Two vape shop owners arrested in Davie County marijuana and trademark case
Two owners of tobacco and vape shops in Davie County that deputies raided in Operation Wake and Vape were arrested and charged in September 2024 with selling marijuana and counterfeiting trademarks, with bonds of 45,000 and 65,000 dollars. Deputies seized more than 90,000 dollars in cash and hundreds of items labeled as containing more THC than hemp law allows.
🇺🇸 Mocksville and Bermuda Run, Davie County · North Carolina, United States
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Arrested
2
Charged
2
Cash confiscated
USD 90,000
Agencies
Davie County Sheriff's Office, Trademark Enforcement Division of the NC Secretary of State's Office
Davie County Sheriff J.D. Hartman said some CBD products being sold in the
county were actually marijuana.[1]A 4-year-old child in Davie County had
overdosed a couple of weeks earlier on a packaged CBD product found in the home.[1]No arrests were made at 601 Tobacco and Vape off Yadkinville Road in
Mocksville and at Tanglewood Tobacco in Bermuda Run, but officers were working
with the district attorney’s office to review the evidence for possible charges.[1][2]
Officers raided two such stores, confiscating products and cash.[1]Hartman
called the effort Operation Wake and Vape and said he hoped it would alert the
public that some stores were selling marijuana rather than hemp products.[1]Some products sold at the stores were advertised as containing more than 100
times the allowed THC limit, and tests proved that true.[1]
Special agents of the Trademark Enforcement Division of the NC Secretary of
State’s Office joined the raids and seized several items of counterfeit
merchandise.[1]Officers acted on tips and made undercover buys before sending
the products to a private lab for testing of THC content.[1]Seized items were
packaged in a manner that could easily be mistaken for candy by children.[1]
Two Mocksville men, aged 41 and 24, were charged after raids on 601 Tobacco and Vape on Yadkinville Road in Mocksville and Tanglewood Tobacco & Vape in the Tanglewood Crossing Shopping Center in Bermuda Run.[2]The 41-year-old was held in lieu of a 45,000-dollar bond, and the 24-year-old in lieu of a 65,000-dollar bond.[2]Deputies seized hundreds of pieces of evidence and more than 90,000 dollars in cash, which the Department of Homeland Security took as proceeds of narcotics transactions and which is subject to forfeiture.[2]The sheriff said additional seized items had been sent to laboratories for testing and could bring further charges.[2]Deputies also went to Discount Tobacco and Vape and Cooper Tobacco and Vape in Mocksville on 23 September and seized items that violated copyright and trademark law and were designed to attract children.[2]
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Officers with 601 Tobacco & Vape off Yadkinville Road surrounded by tape during the marijuana investigation. Photo: Mike BarnhardtPhoto details
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Arrested
2
Charged
2
Cash confiscated
USD 90,000
Agencies
Davie County Sheriff's Office; Trademark Enforcement Division of the NC Secretary of State's Office
Agency type
Police
Activity
Sale, Possession
Setting
Shop
Charges
felony counterfeit trademark; felony possession of marijuana; possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver marijuana; selling marijuana; maintaining a place for controlled substances; selling or delivering a controlled substance to a minor between ages 13 and 16
The article gives no separate date for the raids; 8 September 2024 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
No weight, plant count, product quantity or cash amount was published, so no cannabis quantity or value is recorded.
No arrests, charges or court outcome had been reported; the evidence was under district-attorney review.
Only one account of Operation Wake and Vape was found; no sheriff's-office release or second outlet report was available.
The article gives no arrest date; a Davie County mugshot entry for one of the named men is dated 16 September 2024, so that day is used as the incident date.
No weight or amount of marijuana product was published, so no cannabis quantity is recorded; the seized items are described as hundreds of pieces of evidence.
No court outcome, plea or trial date was reported for either man.
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