SHENANDOAH COUNTY, VA (Rocktown Now) — The Northwest Regional Drug and Gang Task Forces executed search warrants that led to seizing tens of thousands of grams of THC based products and other hallucinogens in Shenandoah County last week.

Virginia State Police Spokesperson Matt Demlein says that on January 20, 2026, the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Culpeper Field Office Drug Enforcement Section and members of the Northwest Regional Drug and Gang Task Force, along with the assistance of Woodstock Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Homeland Security (HSI), executed five search warrants at Tobacco and Vape Novelty stores in Edinburg, Strasburg and Woodstock, Va. 

Demleins says that during the operation, task force officers seized 39,403 grams of THC based products valued at $117,092, 430 grams of Psilocybin valued at $16,340, 500 grams of Khat valued at $2,550, two firearms and $103,371.50 in U.S. currency.

The investigation remains ongoing.

The Northwest Virginia Drug and Gang Task Force is comprised of law enforcement personnel from the Clarke, Frederick, Page, Warren, and Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Departments, Front Royal, Luray, Strasburg, and Winchester Police Departments, and the Virginia State Police. The Northwest Virginia Regional Drug and Gang Task Force is a HIDTA-funded initiative.