{"id":417028,"date":"2026-10-02T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417028\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T19:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T19:00:07","slug":"florida-man-accused-of-selling-peyote-mushrooms-on-facebook-marketplace-deputies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417028\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man accused of selling peyote, mushrooms on Facebook Marketplace, deputies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Riverview man was arrested after <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Hillsborough%20County\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hillsborough County<\/a> deputies said he advertised hallucinogenic drugs for sale on Facebook Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>The Hillsborough County Sheriff\u2019s Office said its Opioid Overdose Investigation Section served a search warrant Wednesday at a home in the 5500 block of Coolidge Street.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives said Zachary Diaz, 32, was operating a business that sold mescaline-containing cacti, commonly called peyote, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Psilocybin%20Mushroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">psilocybin mushrooms<\/a>. Deputies said the products were advertised on <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Facebook%20Marketplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook Marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, detectives seized 131 live plants, along with cultivation and manufacturing supplies, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. Investigators said they recovered about 50 pounds of mescaline-containing cacti and 1.5 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Diaz, who deputies said already had outstanding warrants connected to the investigation, faces three counts each of possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver within 1,000 feet of a church, and delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a church.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/woman-arrested-mar-a-lago-claiming-senator-tom-cotton-invited-charged-misdemeanor-trespassing-us-secret-service-agents-palm-beach-police-department-crime-florida-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago after claiming Sen. Tom Cotton invited her<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also faces two counts of manufacturing a controlled substance, the sheriff\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIVERVIEW, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Riverview man was arrested after Hillsborough County deputies said he advertised hallucinogenic drugs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-417028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}