Earlier this month, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he’d issue eviction notices to illegal business.Matthew McDermottMatthew McDermottThe colorful THC products are sometimes marketed to attract children, police have said.During the raid on 181 Convenience – which is at 840 West 181st Street – cops said they seized about $73,000 worth of untaxed cigarettes, vape products, cannabis flower and THC edibles.“He’s definitely gonna get summonses,” Det. Sgt.
Later that day, a raid on Bavaro Smoke Shop on 181st Street netted police about $50,000 worth of the same merchandise. They also issued $17,500 worth of violations. “This is what we’re talking about,” Robles said, referencing the store’s litany of THC-laced candy and gummies. “A child will come in here and take this, thinking it’s a candy and it’s really not. And then they share it with their friends. That’s what causes the public safety problem.”
181 Convenience was closed Tuesday. Bongs and bowls lined the storefront’s shelves, but the gate was down and the shop was dark. An employee outside said he didn’t know when the store would reopen.“The state sells it, why can’t we sell it?” said Jamel Zak, an store employee. “It is what it is.”
All that for weed? Why not do this at our border where fentanyl is coming in. People aren't dying daily from weed consumption. 🇺🇲 Is so broken
Wow ! All the ILLEGAL shit happening in NY and this is a priority! Why?
Of all the murder and robbery’s this is where the focus their energy
Tax enforcement militia They legalized it in the nameof social justice but if you sell without giving them their ridiculous licensing fees and tax revenue they arrest you. For a “legal” substance.
NYC is a joke
Can't be having people too relaxed now. Get that plant off the streets!