17 Pounds Of Pot Bagged For Sale, Cash Found In Raid On OL Home: Cops

OAK LAWN, IL — A father-and-son duo were taken into custody after a large amount of cannabis and cash were recovered Wednesday in an early morning raid on their home, Oak Lawn police said.

Sami Hirmiz, 19, is facing felony manufacture and delivery of cannabis, felony possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.

His father, 61-year-old Faozi Hirmiz, is charged with felony manufacture and delivery of cannabis, possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia, and two misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest.

Around 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oak Lawn tactical detectives executed a search warrant in the 8800 block of South Austin, assisted by the Oak Lawn special response team.

At the time of his arrest, police said the younger Hirmiz was wearing two electronic monitoring ankle bracelets through the Cook County Sheriff due to three pending and separate criminal cases, including DUI, aggravated battery to a Chicago Ridge police officer, and robbery.

In the robbery case, Sami Hirmiz was accused of kicking and punching a 19-year-old man at Lifetime Fitness last December in Orland Park with two other men, including Hadi Abuatelah, now 19, whose July 2022 arrest garnered national media attention after a citizen’s video captured three Oak Lawn police officers repeatedly punching him after he allegedly fled a traffic stop. The teen was later found to be allegedly lying on top of a crossbody bag containing a loaded gun. Abuatelah later pleaded guilty to unlawful use of a weapon charges in juvenile court.

Sami Hirmiz is due for a pre-detention hearing Thursday afternoon at the Bridgeview Courthouse.