Officers seize 20 pounds of magic mushrooms in 30 days at Canadian border

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo seized over 20 pounds of psilocybin—the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms—since the second week of September. The estimated street value of the chocolate-laden drugs—seized from 15 shipments—was $165,000. CBP encountered the illegal shipments at the Peace Bridge cargo facility […]