MIDDLETOWN – Twenty establishments were busted for illegal cannabis sales in Middletown on Thursday.
City police were supported by the State Office of Cannabis Management, State Department of Taxation and Finance, and city code enforcement and fire inspectors.
Fifteen search warrants were executed regarding cannabis being illegally sold from their business: The Tree House (18 Dolson Avenue), Right Stop (94 Wickham Avenue), AA Deli (154 Wickham Avenue), Smoke and Vape (207 Dolson Avenue), Smoker’s Choice (157 Dolson Avenue), Smoker’s Corner (107 Academy Avenue), Jiny Fix my Nails (30 CR 78), D&K Groceries (95A North Street), Up & Smoke (5 South Street), Middletown Smoke Shoppe (14 Railroad Avenue),
Citgo (100 Monhagen Avenue), Sunoco (154 Dolson Avenue), BP (139 Wickham Avenue), Exxon (1 Fairlawn Avenue), and Sunoco (210 Wickham Avenue).
Of those businesses, 12 were placarded by the Office of Cannabis Management advising that illicit cannabis was seized. The State Department of Taxation & Finance also suspended the tobacco licenses of two establishments.
Officers arrested 19 people for cannabis sales and recovered a total of 333.72 pounds of cannabis, cannabinoids, cannabinoid hemp, cannabis flower, cannabis products, cannabis-infused products, hemp and hemp extract products.
Five establishments were found to be compliant: Park Circle Mart (203 North Street), Snoods Deli (36 James Street), Jet Mart (236 East Main Street), Sam’s Mart (88 Academy Avenue), and Budget Express (2 Dolson Avenue).
