Ventura Police Department – Incident Press Release
On Wednesday, May 20th a concerned citizen called 911 to report suspicious circumstances in the 700 block of E. Santa Clara St.
The reporting party smelled a chemical odor coming from a nearby apartment. She looked through an open window and saw what she believed to be a drug lab. Ventura Police Department Patrol officers responded to the area, contacted and detained the suspect identified as Joshua Headly.
Street Crimes Unit Narcotics Detectives responded to the scene and began their investigation.
Detectives using investigative tools were able to determine this was an illegal drug lab making dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMT is a hallucinogenic tryptamine drug, and this drug produces effects similar to those of psychedelics, like LSD and magic mushrooms.
Narcotics Detectives served a search warrant at the apartment with assistance of Department of Justice LA Impact clandestine labratory response team.
During the execution of the search warrant detectives were able to recover evidence from the dismantled lab including manufactured DMT.
Headly was arrested and booked into Ventura County Jail for 11379.6(a) H&S- Manufacturing a Controlled Substance and 11366 H&S- Operating a Drug House.
A search of the Ventura County Superior Court shows that Joshua Headly has no prior arrest.