(KTLA) — Items from pot shops like bongs, electronics and furniture will be put up for auction on Friday after California state officials seized them during a search warrant to collect unpaid taxes.
Search warrants were issued for 10 Los Angeles-based cannabis businesses, which together owed more than $14.4 million in unpaid taxes. Nine of the businesses were operating illegally, while the other one was a legal dispensary.
This is the first time the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, or the CDTFA, will auction off personal property seized during cannabis enforcement operations. Proceeds from the auction will apply toward the liabilities owed by each of the 10 debtors, a news release said.
The items auctioned off will include three glass bongs, one monitor, five televisions, one speaker, one ladder, two sandwich boards, one projector, six crowd control poles, one snow cone machine, two cameras, one raffle wheel, and at least two shelves.