Huge haul of magic mushrooms seized in traffic stop
Thu Mar 27, 2008

OSHAWA -- Cops acting on a hunch seized a huge haul of psychedelic drugs in a traffic stop Monday evening in Oshawa.

Detectives followed a vehicle they'd spotted behind a business on King Street West around 7 p.m. and initiated a traffic stop, seizing almost 1.8 kilograms of psilocybin, commonly known as magic mushrooms, with a street value of almost $36,000, Durham police said. Police also found 110 grams of marijuana and eight grams of hashish.

Matthew Macavelia, 19, of Glen Street in Oshawa, and a 16-year-old Oshawa male whose identity is protected by law are charged with drug possession and possession for the purpose of trafficking.