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Ruh-roh! Facebook – and Scooby Doo – used in Port Moody drug sales: police

Port Moody Police busted a suspect at a Coquitlam home where they claim to have found magic mushrooms, cocaine, steroids and sheets of LSD with Scooby Doo's likeness.
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Cocaine was just one of the drugs allegedly found by Port Moody Police investigators in a bust last week at a Coquitlam home.

A 37-year-old man was arrested last week in Coquitlam in connection with the sale of a number of illicit drugs in which the seller used social media to advertise the products.

According to a Port Moody Police Department press release Friday, PMPD received a report in spring 2019 of drug dealing in the city. "The drugs were being advertised through Facebook and a variety of webpages, with delivery typically arranged through the use of apps," the release stated.

Following an investigation, PMPD's Community Action Team executed a search warrant at a home in Coquitlam, where a man was arrested.

During their search, investigators found: psilocybin ("magic mushrooms"), cocaine, LSD, steroids and "a variety of substances that have not yet been identified." A cultivation lab for the mushrooms and a small marijuana grow op were also found, police said, and some of the sheets of suspected LSD paper were decorated with cartoon characters, including the mystery-solving great dane Scooby Doo. PMPD said suspected cannabis edibles were also being manufactured at the home.

Police said the approximate street value of the drugs is $25,000 and approximately $15,000 in cash was also seized.

Charges have not yet been approved and this matter remains under investigation.