(KRON) — A 47-year-old Santa Rosa woman faces multiple charges after the Santa Rosa Police Department said investigators intercepted a package sent to her from Peru that contained suspected illegal narcotics packaged to appear as tea and herbal powders.
Large Ecstasy pill bust leads to loaded ghost gun: SFPD
SRPD said its narcotics investigators were tipped off about the package from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and had it rerouted to them to analyze its contents.
“Detectives determined the items in the delivery included approximately 7 ounces of Ayahuasca powder, a psychoactive substance containing the strong hallucinogen dimethyltryptamine (DMT); over 1 ounce of cocoa leaves, a source of cocaine; approximately 6.4 ounces of mescaline powder, another strong hallucinogen; and approximately 3.6 ounces of green cocaine variant. All of these items are illegal in the United States,” Santa Rosa PD said in a social media post Tuesday.
Suspicious that there were more narcotics inside of the home where the package was shipped, detectives obtained a search warrant for the residence and the suspect, identified by police as Tahryn Janet Anderson. Anderson was located at her home during the search warrant service Tuesday and soon arrested.
“Detectives located approximately 1.9 ounces of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, commonly referred to as GHB; drug paraphernalia; and packaging materials,” police added…