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5 Nabbed For Selling Vape, E-Cigarettes To Minors On Long Island

Five businesses were nabbed for allegedly selling vape and e-cigarettes to minors during a series of compliance checks on Long Island. 

Five businesses on Long Island were nabbed for selling vaping and e-cigarettes to minors.

Five businesses on Long Island were nabbed for selling vaping and e-cigarettes to minors.

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The checks took place in Huntington and Copiague on Monday, Nov. 7 at 13 businesses throughout the area.

Suffolk County Police said the investigation was in response to receiving numerous community complaints about the sale of vapes and e-cigarettes to minors.

In all, 13 businesses were checked, with five selling the items to minors, police said.

The following five people were charged with unlawfully dealing with a child:

  • Miles Lewis, age 22, of Huntington Station, an employee of Gotham Smoke, located at 681 Route 25, Huntington.
  • Muhammad Raja, age 19, of North Babylon, an employee of Cigar House Smoke and Vape Shop, located at 594 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington
  • Danial Rizvi, age 28, of Hicksville, an employee of Gulf Gas Station, located at 532 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington
  • Jorge Delgado Garcia, age 39, of Astoria, an employee of Smoke Bazaar Smoke Shop and Vape Shop, located at 526 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington
  • Elly Jose Ferriol, age 21, of Amityville, an employee of GN Smoke & Cigar Shop Inc., located at 1635 GreatNeck Road, Copiague.

All employees were issued Field Appearance Tickets.

Babylon Town officials also issued numerous building code violations and summonses to GN Smoke & Cigar Shop and its property owners. Due to numerous safety violations, the premises was deemed an unsafe structure and condemned by the Town Fire Marshal.

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