Queensland police charge man with drug offences over alleged commercial-scale magic mushroom operation

Large quantity of illicit psilocybin allegedly discovered at Marsden home as investigations continue into separate and unrelated deaths suspected to be mushroom-related

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Queensland police have laid charges over an allegedly commercial-scale psilocybin production operation south of Brisbane, as separate and unrelated investigations continue into high-profile deaths suspected to be linked to mushrooms in Australia.

Officers from the major and organised crime squad raided two houses in Logan on Thursday, at First Avenue in Marsden and Rossmore Road in Chambers Flat, where they say they discovered large quantities of illicit psilocybin – commonly referred to as magic mushrooms.

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