Rogue NYC pot shops open a week after raids — with one still selling marijuana
NY Post
A pair of illegal pot shops busted by the NYPD just last week have reopened — with one worker boasting about the brazen move to The Post on Tuesday while touting his store’s illicit wares.
“We were closed the day it happened. We reopened the next day, back in business,” said the employee at Gas City Exotics in Queens.
Beneath the shop’s glass countertop and openly on display were rows of joints, edibles and other marijuana paraphernalia, all easily visible through the storefront’s windows.
“[The products] are right there for everybody to see. It’s not really a secret,” the worker said.
Gas City was busted March 4 by the NYPD’s “cannabis cops” task force, as was the Metro King Deli just steps away down the Middle Village block.
As with Gas City, Metro King Deli was open when The Post visited Tuesday, but no weed was seen to be on sale.
