Downtown Windsor magic mushroom dispensary raided by cops for 4th time, 1 arrested

CBC

18 April 2024 at 1:05 pm·1-min read

Downtown Windsor, Ont., FunGuyz location was raided by city police on Apr. 16, 2024. (Windsor Police Service - image credit)

A magic mushroom shop in downtown Windsor has been raided resulting in what police list at nearly $42,000 in illegal drugs.

Officers hit up FunGuyz — which sells psilocybin — on Ouellette Avenue on Tuesday around 4 p.m. ET.

During their search, Windsor police say the following items were seized.

2,980 psilocybin capsules .
1,940 grams of dried psilocybin.
507 grams psilocybin chocolate bars.
165 grams psilocybin gummies.
10 grams psilocybin hot chocolate.
7 psilocybin pens.
3 Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) vapes.
30 grams psilocybin tea.
$2,420 in Canadian currency.

The inside of the Windsor location of the illegal FunGuyz magic mushroom dispensary. The store has been open since June 29, 2023. (TJ Dhir/CBC)

A 19-year-old employee was charged with possession of a substance for the purpose of trafficking.

Police say this is the fourth time the same dispensary has been raided since it opened in June 2023 — resulting in more than $100,000 worth of psilocybin-infused products.

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