Last Monday, Livermore police confiscated psilocybin mushrooms from one of two companies in the city, along with other illicit goods, including flavored tobacco.
Six local establishments were subject to compliance checks by police on January 17 to make sure they were abiding by California’s state legislation that forbids the sale of flavored tobacco products.
The majority of flavored tobacco products and tobacco product flavor enhancers are forbidden from being sold in retail establishments by the state, and any product that is prohibited is subject to a $50 fine.
Two noncompliant companies were discovered by the officers. Officers confiscated psilocybin mushrooms among other illicit goods at one. The owner may be fined up to $68,000.
A plainclothes officer purchased flavored tobacco at another establishment. Police confiscated all of the store’s flavored tobacco goods after conducting an examination. The fine for that owner might reach $7,500.
Similar compliance inspections were conducted by Livermore police last month, and they also recovered illicit goods.
The California Department of Justice is providing a three-year tobacco enforcement grant of $82,000 to support these enforcement efforts.
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