MASSIVE magic mushroom bust

www.foxnews.com...

Rooms inside Westen Soule's Connecticut home were allegedly filled with an illegal "drug factory" that was worth about $8.5 million, according to police. (Connecticut State Police)

Looking at the pictures, it's unreal the amount of shrooms this kid had.
It's like the entire house was there to store mushrooms. There isn't much else to say about this, other than the jaw dropping amount.
Sorry for the caps in the title, but in this case, I think it's appropriate.

a reply to: network dude

Sorry for the caps in the title, but in this case, I think it's appropriate.

...I see what you did there.

a reply to: JinMI

So did I!

a reply to: network dude

Ridiculous.

There's no good reason plants or mushrooms should be illegal.

I'll never financially recover from this.


a reply to: network dude

a reply to: Lysergic

Yea, when I saw the picture, I thought, "wow, I thought he would be older".

But you have years to recover. Just stay positive!

a reply to: network dude

Those bags are inoculated substrate, probably rye grain or corn. So not mushrooms yet, but it's a couple of steps before pinning and flushing.

Either way, this guy was cranking them out or was at that point in production before he was busted.

That's quite a bit of work to do on your own, especially the fact that all those bags seem to be in the same stage of growth which means he inoculated all those bags at the same time.

Accomplices? It's possible.

Oakland, CA. recently decriminalized magic mushrooms.www.npr.org...

Grows of this scale and higher are in full operation within the city limits of Oakland.

originally posted by: watchitburn
a reply to: network dude

Ridiculous.

There's no good reason plants or mushrooms should be illegal.

Yea, but each bag of shrooms should come with a guy who isn't tripping so he can assure you there is no dragon guarding the bathroom door. Currently, I don't think they do.

a reply to: watchitburn

completly agree natural substance, if your an adult you should have the choice what to intake or not, if you sell them to kids then yeah arrest and jail

a reply to: VariedcodeSole

I have no reference to any of this, but the pictures of inside the house, and shelves full of bags of shrooms looked like an awful lot.

Today he goes to jail, in a few years, who knows what states will legalize this.

a reply to: network dude

It takes a lot of dried mushrooms to make just a pound. That center bag in the laundry room looks about right. That's the reason why you have to grow a lot for it to make sense because they lose so much of their weight from the drying process.

Kid was wanting to make some money, that much is evident. Definitely not a "personal" grow. But ~$8 million?? I don't think so. Maybe ~$800k.

As a fellow mycologist, I have to admire his set up and efficiency for such a young guy. An operation like that can't be known to ANYONE, you have to be solo all the way and act like it doesn't even exist. It's a discipline most, especially at his age, can't maintain.

Wow what a lot and I am surprised how different they are to the ones we all used to pick when I was a kid.

a reply to: network dude

I take Super Male Vitality.

Mushrooms have remarkable theraputic uses.

Shame the recreational trippers take up the bulk of resources.

a reply to: VariedcodeSole

Oakland, CA. recently decriminalized magic mushrooms.

One of the pot dispensaries I visit here in Riverside, California sells Magic Mushroom & mushroom products from time to time.

a reply to: Sookiechacha

You wanna take 7 grams.

a reply to: network dude

I'm so old that if I wanted to get light-headed and high, I'd just stand up too quickly.

originally posted by: Lysergic
a reply to: Sookiechacha

You wanna take 7 grams.

Would really enjoy seeing that fallout.


Am I the only one who thought to check in on Lys after reading this...?

originally posted by: JinMI

originally posted by: Lysergic
a reply to: Sookiechacha

You wanna take 7 grams.

Would really enjoy seeing that fallout.


Am I the only one who thought to check in on Lys after reading this...?

Hell no, its why I posted it. 😎

originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude

I'm so old that if I wanted to get light-headed and high, I'd just stand up too quickly.

If I had shoe laces, I could get the feeling more often. Damn sketchers.