Fairfax Co. police target more than a dozen vape shops in sweeping drug and money laundering case

Fairfax County police say a major drug investigation targeted multiple vape shops, including a dozen Tobacco King vape shops, that are accused of selling illegal items, ranging from drugs to synthetic urine, and laundering money.

Detectives say a father and his two sons are now charged in a case police believe could stretch up and down the East Coast.

“I would describe tobacco vape shops as dens of ill repute and hives of corruption,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said at a news conference Wednesday.