Store owner who helped thief target of raid
BY PATRICK WHITTLE | patrick.whittle@newsday.com
10:33 PM EDT, June 3, 2009

Mohammad Sohail, the Shirley Express Convenience deli owner hailed as a hero after he showed mercy to a would-be burglar, has been charged with selling illegal drug paraphernalia, said two sources familiar with the investigation.

Sohail is among seven store owners in Brookhaven and Huntington who were raided by town investigators this week, one of the sources said. Sohail's store ran afoul of town codes that prevent the sale of items such as pipes, bongs and hookahs, a source said. The charges are civil, not criminal, in nature, a source said.

When asked to comment on the charges at his store late last night, Sohail said, "I threw everything in the garbage. I don't want it anymore."

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