Ten store clerks in Oneida and Herkimer counties have been charged with selling nicotine vaping supplies to minors, as part of Operation Vaporizer, according to the New York State Police. 

Officials said the state police have received numerous complaints from parents and school districts about young people buying and using flavored nicotine vapes.

It is against state law to sell tobacco products and nicotine vapes to anyone under the age of 21. 

Over the past several weeks, authorities said the state police have worked with multiple local law enforcement agencies on Operation Vaporizer, to curb the sale of vape products to minors in Oneida and Herkimer counties. 

Five stores in each county were found selling vape materials to minors, troopers said.

One clerk from each store was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor.

Charged: 

• Yousef M. Alaodyi, 18, of Rome, at Rome Mini Mart at 1327 Floyd Ave.
• Ezzaddin A. Al-Ahmar, 44, of Rome, at Rome Dairy Money Mart at 603 N. James St. 
• Marie T. Mitchell, 69, of Rome, at CK Smoke Shop at 5819 Rome-Taberg Road.
• Aadil Tahiri, 38, of Boonville, at NC Smoke Shop at 13187 Route 12, Boonville.
• Adnan H. Almahen, 28, of Rome, at Z1 Smoke Shop at 13410 Route 12, Boonville.
• Hesham A. Albaadani, 35, of Ilion, at Liberty Smokeland at 62 Central Ave., Ilion. 
• Sultan M. Shami, 33, of Utica, at MK Smoke Shop at 4 W. Main St., Mohawk.
• Amadou C. N’Diaye, 35, of Herkimer, at AMS Smoke Shop at 107 N. Prospect St, Herkimer.
• Haroun F. Ali, 23, of Utica, at Sam’s Deli & Grocery at 275 N. Main St., Herkimer.
• Nooh S. Alomari, 31, of Little Falls, at Sam’s Deli & Grocery at 14 Furnace St., Little Falls. 

Eight different smoke shops and convenience stores were in compliance with the law: Iron Lung in Rome; Camden Gourmet Deli and Smokeshop; West Dominick Market in Rome; Yorkville Smoke Shop; R&B Tobacco in Frankfort; Zoomin Smoke in Ilion; East Main Deli and Convenience in Ilion; and Herkimer Tobacco Shop in Herkimer, the law enforcers said.