Owners of the defunct Big Chief Smoke Shop in Bay Ridge, New York, have been penalized $6 million by a Brooklyn judge for repeatedly violating the state's cannabis law. The shop was shut down by the state in late 2023 for selling marijuana without a license.
Owners of the defunct Big Chief Smoke Shop in Bay Ridge, which the state shut down for selling marijuana without a license at the end of 2023, have been slapped with $6 million in penalties for repeat violations of the state’s cannabis law.
“Of all the unlicensed cannabis operators who worked to undermine the rollout of the legalized cannabis industry in New York, Big Chief was one of the worst bad actors I’ve seen,” City Councilmember Justin Brannan, who represents Bay Ridge, said in a statement on Wednesday.
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