Police search 3 smoke shops for drugs

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Police said they went looking for illegal drugs and vaping products at 3 area smoke shops in Jefferson County Wednesday.

The Metro-Jeff Drug Task Force said it executed search warrants at Royal Smoke Shop on Factory Street in Watertown, A - Z Smoke Shop on Route 202 in the town of Watertown, and Evans Mills Smoke Shop on Johnson Road in the town of LeRay.

The task force said its members are working with the Watertown Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, and the Office of the New York State Attorney General to find illegal drugs and vaping products.

“We’re getting what we were looking for,” said a task force member.

The member also said arrests are likely.

He said there’s no connection between the 3 different shops.