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Police Confiscate Drug-Laced Candy Bars
Two Suspects, Both 19, Arrested
POSTED: 5:11 pm CDT October 27,
2005
UPDATED: 9:42 am CDT October 28,
2005
THE COLONY, Texas -- Police in The Colony this week arrested two men in connection with the seizure of nearly two dozen drug-laced chocolate bars.Officers arrested Calvin Miles Ates and Richard Adam Salazar, both 19, and charged them with various counts related to the seizure of 22 homemade chocolate bars containing various illegal drugs.
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Police arrested Ates Thursday morning and charged him with several offenses, including a first-degree felony for manufacturing or delivery of a controlled substance. He faced a $130,000 bond.Officers arrested Salazar on Wednesday afternoon. He also faces several charges, including a second-degree felony for possession of a controlled substance. His bond was set at $51,000.Last Friday night, The Colony Police Department searched a residence in the 4600 block of Ridgepointe Drive, where they confiscated the bars, which allegedly contained dried mushrooms, hash and marijuana. Police said lab reports confirmed that the bars contained more than 1,450 grams of the drug Psilocin, hallucinogenic mushrooms, commonly known as "shrooms."Police said the shrooms had been dried and ground into small particles before being added to melted chocolate, hardened and squared into what looked like a chocolate candy bar.The bars were reportedly cut it into squares, foiled and wrapped in a computer-generated paper sleeve displaying the word "NIRVANA."Each bar has an approximate street value of up to $150 and can be cut into eight squares that can be sold for up to $25 each, police said.Investigators said Ates and Salazar likely sold the bars in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas and elsewhere.
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