Police take action over magic mushroom death of Brit in Thailand
Thai police have arrested a shop owner following the death of a young British tourist in Chiang Mai.
The female shop owner was taken into custody after the 25-year old traveller consumed psilocybin ‘magic mushrooms.’
It followed an undercover operation, police Major General Worapong Khamlue said.
Several kgs of psilocybin mushrooms were seized.
Magic mushrooms were also recovered from the hotel room of the British tourist who died.
The deceased tourist has been identified only as Mr. V.
He collapsed and later died about 40 minutes after consuming the mushrooms.
In Thailand psilocybin mushrooms are classed as a Category 5 narcotic substance.
Each bag of mushrooms was being sold for THB500 baht, police said.
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