Fayette drug task force raids area church:
In what some officials were calling one of the most significant drug busts in Fayette County history, four teams of law enforcement officers raided the Church of Universal Love and Music in Bullskin Township Saturday.During a weekend event dubbed “Funk Fest” at the eccentric and eclectic church, multiple units from the Fayette County Drug Task Force raided the compound, sending shocked parishioners literally running from the grounds.
“At this point, we have confiscated a large amount of contraband and made multiple arrests,” Fayette County District Attorney Nancy D. Vernon said Saturday night, as multiple police vans loaded with suspects arrived at the Uniontown Police Department shortly before 10 p.m.
“There have been at least 20 arrests made and we have multiple truck loads of confiscated drugs and paraphernalia.”
During the raid at the church on Bear Rocks Run Road in Acme, Vernon said that officers discovered “pounds and pounds of hallucinogenic mushrooms, tons of marijuana and more than 1,000 smoking devices.” She said it will take time for officers to make an accurate inventory of the confiscated items.
Officers had to attach tow-behind trailers to police cruisers to remove the contraband. She said four separate “head shops” at the church where drugs and drug paraphernalia were being sold were also raided.
