Man is arrested wearing bird pyjama bottoms after $700,000 worth of magic mushrooms was seized in Sydney’s west
- Investigators swooped in on a home in Greystanes earlier this month
- They found a laboratory and 46kgs of psilocybin, with a street value of $700,000
- On Wednesday investigators arrested a man from Kellyville in relation to the bust
A man donning a set of bird pyjama bottoms has been arrested after police seized $700,000 worth of magic mushrooms.
Strike Force Bagster investigators swooped in on a home in Greystanes, in Sydney’s west, earlier this month.
Officers discovered a hidden laboratory and 46kgs of psilocybin – commonly known as magic mushrooms.
The 26-year-old, wearing magpie flannelette pyjama pants, was handcuffed on the street before being loaded into a paddy wagon
Pictured: Magic mushrooms growing inside dozens of plastic crates at a home in Western Sydney
The hallucinogenic drugs have an estimated street value of nearly $700,000.
A 26-year-old man was charged and remains before the courts.
On Wednesday, investigators arrested a second man, from Kellyville, in relation to the drug bust.
The 26-year-old, wearing magpie flannelette pyjama shorts, was handcuffed on the street before being loaded into a paddy wagon.
He was taken to Castle Hill Police Station and charged with a slew of offences including manufacture prohibited drugs and possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit.
The first man, from Cherrybrook in Sydney’s north, was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Thursday.
Pictured: Rows of plastic crates with magic mushrooms that were allegedly found in a garden shed
He was taken to Castle Hill Police Station and charged with a slew of offences including manufacture prohibited drugs and possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit