4/20 starts early, ends badly for armed robber at NYC pot dispensary

Weed it and weep!

The much-anticipated 4/20 Day — created to celebrate all things marijuana — started early and ended badly for one New York City man who marred the grand opening of a Brooklyn pot shop, police said.

Officers responding to a call of a man with a gun at the Indoor Dispensary on Newkirk Avenue in Ditmas Park around 9:15 p.m. Friday (4/19), encountered an individual who refused to exit the joint, cops said.

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NYPD officers gather in the back room of a pot dispensary following a standoff with a Manhattan man. Wayne Carrington

Instead, the suspect high-tailed it to the back of the store and barricaded himself inside, authorities said.

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Police subsequently smoked out the suspect and a search revealed he was allegedly carrying cocaine, cops said.

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