Parker County drug lab laced vape cartridges with powerful hallucinogens, officials say

(Parker County Sheriff's Office)

PARKER COUNTY, Texas – Police officials have shut down a drug lab in Parker County that they say was responsible for producing powerful hallucinogens.

The Parker County Sheriff's Office said the liquid narcotic dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, was being manufactured at a property in the 100 block of South Mountain Ridge in southern Parker County.

DMT is a mixture of several toxic chemicals. It causes highly addictive hallucinations and has no recognized medical use, the sheriff's office said.

On August 2, investigators, along with Drug Enforcement Administration agents and SWAT team members, searched the property.

They seized 29 gallons of DMT at various stages of the manufacturing process.

It was filled into vape cartridges and later equaled over 13,300 cartridges with a street value of $60 each, or nearly $800,000 in total.

Investigators also seized other drugs from the property, including methamphetamine, ecstasy and magic mushrooms, as well as a stolen car, a stolen trailer and a stolen RV.