Arrest in Westbury Smoke Shop for Selling THC Gummies to Underage Undercover Agent
The Major Case Bureau reports the arrest of a man at 9:20pm on Wednesday June 15, 2022 in Westbury.
Narcotics Vice Squad Detectives were investigating the non-fatal overdose of two females, 16, who had ingested gummies containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
That investigation led Detectives to the Carman Exotics Smoke Shop located at 811 Carmen Avenue Westbury.
On June 15, 2022 at 9:10pm Defendant Ahmed Al Maghrebi Maher, 31, of 307 E 119th Street 1b, New York, NY did sell THC gummies and a vaping device to an underage undercover agent.
At 9:20pm the defendant was taken into custody without incident.
Defendant Ahmed Al Maghrebi Maher is charged with Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance. He will be arraigned on June 16, 2022 in First District Court 99 Main Street Hempstead.