MAN'S DEATH LEADS TO 'MASSIVE' DRUG DISCOVERY

Search Of Home Turns Up $500,000 In Mushrooms, Arrest

CORNING - The body of 52-year-old Allen Joseph Milanowski found on
Loleta Avenue just outside of Corning Monday morning led to one of
Tehama County's biggest drug busts.

Inside the residence where Milanowski's vehicle was found, Tehama
Inter-agency Drug Enforcement agents found 160 pounds of processed
psilocybin, or hallucinogenic, mushrooms with a street value in
excess of $500,000, TIDE commander Vic Lacey said. They were packaged
in about 340 individually vacuumed

bags. Agents also found 10 pounds of marijuana, $5,000 in cash and
multiple scales, packaging materials, dishes, glassware and a
ventilation system to process the mushrooms, Lacey said.

"It's pretty massive," he said.

One man is in custody for the mushroom growing operation.

"He knew what he was doing," Lacey said. "He's obviously been doing
this for a while."

TIDE agents discovered the operation by serving a search warrant on
the house after discovering four marijuana plants at the residence
Tuesday morning while investigating Milanowski's death.

Milanowski is not believed to be a homicide victim, Tehama County
Sheriff Clay Parker said. An autopsy is scheduled for the man at 10
a.m. today in Woodland.