Vancouver police crack down on pop-up pot vendors after weeks-long stalemate
VANCOUVER — Police appear to be cracking down on pop-up stalls selling marijuana while frustrations mount over the open-air market operating in a prominent square in downtown Vancouver.
A spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department declined comment on what he called an ongoing investigation, but vendors said Monday that officers raided merchants’ tables in Robson Square the night before and arrested several sellers.
Pop-up pot stalls began appearing on a monthly basis about two years ago in the pedestrian-only plaza, but vendors have been setting up with increasing frequency in recent weeks, selling everything from dried marijuana to cannabis-infused edibles.
Ron Woodruff said he was thrown to the ground by police while trying to film the raid as a bystander.