Israeli chemistry prof held for ‘shroom lab
Police find psychedelic mushrooms and equipment used to grow the recreational drug at suspect's home
In a minor real-life echo of TV’s “Breaking Bad,” an Israeli chemistry professor was arrested Monday for running a home lab to make hallucinogenic drugs.
When police searched the suspect’s Carmiel home, they discovered large quantities of psychedelic mushrooms and professional equipment necessary to grow the recreational drug.
The suspect was brought before a magistrate’s court on Monday for remand.
He was not immediately named. According to a report on Channel 2, he is 41 and a chemistry instructor at a college in the Galilee.
The 2008-2013 US crime drama “Breaking Bad,” in which Bryan Cranston played a chemistry teacher who uses his expertise to produce crystal meth and becomes a drug lord, was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s favorite TV series, according to former ambassador and current MK Michael Oren.
