Pubdate: Sun, 17 Dec 2006
Source: Record-Courier (Gardnerville, NV)
Copyright: 2006 The Record-Courier
Contact:  http://www.recordcourier.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1353

DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SEIZED FROM LIQUOR STORES

Drug paraphernalia including hundreds of glass pipes,  several water
pipes, digital scales and hashish  grinders were seized Thursday from
two Carson Valley  liquor stores.

The Douglas County Sheriff's Office reported that no  arrests were
made pending a review by the District  Attorney's office.

Sale of drug paraphernalia is a Category E felony.

A store manager for Lucky Liquor declined comment. The  manager at
Rancho Liquors could not be reached.

The sheriff's office Street Enforcement Team was tipped  to the
paraphernalia sales by a Douglas High School  student arrested on
campus for distributing marijuana.

According to reports, he told the deputy assigned to  the high school
that he obtained a pipe at Rancho  Liquors on Langley Drive.

Officers also discovered that paraphernalia was  available at Lucky
Liquor on Highway 395 in  Gardnerville.

After undercover officers made a number of purchases  from both
stores, investigators obtained search  warrants.

They seized 33 marijuana pipes, five water bongs, 632  glass pipes
commonly used to smoke methamphetamine and  other miscellaneous drug
paraphernalia at Lucky Liquor.

 From Ranchos Liquor, investigators seized 18 marijuana  pipes, two
water bongs, 21 hashish grinders, four  digital scales commonly used
to weigh drugs and 67  glass pipes.
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