New York City Cops Seize Millions Of Dollars In Illegal Weed Products Under Mayor’s ‘Operation Padlock’; Cannabis Management Chief Resigns
In what started out as a basic 911 burglary call early Saturday morning in Brooklyn led to the discovery of millions of dollars-worth of illegal cannabis products stored in a huge unmarked warehouse.
The New York City police department (NYPD) and the City Sheriff’s Office were quickly on the scene. They confiscated products that were destined for the city’s thousands of illicit weed shops, according to the Mayor’s Office.
Law enforcement is still searching for the owner of the warehouse, various New York outlets reported. The NYPD, the Sheriff’s Office and the Deptartment of Consumer and Worker Protection are part of Mayor Eric Adams’ Operation Padlock, a sustained multi-agency enforcement effort to shut down illegal smoke and cannabis shops across the Big Apple’s five boroughs.
What Was Found In Brooklyn
The products were unregulated and possibly from other states or even …