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.