SAN JOSE — Police found more than 70 pounds of illegal cannabis products and 40 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms at four smoke shops across the city, resulting in the arrests of five men and pending citations to the owners of the businesses and properties, authorities said.

The investigation was sparked by a tip from the community reporting illegal cannabis sales at a smoke shop, said SJPD Chief Paul Joseph at a news conference Monday.

“These businesses weren’t just bending the rules, they were breaking them outright,” Joseph said. “What we found inside wasn’t minor. This wasn’t a little extra on the side. This was large-scale, illegal sales of cannabis products — unregulated, untaxed and unsafe.”

On Wednesday, officers conducted search warrants at four smoke shops — Grizzly’s Smoke Shop,

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