A 59-year-old Ketchikan man has been charged with felony drug counts after a search of his home that police say turned up 5.5 pounds of marijuana.
The Ketchikan Daily News reports George B. Friend is charged with four counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance.
Police with a search warrant Monday also recovered three chocolate-covered psilocybin mushrooms, packaging materials, digital scales and $8,000.
Police Sgt. Andy Berntson says the street value of the marijuana at $500 per ounce is about $44,000.
Friend was free Friday on $10,000 bail.
Online court records did not indicate he was represented by an attorney. He is scheduled Monday for an attorney status hearing. Directory assistance did not list a phone number for Friend.
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Information from: Ketchikan (Alaska) Daily News, http://www.ketchikandailynews.com
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