Three vape shop employees arrested in Hot Springs marijuana investigation
Three employees of two tobacco and vape shops in the Hot Springs area were arrested on 29 October 2026 after an undercover investigation into illegal marijuana sales. Garland County jail records name them as Hemyar Mahubemulhi Abdulla, Ammar Aldailam and Sidnee Michelle Jones; Aldailam and Jones also face a firearm charge.
🇺🇸 Hot Springs, Arkansas · Arkansas, United States
- Arrested
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Three employees of two tobacco and vape shops in the Hot Springs area were
arrested on the afternoon of Thursday 29 October 2026, after an undercover
investigation into marijuana being sold illegally at the businesses.[1] The
local drug task force made the arrests on multiple felony charges.[1] One of
the shops was Ameer’s Tobacco and Vape Shop at 1607 Albert Pike Road in Hot
Springs.[1]
Garland County jail records name one of the three as Hemyar Mahubemulhi Abdulla,
booked on 30 October 2026.[2] A second record names Ammar Aldailam, booked the
same day.[3] A third names Sidnee Michelle Jones, booked on 29 October.[4]
The jail records list the drug task force as the arresting agency.[2] The
charges listed include possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance with
purpose to deliver.[4] Aldailam and Jones also face simultaneous possession of
drugs and firearms.[3]
Sources
- 3 arrested in undercover marijuana investigation at Hot Springs area vape shops. The Sentinel-Record, 30 October 2026.
- Hemyar Mahubemulhi Abdulla Arrest Record | Garland, AR. RecentlyBooked, 30 October 2026.
- Ammar Aldailam Arrest Record | Garland, AR. RecentlyBooked, 30 October 2026.
- Sidnee Michelle Jones Arrest Record | Garland, AR. RecentlyBooked, 30 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The Sentinel-Record article is subscriber-only beyond its opening paragraph, so charge details, seizure figures and court dates from its full text were not available.
- No figure for marijuana seized, plants destroyed or the value of any goods was given in the opened reporting.
- The newspaper identifies only Ameer's Tobacco and Vape Shop at 1607 Albert Pike Road; the second shop is not named in the accessible passage.
- No plea, bail hearing or court outcome was reported, and the charges are allegations; all three are presumed innocent.
- The names, booking details and charges come from RecentlyBooked, a public-records aggregator that says its information is drawn from Garland County law-enforcement records.
