The NYC Sheriff’s office has been busy ‘weed’-ing out illegal pot dealers in February, seizing more than a quarter-million dollars in merchandise from unlicensed retail sellers.
Sheriff Anthony Miranda announced on Friday that his office has led over 34 inspections of stores selling marijuana without a license over the past month, leading to the seizure of about $262,000 worth of cannabis plants and edibles.
The 34 stores that Miranda’s office inspected and made seizures at during February, make up a small portion of the over 1,400 shops they say are illegally selling weed and cannabis products across the five boroughs. The Sheriff’s office has conducted the inspections alongside the NYPD, FDNY, city Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and state Office of Cannabis Management, which are all part of the Cannabis NYC Interagency Enforcement Task Force.
