THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Raids on Vape Stores See Four Arrests, Drugs and Millions in Cash Seized.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Four men were arrested and $2.3 million was seized during raids at vape stores in Kinston, North Carolina.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Fatehi Alshoabi, Khaled Almaqaleh, Ibrahim Nagi, and Emad Ali were arrested.WHEN & WHERE: The raids took place in March 2026 in Kinston, involving 26 businesses and eight homes.KEY QUOTE: “When we’re consistently […] The post Raids on Vape Stores See Four Arrests, Drugs and Millions in Cash Seized. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Four men were arrested and $2.3 million was seized during raids at vape stores in Kinston, North Carolina. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Fatehi Alshoabi, Khaled Almaqaleh, Ibrahim Nagi, and Emad Ali were arrested. WHEN & WHERE: The raids took place in March 2026 in Kinston, involving 26 businesses and eight homes. KEY QUOTE: “When we’re consistently getting complaints from our community members, specifically parents with children 15, 16, 17 years old going to these shops to buy illegal narcotics, we’re going to take it extremely seriously.” – Chief Keith Goyette IMPACT: The operation provides more evidence that vape stores are hubs for organized crime and dealing illegal narcotics , on both sides of the…Open