洛杉矶县警局联合多部门大扫荡：12处商家被搜，24人被捕、查获八卡车非法电子烟与假货
洛杉矶县警局（LASD）10月26日通报，县警局10月22日牵头在洛杉矶市中心一带执行多部门搜查令行动，在12处商家查获约八辆拖挂卡车容量的非法调味电子烟、调味烟草与假冒商品，24人被捕。行动区域位于第三街至温斯顿街、克罗克街至洛杉矶街之间。
参与行动的机构包括洛杉矶市警察局、加州司法厅、加州税务与费用管理局、加州公共卫生厅食品药品分支、海关与边境保护局、洛杉矶县检察官办公室与洛杉矶市检察官办公室。被捕者涉嫌违反《洛杉矶市政法典》第46.90.1条（禁止销售调味烟草）、《商业与职业法典》第22980.2条（无有效执照销售香烟烟草）与《刑法典》第350(a)(1)条（假冒商标）等规定，案件将送交县检察官或市检察官办公室决定是否起诉。
县警局社区伙伴关系局上尉特纳亚·布朗表示，这次行动显示警局持续打击非法烟草、调味电子烟与假冒商品的决心，这类产品对社区有破坏性影响。她说，多部门协作正是为了应对这类产品对社区的危害。警局表示，调查仍在进行中，涉及多个案件与多名嫌疑人；知情者可拨打（323）981-5300向社区伙伴关系局提供线索，也可通过洛杉矶止罪热线800-222-8477匿名举报。
LASD-Led Crackdown in Los Angeles: 24 Arrested, Eight Tractor-Trailer Loads of Illicit Vapes and Counterfeit Goods Seized
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) announced on October 26 that a multi-agency search-warrant operation it led on October 22 swept 12 business locations in downtown Los Angeles and seized approximately eight tractor-trailer loads of illicit flavored vaping products, flavored tobacco and counterfeit merchandise. Twenty-four people were arrested. The operation covered the area from 3rd Street to Winston Street, between Crocker Street and Los Angeles Street.
Agencies taking part included the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Department of Justice, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, the California Department of Public Health's Food and Drug Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office. Those arrested face filing consideration for violations including Los Angeles Municipal Code 46.90.1 (prohibited sales of flavored tobacco), Business and Professions Code 22980.2 (selling cigarettes or tobacco without a valid license) and Penal Code 350(a)(1) (counterfeit trademarks).
Captain Tenaya Brown of the Community Partnerships Bureau said the operation underscores the department's ongoing commitment to combating the unlawful sale and distribution of illicit tobacco products, flavored vaping products and counterfeit merchandise, and called the collaborative operation a testament to that commitment. The department said the investigation remains active and ongoing, involving multiple cases and suspects. Tips can be reported to the Community Partnerships Bureau at (323) 981-5300, or anonymously to L.A. Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).
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