Magic mushroom haul found during raid

Police raided the property in Deerswood Avenue, Hatfield, on Thursday

A magic mushroom factory has been uncovered in a residential street by police after they received intelligence about drugs.

Hertfordshire Police found thousands of pounds of cash, mushrooms being grown from spores, and chemicals and equipment to grow the hallucinogenic fungus at an address in Hatfield.

A 41-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing class A and B drugs with intention to supply and possessing criminal property after officers carried out a raid on Deerswood Avenue on Thursday.

Several jars and buckets of harvested mushrooms, and hundreds of swabs and petri dishes containing different variants of spores, were discovered.

Police said a large amount of cash was found at the scene..,

...along with harvested mushrooms

The man was bailed while investigations continued, the force said.

Sgt Robert Wilson, from the Welwyn Hatfield Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: "I hope residents feel reassured that we are serious about tackling the local drug network."

Police seized drugs from the property