Police Raid Psychedelic Mushroom Operation

Law enforcement officers found 800 to 1,000 pounds of psychedelic mushrooms in a secret grow room in a pole building south of here Thursday.

The psilocybin mushrooms are worth about $500,000, the sheriff’s office said.

James G. Hoffman, 33, who lived in a trailer nearby, was booked into the county jail for investigation of unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, weapons charges and money laundering. He was released after posting $12,500 bail.

Sheriff Gary Edwards said more arrests are expected.