SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — It is a race against time for a smoke shop and a distributor after they claimed Spring Hill police illegally seized more than a million dollars worth of hemp.
The owners of Old School Vapor and SAK Wholesale filed a lawsuit against the Spring Hill Police Department and District Attorney Brent Cooper.
The companies claim officers seized their legal hemp products, which is valued at $1.35 million, earlier this month after the DA’s office said it is the same as marijuana.
According to the lawsuit, officers executed search warrants at Old School Vapor unrelated to hemp products on May 9. The seizure of these legal products reportedly violate the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The companies want their hemp returned before it is ruined. The lawsuit seeks damages of $1,350,607 plus attorney fees.
Old School Vapor is a family-owned smoke shop with five locations in Columbia, Franklin and Spring Hill and opened its first location in 2014. SAK Wholesale is a family-owned wholesale business located in Columbia that opened in January 2024.
A spokesperson for Spring Hill said the city has no comment due to the pending litigation.
