NYC Sheriffs Are Running Out Of Places To Store The Cannabis They’re Seizing
New York City deputy sheriffs have seized so much illegal marijuana that they are having a hard time finding a place to store it, writes the Daily News.
“We were seizing more than the space we had, so we started putting it in different offices,” Ingrid Simonovic, the president of the New York City Deputy Sheriff’s Association told the outlet.
What happened: In May, Mayor Eric Adams (D) launched “Operation Padlock to Protect,” a sustained multi-agency enforcement effort to shut down illegal smoke and cannabis shops across the Big Apple’s five boroughs. In just the first week of the operation, dozens of illegal smoke stores were closed.
Why it matters: Initially, the Sheriff’s Office stored the cannabis in six 20-foot shipping containers with inadequate ventilation at an indoor parking garage at the agency’s Long Island City offices. Soon they ran out of …