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Approving adverse action against the Cigarette/Tobacco license held by Dollar Plus, Inc., d/b/a Dollar Plus (License ID #20080000589) at 560 University Avenue West.
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WHEREAS, the Cigarette/Tobacco license held by Dollar Plus, Inc. d/b/a Dollar Plus (License ID #20080000589) for the premises located at 560 University Avenue West in Saint Paul was the subject of a Notice of Intent to Revoke License (“Notice”) sent April 17, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Notice stated on September 20, 2017 officers from the Saint Paul Police Department began investigating citizen complaints that the Dollar Plus was selling synthetic marijuana. Complainants had reported multiple overdoses and medical related problems attributable to these illegal sales; and
WHEREAS, the investigation included an undercover attempt to buy synthetic marijuana from the licensee/owner on November 17, 2017; and
WHEREAS, when the undercover officer asked the licensee for “K” which is a term for synthetic marijuana he told the undercover officer “that’s the other dude” informing him that the individual who he identified as “Jay” was not in the store that day and to check back in the morning because the other individual was in the store every morning except weekends and further volunteered that the other individual “doesn’t even know that I know. I didn’t even know that he does that. I heard from a customer. That’s his own privacy.”; and
WHEREAS, additional attempts at controlled buys by a confidential reliable informant (CRI) were made inside the Dollar Plus in which officers and CRI were able to purchase a substance later identified as synthetic marijuana on September 20, 2017; September 25, 2017; October 3, 2017 and November 6, 2017; and
WHEREAS, following the controlled buys, officers were able to obtain a search warrant for the Dollar Plus which was executed on November 21, 2017; and
WHEREAS, during the execution of the search warrant, officers found, photographed and recover...
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