City Council votes to revoke license of South Fulton smoke shop after police raid
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - A South Fulton smoke shop has lost its business license after it was accused of illegally selling marijuana.
The South Fulton City Council voted on Tuesday night to revoke the license of Air Freshener Depot II, which is located on Campbellton Road.
The store has been closed since early May when a SWAT team raided the business.
Police accuse the smoke shop of peddling weed, but the store's lawyer says the products it sells didn't break any laws.
"We have a brand-new legal landscape where things that look like marijuana and smell like marijuana are not necessarily marijuana," Attorney Tom Church told FOX in June.
Smoke shop wrongly raided, owners say
The owners of smoke shop in South Fulton say cops raided their storefront even though what they were doing was completely legal. Police accuse them of trafficking weed from the location on Campbellton Road. But their attorneys accuse the police of not knowing the law as they demand the store be allowed to reopen.
Shaizen Khoja, the store's manager, says the product they were selling was hemp, under the legal limit of Delta-9 THC, but officials say lab testing found a few products slightly exceeded the limit.
Khoja and his co-workers also face potential felony drug trafficking allegations.
"We’re fighting over a handful of tests that show slightly different numbers," Church said.
The store has filed a civil lawsuit in Georiga's superior court asking for a temporary restraining order against South Fulton Police Chief Keith Meadows and his department.