SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – A multi-agency state and federal crackdown on unauthorized vape products in La. resulted in six businesses losing their licenses, three of which were in NWLA.
Operation Vape Out was a four-week statewide investigation done in an effort to confiscate illegal vape products sold by retail businesses and to arrest the people responsible.
ATC suspended the permits of six businesses:
- Vapes ‘R’ Us (3334 N. Market Street, Shreveport)
- 318 Cloudz (2307 E Texas St Suite 200, Bossier)
- 318 Cloudz (2501 Beene Blvd., Bossier)
- Smokin Aces Smoke Shop (14455 Wax Road, Baton Rouge)
- Candle Hookah Smoke Shop (2865 Ambassador Caffery Parkway, Lafayette)
- Old Smokey (3302 Johnston Street, Lafayette)
Ten suspects were arrested for charges including possession of schedule I narcotics, unlawful possession of hallucinogenic plants, felony possession of nitrous oxide and immigration violations.
ATC issued over140 citations for alcohol, tobacco, alternative tobacco and consumable hemp violations. The state Fire Marshal’s office issued over 150 citations for safety and fire code violations.
Illegal and unauthorized products seized include:
- 34,000 pens, pods and juices
- 16,000 CBD gummies, liquids and pre-rolled cigarettes
- 6,500 containers of nitrous oxide (N2O)
- 1,800 schedule I narcotics, including marijuana, tianeptine (“gas station heroin”) and psilocybin
- 1,500 tainted sexual enhancement products
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