The Swedish Customs made 386 seizures of narcotic mushrooms in 2025, a sharp increase from recent years when around 60 seizures were made. The largest increase was in so-called truffles (sclerotia), which accounted for 316 of the seizures.
The Dutch companies that market the truffles, especially on social media, started selling them when other narcotic mushrooms were banned in the Netherlands. However, they remain illegal in Sweden, points out Richard Johansson, group leader at the Swedish Customs' Criminal Department West.
This is a mushroom that contains psilocin, and mushrooms that contain it are classified as narcotics in Sweden.
The Supreme Court has ruled that they are on par with LSD, ecstasy and amphetamine in terms of danger, says Johansson. Despite this, sellers in the Netherlands claim that they are legal throughout the EU.
It is easy to check this is not true with the Swedish Medical Products Agency.
Many who have ordered this have not investigated carefully enough; they have only gone by the seller's information, and in this case it is a fairly anonymous website in another country, says Richard Johansson.
In interviews with the Swedish Customs, several people stated that they had purchased the mushrooms to self-medicate for mental health problems, such as depression. The majority of seizures are made in the postal system.
Customs' seizures of narcotic mushrooms increased sharply last year
2025: 386 seizures
2024: 61 seizures
2023: 61 seizures
2022: 84 seizures
2021: 53 seizures
2020: 248 seizures
Source: Swedish Customs
