PARKER COUNTY, Texas (KWTX) – The Parker County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Unit conducted an investigation and discovered a lab manufacturing a powerful hallucinogen known as dimethyltryptamine (DMT).
According to the sheriff’s office, Jonathan Richard Schrock, 46, was arrested on charges of manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance (400 grams or more, penalty group 2) for his alleged involvement in the production of DMT.
Police officials said the lab was located in the 100 block of South Mountain Ridge in southern Parker County.
According to Parker County Sheriff Russ Autia, DMT is produced by combining certain substances with toxic chemicals in a chemical reaction that forms a liquid narcotic hallucinogen.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), substances like DMT have a high potential for abuse and addiction and have no accepted medical use.
Investigators established probable cause to obtain a search warrant for the South Mountain Ridge property. On August 2, SCU investigators worked with Parker County Regional SWAT, DEA, Tarrant Regional Motor Vehicle Crimes Task Force, and the Texas Department of Public Safety during the execution of the search warrant.
Law enforcement officials discovered over 29 gallons of DMT liquid found at various stages of the manufacturing process, as well as a DMT lab where raw material for DMT production was stored.
Investigators said the liquid DMT was being injected into e-cigarettes that were then sold, and that the 29 gallons seized would yield roughly two kilograms of the finished product.
According to the sheriff’s office, Schrock sold the e-cigarette cartridges for $60 each, which contained about 0.15 grams of DMT — two kilograms of DMT would be the equivalent of more than 13,300 cartridges with an estimated street value of nearly $800,000.
Agents also discovered and seized methamphetamine, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and psilocybin mushrooms on the premises. DEA officers assisted SCU agents in the investigation and evidence seizure.
Investigators with the Tarrant County Regional Auto Crimes Unit found a stolen vehicle, a stolen camper and a stolen trailer on the property.
Sheriff Authier said he appreciates the continued assistance from local and federal law enforcement in investigating this large-scale case and executing a search warrant of this magnitude.
“Their assistance is invaluable as we dismantle illegal drug trafficking dens,” Sheriff Authier said. “This success is due to that partnership.”
Authier said the investigation is ongoing and more arrests are expected.
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