it will be found in dung it will be found
|
ShroomerInTheRye
Clit Commander



Registered: 01/12/12
Posts: 13,036
Loc: Themyscira
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: Hobbyist] 10
#23934680 - 12/17/16 07:13 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Fuckin' n00bz...always leaving the foil on the lids...
--------------------
<-- Clicky Clicky
|
growlingmycelium
/@_@/



Registered: 04/15/16
Posts: 346
Loc: Durkadurkastan
Last seen: 7 months, 20 days
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: ShroomerInTheRye]
#23934721 - 12/17/16 07:51 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
poor lads
They mentioned they seized bank records from the first house raided.
Willing to bet they didnt understand the 7,500 flag limit on total income reported a year rules /laundering in general.
The gift card thing is sketch to imo. if there names and SS number activated. The feds/Po are pretty aware of why you may have 10 different registered gift cards or re loadable gift cards.
Still though... poor lads
|
Jake the Cake


Registered: 07/24/16
Posts: 80
Loc: Under a rock
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: growlingmycelium] 1
#23934732 - 12/17/16 07:57 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
At first i thought it was the people from the Hamilton show on vice.
|
filthyknees
no coincidence


Registered: 03/08/13
Posts: 6,283
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: Jake the Cake] 5
#23935340 - 12/17/16 12:44 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Special Agent James Hunt of the city’s DEA office said anyone who used synthetic drugs was playing “Russian roulette” with their life
eat a dick special agent james hunt
-------------------- But if you're in a hurry, and really got to go If you're in a hurry, might have to find out slow That it's one thing to try and another to fly You get there quicker just a step at a time It's one thing to bark, another to bite The show ain't over till you pack up at night
|
Tiamo
Trust in LITFA




Registered: 04/07/16
Posts: 1,935
Loc: Amsterdam
Last seen: 8 hours, 58 minutes
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: filthyknees] 1
#23935431 - 12/17/16 01:26 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
“Man-made drugs are our worst enemy these days,” he said.

Some nice looking tubs though.
--------------------
If you have used a Miraculix Psilocybin QTest, could you please share your results? Shipping free Ps. natalensis spore prints to any address in The Netherlands, just
Mush love
|
rackem



Registered: 11/27/09
Posts: 14,024
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: Jake the Cake] 1
#23935756 - 12/17/16 03:25 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Jake the Cake said: At first i thought it was the people from the Hamilton show on vice. 
i thought this very same thing.
|
HamHead
Hard Ass Motherfucker



Registered: 03/17/15
Posts: 6,107
Loc: Galactic sector ZZ9 Plura...
Last seen: 2 years, 8 months
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: ShroomerInTheRye] 1
#23936479 - 12/17/16 08:43 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
ShroomerInTheRye said: Fuckin' n00bz...always leaving the foil on the lids... 
Ah ha!
I want to know where they came up with the $2 million value. Who ever is paying a few hundred an ounce is getting ripped off.
-------------------- The Italian researchers’ findings, published by the INT’s scientific magazine Tumori Journal, show 11.6% of 959 healthy volunteers enrolled in a lung cancer screening trial between September 2019 and March 2020 had developed coronavirus antibodies well before February. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-italy-timing-idUSKBN27V0KF This online first version has been peer-reviewed, accepted and edited, but not formatted and finalized with corrections from authors and proofreaders https://www.icandecide.org/
|
M3G4N666
Stranger in a Strange Land



Registered: 10/30/16
Posts: 21
Last seen: 7 years, 21 days
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: HamHead]
#23937442 - 12/18/16 08:53 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
damn that's sad
I hope to see mushrooms legal one day.
Definitely nowhere near as dangerous as alcohol.
-------------------- “The apocalypse is not something which is coming. The apocalypse has arrived in major portions of the planet and it’s only because we live within a bubble of incredible privilege and social insulation that we still have the luxury of anticipating the apocalypse.” -Terence McKenna
|
peptorepto
lover of living things



Registered: 11/02/16
Posts: 18
Loc: Mushroom Kingdom
Last seen: 7 years, 19 days
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: ShroomerInTheRye] 1
#23938174 - 12/18/16 02:04 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
ShroomerInTheRye said: Fuckin' n00bz...always leaving the foil on the lids... 
Was just about to say that lol
--------------------
|
Matt87

Registered: 01/03/15
Posts: 3,339
Loc: Tennessee
Last seen: 4 days, 5 hours
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: peptorepto]
#23938197 - 12/18/16 02:14 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Its worth a drive to NY if folks are paying 350 per O oup there
--------------------
  Once you understand the way broadly, you see it in all things. -Musashi
|
Matt87

Registered: 01/03/15
Posts: 3,339
Loc: Tennessee
Last seen: 4 days, 5 hours
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: Matt87]
#23938205 - 12/18/16 02:16 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
A lot of times with new york stories, i think what would ZIG say/think?
--------------------
  Once you understand the way broadly, you see it in all things. -Musashi
|
MikeTesserect
Stranger


Registered: 12/07/16
Posts: 351
Last seen: 1 day, 30 minutes
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: vinsue]
#23939901 - 12/19/16 08:58 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
They will exaggerate the situation! They caught me growing with an ounce and a half dry and acted like it was a big game growing operation. They did admit the mushrooms were probably good because I had dried rice and o2 absorbers in the bag.They probably even accounted for that!
Edited by MikeTesserect (12/19/16 09:02 AM)
|
mushiefeet
Soggy Sock's Rainy Day's



Registered: 01/18/11
Posts: 558
Loc: Washington State
Last seen: 12 days, 1 hour
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: MikeTesserect]
#23939912 - 12/19/16 09:05 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
I was just about too say that hahahaha.
"The home-grown mushrooms were sold for a few hundred dollars an ounce, according to officials."

|
drake89
Mushroom Magnate



Registered: 06/26/11
Posts: 4,168
Loc: TN
Last seen: 4 years, 10 months
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: mushiefeet]
#23939934 - 12/19/16 09:22 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
roughly $62.5 per 8th by my math
|
Thayendanegea
quiet walker



Registered: 02/20/12
Posts: 7,596
Loc: 7 Lodges Nation
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: vinsue]
#23940515 - 12/19/16 02:39 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
bullshit sensationalism. They weighed the jars of grains ...probably went in there with hazmat suits.
-------------------- Look Deep Into Nature,and Then You Will Understand Everything Better. Albert Einstein
|
Tiamo
Trust in LITFA




Registered: 04/07/16
Posts: 1,935
Loc: Amsterdam
Last seen: 8 hours, 58 minutes
|
Re: cops seize 250 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms from Brooklyn grow house [Re: Thayendanegea]
#23940554 - 12/19/16 02:54 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Did no one spot the "man-made drugs" part?
--------------------
If you have used a Miraculix Psilocybin QTest, could you please share your results? Shipping free Ps. natalensis spore prints to any address in The Netherlands, just
Mush love
|
|