AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN GETS 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR TRAFFICKING SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA…OR SPICE. FIFTY-ONE YEAR OLD FIDAL ABDELJAWAD OWNED “SEAN’S SMOKE SHOP” ON CENTRAL AVENUE. AFTER GETTING A TIP, THE D-E-A IN 2014 SEIZED SPICE AND MORE THAN 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH FROM THE BUSINESS. MORE DRUGS WERE FOUND LATER AT A STORAGE UNIT.
A CO-DEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS LAST SEPTEMBER. AUTHORITIES SAY SPICE IS, IN MANY CASES, MORE POTENT AND DANGEROUS THAN MARIJUANA.
