They’re the illegal cannabis shops that just won’t quit.
Raiding the renegade weed store’s now four locations, seizing their supplies of bud, changing the locks, welding the doors shut and, finally, piling huge concrete slabs in front of the entrances to bar access — none of it has worked.
In its latest attempts to force closed the sleek coffee shops that double as illicit pot dispensaries, the city is resorting to the courts, where it’s heaped charges on the landlords who own the buildings where CAFE operates.
Ghelichkhani owns the premises of CAFE’s flagship store at 66 Fort York Blvd., a live-work condo unit in CityPlace.
It’s as simple as that.’ And you know, nobody gets back to us, except giving us more tickets,” Ghelichkhani said.
They’ve put concrete blocks, security, police officers, raids, change the locks, change the door.
location near the University of Toronto, is facing five counts, two of which date back to 2018, while two are from 2019 and one is from January 2020.
He has had a years-long association with one of the main people behind CAFE, Wesley Weber, and was the COO, CFO and a director of a now-defunct cryptocurrency company Weber co-founded called Incryptex.
Besides Gillani and Ghelichkhani, there are also four counts pending against 2694605 Ontario Inc., which owns the premises CAFE operates from at 1321 St Clair Ave.
As the court cases drag on, CAFE has continued to operate.