LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A 19-year-old man faces felony prices after a five-week investigation into the sale of THC vapes to minors, in line with the Bullhead Metropolis (Arizona) Police Division.
Matthew Felix Swaim was taken into custody throughout a visitors cease close to Oliver Drive and Patillo Drive in Bullhead Metropolis. On Wednesday evening, officers served a search warrant at Swaim’s residence within the 400 block of Santa Maria Highway, the place gadgets “consistent with the sales and distribution of THC vapes” have been seized, in line with police.
Police stated in addition they discovered a handgun and counterfeit cash on the residence.
Bullhead Metropolis’s Group Oriented Policing Part (COPS) initiated an investigation in January after reviews that somebody was promoting vapes to high school youngsters. The COPS staff recognized Swaim as a suspect with the help of narcotics detectives and faculty officers.
The THC vapes have been lately seized at a junior highschool and excessive faculties within the space. THC is the lively ingredient in marijuana.
Swaim was booked into the Mohave County Jail in Kingman, the place he faces prices described as “drug offenses involving minors, possession of marijuana for sale, possession of drug paraphernalia, use of wire communication or electronic communication for drug transactions, forgery, and misconduct involving weapons,” in line with info launched by police.
Bullhead Metropolis is a group of about 43,000 individuals on the Arizona facet of the Colorado River, about 100 miles southeast of Las Vegas.
