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Ralston Police Bust Mushroom Growing Operation

police-lights-redRALSTON, Neb. (AP) — Ralston police responding to a complaint about loud music say they discovered a mushroom grow operation.

Officers were sent to the apartment around 2 a.m. Friday.

Once there, officers said they smelled a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from the apartment and also observed psychedelic mushrooms and paraphernalia in plain view.

Police say the residents were detained, and a search warrant was obtained for the apartment.

Police say they found about 18 jars of mushrooms in various grow stages in the search, as well as numerous plastic containers, a humidifier, grow light, growing material and literature on how to grow mushrooms.

A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested on suspicion of felony drug counts.

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