Cops Looking for 6 Suspects in Pot Shop Robberies
The NYPD is searching for six men in connection with the robberies of smoke shops in the Bronx. -Photo by NYPD |
By David Greene
Bronx Voice
May 20, 2024
BRONX - The NYPD is looking for six men captured on video and wanted in connection with a robbery of a smoke shop—the group of young men are suspected in three robberies at the shop in one week.
On May 7, the NYPD announced the three commercial robberies, without ever mentioning it was a smoke shop.
According to police the first robbery took place at the Castle Smokers Smoke Shop Convenience, located at 1219 Castle Hill Avenue on April 17 at 8:30 p.m. A police source told the Bronx Voice that six males entered the store, climbed over the store’s plexiglass, and removed $3,000 worth of “store merchandise” before fleeing the scene on foot.
No injuries were reported.
Police released store surveillance video showing six males wearing hooded jackets enter the store, when one climbed over the plexiglass and opened the door for the five other young men who grabbed items off the shelves.
The group apparently returned on April 20, at 11:25 a.m., when police say two males entered the shop and displayed a firearm. The pair removed $1,000 worth of merchandise and fled the location. Again, no injuries were reported.
A third incident was reported to police on April 24, at 10:20 a.m. when two individuals entered the shop and again displayed a firearm. This time they removed $1,400 work of store products before fleeing on foot.
Once again no injuries were reported.
During a visit to the shop on May 11, the man behind the counter was asked about the robbery, he replied, “I just work here so you have to talk to the owner of the store.”
Asked if the bandits were the same in each robbery, the worker replied, “Yes, maybe it’s the same guys.”
The worker was asked if this was a licensed shop, he replied, “For the store? Yes.” However, the official sticker provided by the Office of Cannabis Management was not visible on the shop’s front door.
Four stores away is a second smoke shop called Ricky and Morty Smoke Shop, where a woman behind the counter claimed the shop was also robbed on March 7. The woman said of the shop, “They don’t know how to deal with the kids in the community.”
Anyone with any information of any of the robberies are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS, all calls remain confidential.
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