In conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Johnson City police raided a city head shop Wednesday morning as they searched the business for synthetic drugs, according to Chief John Lowry.
Police blocked the entrance of Cloud 9 Emporium, 411 West Oakland Avenue, before 11 a.m. Wednesday as officers served search warrants at the business.
Traffic along West Oakland slowed to a crawl as drivers drove past the business. The search drew applause from one man as he drove by.
Lowry declined to give more information regarding the specifics of the search, but he said the investigation will be the subject of a press conference scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Sullivan County Justice Center.
Assistant United States Attorney Neil Smith also declined to comment on Wednesday’s investigation.
“I can’t talk about this investigation specifically, but I can say that analogs of controlled substances and the number of these synthetic drugs sold under the name of bath salts and glass cleaner and that sort of thing have actually been emergency scheduled by the DEA, so they are Schedule I controlled substances just like LSD or marijuana or a number of other illegal drugs, and the people that sell them will be prosecuted the same way we prosecute other people that sell illegal drugs,” Smith said.
Simultaneous searches were underway at other head shops in the Tri-Cities.
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Police blocked the entrance of Cloud 9 Emporium, 411 West Oakland Avenue, before 11 a.m. Wednesday as officers served search warrants at the business.
Traffic along West Oakland slowed to a crawl as drivers drove past the business. The search drew applause from one man as he drove by.
Lowry declined to give more information regarding the specifics of the search, but he said the investigation will be the subject of a press conference scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday at the Sullivan County Justice Center.
Assistant United States Attorney Neil Smith also declined to comment on Wednesday’s investigation.
“I can’t talk about this investigation specifically, but I can say that analogs of controlled substances and the number of these synthetic drugs sold under the name of bath salts and glass cleaner and that sort of thing have actually been emergency scheduled by the DEA, so they are Schedule I controlled substances just like LSD or marijuana or a number of other illegal drugs, and the people that sell them will be prosecuted the same way we prosecute other people that sell illegal drugs,” Smith said.
Simultaneous searches were underway at other head shops in the Tri-Cities.
Read more: http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=99141#ixzz1pnGOfqRo
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