The Butler Police Department stopped a vehicle on Nursery Street in Butler on April 1st. A consent search was asked by the officers and was declined by the driver of the vehicle. A K9 from the Bates County Sheriff’s Office was then called to the scene. Once on the scene the occupants exited the vehicle and an exterior K9 sniff was conducted. The K9 gave a positive indication, or a “hit”, on the vehicle and the occupants were asked again if there was anything illegal in the vehicle.
One of the occupants then stated there was contraband in the vehicle. A further search located prescription pills that are schedule 2 narcotics. Also located was a large quantity of illegal mushrooms and six smaller individually packaged bags of illegal mushrooms with an approximate street value of around $4,000. The illegal mushrooms are fungi that contain psychoactive indole alkaloids that are considered to be hallucinogenic. The Butler Police Department would like to thank the Bates County Sheriff’s office for their assistance.
