Aurora Convenience Store Pays Hefty Price For Selling 'Spice'
AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - A convenience store in Aurora will pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit over selling spice, a form of synthetic cannabis.
Last fall CBS4 brought a hidden camera into Paymon's Mini Mart. When inside, the clerk claimed they did not have any spice, but investigators recovered approximately 1,200 packages of the illegal substance.
The state attorney general sued Paymon's for not only selling the illegal product, but falsely advertising it as safe and legal.
Paymon's owner, Rahmatollah Ghamari, agreed to pay $100,000 to settle the case.
"This settlement is another positive step in our effort to stop the open sale of 'spice' in Colorado stores," Attorney General-Elect Cynthia Coffman said in a statement. "It is important that the public continue to be educated on the fact that these products are both illegal and extremely dangerous."