infoArizona man arrested after $30,000 of mescaline, 427 peyote cactuses found in home

Arizona man arrested after $30,000 of mescaline, 427 peyote cactuses found in home

Adam Dearmon, 49, was arrested and charged with multiple drug offenses.

Investigators believe Dearmon had packages of mescaline shipped from Peru to his home. A search of his home yielded 8.9 pounds of mescaline, 427 peyote cacti, 83 marijuana plants, 29 pounds of dry peyote, 59 pounds of processed marijuana, five pounds of psilocybin mushrooms and seven LSD tabs, the Sheriffs Office said, adding that there were many other substances found that detectives are working to identify.

Investigators also determined that Dearmon may have started a Native American Church, a legally protected indigenous religion that regards peyote as a holy sacrament to communicate with God, to justify selling psychedelic drugs.

Dearmon was booked into the Camp Verde Detention Center on suspicion of possession of dangerous drugs for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, cultivating marijuana, possession of peyote for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia.