Five smoke shops were shut down and multiple arrests made following a coordinated operation targeting illegal marijuana and vape sales in Jersey City, officials said.

The raids followed a weekslong investigation prompted by community complaints about unregulated marijuana sales and prohibited goods, including flavored vape products marketed to minors.

Investigators recovered nearly 16 pounds of suspected marijuana, as well as more than 600 plastic bags of suspected controlled substances, and seized about $9,000 believed to be proceeds from narcotics sales, police said.

Working with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Jersey City police also confiscated numerous THC and vape products, including flavored vape cartridges, THC-infused gummy packages, candy-style THC pouches and mushroom-infused bars.

Health officials estimated the seized gummies represented approximately 400,000 individual 10-milligram THC doses, an amount officials said exceeded what would be expected for legal distribution.

“This was a precision, multi-agency enforcement effort built on intelligence, community complaints, and strong investigative work,” Acting Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement. “We are not only shutting down illegal operations, we are dismantling the networks behind them and holding bad actors accountable for their actions.”

The following businesses were shut down as part of the operation: Paper & Grabba Tobacco, Da Spot Smoke Shop, Highline Premium, All Stars Smoke Shop and Duncan Smokes.