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[Martyn White]

Darts team thrown off target by LSD cakes

A DARTS match was abandoned as one team collapsed into laughter
and hysteria after its pre-match buffet was spiked
with hallucinogenic drugs. Most of the team from the Fortynine
Club, Caerphilly, Mid Glamorgan, aged between 21 and
62, were taken to hospital after they were either reduced to tears or
uncontrollable fits of giggling during an away match in nearby
Llanharry.  Three men were detained overnight because their
heart rate was affected by the drug, believed to be LSD
or "magic mushrooms", which was added to their
Welsh cakes. Despite the ill-effects, the Fortynine club was winning 3-1
at the Fox and Hounds on Tuesday night when the match had to be called
off.
Dennis Morgan, 45, the Caerphilly captain, said: "My team started
going down like ninepins. One minute we were winning 3-1,
the next it all started to go wrong. It was just as if all
of my team were dead drunk. They started laughing and giggling
and some burst into tears. They were falling down,
sitting on the floor and acting stupid."
Emma Cannon, 23, barmaid at the Fox and Hounds, said yesterday:
"All the younger men were helpless with laughter but
the older guys burst out crying. Nobody knew what was going on.
At first it was quite funny but some of the players became
really ill so we called an ambulance. In the end it took
four ambulances to get them all to hospital. There were only
four of the away team left at the end. Apparently they didn't
eat the cakes because they were dieting."
South Wales Constabulary said a 39-year-old man and a 19-year-old
woman were being interviewed at Caerphilly police station.