THOMASTON, Conn. (WFSB) — Four smoke shops in town were fined after undercover compliance checks found some selling tobacco to minors and others illegally selling cannabis products, police said.

Thomaston police, working with several state agencies, sent an undercover minor into the four shops last week. Authorities say all four stores broke the law.

“It’s ridiculous. I can’t believe there’s that many,” said Zachary Michaud of Thomaston. “Four in town, that really blew my mind.”

Smokers Choice LLC on Main Street sold tobacco to a minor, officials said. The store was fined, shut down and has not yet reopened.

King’s Cigar Smoke and Vape was fined $300 by the state for selling tobacco to a minor despite a door sign that reads “we card.” The owner told a reporter the sale was a mistake by a trainee who did not properly check ID.

Police said Thomaston Smoke and Vape on South Main Street was illegally selling cannabis products. About five pounds of cannabis were seized from the shop, which was forced to close and reopened yesterday.

Smokers Mart on Watertown Road is accused of selling a vape product to someone under 21 and of selling cannabis products. The store was forced to close and has since reopened.

Former Thomaston smoker John Russman said he was disappointed at how easily a minor obtained tobacco.

“I’ve got a defibrillator, a pacemaker, and I just had a watchman put in,” Russman said. “So, it’s all catching up with me, and it does catch up with you.”

Megan Fitzpatrick of Thomaston said stores should be consistent about checking IDs.

“You should at least be carding people,” Fitzpatrick said. “Across the street at Cumby’s, they card everybody, regardless of what your age is, and I don’t have a problem with that.”

Michaud said he had not personally bought cannabis at the shops but knew people who had.

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