NYPD cracking down on vendors illegally selling cannabis products
NEW YORK -- The NYPD says illegal cannabis vendors are going up in smoke.
The department posted video of 19 vehicles seized off city streets for allegedly selling cannabis products without permits.
Up in smoke. 19 illegal vehicles and cannibis seized off the streets of NYC. While others follow the rules, these trucks and their vendors don’t have permits so we took action! pic.twitter.com/DzjAyEl3Xc
— Chief Jeffrey Maddrey (@NYPDChiefPatrol) August 17, 2022
Police also issued six criminal court summonses.
"This is not going to be a city where we openly snub our noses and break the law. That is not acceptable. We didn't walk in with SWAT teams, we came in with tow trucks. You can't sell weed on our streets," Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday.
Adams says the city is also working to identify brick-and-mortar stores selling marijuana and confiscate illegal products.
New York state legalized marijuana last year for adults 21 and older, but the state's first licensed dispensaries aren't supposed to open until the end of the year.