[ Because... this is a taaaaaaaaaaaaaaax. ]
It is the “Tyrant Tax” they can enforce a tax anytime on anyone for any reason....
It’s a pretty stable racket anyhow. They tax the small to medium drug dealers this way, the drug dealers pay the baksheesh, and they go on drug dealing.
The last thing some people would want, and this is on both sides, is for this to end.