JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Sharri Banks styles hair in her salon just a few doors down from Kudah's Ethnic Emporium on Lane Avenue, but she's never known what it sold.

"You had to get buzzed in and buzzed out once you go, so I just thought that was a bit weird," Banks said.

Police said what Maria Richardson was selling out of her own store was more than weird -- it was illegal.

They said Richardson, who was arrested on drug charges, sold them 800 Ecstasy pills in June, and when they came in this week to bust her, they said that her store was like a "Wal-Mart for drug dealers."

"I think it speaks for itself," said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Assistant Chief Pat Ivey.

Ivey said the evidence is only 1 percent of the goods police seized from the Emporium.

"Those would be more for individuals distributing large amounts of drugs," Ivey said. "You got your beakers to mix your products. These are various scales."

Inside the store, investigators said they found a lot of things that appear normal from the outside. For instance, an ordinary soda can may have had drugs hidden inside it.

Police said they found a lot of scales used to weigh drugs, but they look like CD cases, matchbooks and iPods.

They said they also found crack pipes and the tools and mixing agents that dealers use to cut cocaine to get it ready for resale, and they said the store even sold the little baggies.

"The sheriff's office is trying get a good handle on it," Ivey said. "I think we're doing a pretty good job with work such as this where you would never know this was there."

"I'm shocked," Banks said. "That's the first time I'm hearing about that."

What Banks said is even more upsetting is that the business is right next door to a day care.

Investigators said it's very possible children went into the store because the store also sold candy, soda and ice cream right next to crack pipes.

"To the unsuspecting citizen, they'd walk in and walk out and not think another thing about it," Ivey said.