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Undercover Operation Busts NJ Smoke Shop Worker Selling Vapes To Underage Customers: Cops

A 24-year-old Passaic County smoke shop employee was arrested after he sold a flavored vape e-cigarette to an officer who was under 21 years old, local police said.

Prospect Park PD 

Prospect Park PD 

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Prospect Park police had gotten several complaints regarding activities at Moe's Smoke Shop on North 6th Street, particularly selling restricted products to underage customers, they said in a press release.

Aluwyn Gomez-Amarante, an employee at the shop, was charged with one count of selling a flavored vape e-cig to an officer under 21 years old following an investigation that concluded on Wednesday, Oct. 16, police said.

Gomez-Amarante was charged on a complaint summons and released pending court.

A law banning the sale of all flavored vape products, including menthol, went into effect in New Jersey in April 2020.

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