Police department hear complaints of unlicensed dealers downtown

Police have received complaints in recent months of marijuana dealers selling product outside the licensed retail shop in downtown Petersburg.

“I am not aware of any thefts related to the new marijuana laws,” said Kelly Swihart, the Petersburg police chief. “But we have had complaints of non-licensees making sales in the immediate vicinity of a licensed business.”

Susan Burrell, owner of The 420, a marijuana retail store located through an alley off North Nordic Drive, echoed the complaints heard by police.

“Several months ago we had regular customers tell us that certain people were selling i...

 

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