On Thursday, Hall County drug enforcement officials made their first arrest of a local retailer illegally selling synthetic marijuana since Georgia banned all forms of the substance last March. According to a press release from the Hall County’s Multi Agency Narcotics Squad, Vijaykumar Patel, 38, of Flowery Branch, was taken into custody after MANS agents, with the help of the Gainesville Police Department, executed a search warrant at Discount Tobacco Depot, located at 350 Shallowford Rd., Suite C.Law enforcement seized 36 packages of the synthetic marijuana, labeled as “Scooby Snax,” worth between $20 and $40 each. Patel was charged with possession of synthetic cannabinoids (synthetic marijuana) with the intent to distribute and booked into the Hall County Jail.“This is the first case of distribution (in Hall County) that I am familiar with since the law was passed,” said Lt. Scott Ware, MANS unit commander.