Multi-agency operation leads to seizure of drug paraphernalia and marijuana
A multi-agency operation earlier this week led to the seizure of marijuana and drug paraphernalia from several CBD specialty stores and vape shops.
Special Agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation, along with the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, the 12th and 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Offices and multiple local law enforcement agencies, executed a series of search warrants Monday at the stores suspected of violating the state’s marijuana laws.
At approximately 10 a.m., search warrants were carried out at the following locations:
- Troy: Three stores in the 1000 Block of U.S. Highway 231
- Enterprise: Locations in the 1000 and 600 Blocks of Boll Weevil Circle, and the 1000
Block of Rucker Boulevard - Clanton: Stores in the 500 Block of 7th Street North and the 2000 Block of 7th Street
South - Wetumpka: One store in the 4000 Block of U.S. Highway 231
- Montgomery: One store in the 6000 Block of Atlanta Highway
Officials say the operation was the result of a nearly year-long investigation into the sale of plant-based materials containing illegal levels of THC, which were being sold over the counter in violation of Alabama law.
“During the course of this investigation, Special Agents and local law enforcement officers conducted multiple controlled purchases to analyze and determine the THC content of these substances after receiving numerous complaints from citizens of certain CBD specialty stores and vape shops violating the marijuana law,” said ALEA SBI Major Crimes Chief Shawn Loughridge.
As a result of the searches, significant quantities of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and other illegal items were seized. The investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made at this
time.
