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[UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police 2
#28459484 - 09/05/23 12:10 PM (8 months, 8 days ago) |
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Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police September 5, 2023 - BBC
A magic mushroom factory has been uncovered in a residential street by police after they received intelligence about drugs.
Hertfordshire Police found thousands of pounds of cash, mushrooms being grown from spores, and chemicals and equipment to grow the hallucinogenic fungus at an address in Hatfield.
A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing class A and B drugs with intention to supply and possessing criminal property after officers carried out a raid on Deerswood Avenue on Thursday.
Several jars and buckets of harvested mushrooms, and hundreds of swabs and petri dishes containing different variants of spores, were discovered.
Police said a large amount of cash was found at the scene along with harvested mushrooms.
The man was bailed while investigations continue, the force said.
Sgt Robert Wilson, from the Welwyn Hatfield Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: "I hope residents feel reassured that we are serious about tackling the local drug network."
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: veggie]
#28459535 - 09/05/23 01:23 PM (8 months, 8 days ago) |
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Thank you for posting the photo with the story. Now I'm gonna go stash my Presto 23-quart someplace much more secure.
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: veggie] 2
#28459975 - 09/05/23 08:30 PM (8 months, 8 days ago) |
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Sgt Robert Wilson, from the Welwyn Hatfield Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: "I hope residents feel reassured that we are serious about tackling the local drug network."
I'm sure everyone feels much safer with those damn devil mushrooms off the streets! Arrested this dude while 3 teens OD'd on fent down the street probably.
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: veggie] 2
#28461994 - 09/07/23 10:32 PM (8 months, 6 days ago) |
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"Factory?" Really? That's a little basic hobby grow at best.
I see a bunch of empty tubs there and if all of those were full of mycelium then maybe they could use the term factory lol.
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: Dave Bowman] 1
#28462153 - 09/08/23 07:25 AM (8 months, 6 days ago) |
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Cops know they're basically worthless so they put a lot of energy into distorting things to make themselves seem more important
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: TheStallionMang]
#28462192 - 09/08/23 08:08 AM (8 months, 6 days ago) |
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No, no, it's a factory, just shut down right now because he's in negotiations with the union lol
They went with "factory" because they didn't find significant amounts of mushrooms, cash, or drugs. So they had to play up the "hundreds" of swabs and petri dishes.
"No real drugs or cash to speak of, but we've got evidence of some SERIOUS genetics hoarding and tinkering"
They got "intel," and were probably then severely disappointed when they conducted the raid.
If you read the account of the DEA raid on Psilocybe Fanaticus/Bob Mcpherson's place, it was similar. They were pretty underwhelmed when they realized how small this "spore kingpin's" operation was.
Anyone from the UK reading this?
What sort of area is Hatfield?
How centralized is policing for stuff like this?
I'm just curious, and trying to translate it into US terms. Something like this would fall on local law enforcement in the US, and be highly dependent on local culture.
In my neck of the woods, they probably wouldn't bother conducting the raid. Just tell the snitch thanks, we'll look into it, and have a nice day. If they were serving a warrant for some other reason and found a mushroom grow, they'd likely break their necks looking the other way.
Next jurisdiction over, they'd probably serve the warrant and then let the whole thing go with a very lenient plea deal, fine plus probation.
In some other states, they'd be grilling a frat boy they caught with a half gram of blow and getting him to roll on his shroom connect, then go in all flight-of-the-valkyries and throw the book at them.
So I'm just trying to place this guy's story in that sort of context.
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Edited by B Traven (09/08/23 08:13 AM)
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: B Traven] 1
#28462676 - 09/08/23 07:14 PM (8 months, 5 days ago) |
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Hatfield is the namesake of an exceptionally awesome progressive rock band who were active in the mid-70s. Hatfield and The North
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Re: [UK] Hatfield magic mushroom factory raided by police [Re: B Traven] 1
#28466093 - 09/12/23 05:14 AM (8 months, 2 days ago) |
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Quote:
B Traven said: Anyone from the UK reading this?
What sort of area is Hatfield?
How centralized is policing for stuff like this?
Not been there for about 20 years but it was a nice area from memory. A few miles north of the M25/London. Big university there.
I'm now wondering what they will throw at the grower for this. Got a bad feeling they could be quite cruel...
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