Police raid multiple Virginia vape shops, uncover illegal gambling machines and narcotics

Three Colonial Heights smoke shops raided after illegal gambling tip

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Police raid multiple Virginia vape shops, uncover illegal gambling machines and narcotics

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. Colonial Heights and Virginia State Police executed search warrants at three vape shops Friday morning, seizing illegal gambling machines and narcotics. The raids, which occurred simultaneously, drew attention from nearby workers and shoppers. "I look out the door and there are like two vans, four or five police cars, a police officer with a battering ram and telling people to get on the ground," Melodie Dittman, who works …