Employee Of Huntington Station Shop Sold Cannabis Products: Police

March 27, 2025

Posted Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 9:44 am ET

A man was arrested when a search warrant was executed at Joe Joe Convenience Store in Huntington Station on Wednesday, Suffolk police said.
A man was arrested when a search warrant was executed at Joe Joe Convenience Store in Huntington Station on Wednesday, Suffolk police said. (Suffolk County Police Department)

HUNTINGTON STATION, NY — A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with selling cannabis products at a Huntington Station store, Suffolk police said.

Officers, with the New York State Office of Cannabis Management Enforcement Unit, executed a search warrant at Joe Joe Convenience Store, at 212 Depot Road, following community complaints, police said. Officials seized marijuana, THC marijuana vapes, flavored vape products, and money, police said.

An employee of the store, Ahmed Fofana, 24, of New York, NY, was charged with unlawful sale of cannabis; sale of cannabis without a license, criminal possession of cannabis, and second-degree criminally using drug paraphernalia, police said.

The business was issued violations and was closed by the New York State Office of Cannabis
Management Enforcement Unit, police said. The Town of Huntington was notified and is investigating.

Fofana was issued a desk appearance ticket and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date.


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