Law enforcement raided a total of five smoke shops in Philadelphia and South Jersey.
Only the Action News Investigative Team was there as officers with the Philadelphia Police's Narcotics Unit raided a home and smoke shop on the 6000 block of Lansdowne Avenue in Overbook on Monday.The other two are on the 2200 block of South 21st Street in South Philadelphia and the 7900 block of Verree Road in Fox Chase.
Gloucester Twp. Police Captain Mark Benton said his department also raided two smoke shops last week in South Jersey: The Vape and Smoke Shop on the 400 block of East Church Street in Blackwood and the Exotic Smoke Shop on the 1200 block of Chews Landing Road in Clementon.Police said owner Abdo Saeed faces narcotics distribution, money laundering and other charges.
"These products they are specifically made to cheat your way, if you want to use, for the lack of a better term, to cheat your way through a test." said Benton.The two employees tell Action News they recently arrived here from New York to work in the shops but had no idea they were selling illegal products.
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