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[CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms'
#27611084 - 01/07/22 11:02 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' January 7, 2022 - ABC7

UPLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- Police stumbled upon a massive "magic mushroom" operation and seized hundreds of the illegal fungi after responding to a burglary call in Upland.
Authorities confiscated 1,074 trays of growing psychedelic mushrooms and another 92.5 pounds of dry mushrooms at the facility.
Upland police made the find while responding to a commercial burglary call near Sultana Avenue and 8th Street recently.
After making the discovery, they called in help from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department narcotics unit to seize the mushrooms and dismantle the operation.
There was no immediate word on arrests or charges.
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would make "magic mushrooms" and other types of psychedelic drugs legal.
Two years ago, Oregon became the first state to decriminalize the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms."
But for now, the psychedelic ingredients in "magic mushrooms" remain illegal in California.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: veggie] 1
#27611190 - 01/08/22 03:05 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Police stumbled upon a massive "magic mushroom" operation and seized hundreds of the illegal fungi after responding to a burglary call in Upland.
what, they just bumped into it? i smell a rat
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: split_by_nine]
#27611196 - 01/08/22 03:44 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Seem to be bumping into quite a few operations lately.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: CapSlinger]
#27611198 - 01/08/22 03:51 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Did they catch the burglar?
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: veggie] 1
#27611275 - 01/08/22 06:46 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Those cops are braindead, addicted to stimulating dopamine by arresting people for nothing, confiscating drugs that stop addiction, could they be any more blind and ignorant?
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: split_by_nine]
#27611470 - 01/08/22 09:57 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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split_by_nine said:
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Police stumbled upon a massive "magic mushroom" operation and seized hundreds of the illegal fungi after responding to a burglary call in Upland.
what, they just bumped into it? i smell a rat
Could have been someone was trying to break into the facility itself, to steal the shrooms or thinking there was cash, or the building it was housed in, and either tripped an alarm or were witnessed by someone nosy. There's always plenty of people around just itching to get other people into trouble.
That said, I also wouldn't be surprised if it was total bullshit and a cover story made up by the narcs to excuse a warrant-less search.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: veggie] 1
#27611552 - 01/08/22 10:59 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Pineapples grown on Hollywood Blvd:

A productive, self-sufficient, southern California used to be a beautiful place to live, a breadbasket, as well as a donor state, giving more to the Union, financially, than it spends.
But, San Bernardino, itself, has gone bankrupt for years, with no obvious lifelines besides welfare (D) and police statism (R).
Now, the whole place gets pressure washed, from top to bottom, and there are large displacements of street people, every time some media event will be hosted.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: Holybullshit]
#27611661 - 01/08/22 12:35 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Holybullshit said:
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split_by_nine said:
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Police stumbled upon a massive "magic mushroom" operation and seized hundreds of the illegal fungi after responding to a burglary call in Upland.
what, they just bumped into it? i smell a rat
Could have been someone was trying to break into the facility itself, to steal the shrooms or thinking there was cash, or the building it was housed in, and either tripped an alarm or were witnessed by someone nosy. There's always plenty of people around just itching to get other people into trouble.
That said, I also wouldn't be surprised if it was total bullshit and a cover story made up by the narcs to excuse a warrant-less search.

When I originally read that part of the article my first impression was that there was a rat....
...but of course HBS brings up some good points too of how it could have played out.
Years ago a friend of mine got caught up for having a "hash oil lab" in his garage (He didn't have a "lab", all he did was personal extractions for himself and occasional small runs for friends, all he had was a small/medium blast tube and a small vacuum chamber)....But the way he was caught up was by a bunch of police officers pulling up and instantly going into his garage where his BHO stuff was saying there was "a call from a neighbor about someone breaking into the house".
I feel the entire thing was bull shit and some one ratted him out, and the local police department just used the excuse of "someone called about a break in" to make their way onto/into the property with out needing any search warrant.
The entire ordeal reeked of such bullshit.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: veggie]
#27611669 - 01/08/22 12:42 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Isn't that a strange and not so ideal way to dry mushrooms?
I know that cannabis flower is dried like that, letting it dry slowly in the open air....
...but with mushrooms one wants to get them crispy/cracker dry as quickly as possible.
Letting thick/big fruits like that just sit in open air I feel will not do the trick to get them cracker dry, also potential for mold/contamination, and likely more of a loss of potency versus them being dried rapidly in a dehydrator.
Just seems strange such a "large" operation would be drying the fruits in such a crude/ineffective manner...hanging in open air with just a single space heater and a single fan in a large room (looks like there might be a dehumidifier in there too, but still).
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: openmind]
#27611724 - 01/08/22 01:24 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think those heat lamps got it toasty pants and the hvac plus dehumidifiers move the air around and out. Mega drying chamber in theory. That said a whole room at 165°F is HOT!
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: ButtFace]
#27611878 - 01/08/22 03:58 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quirkmeister92 said: I think those heat lamps got it toasty pants and the hvac plus dehumidifiers move the air around and out. Mega drying chamber in theory. That said a whole room at 165°F is HOT!
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ButtFace said: Agreed. I imagine the whole room is set up such that it is a dehydrator itself.
Interesting.
I just didn't think what's seen in the pic could get a room that size hot & dry enough for a proper dry. I can see that going on though, more I look at it.
Nifty .
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: Amanita86] 2
#27611979 - 01/08/22 05:39 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Amanita86 said: Did they catch the burglar?
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Authorities confiscated 1,074 trays of growing psychedelic mushrooms and another 92.5 pounds of dry mushrooms at the facility.
Sounds like they are the burglars to me..
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: ButtFace]
#27612055 - 01/08/22 06:58 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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ButtFace said: Which variety is that, Melmac?
It looks like either that or some other PE variety ran from a clone just by the looks of it.
It's like the entire op was around reproducing the same fruit with more or less the same consistency across all the trays. Almost like someone was growing cubes with a similar methodology or routine as growing edibles.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: Mycoplex]
#27612245 - 01/08/22 09:54 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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PS: I found it a little curious that the law enforcement who snapped these photos left in certain things like the growing parameters (75 degrees F and 99% humidity per the meter in the last pic) and the general layout of the lab.
Maybe they were so caught up in sharing their "win" that they didn't realize they're also giving away cultivation-related info inadvertently.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: veggie] 1
#27612293 - 01/08/22 10:43 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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1K+ trays and 92lbs dry and they “seized hundreds of mushrooms”. Definitely the burglars.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: ModularMind]
#27612298 - 01/08/22 10:49 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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'California lawmakers are considering a bill that would make "magic mushrooms" and other types of psychedelic drugs legal.'
Does this include LSD?
That would be very cool.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: openmind] 1
#27612760 - 01/09/22 10:28 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quirkmeister92 said: I think those heat lamps got it toasty pants and the hvac plus dehumidifiers move the air around and out. Mega drying chamber in theory. That said a whole room at 165°F is HOT!
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ButtFace said: Agreed. I imagine the whole room is set up such that it is a dehydrator itself.
Interesting.
I just didn't think what's seen in the pic could get a room that size hot & dry enough for a proper dry. I can see that going on though, more I look at it.
Nifty .
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It is quite possible. I worked for several years for an HVAC manufacturer building huge commercial and industrial HVAC units starting from the sheet metal fabrication all the way up to modular assembly, wiring, and plumbing. Ours were medium sized units (~200-300") in length that were capable of handling tens of millions of BTUs/hr but some of our other facilities made units much larger than that...but i digress. I agree with previous posts...sounds like a narc or a rat and illegal unwarranted search. If you are going to use commercial property for an operation such as that why would you have an alarm tied to the police and not secure that area well from unauthorized access? What a waste of useful fungi and tax $$ paid for police time.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: PsyloFreak]
#27612819 - 01/09/22 11:13 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Radiant oil heater on the grow room..
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: asterix]
#27613120 - 01/09/22 03:29 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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asterix said: 'California lawmakers are considering a bill that would make "magic mushrooms" and other types of psychedelic drugs legal.'
Does this include LSD?
That would be very cool.
Yes. You can check status of the bill online at the State of California Legislative website.
The legislature hasn't put it back on the calendar, but the bill is still alive even though conservatives (all Republicans and a few Democrats) opposed it last year.
From the most recent version, here are possession limits in the most recent version of SB-519. Note that the limits are per person. A family of four, for example, could have 8 grams of psilocybin in their possession without getting into trouble. If they are growing mushrooms that are 1 percent actives, that's 800 grams. The people who got busted in Upland are still way over this amount (unless they are a tribe of hundreds, and it doesn't sound like that was the case).
If you possess blotter hits of 150ug each and you live by yourself, you could still possess 66 hits before the cops have a case against you.
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(1) “Allowable amount” means the following quantities of a substance per person or, in the context of facilitated or supported use involving multiple persons, the aggregate of allowable amounts per participant. “Allowable amount” does not include the weight of any material of which the substance is a part or to which the substance is added, dissolved, held in solution, or suspended, or any ingredient or material combined with the substance specified in this subdivision to prepare a topical or oral administration, food, drink, or other product, including, but not limited to, a brew or tea: (A) Two grams of dimethyltryptamine, otherwise known as DMT.
(B) Fifteen grams of ibogaine. (C) One-hundredth (0.01) of a gram of lysergic acid diethylamide, otherwise known as LSD. (D) Two grams of psilocybin or four ounces of a plant or fungi containing psilocybin. (E) Two grams of psilocyn or four ounces of a plant or fungi containing psilocyn. (F) Four grams of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, otherwise known as MDMA.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: Holybullshit]
#27613494 - 01/09/22 09:28 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Could have been someone was trying to break into the facility itself, to steal the shrooms or thinking there was cash, or the building it was housed in, and either tripped an alarm or were witnessed by someone nosy. There's always plenty of people around just itching to get other people into trouble.
In my city they even break into vacant buildings to steal copper wire. Hopefully they didn't have a regular alarm that resulted in a call to police, most gowers have the common sense to not do that, you never know though. Best thing is cameras and alarm system where all signals just go to your phone no ADT shit. Sucks if was just some do gooder neighbor reporting burglary, that's the type of thing you can't prepare for. My friend lost a weed crop when next door tenant had fire and fire dept discovered his grow
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: sonoramo]
#27613521 - 01/09/22 09:47 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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When they say a family of four can have 8 grams of psilocybin are they saying 8 grams of mushrooms or 8 grams of crystal psilocybin? It’s hard to keep track how they weigh shit anymore…
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: QM33]
#27613700 - 01/10/22 01:29 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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QM33 said: Radiant oil heater on the grow room..

Not sure why you would facepalm that. They work amazingly well. You dont want a coil/fan assembly in a room that humid
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: TedsDead]
#27613776 - 01/10/22 06:18 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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You aren't going to want to put that in a room that humid, it's not going to work right damp, and it will probably break sooner than later. Better off with a pre room. I have one, I would never let it get that wet.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: QM33]
#27614058 - 01/10/22 11:55 AM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Police stumbled upon a massive "magic mushroom" operation and seized hundreds of the illegal fungi after responding to a burglary call in Upland.
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what, they just bumped into it? i smell a rat
They take over abandoned places, and you can innocently just bump into it.
I expected to see more of an industrial park or badlands, in satellite imagery, but there were tracts half million dollar mcmansions within walking distance of the 4 million dollar ones.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: Amanita86]
#27614086 - 01/10/22 12:26 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Amanita86 said: When they say a family of four can have 8 grams of psilocybin are they saying 8 grams of mushrooms or 8 grams of crystal psilocybin? It’s hard to keep track how they weigh shit anymore…
The point of that section in Weiner's bill is to make it explicit. Eight grams of crystal psilocybin/psilocin or 16 ounces of a plant or fungi (not sure what "plants" contain psilocybin). I would assume that if they catch you with 17 ounces of fresh or not-quite-dry mushrooms, it might be on you to demonstrate that they contain less than 8 grams of actives.
Note that another story popped up today from Marijuana Moment about the bill being socialized and having a "50/50 chance" of getting to Newsom's desk this year. Now that would be totally awesome!
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: QM33]
#27614159 - 01/10/22 01:54 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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QM33 said: You aren't going to want to put that in a room that humid, it's not going to work right damp, and it will probably break sooner than later. Better off with a pre room. I have one, I would never let it get that wet.
The one in mine has worked for years
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: TedsDead]
#27614239 - 01/10/22 03:22 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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I see wood kilns of comparable construction on youtube.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: TedsDead]
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Considering the size of the room and the ventilation on the ceiling/wall it might not bethat humid if you maintain heat and flow.
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Re: [CA] Upland burglary call leads to discovery, confiscation of hundreds of 'magic mushrooms' [Re: Failboat]
#27614278 - 01/10/22 04:18 PM (2 years, 1 month ago) |
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Either way those guys would probably rather shill out 30 bucks for a new heater rather than spend a bunch on a whole system. U can maintain high RH without getting the heater wet
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