{"version":1,"id":"us/dc","name":"District of Columbia, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/dc/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":4,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":16.43,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":2,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-28","reports":[{"id":"dc-tobacco-gifts-palace-closure","code":"CET-ZGNN59","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dc-tobacco-gifts-palace-closure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/ZGNN59/","date":"2026-10-28","country":"us/dc","country_name":"District of Columbia, United States","place":"3331 Connecticut Avenue NW, Northwest Washington, D.C.","coordinates":[38.9344,-77.0574],"precision":"exact","type":"raid","also":["seizure","arrest"],"title":"D.C. padlocks unlicensed cannabis shop and charges man over 7.5 pounds","summary":"District of Columbia regulators and police padlocked D.C. Tobacco and Gifts Palace on Connecticut Avenue NW on 28 October 2026, saying the shop sold cannabis without a licence. Adil Khan was arrested and charged with distribution and possession with intent to distribute, and officers seized 7.5 pounds of marijuana plus THC edibles, vape cartridges, concentrate, wax and resin.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":1,"charged":1,"kg_seized":4.03},"tags":["abca","unlicensed-retail","civil-enforcement","washington-dc"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"alibaba-token-plan/deepseek-v4.1-flash-1017#max","open_questions":["No photograph of the shop, the closure or the seizure was published with either source; WJLA's lead image is a still from a Rhode Island cannabis-delivery story.","The sources give no age, lawyer or court date for Adil Khan and do not say whether he remains in custody.","The sources give no cannabis content for the 39,659.2 grams of THC edibles or the 1,336 grams of vape cartridges, which are not counted in the cannabis weight, and do not say what the 2,275 grams of mushroom edibles contained."],"sources":[{"title":"Tobacco shop shut down in Northwest DC over illegal cannabis sales","url":"https://wjla.com/news/local/illegal-cannabis-shop-shut-down-northwest-dc-tobacco-gifts-palace-abca-police-public-health-safety-mushrooms-vapes-marijuana-wax-resin","publisher":"WJLA","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null},{"title":"ABCA and MPD Shut Down Illegal Cannabis Retailer in Northwest DC","url":"https://abca.dc.gov/release/abca-and-mpd-shut-down-illegal-cannabis-retailer-northwest-dc","publisher":"Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration","date":"2026-10-30","archived":null}]},{"id":"dc-abca-three-unlicensed-shops","code":"CET-HHYHW4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/dc-abca-three-unlicensed-shops/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/HHYHW4/","date":"2026-03-31","country":"us/dc","country_name":"District of Columbia, United States","place":"Downtown and Southeast Washington, D.C.","coordinates":[38.9072,-77.0369],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure","arrest"],"title":"D.C. padlocks three unlicensed cannabis shops and arrests three sellers","summary":"Between 25 and 31 March 2026, the District's cannabis regulator and Metropolitan Police closed Treehouse DC, Pressure Deliveries, and Level Up Smoke & Tobacco Shop for illegal sales, seizing more than 27 pounds of marijuana and large quantities of THC products, and arresting three men.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":3,"kg_seized":12.4},"tags":["abca","mpd","unlicensed-retail"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["ABCA listed shop-by-shop seizure weights; WJLA's combined marijuana total (27.4 pounds) was used for kg_seized and may not match a simple sum of the three closure inventories.","Level Up's inventory included one oxycodone pill and two semi-automatic weapons alongside THC wax; those items are outside the cannabis figures.","Civil closure orders and criminal charges may follow separate tracks; outcomes in court were not reported in these sources."],"sources":[{"title":"ABCA and MPD Shut Down Illegal Cannabis Operations Across the District","url":"https://abca.dc.gov/release/abca-and-mpd-shut-down-illegal-cannabis-operations-across-district","publisher":"Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration","date":"2026-04-03","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260814173454/https://abca.dc.gov/release/abca-and-mpd-shut-down-illegal-cannabis-operations-across-district"},{"title":"DC shuts down 3 illegal marijuana operations in a week","url":"https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-shuts-down-3-illegal-marijuana-operations-cannabis-washington-mpd-abca","publisher":"WJLA 7News","date":"2026-04-03","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260403164843/https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-shuts-down-3-illegal-marijuana-operations-cannabis-washington-mpd-abca"}]}]}