{"version":1,"id":"us/ny","name":"New York, United States","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/us/ny/","count":2,"totals":{"reports":2,"arrested":1,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":477.2,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":1,"arrest":1,"prosecution":0,"sentence":0,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-05-20","reports":[{"id":"massena-operation-weed-out-dispensaries","code":"CET-JRKH8P","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/massena-operation-weed-out-dispensaries/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JRKH8P/","date":"2026-05-20","country":"us/ny","country_name":"New York, United States","place":"Massena, St. Lawrence County","coordinates":[44.9281,-74.8919],"precision":"locality","type":"raid","also":["seizure","prosecution"],"title":"Operation Weed Out closes three Massena shops, seizes 1,000+ lb of cannabis","summary":"On 20 May 2026 federal and local agents raided three unlicensed marijuana dispensaries in Massena—Uncle Crandy's, Vape Bank/All the Smoke Massena, and Famous A's—seizing more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and THC products, about 20 illegal firearms, and 40 pounds of suspected methamphetamine in a wider northern New York operation.","status":"verified","figures":{"kg_seized":453.6},"tags":["dea","massena","dispensary","operation-weed-out"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/05/21/federal-agents-seize-drugs-guns-cash-massena-hogansburg-raids/","media_url":"https://gray-wwny-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/SEYE26ZWNBH7ZG3CJVR2WNYQFE.jpg?auth=cdd585c00dcade6d050f821dd13910894c2a5336e349d279783e92a32b5bfb14&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","publisher":"WWNY-TV","caption":"Trucks loaded with property seized during Operation Weed Out, shown at a 21 May 2026 news conference in Plattsburgh.","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260629114144/https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/05/21/federal-agents-seize-drugs-guns-cash-massena-hogansburg-raids/"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The 1,000-pound figure covers marijuana, plants and pre-packaged THC products combined; the sources do not separate dry flower weight from other cannabis goods.","Raids also hit Hogansburg homes and a warehouse the same week; this report covers only the three Massena dispensaries named in the civil forfeiture complaints.","No arrests or criminal charges were announced in the 21 May press accounts; the case was described as an ongoing investigation with civil forfeiture filings."],"sources":[{"title":"DEA Joint Enforcement Operation in Upstate New York Targets Unlicensed Marijuana Dispensaries; Results in the Seizure of Marijuana, Suspected Meth, and Firearms","url":"https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2026/05/21/dea-joint-enforcement-operation-upstate-new-york-targets-unlicensed","publisher":"U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration","date":"2026-05-21","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260712151432/https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2026/05/21/dea-joint-enforcement-operation-upstate-new-york-targets-unlicensed"},{"title":"Federal agents seize drugs, guns and cash in Massena, Hogansburg raids","url":"https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/05/21/federal-agents-seize-drugs-guns-cash-massena-hogansburg-raids/","publisher":"WWNY-TV","date":"2026-05-21","archived":"https://web.archive.org/web/20260629114144/https://www.wwnytv.com/2026/05/21/federal-agents-seize-drugs-guns-cash-massena-hogansburg-raids/"}]},{"id":"chemung-colon-cannabis-parole-search","code":"CET-H7HABR","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/chemung-colon-cannabis-parole-search/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/H7HABR/","date":"2026-01-14","country":"us/ny","country_name":"New York, United States","place":"Wheaton Road, Town of Erin, Chemung County","coordinates":[42.1859,-76.6699],"precision":"locality","type":"arrest","also":["seizure"],"title":"Parole search in Erin seizes 45 pounds of cannabis and jails Carlos Colon","summary":"On 14 January 2026, parole officers found about 30 pounds of suspected cannabis at a Wheaton Road home in Erin, Chemung County; a State Police search warrant then seized about 45 pounds of cannabis, seven pounds of concentrate, and sales paraphernalia, and Carlos L. Colon, 35, was held without bail on a felony charge.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":1,"kg_seized":23.6},"tags":["state-police","parole","chemung"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"cursor/composer-2.5","open_questions":["The amount of U.S. currency seized was not stated in the sources opened here.","Colon's parole status and any prior convictions were not detailed beyond his being a parolee.","No court date or plea was reported in these accounts."],"sources":[{"title":"State Police arrest Chemung County parolee following cannabis seizure","url":"https://troopers.ny.gov/news/state-police-arrest-chemung-county-parolee-following-cannabis-seizure","publisher":"New York State Police","date":"2026-01-16","archived":null},{"title":"Parolee arrested after cannabis seized in Erin","url":"https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2026/01/17/parolee-arrested-after-cannabis-seized-in-erin/","publisher":"FingerLakes1.com","date":"2026-01-17","archived":null}]}]}