Police Raid Two D.C. Hemp Shops

Seven people were arrested during police raids at a couple of hemp shops in D.C.

Six employees and one customer of the Capitol Hemp stores were arrested on drug paraphernalia charges, police said. Three of the employees also were charged with drug possession with intent to distribute.

The raids happened during store hours Wednesday, store owner Adam Eidinger said.

Eidinger, who is a well-known local activist, has been a strong advocate for medical marijuana. He said the raids were unjust and politically motivated.

No drugs were found at the store, he said, and police confiscated $3,000 worth of inventory, including computers, cash registers, and tobacco waterpipes and vaporizers.

Capitol Hemp stores will re-open Friday. 

Eidinger recently called for an Occupy Adams Morgan movement in response to plans to build a luxury hotel in Adams Morgan.