He calls himself a shaman and wanted to tamper with the “Molecule of God” in Mar del Plata “Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata

In an international distribution center of Miami, United States, it was detected that a parcel coming from Peru and whose final destination was Mar del Plata contained four kilos of a hallucinogenic drug known as the “molecule of God”, ordered by a shaman who appeared on them. social networks as a “holistic therapist”.

Customs sources confirmed to LA CAPITAL that after contacting the US authorities, they resolved with the staff of the Prosecutor of Narcocrime (PROCUNAR) and the federal prosecutor of Mar del Plata Daniel Adler, to coordinate a “controlled delivery” of the commission, in order to arrest the shaman who had ordered it.

In this way, the four kilos of drugs were replaced with harmless material that simulates this original content to move forward with the delivery, monitored by customs police and airport security personnel.
When the prosecution arrived in Mar del Plata on behalf of a 60-year-old man, who presents himself on social media as a shaman dedicated to holistic therapy and “master plant ceremonies”, he was arrested and at him in the neighborhood of Nueva Pompeya looted.

In addition to the shaman’s arrest, the original contents of the package, four kilograms of the hallucinogenic drug DMT, were seized and more of this hallucinogen, marijuana plants, money, a cell phone and four laptops were seized. been seized from the suspect’s house.

The man was arrested and available to the Office of the Federal Prosecutor of Mar del Plata. According to the sources of the investigation, the shaman, accused of aggravated smuggling, travels every year to Chile, Peru, Panama, Uruguay, Brazil, Spain and Bolivia.

Argentina Customs highlighted the international cooperation with the United States authorities, because although the package was sent from Peru, the international courier service has a distribution center in that country and a quick response was essential. to thwart the trafficking of this drug.

The “molecule of God”

Ayahuasca is a herbal tea that grows in the Amazon: one is ayahuasca – which is a lian – and the other is chacruna – a shrub with elongated green leaves -. To achieve the final drink, the mixture is cooked with water for several hours.

Ayahuasca is considered a drink for alternative medicine for rehabilitation therapy; it also has psychedelic properties and is traditional for some indigenous peoples of South America, and taken many times in ceremonies, associated with very vivid mystical visions.

DMT (dimethyltryptamine) is the hallucinogenic substance found in tea when brewed and produces altered consciousness. Its effects can last between four and eight hours.

A study, published in 2019 by Scientific Reports showed the changes in the brain waves produced by the powerful psychedelic during wakefulness and may help explain why the intense images and immersive experiences of ‘daydreaming’.

“DMT is a particularly intriguing psychedelic. The visual intensity and depth of immersion produced by the high doses of the substance appear to be on a higher scale than what is reported with other more widely studied psychedelics, such as psilocybin or ‘magic mushrooms’ ‘Study co-author Robin Carhart-Harris, head of the Center for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, said in a statement.