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Conn. man, 21, arrested after $8.5M worth of psychedelic mushrooms found in home ‘drug factory’

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A Connecticut man was found growing $8.5 million worth of psychedelic mushrooms in his home after a tipster told authorities he was allegedly running a “clandestine” drug factory in the abode.

Westen Soule, 21, of Burlington, was arrested Thursday at his Lyon Road home after the state’s Narcotics Task Force was alerted about his alleged growing operation.

When the task force arrived at his home around 9 a.m., the young man escorted officers to a detached garage, where detectives “observed a large mushroom growing operation,” according to Connecticut State Police (CSP).

Soule claimed the mushrooms were legal and refused to allow them into his home.

After obtaining a search warrant, however, investigators found a “clandestine mushroom-growing factory within, containing psilocybin mushrooms in various stages of growth.”

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