Crime & Safety

Waukesha Police Confiscate More Fake Pot

Gas station was reportedly still selling fake pot.

A Waukesha gas station was confiscated of its supply of synthetic marijuana Monday evening after it was reported anonymously at 7:27 p.m. that the station was still selling a form of K2, which is illegal by city ordinance and state law, according to the police department’s call log.

Federal law also has outlawed the compounds that make up the synthetic marijuana substance. Some area suppliers of the drug that has some serious side effects have tried to skirt the law by changing the name, by not listing the ingredients and by printing on the packaging that can cost as much as $30 for a small packet that it is not fit for human consumption.

The Waukesha Police Department conducted six random compliance checks Tuesday at area gas stations and all of those gas stations were in compliance by not selling K2. The compliance checks send a message that officers are watching for K2, said Sgt. Jerry Habanek.

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The compound in K2, or synthetic marijuana, is sprayed onto potpourri leaves and then smoked for a high.

The most recent raid at the gas station comes less than one month after the seized $20,000 worth of fake marijuana packages from area stores and gas stations about an hour after two 16-year-olds were transported to Waukesha Memorial Hospital , according to police.

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The teens purchased “Purple Magic,” the synthetic cannabinoids, which is packaged as a form of incense, from a Waukesha seller.

The gas station that was raided Monday night was not among the four Waukesha businesses from which police confiscated the fake marijuana.

Common Council President Paul Ybarra led the charge last summer to ban the substance in Waukesha. Ybarra received help in convincing the council to enact the ordinance after a local woman who was personally affected by the substance stepped forward.

Bonnie Davel, a mother of a Waukesha West High School grad, blamed K2 as a contributing factor in her son’s car accident after he apparently had a reaction and a panic attack before leading police on a high-speed chase, driving the wrong way down the freeway and crashing into a tow truck on the side of the freeway. Charlie Davel’s story made national news headlines after his mother spoke out against the fake pot on Good Morning America.

Waukesha has a ban against the synthetic marijuana possession as a municipal ordinance.


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