UK: York Chef Moonlighted As Magic Mushroom & Chocolate Coated Cannabis Edibles Dealer.. Judge Says magic-mushroom racket was symptomatic of the “Bohemian attitude that you had to life”.

Well he is a chef !

Judge said that Bach’s magic-mushroom racket was symptomatic of the “Bohemian attitude that you had to life”.

Toby Bach orchestrated his own dealing enterprise, unbeknown to colleagues at the Trussell Trust, and became a “one-stop shop” for all manner of illegal substances, York Crown Court heard.

Prosecutor Rhianydd Clement said police swooped on Bach’s home in York in April 2022, only to be told by another householder that he had left the property with “six bags of drugs and paraphernalia” which he had put inside his car.

Officers also found 26 vape cartridges containing Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the psychoactive constituent of cannabis, along with 24 packs of vape liquid suffused with cannabis oil. The combined package had an estimated street value of between £1,180 and £1,560.

Police also discovered a carrier bag containing herbal cannabis and “flowering heads” weighing just over 189g and with a combined street value of about £950.

The cache also included “THC extracts”, cannabis resin and three packets of cannabis-infused white chocolate. Officers also found illicit prescription drugs including 43 Diazepam tablets.

Several dealer bags were seized from Bach’s home and vehicle, and police found messages on his phone showing that he had been dealing “from at least 2018”.

These texts, which included overtures to customers about his “products and prices” and references to users “owing a debt to the defendant”, were recovered despite Bach, 31, refusing to disclose his mobile’s PIN number to police.

Bach, of Darnborough Street, was charged with three counts of possession with intent to supply Class B drugs, one count of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply and possessing a Class C drug with the same intent.

He admitted the offences and appeared for sentence yesterday on Thursday, August 30.

Ms Clement said that Bach had conducted the illicit enterprise under his own steam, adding: “Individuals were in debt to him and the defendant appeared to have control over the operation.”

Defence barrister Shannon Woodley said that Bach, who was a chef at the time and who worked part-time at a food bank, was “clearly someone who is very well thought of, both by the community and his family members”.

She said that Bach was a drug user at the time, taking opiate-based drugs such as Diazepam. He was an “occasional user” of cannabis but he “wouldn’t touch synthetic or psychoactive substances again”.

Judge Sean Morris said the texts on Bach’s phone showed he was a “one-stop shop for all sorts of things” and told the defendant: “You should hang your head in shame”.

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