City Attorney David Chiu has sued two Tenderloin convenience stores, alleging they were fronts for illegal gambling, guns, and illegal weed, urging for their closure.
According to a press release from Chiu's office, separate police investigations of the stores turned up loaded firearms and high-capacity Glock magazines, cartons of cigarettes labeled for sale in other states... The drug paraphernalia sold at both markets were in plain view to anyone who entered the stores.
Chiu noted that for law-abiding residents, there is nothing convenient about these stores. They have been a blight on the neighborhood for too long and are fronts for gambling dens and fencing operations.
The lawsuit seeks to hold the owners accountable and to prevent further harm to the Tenderloin community, asking the Court to shut them both down for a year.
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