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Shopkeeper fudges choco-drug operation

Chocolate - Confectionary laced with drugs on sale
Chocolate - Confectionary laced with drugs on sale

Police have closed down a sweet shop in Berlin after discovering the owner was selling confectionary laced with hallucinogenic mushrooms and marijuana.

The 23-year old owner of the shop in the trendy east Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg, an area known for its vibrant nightlife, was taken into custody on suspicion of drug-dealing.

‘In the shop we found 120 pieces of magic mushroom chocolate and countless cannabis lollipops,’ said police.

Some 70 sachets containing various drugs, about 20 marijuana joints, a range of pills and some jars of drug-laced honey were confiscated.

Police said one customer, who appeared intoxicated, was arrested after trying to buy a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms from an officer in the shop.