Fine for magic mushrooms

A 38-YEAR-OLD Nicosia district man was yesterday fined after he pleaded guilty to importing magic mushrooms for personal use.

The pony-tailed Dali villager was fined €500 and ordered to pay €950 in court expenses.

The defendant’s lawyer, Roberto Vrahimi, told the court his client enjoyed drinking tea and that he often imported different herbs to make various teas for his own personal use.

He said although his client was aware the substance, psilocybin, contained in the mushrooms were illegal, the fungi had been intended for no one other than himself.

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