The authorities destroy four tons of cannabis

The mayor of the city sits in the operator’s seat and expertly manipulates the control levers that remotely move powerful steel claws that, at his command, grab a bunch of bags containing cannabis products, especially marijuana, and they deposit it in another container. , in this case an incinerator, which turns everything that is placed into ashes.

We are on the 6th floor of the Reworld Hempstead recycling center, and the container where the hemp is mixed with tons of other types of waste is the size of a football field, so it could Eric Adams take all day for this to work.

While he shows how well he learned how to handle the impressive machine moved by powerful rails, he takes time to joke and answer some questions from reporters:

– Mayor, do you like video games? You can see he’s an expert,” a reporter in a purple dress asks him.

“Actually just a little, but this looks funny to me,” prompts the officer who immediately, as a teacher, returns to explain in didactic fashion the persuasive nature of the cremation he is perpetrating. make

“Look; This is how I first take a good amount and deposit it in the crematorium oven, and now you see the hemp being consumed,” he explains, and points to some screens on the right where the parts of the process shown.

Mayor Adams operates the machine to bring the captured materials to the furnace.Credit: Juan Alberto Vázquez | With permission

Health function

Mayor Eric Adams’ midweek meeting with the media was to reveal some figures from Operation Lock to Protect (OCP), which aims to protect the public from illegal non- regulated derived from cannabis.

• More than four tons, or 576 bags, of illegal cannabis products seized since May 1 when the operation began were destroyed.
• Investigators from the New York City Sheriff’s Enforcement Agency have closed more than a thousand stores that were not licensed to serve cannabis and tobacco since the OCP began.
• The city has seized $63 million in illegal goods as a result of the success of the OCP operation.
• The Enforcement Agency continues to investigate 100 percent of closed illegal shops to prevent them from returning to business.

The commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), Vilda Vera Mayuga, and the commissioner of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Edward A. Cabán, who is more familiar, accompanied the mayor at the mass shooting. with the New York Police Department’s evidence destruction process that involves burning illegal materials and products in an environmentally responsible manner. When asked by the media, Commissioner Caban explained that all the “seized evidence” was with closed cases so there was no need to keep it in storage, taking up space for the an illegal product that continues to arrive.

Explaining that illegal cannabis is nothing like legal cannabis, Eric Adams explained the goals of this work: First, illegal products do not return to the streets and put young people at risk. But, above all, also the protection of legal operators, who take care of public safety and achieve the goals of social justice set by the New York cannabis industry. “We’re going to make sure that legal cannabis thrives in the future in New York City,” the official promised at the conference as he handled a large bag of marijuana be turned to ashes.

Commissioner Cabán agreed with Adams in this regard: “The safe sale and distribution of legal cannabis in New York City is guaranteed through a properly authorized, regulated and standardized industry.”

Garbage converted into energy

The Reworld Hempstead recycling center, where the event was held, says it has the “infrastructure, technology and imagination” to solve waste management and create “a more sustainable and prosperous future for companies and communities.

And as Commissioner Cabán said, “Much of the waste will also be sources of energy for the local community.”

Finally, Commissioner Mayuga of the DCWP confirmed the commitment to the health of New Yorkers, warning that “illegal cannabis products are a danger to our neighbors, especially younger New Yorkers. ” That’s why he said he was proud and committed to join this cause and lead the elimination of “unlicensed businesses from our communities.”

Detectives associated with Operation Lock to Protect conduct systematic work, including follow-up investigations, in the five neighborhoods. Seal illegal stores with visible legends to alert the public and, along with uniformed officers from the New York Police Department, monitor the closed sites until law enforcement or notification of The local Sheriff’s Office when the closure seals are broken. .

Operation Lock to Protect, which has the highest numbers, will continue to operate until illegal operators are reduced to a minimum.

For now, the raids, closures and seizures of illegal cannabis businesses will not stop.