Operation Vape Trail week: DEA seizes marijuana among 2.3 million vape devices
From 15 to 19 September 2025, the US Drug Enforcement Administration's Operation Vape Trail seized more than 2.3 million vape pens and cartridges nationwide, made 106 arrests and seized 115 firearms, with highlighted marijuana hauls including about 200 pounds in Little Rock and 15 pounds alongside THC products in the Galveston area.
🇺🇸 United States (DEA domestic divisions) · United States
From 15 through 19 September 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration ran Operation Vape Trail,
a week-long enforcement surge at vape shops across its domestic divisions, seizing more than 2.3
million vape devices and cartridges and more than 100 weapons since 15 September.[1][2]
Administrator Terrance Cole said the operation targeted illegal and addictive substances sold in
devices that often appeal to young people.[1]The DEA counted 2,357,755 vape pens or cartridges,
USD 3,502,905 in currency, USD 5,235,000 in assets, 115 firearms and 106 arrests during the week.[1][2]
The agency highlighted marijuana seizures including nearly 200 pounds of marijuana and more than 50
firearms in two Little Rock investigations, and 70,000 THC cartridges, 30,000 THC edible packages
and 15 pounds of marijuana with eleven firearms in a Galveston-area search.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The release mixes cannabis flower, THC vapes and non-cannabis substances; kg_seized counts only the 200 pounds and 15 pounds of marijuana named explicitly for those two highlights (about 97.5 kg).
Albany agents seized hundreds of pounds of cannabis-related products without a precise marijuana-only weight in the release opened here.
The 2.3 million device total includes nicotine and other illicit vape products, not only cannabis.
A separate military-base investigation mentioned in the same release is not part of the five-day totals.
CHP's warrant service team searched a home in the 400 block of Bear Canyon Road northwest of Garberville on 9 November 2026 as part of a multi-agency narcotics investigation involving the DEA, HSI and FBI. The CHP said it did not lead the probe and would not confirm the target, the material officers shovelled, or any arrests.
North Port police arrested Nicholas Eddy, 29, and Jessica Trach, 28, after their Special Investigations Unit searched a home on Narcissus Terrace and found marijuana packaged for sale along with cocaine, suspected LSD, steroids and pills. Both were accused of drug possession for sale, running a drug house and possessing drug paraphernalia.
Lexington town police and state and federal partners searched five vape and hemp shops on 5 November 2026 in an undercover investigation into sales of illicit narcotics and drug paraphernalia. A shop owner says officers emptied cases, seized her phone and more than $3,300 in cash, and she plans to sue; no arrests were reported.
Four agencies served simultaneous search warrants at two Quincy addresses on 5 November 2026 in a drug-trafficking investigation, and police announced probable cause to arrest two men, one of them on a cannabis sale allegation. No drug quantities were disclosed and police did not confirm either man was in custody.
