I understand that the stores/bars were operating outside of the law and it has been said that they were not legit so the seizure was warranted and I have no problem with that. However, the officers opening a “man cave” in a city owned storage facility, deactivating security cameras to drink seazed booze is not in any way more legal than the places the booze was seized from. The fact that it’s been done by law enforcement officers makes it even worse. In your cigar example, the same thing applies. If it’s not legal for you to obtain the cigars then it’s not legal for the custom officer to benefit in any way of said cigars.
In the case of the law enforcement officers, if I was the judge they would do time and their career as law enforcement officers would be permanently over.