$8.5M Mushroom Operation Uncovered in Burlington Home, Man Arrested

A 21-year-old man from Burlington, Connecticut, named Weston Soule, has been arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell narcotics and operating a drug factory after police discovered a clandestine psilocybin mushroom growing operation at his residence. Detectives found a large mushroom growing operation in a detached garage on the property, containing psilocybin mushrooms with an estimated street value of $8.5 million. Soule claimed that the mushrooms he was growing were not illegal, but later admitted that they were psilocybin, a Schedule 1 controlled substance. He is currently held on a $250,000 bond.