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#26800273 - 07/02/20 08:32 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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CALGARY -- Following a six-month investigation, Calgary police and RCMP have shut down a website allegedly selling magic mushrooms and seized an estimated $750,000 worth of drugs from a property in Forestburg, Alta.
The investigation was launched in January after members of the Calgary Police Service's cybercrimes unit came across a website purporting to sell psilocybin -- better known as magic mushrooms.
A search warrant was served on June 30.
Forestburg is about 300 kilometres northeast of Calgary.
"During the search of the property, we located electronic exhibits and a psilocybin production lab with a significant amount of drugs and drug paraphernalia, with an estimated value of $750,000," police said in a release.
"Following the search, our cyber investigators were able to shut down the illicit trafficking website."
Shawn Michael Casey, 40, of Forestburg, has been charged with 13 counts of trafficking and seven counts of possession of property obtained by crime.
Police said further charges are expected.
"As drug markets have moved to online platforms, so have our investigations. We have adapted our capabilities, pairing drug investigators with cyber investigators, to ensure we are able to take action when we identify local sources of online drug trafficking," said CPS Cybercrimes Unit Staff Sgt. Jeremy Wittman in a release.
"Being adaptable to changing crime trends is an important step in protecting our communities from harmful drugs and the violence that often accompanies drug trafficking."
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/police-seize-750k-worth-of-magic-mushrooms-shut-down-illicit-website-1.5008338
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: Ahab McBathsalts] 2
#26800299 - 07/02/20 08:47 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Shawn Michael Casey
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: split_by_nine]
#26800348 - 07/02/20 09:08 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Ugh, dumb as hell. When will people learn not to sell online?
And also - does anyone know how police come up with the dollar amounts they publicize? Do they just stick a price on an eighth then do the math? I always assume they're exaggerating.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: Sukenard]
#26800395 - 07/02/20 09:41 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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It's about like you said, the use the highest price they can find(then multiply it by two) for the smallest amount, then extrapolate out to the total weight. What you also aren't seeing is they do shit like weigh mason jars/bags full of colonized substrate and call that X lbs of mushrooms.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: Holybullshit]
#26800550 - 07/03/20 12:12 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Probably 750 oz wet
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: SynKyd]
#26800814 - 07/03/20 06:36 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I've been getting mushroom ads on facebook for months, I assumed it was a scam. It's perfectly safe to sell drugs online if you follow opsec. Its because customers are spoiled now and want to pay for stuff with interac e transfers which are traceable. Sell with crypto they cant catch you, assuming you follow basic common sense like fake return addy, not buying postage with a credit card etc.
I know a mushroom vendor who has been going since 2004, the only way to pay is crypto, and he doesnt advertise at all, just the opposite he asks never to mention service anywhere. And they are in Vancouver whose police is pretty lazy, Calgary are gung ho. We didn't even have any illegal dispensaries before weed legalization unlike almost every other big city in Canada. The only thing that seems to be ignored is all the guys selling meth and opiates in front of the supervised injection room, that trade goes 24/7 unimpeded by Calgary Police
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: viraldrome]
#26800945 - 07/03/20 07:45 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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In a decrim state this might've gone tolerated, what are those again?
And yeah true clearnet selling can work well, I just have to think back to the indian modafinil sites, even using regular wire transfer or something or tbh I dont remember back in the day. And modafinil totally was a controlled substance, and is a strong drug too, imo.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: polaritymind] 1
#26800973 - 07/03/20 08:00 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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"Following a six-month investigation. . ."
That's just great. I can think of better uses of six months of investigation.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: NosmoKing] 1
#26802809 - 07/04/20 05:00 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Unable to defend or debate their actions
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: viraldrome]
#26807978 - 07/06/20 09:35 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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$750,000 of drugs. Mushrooms.
So, if my friend puts fifty pounds up at $750. That would require a thousand pounds of mushrooms. Quite the operation to that one.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: WhoManBeing]
#26808469 - 07/07/20 08:12 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah that was surely the whole mycelium block or maybe wet mushrooms being weighed.
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Ahab McBathsalts
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: WhoManBeing]
#26813711 - 07/09/20 08:19 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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That would be terrible inventory management. Homie should read a business book if he had that much shit.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
#26819033 - 07/12/20 09:45 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Was this a darknet site? I too saw Facebook stories from groups offering LSD and mushrooms. It was a mirror from online sites. Seriously. On Facebook?
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: Ogla]
#26819891 - 07/12/20 05:18 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yo this dude is a damn fool. They busted him 8 years ago for a lab...
Edited by Failboat (07/12/20 05:18 PM)
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: viraldrome]
#26833582 - 07/20/20 03:52 AM (3 years, 6 months ago) |
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viraldrome said: Unable to defend or debate their actions

HAHAHAHAH
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: mescalinechemist]
#27611028 - 01/07/22 09:24 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I was wondering if this would have made it to the Shroomery. I just got out of prison for this shit. Definitely the only one in there for mushrooms.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: ShawnMichaelCasey]
#27611075 - 01/07/22 10:49 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Welcome back!
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: veggie]
#27611109 - 01/07/22 11:43 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thank you ๐โค๏ธ
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: ShawnMichaelCasey]
#27611205 - 01/08/22 04:27 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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That was a sad bust. I live by the "crack macs" the 24 hour meth/fent market and CPS stands there fucking watching, and you were locked up for a year and a half plus for shrooms, that's insane. They made an example out of you. They needed to justify a huge expensive investigation.
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Re: Police seize $750K worth of magic mushrooms, shut down illicit website [Re: Ahab McBathsalts]
#27611821 - 01/08/22 02:48 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Google 'magic mushrooms Canada'
Lots of online vendors.
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