Posted on 03/21/2023 2:50:18 PM PDT by dennisw
Officials added that the thieves were likely using stolen vehicles and license plates during the heists, making it even harder to track down the suspects.
With more than a dozen marijuana dispensaries operating in Santa Cruz alone, Police Deputy Chief Jon Bush said crimes against the businesses have become more common.
Wild video has captured a group of thieves making off with a half a million dollars’ worth of marijuana from a California cannabis shop.
Surveillance video outside the 3Bros marijuana warehouse on Fair Avenue in Santa Cruz shows at least four cars parked outside the business as masked robbers load the vehicles with dozens of bags of weed.
Santa Cruz police said the men used force to break into the store around 2:30 a.m. last Thursday and drove off in different directions once the job was done.
A witness told KSBW that the thieves were armed and worked so efficiently that they were in and out in less than 15 minutes.
“They were masked up, clubbed up, and I had a really hard time even making the description of the people because of the weapons I saw,” he said.
Police believe the group was also responsible for a second robbery at another cannabis store on Sunday in the city’s Harvey West Park neighborhood.
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Instead of legalization making the black market shrivel up and die, it has exploded, with the cartels and Chinese gangs controlling most.
I got into a pissing contest with some dumb s*** up here on FR on this exact same thing. I guess he thought growing pot in California was going to be some kind of a utopian exercise for the betterment of mankind and the soul of the nation or some stupid idea that he had floating around in his numb skull.
It’s vice, I shouldn’t be regulated, but since it is somebody’s going to steal your s*** and sell it themselves and if you don’t think that’s what’s going to happen then you are stupid.
Look at all that crime decreasing when marijuana was legalized.
Humboldt County Homegrown is one of the worlds best. A friend told me that.
Probably keeping the legal supply on the move, maybe a service called DoorStash, would reduce the rate of robberies.
Marijuana intake is no joke for young peoples brains that are still developing. Smoke enough, and they probably get a permanent decrease in IQ and other brain functions.
DoorStash
LOL I like that.
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