Boston Police and the mayor's office today announced the seizure of crack kits and other illegal material from 14 convenience stores in Grove Hall and along Dudley Street and lower Blue Hill Avenue:

These paraphernalia "kits" which were being sold in local markets for approximately $2.00 consisted of a singular glass tube, and a cut piece of Chore Boy (copper scrubbers) placed in a paper bag.

But wait, there's more:

Officers located and seized two illegal poker machines being operated out of local store, Villa Sombrero (Dudley Street). Officers also seized a large inventory of individually packaged Viagra pills being illegally sold from numerous targeted stores. Lastly, officers recovered more than 70 EBT cards complete with PIN numbers from the La Borinquena Market (Dudley Street).

Officials say the push is part of the city's overall effort to crack down on problem properties. In a statement, Thomas Menino said:

Today's action was based on work done in collaboration with the Problem Property Task Force and the area’s Neighborhood Response Team efforts to crack down on properties that have been a plague on the neighborhood and keeping the neighborhood a clean, well maintained community that everyone can feel safe and proud to live.

Stores issued summonses out of Roxbury District Court: