Nitrous tanks, LSD, mushrooms seized around festival

At least six people have been arrested since Wednesday morning on drug-related charges, as police deploy extra patrols and a check lane geared toward the start of the 15,000-person Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival.The Kansas Highway Patrol, which set up a three-day check lane on the exit of westbound Interstate 70 at Kansas Highway 10, arrested the following:¢ Three men from Des Moines, Iowa in their early 20s were arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of possession of marijuana, possession with intent to sell LSD, and possession of LSD. All were released on $4,000 bond later in the evening and ordered to appear in court June 20.¢ A 21-year-old Ithaca, NY man was booked into jail Wednesday evening for possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of a drug that wasn’t specified in jail records, and failure to pay a drug-tax stamp. He was released on $2,500 bond and ordered to appear in court June 20.¢ An 18-year-old man from Cream Ridge, NJ was booked into jail early this morning for possession of LSD, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $1,500.In addition to those arrests, the Douglas County Sheriff’s office arrested a 24-year-old Aspen, Colo. man Wednesday night or early Thursday morning at the festival campgrounds for possession with intent to sell mushrooms and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond is set at $5,500.The sheriff’s office also seized 100 miniature nitrous oxide tanks and a medium-sized tank at the campgrounds Wednesday night, spokeswoman Lt. Kari Wempe said. A deputy happened upon both the tanks and the mushrooms and saw them in plain sight, she said.