Authorities in Florida seized more than 50 pounds of hallucinogenic cacti and mushrooms and arrested a man for allegedly advertising them for sale on Facebook Marketplace.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office said its Opioid Overdose Investigation Section learned 32-year-old Zachary Diaz was allegedly running a business selling mescaline-containing cacti commonly known as peyote and psilocybin mushrooms by advertising them on Facebook Marketplace.
On Oct. 1, investigators served a search warrant on the 5500 block of Coolidge Street in Riverview and seized 131 live plants as well as cultivation and manufacturing supplies.
The seizure included approximately 50 pounds of cacti and 1.5 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms…