A New York man was sentenced to 34 months in federal prison Monday after being caught ferrying a "smorgasbord" of drugs to the 2018 edition of Burning Man, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Colorado.

Alexander Zelyakovsky, 46, was caught on August 25, 2018, the first day of the week-long festival in the Black Rock Desert, as he drove a truck through Colorado en route to Nevada.

A Colorado state trooper pulled over Zelyakovsky for a routine traffic stop where he consented to a search of his vehicle, according to the release.

During the search, the trooper noticed the tailgate of the truck was particularly heavy and looked behind a factory panel where the drugs and several thousand dollars in cash was found.

In total, 1125 grams of ecstasy, 376 grams of Psilocyn mushrooms, .0173 grams of LSD, 229 grams of cocaine and $26,745 in cash was found inside Zelyakovsky's truck.

Zelyakovsky intended to distribute the drugs at the festival, according to the release, and aimed to purchase additional drugs with the cash for later distribution, according to the release.

“This drug dealer had been making huge profits by selling illicit drugs as a multi-state broker,” said Special Agent In Charge Steven Cagen, Homeland Security Investigations Denver, in the written release.

In addition to the 34-month prison sentence, Zelyakovsky will serve a 3-year supervised release with the first six months served as in-home detention.

As it's seeking to expand its population to 100,000 participants and extend its permit to use the alkali lake bed known simply as "the playa," Burning Man is waging war against a Bureau of Land Management study that, among other things, suggests the organization hire a security company to conduct drug screens as people enter the event.

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