{"id":527142,"date":"2022-12-15T03:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/queens-da-seizes-converted-school-bus-selling-marijuana\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T03:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:00:18","slug":"queens-da-seizes-converted-school-bus-selling-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/queens-da-seizes-converted-school-bus-selling-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"#Queens DA seizes converted school bus selling marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2738fd9fb5b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/queens-da-seizes-converted-school-bus-selling-marijuana\/#%E2%80%9CQueens_DA_seizes_converted_school_bus_selling_marijuana%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Queens DA seizes converted school bus selling marijuana&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CQueens_DA_seizes_converted_school_bus_selling_marijuana%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Queens DA seizes converted school bus selling marijuana&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Now that\u2019s what you\u2019d call a Magic School Bus. <\/p>\n<p>Queens prosecutors put the brakes on an illegal marijuana operation that was allegedly peddling \u201cBeach Boyz Budz\u201d brand weed out of a multi-colored converted school bus, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The bus \u2014 decked out in Jamaican Rastafarian colors of green, yellow and red and still equipped with the traditional \u201cstop\u201d sign \u2014 was doing business in Rockaway Park, just two blocks from nearby schools, according to the Queens District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Rastafari is a Jamaican religion that idolizes former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie and promotes cannabis smoking to achieve nirvana.<\/p>\n<p>Two men \u2014 Omar Herrera, 32, and David Reilly, 46 \u2014 were charged in the sting after cops said they made undercover buys of more than 2 1\/2 pounds of cannabis, 274 joints and nine THC vaporizer \u201cpens\u201d from the eyebrow-raising locale.<\/p>\n<p>The pair allegedly sold the illegal goods under the name \u201cBeach Boyz Budz.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-092.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Queens cannabis bust.\" class=\"wp-image-25014791\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-092.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-092.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-092.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-092.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-092.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Queens prosecutors said two men were illegally peddling cannabis out of this multi-colored converted school bus. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators said they also seized a one-pound marijuana plant, a 1,000-milligram bottle of cannabis syrup, two jars of cannabis \u201ccrumble,\u201d and 49 bags of cannabis gummy candies and cookies, the office said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStores, trucks and other outlets currently selling recreational marijuana are doing so illegally,\u201d Queens DA Melinda Katz said in a statement. \u201cWhat consumers are buying from these sellers is not regulated and most certainly has not been tested by the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DA noted that \u201cprivate testing has found that the cannabis products sold through these illegal operations often contain harmful contaminants.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-091.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Queens cannabis bust.\" class=\"wp-image-25014945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-091.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-091.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-091.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-091.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Queens prosecutors said the two defendants were selling cannabis and cannabis products illegally out of a converted school bus. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Queens District Attorney&#8217;s Offic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd the illegal dealers are undercutting the legal sellers before they are even able to get started, translating into lost tax revenues and lost funding for essential public services,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>A state board issued New York\u2019s first recreational marijuana sales licenses, with those operations due to get up and running as early as this month.<\/p>\n<p>The licenses, which were <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved by the Office of Cannabis Management, came some\u00a020 months\u00a0after the state legalized adult-use weed \u2014 and as the streets of New York City are awash with\u00a0grey market unlicensed marijuana vendors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-093.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Queens marijuana bust.\" class=\"wp-image-25015178\" width=\"618\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-093.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-093.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-093.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-093.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/queens-pot-bust-093.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Queens prosecutors said they seized a trove of illegal cannabis products following an investigation into \u201cBeach Boyz Budz\u201d pot sales out of a converted school bus.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Queens District Attorney&#8217;s Offic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile the city has an obligation to support legal dispensaries, many stores in each borough continue to break the law by selling unregulated products,\u201d city Sheriff Anthony Miranda said in a statement on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to work with our partners to take enforcement actions against those who sell this contraband and evade taxes,\u201d Miranda said. <\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Tina Moore<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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