Three men and a woman have been charged with drug offenses after police busted the largest magic mushroom lab they ever found in a Sydney apartment.
Shortly before 9am on Tuesday, NSW Police detectives stopped a vehicle in Sydney Olympic Park, where they arrested two men, aged 45 and 30.
The men were taken to Auburn Police Station where the elderly man was charged with ten offenses relating to the supply of large commercial quantities of drugs.
The younger man was charged with four offenses relating to the supply of large commercial quantities of drugs.
At around 9.30am police officers arrested a 28-year-old man at a pub in West Ryde.
He was taken to Gladesville Police Station where he was charged with supplying a commercial quantity of drugs.
Just before 10 a.m. yesterday, detectives “executed a search warrant in Pyrmont, where they discovered a clandestine laboratory producing psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms.”
“The laboratory is the largest mushroom laboratory found by NSW Police in a residential apartment,” a NSW Police spokesperson said.
Shortly before 9am on Tuesday, NSW Police detectives stopped a vehicle in Sydney Olympic Park, where they arrested two men, aged 45 and 30 (pictured)
Just before 10am yesterday, detectives ‘executed a search warrant in Pyrmont where they discovered a clandestine laboratory producing psilocybin, also known as magic mushrooms’ (pictured)
‘At the scene, police arrested a 45-year-old woman who was taken to Day Street Police Station where she was charged with five offenses relating to the supply of large commercial quantities of drugs.’
‘During the operation, search warrants were executed in Oatlands, Campsie, Epping, Rydalmere, West Ryde and Pyrmont where police seized a large quantity of prohibited drugs, including 100 bags of magic mushrooms.
‘Police will allege in court that the group was responsible for the large-scale supply of a range of drugs, including magic mushrooms, cocaine and methylamphetamine.’
All four individuals were refused bail at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday.
“The laboratory is the largest mushroom laboratory found by NSW Police in a residential apartment,” a NSW Police spokesperson said.
Police seized a large amount of cash after the arrests (photo)
They also seized a large quantity of banned drugs (photo)