Screenshot via @volvoshine/X
Audio By Carbonatix
On Thursday afternoon, the social media account @ONLYinDADE posted a 30-second video that appeared to show a raid at a smoke shop along Biscayne Boulevard in Miami.
The clip opens with an aerial view of officers in bulky SWAT gear detaining people in an alley in the Edgewater neighborhood. It then cuts to officers standing beside several people lined up on the street.
Finally, the camera pans to a nun.
The video shows a nun wearing a bright blue veil, long navy tunic, and Rosary while sitting calmly in a plastic chair, seemingly unfazed by the chaos unfolding around her. She’s posted up next to a woman sporting what looks like business-casual attire. In a photo posted on X (formerly Twitter), apparently taken at a different point in the day, the sister is spotted at the scene sitting next to two men who, in their dress pants and ties, look like stereotypical car salesmen.
Naturally, people had questions.
“What is Sister Mary Juana doing there?” one person replied to the video on X.
“The random NUN is taking me OUT,” another wrote. “ONLY IN MIAMI.”
“Sister Jane in da house??” a third joked.
It was unclear whether the nun was sent to the scene by God, who could not be reached for comment. But Mike Vega, a spokesperson for the Miami Police Department, explained to New Times that SWAT officers were serving a warrant as part of an investigation into alleged drug sales at the location. Because the probe is ongoing, Vega said he was unable to release additional information about the operation, including who was arrested.
Video posted online appears to show the police activity taking place outside Ark Smoke Shop on Biscayne Boulevard in Miami. The shop, which appears to have locations in Downtown, South Miami, and Edgewater, sells a variety of hemp and nicotine products. No one picked up when New Times called seeking comment.
As for the sister?
Vega assures us she had nun to do with it.
“She was just at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Vega wrote in an email to New Times. “She had no involvement with the business.”
Editor’s note: Are you familiar with this nun? Are you this nun? Please, for the love of God, reach out to us at editor@miaminewtimes.com.
