Pubdate: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 Source: Red Bluff Daily News (CA) Copyright: 2008 Red Bluff Daily News Contact: http://redbluffdailynews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1079 Author: Karen McIntyre, DN Staff Writer Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hallucinogens.htm (Hallucinogens) Bookmark: http://drugnews.org/topics/psilocybin (Psilocybin) MAN'S DEATH LEADS TO 'MASSIVE' DRUG DISCOVERY Search Of Home Turns Up $500,000 In Mushrooms, Arrest CORNING - The body of 52-year-old Allen Joseph Milanowski found on Loleta Avenue just outside of Corning Monday morning led to one of Tehama County's biggest drug busts. Inside the residence where Milanowski's vehicle was found, Tehama Inter-agency Drug Enforcement agents found 160 pounds of processed psilocybin, or hallucinogenic, mushrooms with a street value in excess of $500,000, TIDE commander Vic Lacey said. They were packaged in about 340 individually vacuumed bags. Agents also found 10 pounds of marijuana, $5,000 in cash and multiple scales, packaging materials, dishes, glassware and a ventilation system to process the mushrooms, Lacey said. "It's pretty massive," he said. One man is in custody for the mushroom growing operation. "He knew what he was doing," Lacey said. "He's obviously been doing this for a while." TIDE agents discovered the operation by serving a search warrant on the house after discovering four marijuana plants at the residence Tuesday morning while investigating Milanowski's death. Milanowski is not believed to be a homicide victim, Tehama County Sheriff Clay Parker said. An autopsy is scheduled for the man at 10 a.m. today in Woodland. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom