"He was not trying to hide, he was in view of other people ... it was perhaps, opportunistic," Mr Bodle said. Police prosecutor Sergeant Chris Stringer told the court that Durant was caught with a bag of freshly picked magic mushrooms on May 29. A recent migrant to Greymouth was found by police publicly "fossicking" in the town for magic mushrooms. Andrew James Durant was convicted of a charge of procuring other drugs when he appeared in the Greymouth District Court yesterday. Durant told police he knew what they were for.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 29, 2016 02:48 UTC