Illegal Marijuana Products Again Found During Raid Of This Westport Smoke Shop: PD

WESTPORT, CT — Westport police on Tuesday raided the Savvy Smoker, a smoke shop at 940 Post Road East, for the second time in a month, and again seized illegal marijuana products, according to authorities.

No arrests were made in Tuesday's raid, but "the investigation remains ongoing and additional arrests are anticipated," said Westport Police Lt. Jillian Cabana.

During the first raid of the shop on March 11, pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes, canisters of THC flower, THC vape cartridges and other THC products were seized. One person, a 24-year-old sales associate from Brooklyn, New York, was arrested at the time.

"Following that search, and arrest of a sales associate, the Westport Police Department received information that non-licensed cannabis sales were continuing at the establishment," Cabana said in a statement.

On Tuesday, members of the Westport Police Detective Bureau, with members of the state's Drug Control Division, conducted the search and again seized:

• Pre-rolled marijuana cigarettes
• Canisters of THC flower
• THC resin products
• THC vape cartridges
• THC edible products

In Connecticut, a cannabis license issued by the Department of Consumer Protection is needed to sell products if they contain a total THC concentration greater than 0.3 percent.

Various smoke shops in Connecticut have been raided by police in the past couple of years, since recreational marijuana was approved for use.

In January, several Stamford smoke shops were raided, and thousands of illegal products were seized, and in February, a smoke shop in Greenwich had more than 1,200 illegal products seized.

Last fall, illegal cannabis products were also seized at a smoke shop in Norwalk.