Councilwoman Joann Ariola conducted a “sting” on a smoke shop that was allegedly peddling its wares to minors before law enforcement raided the joint.
A Big Apple pol went undercover at a smoke shop in Queens to help law enforcement crack down on the shady storefront.
“Sometimes you need to take matters into your own hands and go incognito to snuff out the illegal smoke shop issue in our district,” Ariola told The Post. “And let me be blunt – we are going to clean this place up, one Puff at a time.” A Big Apple pol went undercover at a smoke shop in Queens to help law enforcement crackdown on the shady storefront.“Are you sure there’s not something wrong with them . . . Are you buying them from the Reserve also?” asked Ariola on the video. Ariola’s office sent the recording to the Queens district attorney’s office before the city sheriff’s office, NYPD, and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection raided the store on Oct.
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