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Two of the illegal mushrooms found in Reverend
Willows boot are still clearly visible
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A local town Reverend has been charged
with drug offences following a police sting operation in Hampshire.
Teams of officers arrested Reverend John Willows,
67 of Andover, whilst he was trekking across a popular family
walking area in the Cotswald Hills on Sunday morning.
The dangerous class A drug, psilocybe mushrooms
were cleverly concealed in his boot treads. The evil Willows
had
concealed 3 of the potent hallucinogenic mushrooms in the treads
of his left boot and 1 in his right.
It is presumed the child poisoning Reverend intended
to smuggle the drugs through the Langley Hill Trekking Centre
car park and then transport them back to his parish drug den to
concoct a vicious 'mushroom brew'.
Magic mushrooms are known to trigger mental illness,
in particular, they may trigger an episode of psychosis in people
who are susceptible to its lethal effects, such as innocent children.
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Reverend Willows appears defiant as he
is lead away in handcuffs
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The arrest came as a surprise to local members
of his parish who described him as a very quiet and kind man
who has a spotless history of serving the Andover community for
over 37 years.
"I would never have expected Reverend Willows
could have been involved in something like this", said local
housekeeper Mary Thorne, "He was always very against drugs
of any kind, but to be found with all those horrible mushrooms
on him is just shocking"
A police spokesman revealed the arrest was part
of a continuing operation in the district.
"Intelligence-led operations will continue
throughout the district in an attempt to bring to justice people
who traffic mushrooms to the children of Hampshire, Dorset &
Wiltshire," he said.
The maximum sentence for possession of magic
mushrooms is 7 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine. The maximum
sentence for supplying prepared magic mushrooms (especially to
children) is life imprisonment and an unlimited fine.
Reverend Willows is set to go on trial within
the next couple of weeks.
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