Henrietta, N.Y. (WHAM) — Three people face charges after authorities shut down an unlicensed cannabis business on East Henrietta Road.

Investigators executed a search warrant Friday at Mad Flavors Smoke Shop. Officials said the shop has been in business the past few years and the investigation started with citizen complaints.

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The search resulted in the seizure of 27 pounds of cannabis flower, 2 pounds of pre-rolled cannabis joints, 820 packages of THC edibles, 531 cannabis concentrates, 650 vapes containing THC and $44,041 in cash, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

Captain Chris Fay said many of the packages of THC edibles were over 50 mg, far exceeding the legal limit for New York state of 10 mg.

Fay said Mad Flavors, located half a mile away from Rush-Henrietta High School, has been a target for burglaries.

"During the investigation, we had to do several undercover buys from a location where they were known not to prove anybody for age," Fay said. "The schools throughout Monroe County are running into a problem where the students are getting edibles that are causing medical problems while at school and obviously after school."

The New York State Office of Cannabis Management is investigating where the product came from.

"The only pattern I want to get into is that we do see that there are distribution networks that are set up between the illicit shops," said Daniel Haughney, OCM's director of enforcement and investigations.

Haughney said licensed dispensaries have a verification sticker on the front window that has a QR code customers can scan that goes to the OCM website for verification.

Henrietta Town Supervisor Steve Schultz said there have been zero issues with the licensed dispensaries in Henrietta.

"They're following all the rules, they're paying the taxes," Schultz said. "They're doing the stuff these guys aren't."

The investigation follows the success licensed dispensaries in Henrietta have had, generating nearly $1 million in cannabis tax revenue.

Schultz said the town has since changed its zoning, and new smoke shops that come into town are required to have a special permit. They are also required to be located in the same areas where licensed cannabis shops are.

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Ahmed Mamdoh, 31, of Greece, and Mohand Kowa, 24, of Rochester, are both charged with criminal possession of cannabis. Mamdoh was released after arraignment, while Kowa was held in the Monroe County Jail on a probation warrant.

A search warrant executed Tuesday at the home of Mad Flavors employee Mahdi Taouzinet, 32, of Greece, led to deputies seizing a loaded Glock 17 with a high-capacity magazine.

Taouzinet is charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon. He was taken to the Monroe County Jail on $2,000 cash bail or $4,000 bond.

"For all the illicit operators that are still out there that haven't gotten the message that we're not going to sit idly by while you operate without a license, they do so at their own peril," Haughney said. "And now they know that there are multiple avenues that we can take to conduct our enforcement throughout the state."