The NYPD raids a brazen NYC nightclub, and discovers a hidden warehouse with $10Mworth of illegal drugs in The Bronx.
Following a series of complaints along with tips from neighbors and a smoke shop inspection at another location it led police to request a search warrant for the massive unmarked space that takes up half a block along Timpson Ave and East 147th Street in the Mott Haven neighborhood.
The joint operation led by the New York City Sherriff’s Office turned up hordes of illegal cannabis, THC concentrate, mushrooms and edibles, along with a handgun, according to Sheriff Anthony Miranda.
Cops reportedly began systematically shutting down the city’s roughly 3,400 illegal pot shops after the state legislature earlier this year granted local police the authority to padlock the shops for up to a year immediately after an inspection.
As of early July, the task force had shuttered 535 illicit shops, seizing $17.5 million in illegal cannabis product and doled out over $43 million in civil penalties, the mayor’s office said.