Between 10 and 15 December 2025 the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration (ABCA) and the Metropolitan Police Department padlocked five unlicensed cannabis retailers and arrested four people.[1][2] ABCA named Capitol CBD, District Hemp Botanicals, Flowerz, Grass & Co and Seman Kwik Stop, saying each posed a public-health risk through illegal sales.[1]
The wave brought to 93 the number of illegal cannabis businesses padlocked since civil closure powers took effect on 15 July 2024.[1][2] At Capitol CBD on 6 P Street NE, agents seized 5.5 pounds of marijuana and assorted THC products and arrested Patrick Gray, 51, of Silver Spring, Maryland.[1] District Hemp Botanicals at 1323 Connecticut Avenue NW yielded packaged marijuana, pre-rolled cigarettes and 16,262.7 grams of THC edibles; Raliwa Keleta, 48, of Northwest Washington, was arrested.[1]
At Flowerz on 318 Massachusetts Avenue NE, ABCA listed 68.3 pounds of marijuana, 11.4 pounds of pre-rolled cigarettes and very large quantities of THC beverages, gummies and concentrates; Alexandra Hynson Keleta, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested.[1][2] Grass & Co on 1730 Columbia Road NW yielded 8.9 pounds of marijuana and smaller THC inventories; Hussain Khalid, 49, of Ellicott City, Maryland, was arrested.[1] Seman Kwik Stop on 4801 Georgia Avenue NW was padlocked without a cannabis seizure.[1][2]
ABCA’s shop-by-shop marijuana weights total about 97 pounds (roughly 44 kg); Outlaw Report noted additional THC products at each site beyond that herb total.[1][2] Two hemp operators told Washington City Paper they believed they complied with federal law; that claim was not resolved in these accounts.[2]
