Overview

• Law enforcement agencies executed search warrants on July 30 for two tractor-trailer trucks and storage units in Maspeth and Long Island City, resulting in the seizure of over 2,000 pounds of marijuana and related THC products.
• Investigators traced weekly deliveries from California to a SecureSpaces self-storage unit since April, with suspects later dividing loads for distribution to storage facilities, distributors and customers.
• Recovered items included 1,847.7 pounds of THC flower, 998.5 pounds of vape pens, hundreds of pre-rolled cannabis cigarettes and a vacuum seal machine for packaging.
• Six individuals, none of whom held state cannabis licenses, were arrested and arraigned on charges of first-degree criminal possession of cannabis on July 31 and August 1.
• Each defendant faces up to seven years in prison and is scheduled to return to Queens Criminal Court between September and October under heightened enforcement against unlicensed cannabis operations.