The owner of Avenue Liquors in Redwood City was arrested Aug. 28 for selling marijuana over the counter to an undercover officer, according to the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force.
Members of the task force, along with the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, conducted an investigation into illegal sales of marijuana at the store at 2147 Roosevelt Ave. The task force was able to purchase marijuana from Balwinder Singh, 25, of Mountain View, while undercover and issued a search warrant. The search revealed approximately 150 individually packaged grams of marijuana along with a scale and packaging, according to the task force.
Singh was taken into custody without incident. The store is in a strip mall next to a children’s learning center, gymnastics facility and dance studio, according to the task force.
Singh is out on $80,000 bail, according to the task force.
The crime here seems to be that this offender failed to comply with local ordinances regarding the distribution of marijuana. While some might be appalled by the apparent "drug dealing" - times are a changin'. I for one cannot think of a more appropriate place to sell marijuana than a place that already sells "mind altering substance" (alcohol). One day in the future, adults will be free to purchase the substances of their choice and this event will seem absurd.
I don’t know why it takes 22 years after legalization for a task force to stop one guy from semi-openly selling grams, and for every city in the county to ban it. Delivery services are low priority because it’s possible to keep most product safe in San Francisco county and the crime itself is supposedly only a misdemeanor. But supposedly the task force that got me there notified the task force down in Fresno to take me down again. They make us feel like idiots whenever we ask for a business license at the city council meetings.
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The crime here seems to be that this offender failed to comply with local ordinances regarding the distribution of marijuana. While some might be appalled by the apparent "drug dealing" - times are a changin'. I for one cannot think of a more appropriate place to sell marijuana than a place that already sells "mind altering substance" (alcohol). One day in the future, adults will be free to purchase the substances of their choice and this event will seem absurd.
I don’t know why it takes 22 years after legalization for a task force to stop one guy from semi-openly selling grams, and for every city in the county to ban it. Delivery services are low priority because it’s possible to keep most product safe in San Francisco county and the crime itself is supposedly only a misdemeanor. But supposedly the task force that got me there notified the task force down in Fresno to take me down again. They make us feel like idiots whenever we ask for a business license at the city council meetings.
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