PINELLAS PARK, Fla. – A narcotics investigation in Pinellas Park ended with the raid of a local convenience store and a residential home on June 25, 2026, resulting in the arrest of two men accused of running a drug operation just steps from a school.
The Pinellas Park Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit targeted the Kwik Stop at 9019 60th Street North, as well as a home located at 4651 87th Avenue North. According to investigators, the Kwik Stop sits roughly 700 feet away from an elementary school and had been flagged for selling illegal THC products to minors.
Detectives discovered that the store was also secretly stocking controlled substances, specifically Kratom 7-OH products, and hiding them inside the business to avoid getting caught. The raid came just three days after Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a June 22 emergency rule banning 7-OH and related substances due to their harmful health effects…