Gloucester County suspends five vape‑shop licenses after sheriff says products contained suspected schedule I narcotics

Sheriff Daryl Warren told the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors on March 3 that an undercover narcotics probe found substances sold in five local vape shops that lab testing and undercover purchases indicate contain schedule I narcotics. After a prolonged discussion about legal process, the board voted unanimously to suspend the five businesses’ county business licenses immediately and scheduled a hearing on the matter for April 7, 2026.

Warren said the sheriff’s office, assisted by the Tri‑Rivers Drug Task Force, executed five simultaneous search warrants at stores across the county and seized “over 2,400 items that we believe to be unlawful.” He added, “these five stores are selling products that contain a schedule one narcotic,” and said possession of such a drug can be a class 5 felony under state…