Miami SWAT raids smoke shop and finds 200 pounds of drugs

Miami police say they raided Ark Smoke Shop on Biscayne Boulevard after an undercover buy, seizing over 200 pounds of drugs and arresting one man on multiple charges.

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A Miami smoke shop was descended upon by Miami police’s heavily-armed SWAT team with high-powered rifles Thursday to serve warrants on a business stashing over 200 pounds of narcotics — one man was arrested after he sold an officer drugs, authorities say.

Andrey Lopez is facing eight charges related to selling, possessing and delivering drugs, including marijuana, psilocybin and an opioid, his arrest report read.

Around noon, a Miami undercover agent walked into Ark Smoke Shop, 2227 Biscayne Boulevard, and bought 72.7 grams of psilocybin and 14.6 grams of marijuana, police said.

Later that day, a full search warrant was executed by Miami’s SWAT on the business. A bystander took video, which OnlyInDade posted on social media showing officers in full gear.

Detectives discovered a large stash of drugs in the building, including:

63.5 pounds of pre-rolls of suspected marijuana96.9 pounds of weed-infused edibles106.9 pounds of vape pens/cartridges45.8 pounds of psilocybin-infused edibles14 pounds of weed37 pounds of weed-infused beverages11.2 pounds of 7-OH, an opioid

Lopez is accused of having the drugs and selling them, but it is unclear if he runs the smoke shop. A Miami-Dade property search shows the business belongs to an LLC that Lopez is not a part of.

As of Friday evening, he still remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Devoun Cetoute

Miami Herald

Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.