MOUNT REPOSE, Ohio (AP) — Investigators in southwest Ohio say they seized more than 500 pounds of hallucinogenic mushrooms with an estimated value of at least $800,000.The Clermont County Sheriff’s Office says the Psilocybin mushrooms were being grown in a sophisticated lab at a home in Miami Township, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati. Agents from a county drug task force served a search warrant at the home.Aaron Gasper, 26, was arrested at the home and is expected to face at least one felony charge related to illegal drug production. He was transported to the Clermont County Jail.More charges are possible, investigators say, when the case is presented to a grand jury.
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